# 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:** 47
**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 29, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/923 "2019-09-29T13:56:33Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men A superhero comedy. Great cast, great script, great direction. But it came out in 1999 when the superhero genre was moribund. ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/924 "2019-09-29T15:35:18Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus The greatest teen comedy of the 90’s. Nobody remembers it. ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/925 "2019-09-29T15:37:50Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus 5. Breaker Morant Terrific war movie and courtroom drama, set during the Boer War. My second-favorite movie ever. ---
**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 29, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/926 "2019-09-29T16:23:05Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus 5. Breaker Morant 6. Shock Treatment Way ahead of its time in predicting reality TV. ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/927 "2019-09-29T20:15:02Z")
I’ve seen Shock Treatment… Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus 5. Breaker Morant 6. Shock Treatment 7. Spaced Invaders Dumb movie with dumb Martians invading a town on Halloween and no one believes them. ---
**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 29, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/928 "2019-09-29T23:38:18Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus 5. Breaker Morant 6. Shock Treatment 7. Spaced Invaders 8. Near Dark A great vampire movie even though they didn’t quite pull off the ending. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/929 "2019-09-30T02:30:15Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus 5. Breaker Morant 6. Shock Treatment 7. Spaced Invaders 8. Near Dark 9. The Gate Fun special FX (for the time) and an unexpected ending made me really enjoy this back in 1987. Now? Who knows? ---
**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 30, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/930 "2019-09-30T06:44:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Fun special FX (for the time) and an unexpected ending made me really enjoy this back in 1987. Now? Who knows? Watched it for the first time just the other day. The effects are spectacular even today. The story is fine, just not as perennially entertaining as your Poltergeists or your Gremlins. ---
**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 30, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/931 "2019-09-30T11:26:26Z")
Wish more people had seen it. 1. Joe vs the Volcano 2. Serial 3. Mystery Men 4. Angus 5. Breaker Morant 6. Shock Treatment 7. Spaced Invaders 8. Near Dark 9. The Gate 10. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Movies with notable fish 11. A Fish Named Wanda ---
**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 30, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/932 "2019-09-30T11:32:12Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/933 "2019-09-30T12:07:00Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/934 "2019-09-30T12:23:34Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/935 "2019-09-30T12:48:25Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado 5. Finding Nemo ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/936 "2019-09-30T12:49:32Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado 5. Finding Nemo 6. The Old Man and the Sea ---
**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 30, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/937 "2019-09-30T13:23:26Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado 5. Finding Nemo 6. The Old Man and the Sea 7. Finding Dory ---
**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 30, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/938 "2019-09-30T15:28:00Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado 5. Finding Nemo 6. The Old Man and the Sea 7. Finding Dory 8. Big Fish ---
**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 30, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/939 "2019-09-30T15:43:39Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado 5. Finding Nemo 6. The Old Man and the Sea 7. Finding Dory 8. Big Fish 9. Deep Blue Sea ---
**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 30, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/940 "2019-09-30T15:59:13Z")
Movies with notable fish 1. A Fish Named Wanda 2. Jaws 3. The Incredible Mr. Limpet 4. Sharknado 5. Finding Nemo 6. The Old Man and the Sea 7. Finding Dory 8. Big Fish 9. Deep Blue Sea 10. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Next up: Movies with evil corporations 1. The Parallax View ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/941 "2019-09-30T16:35:35Z")
Movies with evil corporations 1. The Parallax View 2. The Big Short Such a horrifying horror tale… ---
**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 30, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/942 "2019-09-30T17:43:59Z")
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