# 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:** 469
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9366 "2021-02-16T15:51:52Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9367 "2021-02-16T15:54:14Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9368 "2021-02-16T16:03:39Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9369 "2021-02-16T16:15:54Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet 5. Sins of the Fleshapoids ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9370 "2021-02-16T16:55:54Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet 5. Sins of the Fleshapoids 6. Memento ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9371 "2021-02-16T17:28:59Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet 5. Sins of the Fleshapoids 6. Memento 7. Eraserhead ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9372 "2021-02-16T17:33:32Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet 5. Sins of the Fleshapoids 6. Memento 7. Eraserhead 8. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9373 "2021-02-16T17:41:23Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet 5. Sins of the Fleshapoids 6. Memento 7. Eraserhead 8. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 9. How to Get Ahead In Advertising Pretty much anything by Handmade Films fits this! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9374 "2021-02-16T18:00:59Z")
**Notoriously weird/quirky** 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Blue Velvet 5. Sins of the Fleshapoids 6. Memento 7. Eraserhead 8. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 9. How to Get Ahead In Advertising 10. The Grand Budapest Hotel And I love it! Next up: **Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9375 "2021-02-16T18:15:01Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9376 "2021-02-16T18:22:24Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9377 "2021-02-16T18:32:54Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9378 "2021-02-16T18:49:09Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers 5. The English Patient ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9379 "2021-02-16T18:56:56Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers 5. The English Patient 6. In Bruges ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9380 "2021-02-16T19:45:10Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers 5. The English Patient 6. In Bruges 7. Quiz Show ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9381 "2021-02-16T19:46:04Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers 5. The English Patient 6. In Bruges 7. Quiz Show 8. Schindler’s List ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9382 "2021-02-16T20:20:04Z")
Revisiting the “misspelled words on purpose” thread — in the eighth submission (“Mr. Majestyk”), that was in fact the character’s name, and appears with that spelling in the credits as well as on the door of the Ford pick-up truck. We must assume that this is the correct spelling, and the fact that it rhymes with “majestic” is merely coincidental. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9383 "2021-02-16T20:26:20Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers 5. The English Patient 6. In Bruges 7. Quiz Show 8. Schindler’s List 9. Skyfall _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9384 "2021-02-16T22:46:11Z")
**Films of Ralph Fiennes** 1. The Grand Budapest Hotel 2. The Baby of Mâcon 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4. The Avengers 5. The English Patient 6. In Bruges 7. Quiz Show 8. Schindler’s List 9. Skyfall 10. The Duchess Next: **War Films Set Before 1900** 1. The General ---
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9385 "2021-02-16T22:48:16Z")
**War Films Set Before 1900** 1. The General 2. Start The Revolution Without Me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=468) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=470)