# 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:** 399
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7965 "2020-11-10T22:24:15Z")
Terribly miscast 1. John Wayne as Genghis Khan, “The Conqueror” 2. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 3. Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Hapi, “Around the World in 80 Days” 5. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless, “Wild Wild West” 6. Katie Holmes - “Batman Begins” 7. Audrey Hepburn as Liza Doolittle, “My Fair Lady” 8. Molly Ringwald as Fran Goldsmith, “The Stand” 9. Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, “Superman Returns” She was too young considering she was supposedly Margot Kidder’s Lois in Superman 4, plus a good few years. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7966 "2020-11-10T22:27:53Z")
Terribly miscast 1. John Wayne as Genghis Khan, “The Conqueror” 2. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 3. Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Hapi, “Around the World in 80 Days” 5. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless, “Wild Wild West” 6. Katie Holmes - “Batman Begins” 7. Audrey Hepburn as Liza Doolittle, “My Fair Lady” 8. Molly Ringwald as Fran Goldsmith, “The Stand” 9. Mike Myers as The Cat, “The Cat in the Hat” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7967 "2020-11-11T01:00:11Z")
Terribly miscast 1. John Wayne as Genghis Khan, “The Conqueror” 2. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 3. Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Prince Hapi, “Around the World in 80 Days” 5. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless, “Wild Wild West” 6. Katie Holmes - “Batman Begins” 7. Audrey Hepburn as Liza Doolittle, “My Fair Lady” 8. Molly Ringwald as Fran Goldsmith, “The Stand” 9. Mike Myers as The Cat, “The Cat in the Hat” 10. Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, in the _Psycho_ remake that never should have happened. Next: perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7968 "2020-11-11T01:04:01Z")
Next: perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7969 "2020-11-11T01:10:23Z")
Next: perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7970 "2020-11-11T01:11:57Z")
Next: perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7971 "2020-11-11T08:18:54Z")
Next: perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7972 "2020-11-11T10:20:36Z")
Next: perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ 6. David Thewlis - “Naked” The fact is, casting is really good industry-wide, and there are few clinkers ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7973 "2020-11-11T12:47:02Z")
Perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ 6. David Thewlis - “Naked” 7. Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark in _Iron Man_ and subsequent films. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7974 "2020-11-11T12:49:41Z")
Perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ 6. David Thewlis - “Naked” 7. Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark in _Iron Man_ and subsequent films. 8. Morgan Freeman as Hoke in “Driving Miss Daisy” ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7975 "2020-11-11T15:12:39Z")
Perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ 6. David Thewlis - “Naked” 7. Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark in _Iron Man_ and subsequent films. 8. Morgan Freeman as Hoke in “Driving Miss Daisy” 9. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7976 "2020-11-11T15:13:30Z")
Perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ 6. David Thewlis - “Naked” 7. Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark in _Iron Man_ and subsequent films. 8. Morgan Freeman as Hoke in “Driving Miss Daisy” 9. Jack Palance as Curly 🤠 in “City Slickers” _(don’t know if it was only great casting or an impressive performance by the actor — probably both)_ _ **-“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:** [November 11, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7977 "2020-11-11T20:58:19Z")
Perfectly cast: 1. Christine Lahti as Sylvie in _Housekeeping_ 2. Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein in _Arsenic and Old Lace_ 3. Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in _Casablanca_ 4. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy 5. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in _What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_ 6. David Thewlis - “Naked” 7. Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark in _Iron Man_ and subsequent films. 8. Morgan Freeman as Hoke in “Driving Miss Daisy” 9. Jack Palance as Curly 🤠 in “City Slickers” 10. Daniel Day-Lewis in, and as, _Lincoln_ Not quite as tall as the original, but he _nailed_ the part. More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ Intense and scary and shoulda won an Oscar, 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:** [November 11, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7978 "2020-11-11T21:04:42Z")
More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7979 "2020-11-11T21:07:08Z")
More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ 3. Zachary Quinto as Spock in _Star Trek_ (2009) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7980 "2020-11-11T21:38:30Z")
More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ 3. Zachary Quinto as Spock in _Star Trek_ (2009) 4. Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7981 "2020-11-11T21:47:03Z")
More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ 3. Zachary Quinto as Spock in _Star Trek_ (2009) 4. Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ 5. Keira Knightley as Lizzie Bennet in _Pride & Prejudice_ (2005) Smart, spunky, funny, luminously beautiful. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7982 "2020-11-11T22:20:40Z")
More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ 3. Zachary Quinto as Spock in _Star Trek_ (2009) 4. Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ 5. Keira Knightley as Lizzie Bennet in _Pride & Prejudice_ (2005) 6. Tim Curry as Dr. Frankenfurter in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7983 "2020-11-11T23:43:01Z")
More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ 3. Zachary Quinto as Spock in _Star Trek_ (2009) 4. Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ 5. Keira Knightley as Lizzie Bennet in _Pride & Prejudice_ (2005) 6. Tim Curry as Dr. Frankenfurter in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ 7. Al Pacino as Frank Slade in _Scent of a Woman_ ---
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[quote=“Spoons, post:7983, topic:838780, full:true”] More perfectly cast: 1. Wes Studi as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans_ 2. Angelica Houston and Raul Julia - _Addams Family_ 3. Zachary Quinto as Spock in _Star Trek_ (2009) 4. Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ 5. Keira Knightley as Lizzie Bennet in _Pride & Prejudice_ (2005) 6. Tim Curry as Dr. Frankenfurter in _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ 7. Al Pacino as Frank Slade in _Scent of a Woman_ 8. Simon Helberg as Cosmé McMoon in _Florence Foster Jenkins_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=400)