r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 1h ago
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26
Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly
Explain the PLOT. Clues that are around meta commentary for how the movie performed or that you just don't like it or whatever, all those types of clues do not fit the spirit of the sub.
This is game is and has always been about explaining plots badly. In fact, in the 5 word name of this sub, the only word that has any flexibility is "film". Explain a [TV Show] plot badly. Explain a [Video Game] plot badly. Whatever media type it is, you explain its plot badly.
Example that will be removed: "A troubled production leads to a couple actors getting beheaded for real."
Example that will be removed: "A kids movie is made horrible forever when you look up the actress and what happened to her."
Example that will be removed and might even get you banned: "This movie sucked I don't know why anyone liked it."
OK. I think that covers it. Game on!
Edit: Missing words
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24
Meta [META] New Players Read Me First
All Marvel is banned top to bottom it doesn't matter what studio did it in what decade. When you say you read the rules and you lie it's an out for us to ban lazy players. We haven't been. But we might. Stop posting Marvel and then arguing that it isn't MCU.
That is all.
Edit because people keep asking WHY:
Because when it's not banned every other post is about a purple rock collector. It's still at the top of movie zeitgeist so most people when they show up the first clue they think of is a Marvel movie. It's boring. It's repetitive. And then they want to get clever. "Howard the duck wasn't mcu hyuk hyuk". The entire thing is obnoxious when it's a movie and TV show guessing game.
There's a whole list of media that's banned because they're overdone and make it boring. But then newbies show up and make a Marvel clue without reading the rules. 95% of our mod actions are deducting points and removing threads about Marvel. So the choices are to either return to the shit show where every single clue is Marvel or just ban people who refuse to read a now screaming automod note.
From those of us who have been here for years, trust us. The wild west of no rules on what media should be in play was a far worse place and not fun. Engagement rose substantially with the rules in place.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/staticdisgrace • 2h ago
Solved! After a terrifying supernatural encounter, a sleazy businessman leans to open up to those around him.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CONVERSE1991 • 30m ago
Unsolved Man punches little boy in the face and immediately blows up
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 13h ago
Solved! A man accidentally kills a innocent few people, but hey, he saves everyone else including pedofiles, cheaters, and racists! What a hero!
Hint #1: of course, a movie like this is a comedy!
Hint #1.5: like seriously, GOATed and referenced often comedy
Hint #2: gotta be careful what you eat
Hint #3: surely, someone here has a heart?
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/thatcdude12345 • 6h ago
Solved! Woman experiences hell because she wouldn’t let a man mourn
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RochesterThe2nd • 8h ago
Solved! Person pulls themselves up by their boot straps to stop an explosion, only to pull themselves up by their boots straps years later to stop an explosion…
Hints go here
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 1h ago
Solved! A girl gets nerfed because the universe gives a man a trial version of her happiness and forgets to cancel it
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 15h ago
Solved! Loving man hunkers down and does everything on Earth to keep her safe, and she still ends up facing off with him.
Hints go here
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AssSpelunkingAtheist • 10h ago
Solved! An imposter falls in love, almost dies, and sends off his enemy.
Hint: it’s from the ‘90s.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Codesterite • 11h ago
Unsolved Sugar Addict nearly causes the Ice Age.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/FlahTheToaster • 9h ago
Unsolved A sad teenager gets a rebound partner and tries to replicate their old relationship.
Hint the first: In a surprise twist, the roles of "sad teenager" and "rebound" are reversed.
Hint the second: The teenager is sad because their original partner died.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 15h ago
Solved! Dude turns down other advances, commits theft, and kills a man, all for a woman he doesn't even know the name of.
Hints go here
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Codesterite • 10h ago
Solved! Reckless Guy has a scandal with his teacher. Proceeds to style on the Russians.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Ok_Cattle903 • 11h ago
Solved! He’s disgusted by society and wants to change it, but his self-disgust runs deeper so he decides to lash out at someone with the ability to actually, potentially change it. And shit do ensue.
Clue #1: This movie was made in the 1960s
Clue #2: It’s a remake.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Codesterite • 10h ago
Solved! Old Guy ends up in enemy territory with a Newbie during a mission and somehow beats an Ace Combat Antagonist.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/clhharrison • 10h ago
Solved! Guy sabotages peace talks because he doesn't like one world leader.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RejectingBoredom • 11h ago
Solved! Our hero embarks on a mission to prevent an interracial marriage
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 12h ago
Solved! MC is having a hard time, so their group of friends get together for tons of fun! They play cards, get entertained by a clown, and see a magic show!
Had to fix. Missed the words lol
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RVJ_Frvr • 12h ago
Unsolved A non-violent crime leads to multiple murders
Hint 1: Made before 2000
Hint 2: It’s a woman that commits the non-violent crime
Hint 3: Considered a classic
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/classiclyme • 1d ago
Solved! He's out to kill the men who killed his dog
Hint: The dog's death isn't the main character's motive
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Kuiperdolin • 9h ago
Solved! Guy kills the war criminal responsible for his dog's death
Inspired by this here thread but not the same answer.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/UndefinableWizard • 14h ago
Solved! A character faces off against a murderer
Hint: Something is considered preposterous