Earlier this week, Kyle MacLachlan (of Twin Peaks fame) took to Twitter to answer a fan’s question, asking him to explain the plot of Dune. What MacLachlan did next was brilliant: he retold the entire movie through emoji.
McLachlan boiled the plot down nicely into 41 characters:
✋ ☀️ ⏳ 〰 ️⌛️ ⚔ #dune https://t.co/bXwpdYC8jz
— Kyle MacLachlan (@Kyle_MacLachlan) August 16, 2016
This got us thinking: if McLachlan could translate Dune into emoji form, how hard could it be to describe our own favorite films with them?
After a rigorous brainstorming session, here’s what we came up with:
(Spoilers, maybe?)
Answer: 10 Cloverfield Lane
Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Answer: Alien
Answer: Apollo 13
Answer: Castaway
Answer: Edge of Tomorrow
Answer: Elysium
Answer: Ex Machina
Answer: Fast Five
Answer: Gravity
Answer: Hot Fuzz
Answer: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Answer: John Wick
Answer: Jurassic Park
Answer: The Matrix
Answer: Serenity
Answer: Star Wars
Answer: Terminator 2
Answer: Under the Skin
Answer: Moon