# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 18
**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:** [September 6, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/341 "2019-09-06T02:13:35Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/342 "2019-09-06T02:15:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. Finding Nemo I’m only two posts above you. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/343 "2019-09-06T02:26:22Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) 5. Matilda (Bug eats the cake) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/344 "2019-09-06T02:42:23Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) 5. Matilda (Bug eats the cake) 6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Live eels stuffed inside a large snake, giant beetles and chilled monkey brains) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/345 "2019-09-06T06:26:21Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) 5. Matilda (Bug eats the cake) 6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Live eels stuffed inside a large snake, giant beetles and chilled monkey brains) 7. 9 1/2 Weeks (Also, could be an answer to the question about memorable sex scenes) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/346 "2019-09-06T12:28:49Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) 5. Matilda (Bug eats the cake) 6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Live eels stuffed inside a large snake, giant beetles and chilled monkey brains) 7. 9 1/2 Weeks (Also, could be an answer to the question about memorable sex scenes) 8. The Ladykillers (“Madam, we must have waffles! We must all have waffles forthwith! We must all think, and we must all have waffles, and think each and every one of us to the very best of his ability…”) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/347 "2019-09-06T12:36:36Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) 5. Matilda (Bug eats the cake) 6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Live eels stuffed inside a large snake, giant beetles and chilled monkey brains) 7. 9 1/2 Weeks (Also, could be an answer to the question about memorable sex scenes) 8. The Ladykillers (“Madam, we must have waffles! We must all have waffles forthwith! We must all think, and we must all have waffles, and think each and every one of us to the very best of his ability…”) 9. Pan’s Labyrinth (the Pale Man’s feast) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/348 "2019-09-06T12:45:08Z")
Movies with memorable food scenes 1. Stand By Me (the pie eating contest) 2. Paper Moon (“Eat your damn Coney Island!”) 3. The Great Race (the biggest pie fight in history) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (“And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.”) 5. Matilda (Bug eats the cake) 6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Live eels stuffed inside a large snake, giant beetles and chilled monkey brains) 7. 9 1/2 Weeks (Also, could be an answer to the question about memorable sex scenes) 8. The Ladykillers (“Madam, we must have waffles! We must all have waffles forthwith! We must all think, and we must all have waffles, and think each and every one of us to the very best of his ability…”) 9. Pan’s Labyrinth (the Pale Man’s feast) 10. Repo Man (Otto eats from cans marked “Food”) Next: Movies with memorable villains 11. Star Wars – Darth Vader ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/349 "2019-09-06T12:49:40Z")
Next: Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/350 "2019-09-06T12:52:32Z")
Next: Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham Alan Rickman was the only good thing in that movie. Which is the case with a _lot_ of movies with Alan Rickman. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/351 "2019-09-06T12:54:32Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank Shudder! ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/352 "2019-09-06T13:16:01Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham 4. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank 5. Robocop - Clarence Boddicker Still scares me after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/353 "2019-09-06T13:32:41Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham 4. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank 5. Robocop - Clarence Boddicker 6. It - Pennywise That name has entered into the English vernacular ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/354 "2019-09-06T13:39:00Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham 4. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank 5. Robocop - Clarence Boddicker 6. It - Pennywise 7. Matilda - Trunchbull ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/355 "2019-09-06T14:50:57Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham 4. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank 5. Robocop - Clarence Boddicker 6. It - Pennywise 7. Matilda - Trunchbull 8. Goldfinger - Goldfinger ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/356 "2019-09-06T15:30:33Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham 4. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank 5. Robocop - Clarence Boddicker 6. It - Pennywise 7. Matilda - Trunchbull 8. Goldfinger - Goldfinger 9 The Dark Knight - The Joker ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/357 "2019-09-06T16:21:39Z")
Movies with memorable villains 1. Star Wars – Darth Vader 2. Flash Gordon - Ming the Merciless 3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham 4. Once Upon a Time in the West - Frank 5. Robocop - Clarence Boddicker 6. It - Pennywise 7. Matilda - Trunchbull 8. Goldfinger - Goldfinger 9. The Dark Knight - The Joker 10. Last of the Mohicans - Magua Wes Studi as the scariest, most implacably vengeful dude ever. Shoulda won an Oscar. Next: Serious movies about politics 1. Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/358 "2019-09-06T16:28:02Z")
Serious movies about politics 1. Lincoln 2. All the President’s Men ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/359 "2019-09-06T16:32:40Z")
Serious movies about politics 1. Lincoln 2. All the President’s Men 3. Milk ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/360 "2019-09-06T16:57:42Z")
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