# 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:** 476
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre ---
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre 5. Back to School - Kurt Vonnegut ---
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre 5. Back to School - Kurt Vonnegut 6. Space Jam - Michael Jordan ---
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre 5. Back to School - Kurt Vonnegut 6. Space Jam - Michael Jordan 7. Groundhog Day - Alex Trebek ---
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre 5. Back to School - Kurt Vonnegut 6. Space Jam - Michael Jordan 7. Groundhog Day - Alex Trebek 8. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - Lance Armstrong ---
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre 5. Back to School - Kurt Vonnegut 6. Space Jam - Michael Jordan 7. Groundhog Day - Alex Trebek 8. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - Lance Armstrong 9. Paper Heart - Michael Cera ---
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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)** 1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan 2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen 3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth 4. There’s Something About Mary - Brett Favre 5. Back to School - Kurt Vonnegut 6. Space Jam - Michael Jordan 7. Groundhog Day - Alex Trebek 8. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - Lance Armstrong 9. Paper Heart - Michael Cera 10. Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9517 "2021-02-23T11:34:11Z")
## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. 5. Hancock - Will Smith is a superstrong, supertough amnesiac in the first half; in the second he regains his memory and we all wish he hadn’t. ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. 5. Hancock - Will Smith is a superstrong, supertough amnesiac in the first half; in the second he regains his memory and we all wish he hadn’t. 6. Chungking Express Tarantino called it one of the most inspirational films he ever saw ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. 5. Hancock - Will Smith is a superstrong, supertough amnesiac in the first half; in the second he regains his memory and we all wish he hadn’t. 6. Chungking Express 7. X-Men: The Last Stand - Too much going on in the movie is a disservice to the Phoenix Saga. Jean Grey comes back to life, gets super powerful and evil, and can only be stopped by Wolverine. Also there’s a cure to the mutant gene. ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. 5. Hancock - Will Smith is a superstrong, supertough amnesiac in the first half; in the second he regains his memory and we all wish he hadn’t. 6. Chungking Express 7. X-Men: The Last Stand - Too much going on in the movie is a disservice to the Phoenix Saga. Jean Grey comes back to life, gets super powerful and evil, and can only be stopped by Wolverine. Also there’s a cure to the mutant gene. 8. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors) - A story of dangerous alien visitors murdering people – and one of the aliens making friends with a little boy, thrown in to try to lure fans of E.T. ---
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## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. 5. Hancock - Will Smith is a superstrong, supertough amnesiac in the first half; in the second he regains his memory and we all wish he hadn’t. 6. Chungking Express 7. X-Men: The Last Stand - Too much going on in the movie is a disservice to the Phoenix Saga. Jean Grey comes back to life, gets super powerful and evil, and can only be stopped by Wolverine. Also there’s a cure to the mutant gene. 8. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors) - A story of dangerous alien visitors murdering people – and one of the aliens making friends with a little boy, thrown in to try to lure fans of E.T. 9. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones – a science-fantasy action movie, with an awkwardly-written “forbidden romance” film bolted into its middle third. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9522 "2021-02-24T03:10:42Z")
## Movies that in the opinion of many (or in your opinion) are two movies jammed into one. 1. Stripes. - After the graduation, the “second movie” with the secret weapon in Europe is a letdown. 2. Gone With the Wind - Walk out at the Intermission. After the Yankee invasion it’s mostly love affair crap and goes straight down hill. 3. Full Metal Jacket – The first half is an excellent movie about turning raw recruits into Marines and the psychological effects of doing so, and could easily have ended with ‘Pvt. Pyle’ shooting Sgt. Hartman and then himself. The Vietnam deployment and battles seem like they were just tacked on to extend the run-time. 4. Sorry to Bother You - A goofy comedy about a lovable loser falling upward into situations increasingly beyond his control while trying to have a meaningful romantic relationship is superimposed over a weird dystopian movie about the extreme effects of runaway capitalism. Both are interesting films but I’m not sure it ever completely clicked - it’s like they were trying to make _Brazil_ but kept getting distracted by Tessa Thompson. 5. Hancock - Will Smith is a superstrong, supertough amnesiac in the first half; in the second he regains his memory and we all wish he hadn’t. 6. Chungking Express 7. X-Men: The Last Stand - Too much going on in the movie is a disservice to the Phoenix Saga. Jean Grey comes back to life, gets super powerful and evil, and can only be stopped by Wolverine. Also there’s a cure to the mutant gene. 8. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors) - A story of dangerous alien visitors murdering people – and one of the aliens making friends with a little boy, thrown in to try to lure fans of E.T. 9. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones – a science-fantasy action movie, with an awkwardly-written “forbidden romance” film bolted into its middle third. 10. The Dead Girl Had a complete red herring built into it Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9523 "2021-02-24T03:20:19Z")
Good performances by actors who have won “worst actor(ress)” Golden Raspberrirs for other pictures 1. Dakota Johnson,-- Peanut Butter Falcon ---
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Good performances by actors who have won “worst actor(ress)” Golden Raspberrirs for other pictures 1. Dakota Johnson,-- Peanut Butter Falcon 2. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet ---
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Good performances by actors who have won “worst actor(ress)” Golden Raspberries for other pictures 1. Dakota Johnson,-- Peanut Butter Falcon 2. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet 3. Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer Diamond won a Razzie and was nominated for a Golden Globe for the _same performance_. I thought it was a good performance in a film that never should have been made in the first place. ---
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Good performances by actors who have won “worst actor(ress)” Golden Raspberries for other pictures 1. Dakota Johnson,-- Peanut Butter Falcon 2. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet 3. Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer 4. Halle Berry - Monsters Ball Halle Berry won a Best Actress Oscar for 2002’s _Monsters Ball_, but also got a Golden Raspberry for _Catwoman_ three years later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=475) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=477)