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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?)
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Answer: 10 Cloverfield Lane
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Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Answer: Alien
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Answer: Apollo 13
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Answer: Castaway
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Answer: Edge of Tomorrow
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Answer: Elysium
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Answer: Ex Machina
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Answer: Fast Five
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Answer: Gravity
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Answer: Hot Fuzz
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Answer: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Answer: John Wick
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Answer: Jurassic Park
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Answer: The Matrix
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Answer: Serenity
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Answer: Star Wars
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Answer: Terminator 2
Answer: Under the Skin
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Answer: Moon
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