Rating The Movies
A recent Washington Post Style Invitational contest asked us to “suggest some new movie ratings to warn against various objectionable aspects of films.”
Here are my entries, one of which won me Second prize. Yippee!!! Can you guess which? (The answer will appear “upside down” at the end of this post.)
Rated BYOJ: A comedy so unfunny, you should “Bring Your Own Jokes.”
Rated DDM: “Dreadful Dramatic Music” can’t disguise the lack of a plot.
Rated THU: Too Hard to understand.
Rated WEF: Weird Enough to be Foreign.
Rated PGD: Rated “Please Get Dressed” because it features barely clad actors who don’t exercise enough.
Rated WOR: Way Over-Rated.
Rated DBG: “Don’t Bring your Girlfriend,” if you ever want to see her again.
Rated TVEFQT: Too Violent Even For Quenton Tarantino.
Rated P2BP: Pretending to be Profound.
Rated ZZZ: Impossible not to sleep through.
Rated SHIT: Stay Home. It’s Terrible.
And here (in upside down form) is the entry that won Second Prize:
˙uƃıǝɹoɟ ǝq oʇ ɥƃnouǝ pɹıǝʍ :ɟǝʍ pǝʇɐɹ
You can read all the winning entries here.
Tags: Contests, Film Humor, Films, Language Humor, Movie Ratings Humor, Movies Humor, Washington Post Style Invitational
I guessed WEF! Also will recommend about film [or don’t order e-book]: Rated SHIT: Stay Home. It’s Terrible. Fun: PGD~~“Please Get Dressed” & THU~~”Too Hard to understand.” Thanx tons, Mad.