Basically Just
 

Inspired by a recent exchange on this forum, I'm going to start a game called "Basically Just". The rules are simple. A person nominates a film and the next person has to write a post that dismisses said film using the phrase "basically just".

Example - if person A nominates The Godfather, person B would write "The Godfather is basically just a movie about Italian gangsters killing each other for three hours".

Got it? Good.

I nominate: Apocalypse Now

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just men in a boat trying to find a fat mumbling Marlon Brando.

Silence Of The Lambs

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just the template for every serial-killer procedural movie made in the last 25 years.

Whiplash

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just JK Simmons calling Miles Teller a f*cking moron for 2 hours.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just Leo dancing for several hours.

Foxcatcher

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just neanderthal method acting.

Star Wars

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just The Lord Of The Rings and The Hidden Fortress with a 636 Squadron ending.

The Long Good Friday

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just about a Friday.

Rocky V

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just as good as the other Rocky Sequels.

Citizen Kane

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically it is just about some dude and his sled.

The Godfather

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just about Marlon Brando talking during his cotton ball diet.

Pierrot le Fou

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically it is about artsy pretentious s**t.

The Waterboy

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just about Adam Standler, Water and Football.

Red Dawn

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just a bunch of American teenagers showing how easy it is to defeat communism.

Jaws

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically about Robert Shaw's chalkboard fetish.

Platform

Re: Basically Just
 

Assuming it's the first one to come up when I search "Platform" on IMDb, it's basically just an attempt to derail this thread by nominating an obscure entry that doesn't even have 2,000 votes on IMDb.

Seven Samurai

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just the first erection caused by good cinema for most beginning cinephiles

Blue is the Warmest Color

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just another movie about sad lesbians that also happens to go for three whole hours.

The Departed

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just really really overrated

The Last Airbender

Re: Basically Just
 

Basically just another really bad post-Unbreakable Shyamalan film.

The Terminator