# 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:** 344
**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 25, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6863 "2020-08-25T14:01:10Z")
Movies you saw after reading the book first, but still liked. 1. Housekeeping 2. The Green Mile 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Patriot Games 5. Silence of the Lambs 6. Gone Girl The author wrote the screenplay, too, and she knew what she was doing. ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6864 "2020-08-25T14:10:23Z")
Movies you saw after reading the book first, but still liked. 1. Housekeeping 2. The Green Mile 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Patriot Games 5. Silence of the Lambs 6. Gone Girl 7. The Princess Bride ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6865 "2020-08-25T14:13:04Z")
Movies you saw after reading the book first, but still liked. 1. Housekeeping 2. The Green Mile 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Patriot Games 5. Silence of the Lambs 6. Gone Girl 7. The Princess Bride 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6866 "2020-08-25T14:41:48Z")
Movies you saw after reading the book first, but still liked. 1. Housekeeping 2. The Green Mile 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Patriot Games 5. Silence of the Lambs 6. Gone Girl 7. The Princess Bride 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 9. 2010: The Year We Make Contact Certainly not as good as Arthur C. Clarke’s book 2010: Odyssey Two, and not nearly as good as Kubrick’s masterpiece predecessor, but not a bad sf adventure movie in its own right. ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6867 "2020-08-25T18:40:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. 2010: The Year We Make Contact > > Certainly not as good as Arthur C. Clarke’s book 2010: Odyssey Two, and not nearly as good as Kubrick’s masterpiece predecessor, but not a bad sf adventure movie in its own right. Helen Mirren was in it. Got to like something with Helen Mirren. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6868 "2020-08-25T20:31:15Z")
Movies you saw after reading the book first, but still liked. 1. Housekeeping 2. The Green Mile 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Patriot Games 5. Silence of the Lambs 6. Gone Girl 7. The Princess Bride 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 9. 2010: The Year We Make Contact 10. Ready Player One Next: Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) ---
**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 25, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6869 "2020-08-25T20:33:26Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6870 "2020-08-25T22:43:53Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6871 "2020-08-25T22:51:16Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6872 "2020-08-26T00:45:42Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 5. The Hobbit ---
**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 26, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6873 "2020-08-26T04:02:49Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 5. The Hobbit 6. The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6874 "2020-08-26T09:19:47Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 5. The Hobbit 6. The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III 7. Trilogy of Apu (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu) - Satyajit Ray. 1955 Saw them back to back one night in 1961 ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6875 "2020-08-26T11:09:17Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 5. The Hobbit 6. The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III 7. Trilogy of Apu (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu) - Satyajit Ray. 1955 8. The Matrix There will be a 4th one, but it’s not out yet. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6876 "2020-08-26T11:19:30Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 5. The Hobbit 6. The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III 7. Trilogy of Apu (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu) - Satyajit Ray. 1955 8. The Matrix 9. A Fistful of Dollars; For A Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad And The Ugly ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6877 "2020-08-26T12:05:39Z")
Trilogies 1. Star Wars (OG, Prequel and Sequel…claiming them all so you all have to be more creative) 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure / Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey / Bill & Ted Face the Music 3. Lord of the Rings 4. Back to the Future, Back to the Future: Part 2, Back to the Future: Part 3 5. The Hobbit 6. The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III 7. Trilogy of Apu (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu) - Satyajit Ray. 1955 8. The Matrix 9. A Fistful of Dollars; For A Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 10. The Hunger Games - plus Catching Fire and Mockingjay (yeah - it was split into two parts, it still counts!) Jennifer Lawrence movies 1. Joy ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6878 "2020-08-26T15:40:41Z")
Jennifer Lawrence movies 1. Joy 2. American Hustle ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6879 "2020-08-26T16:12:55Z")
Jennifer Lawrence movies 1. Joy 2. American Hustle 3. Red Sparrow ---
**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:** [August 26, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6880 "2020-08-26T17:31:16Z")
Jennifer Lawrence movies 1. Joy 2. American Hustle 3. Red Sparrow 4. The Hunger Games ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6881 "2020-08-26T17:36:00Z")
Jennifer Lawrence movies 1. Joy 2. American Hustle 3. Red Sparrow 4. The Hunger Games 5. Winter’s Bone ---
**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 26, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6882 "2020-08-26T19:03:05Z")
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