# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/81 "2022-07-14T23:21:41Z")
A self-driving car is involved in multiple collisions. Christine ---
**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, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/82 "2022-07-14T23:52:51Z")
Nope! 🙂 > [@terentii](#): > > The Commitments There it is! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/83 "2022-07-15T00:00:27Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > A modern remake of Moby Dick, but with spaceships. Ahab still dies unsatisfied. They did leave out the whale biology lectures, though. ST:TWoK > > ANOTHER remake of Moby Dick, with spaceships, with the lead played by a guy that later played Ahab in a period piece version. Ahab survives and defeats the “whale”, totally missing the point of MD. ST:First Contact What about the one with an actual whale, complete with whale biology lectures? ST IV: The Voyage Home 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/84 "2022-07-15T00:02:02Z")
Woman obsesses over local celebrity with predictable results. ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/85 "2022-07-15T00:08:28Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > A salesman drives to Bakersfield. Oh! That is a riveting movie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/86 "2022-07-15T00:10:46Z")
A man must overcome his fear of flying while also dealing with his drinking problem. He is indeed serious. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/87 "2022-07-15T00:13:38Z")
An illegal immigrant runs afoul of a real estate developer. Superman: The Motion Picture ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/88 "2022-07-15T00:17:46Z")
A journalist conducts a sociological experiment while researching an article. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/89 "2022-07-15T00:24:30Z")
Four men start a pest removal business in New York. Ghostbusters ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/90 "2022-07-15T00:26:39Z")
A dozen men get very angry. _12 Angry Men_ A bright young lawyer gets fired from a prestigious law firm because his boss doesn’t like him. _Philadelphia_ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/92 "2022-07-15T00:33:25Z")
A Broadway failure tries to make money by producing a very bad musical. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/93 "2022-07-15T00:35:01Z")
_ **The Producers** _. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/94 "2022-07-15T00:59:18Z")
A man gets a volleyball from FedEx. Later a builds a raft. Castaway Alternate description: FedEx _really_ screws up a shipment. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/95 "2022-07-15T01:01:15Z")
My favorites? A kid goes off to school. He and his friends eventually make too much popcorn. Real Genius A drug company develops and markets a new pill. Brain Candy 80’s movie: An ad man seeks some counseling. Co-starring Darryl Hannah and Paul Reiser. Crazy People Some guys work out. One of them thinks it’s as good as sex. Pumping Iron, where Arnold Schwarzenegger said that the pump you get from working out was like “having sex with a woman and coming.” Guys fight, but you have to watch it twice. Fight Club A guy gets over a breakup. His friend is a douche, but you’ll quote him. Swingers Some guy joins a group he always wanted to join, but then changes his mind Goodfellas ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/96 "2022-07-15T01:03:53Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > A man must overcome his fear of flying while also dealing with his drinking problem. He is indeed serious. - Or: A plane takes off, a plane lands. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/97 "2022-07-15T01:06:04Z")
How about “A movie where you don’t need to know what a hospital is going in, because they explain it to you.” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/98 "2022-07-15T01:16:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > A plane takes off, a plane lands. And in between it’s flying on autopilot. Meanwhile, a pair of passengers don’t speak English. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/99 "2022-07-15T01:35:34Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Meanwhile, a pair of passengers don’t speak English. My momma didn’t raise no dummies, I dug his rap! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/100 "2022-07-15T01:52:31Z")
_ **Where Does It Hurt?** _ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-favorite-movie-in-the-most-boring-manner-possible/967962/101 "2022-07-15T02:08:20Z")
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