# 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:** 318
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6343 "2020-08-03T01:51:18Z")
English Patint is a very, very good novel, and I sort of refuse to watch films after reading the book. Like The Reader and Dragon Tattoo and LOTR. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6344 "2020-08-03T02:55:57Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. The English Patient 6. E.T. It’s an incredibly popular movie that I have never seen. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6345 "2020-08-03T02:59:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Saving Private Ryan Definitely one you can skip. Highly over-rated. The set piece battle scene at the beginning is amazing and the rest of the movie is mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6346 "2020-08-03T14:30:19Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. The English Patient 6. E.T. 7. Roger and Me EVERYONE should watch Schindler’s List, IMHO. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6347 "2020-08-03T15:01:42Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. The English Patient 6. E.T. 7. Roger and Me 8. His Girl Friday ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6348 "2020-08-03T15:34:01Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. The English Patient 6. E.T. 7. Roger and Me 8. His Girl Friday 9. The Godfather ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6349 "2020-08-03T16:03:14Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > EVERYONE should watch Schindler’s List, IMHO. Not in mine, and I’m Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6350 "2020-08-03T18:27:36Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. The English Patient 6. E.T. 7. Roger and Me 8. His Girl Friday 9. The Godfather 10. Philadelphia OK, I’m not sure that this one is possible, so we may have to modify… GOOD movies that started as SNL Skits (“good” defined as IMDB rating \>=5 or Rotten Tomatoes \>= 50%): 1. Blues Brothers ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6351 "2020-08-03T18:31:57Z")
GOOD movies that started as SNL Skits (“good” defined as IMDB rating \>=5 or Rotten Tomatoes \>= 50%): 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World (A couple of months ago, I started a topic in this thread on “Movies Based on SNL Skits”, and _that_ thread had a hard time getting to 10. We may not make 10 in this narrower one.) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6352 "2020-08-03T19:52:20Z")
GOOD movies that started as SNL Skits (“good” defined as IMDB rating \>=5 or Rotten Tomatoes \>= 50%): 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 Rotten Tomatoes score of 61% ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6353 "2020-08-03T20:08:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > (A couple of months ago, I started a topic in this thread on “Movies Based on SNL Skits”, and _that_ thread had a hard time getting to 10. We may not make 10 in this narrower one.) Harumph. I didn’t find it, so I thought I was being unique. And, per the Wikipedia SNL page, there were only 11, so, yeah, I VASTLY overestimated the number of BAD SNL-based movies. Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxburry (surprisingly, Rotten Tomatoes Audience score at 69%!) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6354 "2020-08-03T20:29:05Z")
Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxbury 5. The Coneheads Not a masterpiece, but funny enough, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6355 "2020-08-03T20:33:11Z")
Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxbury 5. The Coneheads 6. MacGruber IMDB score 5.5. Never seen it. Never plan on seeing it. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6356 "2020-08-03T21:17:19Z")
Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxbury 5. The Coneheads 6. MacGruber 7. It’s Pat 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6357 "2020-08-03T21:56:45Z")
Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxbury 5. The Coneheads 6. MacGruber 7. It’s Pat 8. Stuart Saves His Family 5.2 on IMDb Also, It’s Pat is very timely now with all the talk about misgendering. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6358 "2020-08-03T22:13:01Z")
Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxbury 5. The Coneheads 6. MacGruber 7. It’s Pat 8. Stuart Saves His Family 9. Blues Brothers 2000 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6359 "2020-08-03T22:36:09Z")
Movies that started as SNL Skits: 1. Blues Brothers 2. Wayne’s World 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Night at the Roxbury 5. The Coneheads 6. MacGruber 7. It’s Pat 8. Stuart Saves His Family 9. Blues Brothers 2000 10. Bob Roberts Pass ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6360 "2020-08-03T22:54:24Z")
Movies set in the far east: 1. _The Sand Pebbles_ – China ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6361 "2020-08-03T23:03:38Z")
Movies set in the far east: 1. _The Sand Pebbles_ – China 2. _The Bridge on the River Kwai_ - Burma ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6362 "2020-08-03T23:04:15Z")
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