# Monopoly movie - this is a joke, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557 "2008-11-13T17:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/21 "2008-11-13T20:37:12Z")
I wonder if the gleaming dog of finance will be CGI or played by a live action yorkie? ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/22 "2008-11-13T22:00:08Z")
> [@darth sensitive](#): > > g! I! Joe! Go joe! cobra-la-la-la-la! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/23 "2008-11-14T02:24:28Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Didn’t see the movie, but the game at least had a plot. _Monopoly_ does not. A movie can’t have more than the most tenuous connection to the game. I mentioned this to my SO, and he said, “Milton Bradley goes insane! And we descend into his world.” I kind of like the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/24 "2008-11-16T15:55:32Z")
I’d help with “fill in the trailer,” but I rolled a 2 on two dice and promptly got arrested. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/25 "2008-11-16T16:36:28Z")
I’m assuming Kirsten will place 2nd to Scarlett in the Beauty Contest scene. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/26 "2008-11-16T17:18:44Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I’d help with “fill in the trailer,” but I rolled a 2 on two dice and promptly got arrested. Well, that’s the chance you take. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/27 "2008-11-16T23:35:51Z")
With all the video game movies whose plot bears so little resemblance to the actual games, I’m surprised people are expecting Monopoly, of all things, to hew very closely to its paperboard incarnation… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/28 "2008-11-17T00:27:00Z")
Trailer? “In a world where every move is a throw of the dice …” ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/29 "2008-11-17T00:54:15Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > I wonder if the gleaming dog of finance will be CGI or played by a live action yorkie? It’s a Scottie. It’s name is Scotty. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/30 "2008-11-17T01:11:20Z")
“Mr. Shue, you did not buy the tract on New York Avenue, and, given that, I now start an auction. What am I bid? What am I bid? I hear $50 from Ms. Carr, do I here $60? Yes, I hear $60 from Mr. Shipp, can I get $70?..” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/31 "2008-11-17T01:18:37Z")
If they cast Scarlett as the Top Hat and then tell her it’s also her complete costume, I predict a success. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/32 "2008-11-17T01:25:21Z")
Hopefully the movie won’t go on 4 hours. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/33 "2008-11-17T01:38:02Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Ridley Scott is attached to direct a [live-action version of the board game _Monopoly_](http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=4473&count=0). Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst are considered for the “sexy young” talent such a movie requires. > > Please tell me this is a joke. A crap game with no plot is going to be turned into a comedy thriller? How? IMHO, not much different than basing movies on [theme park rides](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325980/). ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/34 "2008-11-17T02:28:55Z")
I have nothing to contribute, except [this](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/7/4/the-reimagining/) and [this](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/01/24/). 😃 Can we get Robert Duvall as the Monpoly Guy? Cause I thought he was awesome as Randolf Hearst in Newsies. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/35 "2008-11-17T02:32:22Z")
Hey, real estate deals are causing a lot of real drama in people’s lives these days… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/36 "2008-11-17T02:41:47Z")
Monopolising property management and extorting astronomical rates. Sounds like a good base for a plot to me. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/37 "2008-11-17T05:33:27Z")
If all the money paid goes into the center of the board and then given out whenever someone lands on Free Parking, I will personally put on an unpleasant facial expression. (F-ing A, what a stupid game…) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/38 "2008-11-17T09:38:32Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > It is the name of an anti-terrorist team that was originally an 80s cartoon that was very heavy on the plot (for a cartoon) and by accounts so far looks like it will be awesome. It was not originally a cartoon. It was originally a toy long before it was a cartoon. With kung fu grip. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/39 "2008-11-17T09:57:52Z")
> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > If all the money paid goes into the center of the board and then given out whenever someone lands on Free Parking, I will personally put on an unpleasant facial expression. > > (F-ing A, what a stupid game…) That’s the sequel: _Monopoly II: House Rules Hell_ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557/40 "2008-11-17T11:17:28Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > One young mogul on his way to the top made one wrong move… He took a chance by dipping into the community chest…:smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-movie-this-is-a-joke-right/472557.md?page=3)