# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**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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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2243 "2019-12-01T07:40:37Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.
5. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” (Caddyshack)
6. Hey!! It’s Enrico Palazzo!
7. The “Wilhelm Scream”
8. Blucher! [horses neigh furiously outside] (Young Frankenstein)
9. “Heeeeeere’s Merv!” (The Abyss)  
10 “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night.” (All About Eve)

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2244 "2019-12-01T22:11:16Z")

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Since Panache45 didn’t leave a new category…

Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2245 "2019-12-01T22:14:03Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2246 "2019-12-01T22:37:57Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—_shocked_—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2247 "2019-12-01T23:01:58Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—_shocked_—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca
4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2248 "2019-12-02T02:28:46Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca
4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black
5. Master, dinner is prepared!

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2249 "2019-12-02T02:33:05Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca
4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black
5. Master, dinner is prepared!
6. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die.”

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2250 "2019-12-02T03:40:23Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca
4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black
5. Master, dinner is prepared!
6. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die.”
7. “The say the fuckin’ smog is the fuckin’ reason you have such beautiful fuckin’ sunsets.” - Get Shorty

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2251 "2019-12-02T06:53:03Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca
4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black
5. Master, dinner is prepared!
6. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die.”
7. “The say the fuckin’ smog is the fuckin’ reason you have such beautiful fuckin’ sunsets.” - Get Shorty
8. “I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” - Goodfellas

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2252 "2019-12-02T07:41:33Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks
3. “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca
4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black
5. Master, dinner is prepared!
6. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die.”
7. “The say the fuckin’ smog is the fuckin’ reason you have such beautiful fuckin’ sunsets.” - Get Shorty
8. “I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” - Goodfellas
9. “You can’t handle the truth!” - A Few Good Men

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2253 "2019-12-02T12:49:20Z")

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Best movie lines - Part II

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather

2. “I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.” - Tremors II: Aftershocks

3. “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!” - Casablanca

4. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!” - Men in Black

5. Master, dinner is prepared!

6. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die.”

7. “The say the fuckin’ smog is the fuckin’ reason you have such beautiful fuckin’ sunsets.” - Get Shorty

8. “I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” - Goodfellas

9. “You can’t handle the truth!” - A Few Good Men

10. “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” - Cool Hand Luke  
Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

11. Zardoz

“The gun is good. Zardoz: The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals.”

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2254 "2019-12-02T13:39:33Z")

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India

I literally fell asleep.

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2255 "2019-12-02T15:05:10Z")

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask  
I saw it while at a hospital waiting room with my son and I was never more happy to hear his name called by the nurse (don’t worry, he’s OK).

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2256 "2019-12-02T15:10:43Z")

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop

The fact that not only was this movie a box office success, it “earned” a sequel that was also a “hit,” confirms… something really bad about the movie-going public.

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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2257 "2019-12-02T16:45:04Z")

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
5. [Toys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vxkIm9z8k)

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
5. Toys
6. Eyes Wide Shut

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**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2259 "2019-12-03T01:09:34Z")

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
5. Toys
6. Eyes Wide Shut
7. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
5. Toys
6. Eyes Wide Shut
7. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
8. On the Right Track

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
5. Toys
6. Eyes Wide Shut
7. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
8. On the Right Track
9. Only God Forgives

Maybe I just didn’t get it, but nothing fucking happened and the entire thing was just people staring at each other silently in dark rooms. Maybe it gets exciting and dynamic after the point I turned it off, but I doubt it.

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Movies you didn’t finish because they were so bad.

1. Zardoz
2. A Passage to India
3. Son of Mask
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
5. Toys
6. Eyes Wide Shut
7. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
8. On the Right Track
9. Only God Forgives
10. Moulin Rouge!

By turns frenetic and boring. It’s rare that I don’t finish a movie, but I didn’t finish this one.

Next up:

Our favorite films of Harrison Ford

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark

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