# Describe your favorite movie in the most boring manner possible **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962 "2022-07-14T17:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/21 "2022-07-14T19:25:41Z")
A disgraced company tries to curry favor by coming home and filling an order for seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/22 "2022-07-14T19:27:42Z")
Civil War comes and goes. A girl makes a new dress to wear and has two boyfriends. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/23 "2022-07-14T19:28:49Z")
An old rich guy misses his sled. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/24 "2022-07-14T19:31:56Z")
A three hour movie about three soldiers returning home after the war and readjusting to civilian life. It’s mostly all talk, about as exciting as watching paint dry. Eventually, after 2 hours and 45 minutes, one gets married and one gets a job. The Best Years of Our Lives. And I love every one of its 172 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/25 "2022-07-14T19:33:53Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Civil War comes and goes. A girl makes a new dress to wear and has two boyfriends. I heard there was some birthin’ of babies. But I don’t know nuttin’ 'bout that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/26 "2022-07-14T19:45:03Z")
Two guys hang out in Belgium when it’s cold, and their boss is mad at them. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/27 "2022-07-14T19:45:06Z")
Two good friends take a long time to get fast food. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/28 "2022-07-14T19:52:41Z")
I want to see that, but my husband does think it sounds boring. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/29 "2022-07-14T19:53:49Z")
A rich old guy builds a wildlife park. _Jurassic Park_ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/30 "2022-07-14T19:54:38Z")
Some out of work Dublin youth take up a hobby and argue a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/31 "2022-07-14T20:03:52Z")
A guy, who is supposed to be this great spy, bumbles his was though a case, doesn’t really do anything useful, but takes all the credit. For a spy movie, nothing much happens. I mean, he helps a guy cheat at gin rummy. Then, he plays _golf_ with the bad guy! Golf! How boring is that?! Goldfinger ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/32 "2022-07-14T20:15:05Z")
Bureaucracy prevents a couple from continuing on their travels. Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/33 "2022-07-14T20:19:23Z")
A SNAFU with the Air Force causes problems. Dr. Strangelove ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/34 "2022-07-14T20:20:13Z")
I thought it was going to _Tommy Boy_. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/35 "2022-07-14T20:21:41Z")
_Casablanca_? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/36 "2022-07-14T20:35:58Z")
An emotionally unstable New Yorker ends his relationship with an underage girl to pursue an older woman, which doesn’t work out either. _Taxi Driver_ (1976) and _Manhattan_ (1979) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/37 "2022-07-14T20:39:46Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > I thought it was going to _Tommy Boy_. Same movie, different characters. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/38 "2022-07-14T20:43:24Z")
I guess so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/39 "2022-07-14T20:44:24Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > _Casablanca_? Yep! It was the nazis that gave it away, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/40 "2022-07-14T20:52:51Z")
The king is unhappy. Very unhappy. Man of conscience doesn’t help him, and so dies. (This one has two answers, both favorites of mine). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962.md?page=3)