# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2143 "2019-11-25T20:34:27Z")

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Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. The Pineapple Express
7. The Blues Brothers
8. Mr Right
9. It’s a Wonderful Life

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2144 "2019-11-25T20:41:27Z")

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Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. The Pineapple Express
7. The Blues Brothers
8. Mr Right
9. It’s a Wonderful Life
10. Joe Versus the Volcano

Pass

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2145 "2019-11-25T21:47:01Z")

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Next UP: Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2146 "2019-11-25T21:52:26Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2147 "2019-11-25T22:03:13Z")

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[Editorializing: Kinda feel like this should be made explicit: “ **WARNING: HERE SPOILERS MAY BE.** ” But that’s just my 2¢.]

Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2148 "2019-11-25T22:11:45Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2149 "2019-11-26T02:19:51Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2150 "2019-11-26T05:12:11Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Revenge of the Sith

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2151 "2019-11-26T13:28:37Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Titus Andronicus

pretty much the whole cast kills each other out of butterfly-effect revenge

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2152 "2019-11-26T15:03:24Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Titus Andronicus
8. Transformers: Dark of the Moon  
I mean, everybody basically acts like an A-hole in these movies but Sentinel Prime turns on the other Autobots. God, I know too much about these movies that I hate. 😉

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2153 "2019-11-26T15:04:43Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Titus Andronicus
8. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
9. No Way Out

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2154 "2019-11-26T15:18:15Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Titus Andronicus
8. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
9. No Way Out
10. Whatever unforgivably terrible Terminator movie it was where John Connor (John Connor!) ends up being an evil nano-bot something-or-other

pass

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2155 "2019-11-26T15:20:52Z")

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Movies where a Good Guy ends up being a Bad Guy

1. The Losers
2. Frozen
3. Alien
4. After the Thin Man
5. Star Trek Into Darkness
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Titus Andronicus
8. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
9. No Way Out
10. The Dark Knight

And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2156 "2019-11-26T15:54:48Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2157 "2019-11-26T16:00:58Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
3. Return of the Jedi

The same character to which I’d referred in the previous topic list, in fact. 😃

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2158 "2019-11-26T16:42:23Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Night of the Comet

Another one that fits both categories

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2159 "2019-11-26T18:14:43Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Night of the Comet
5. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2160 "2019-11-26T18:48:14Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Night of the Comet
5. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
6. Moonraker

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2161 "2019-11-26T19:20:27Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Night of the Comet
5. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
6. Moonraker
7. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster  
Godzilla completes his heel-face turn in that movie.

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**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2162 "2019-11-26T19:47:56Z")

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And movies where a Bad Guy ends up being a Good Guy

1. Les Miserables
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Night of the Comet
5. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
6. Moonraker
7. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
8. Midnight Run

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