# 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:** 493
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9848 "2021-03-19T22:58:17Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9849 "2021-03-19T23:11:45Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl 5. Kill Bill ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9850 "2021-03-19T23:13:41Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl 5. Kill Bill 6. The Mark of Zorro ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9851 "2021-03-19T23:59:14Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 5. Kill Bill 6. The Mark of Zorro 7. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9852 "2021-03-20T02:13:39Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 5. Kill Bill 6. The Mark of Zorro 7. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 8. The Great Race …_TWO classic scenes; one between Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood (“Now, if you’d won the MEN’S International Fencing Competition…”) and the other between Tony Curtis and Ross Martin (Martin: “Personally, I prefer a man’s weapon. How are you with a saber?” — Curtis:“There’s only one way to find out.”)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9853 "2021-03-20T03:03:28Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 5. Kill Bill 6. The Mark of Zorro 7. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 8. The Great Race 9. The Adventures of Robin Hood ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9854 "2021-03-20T04:49:13Z")
**En Garde! Movies with Swordplay** 1. The Princess Bride 2. Seven Samurai 3. The Three Musketeers (1973) 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 5. Kill Bill 6. The Mark of Zorro 7. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 8. The Great Race 9. The Adventures of Robin Hood 10. The Duelists Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9855 "2021-03-20T04:56:16Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9856 "2021-03-20T06:10:43Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9857 "2021-03-20T06:45:41Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Rob Roy ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9858 "2021-03-20T06:48:28Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines _…the ‘balloon and blunderbuss duel’, which was based on an actual event – [The Most Ridiculous Duel in History - in a Hot-Air Balloon!](https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/01/hot-air-balloon-duel/)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9859 "2021-03-20T13:03:51Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Rob Roy 5. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 6. Jezebel Also, 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:** [March 20, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9860 "2021-03-20T13:05:39Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Rob Roy 5. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 6. Jezebel 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9861 "2021-03-20T16:27:27Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Rob Roy 5. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 6. Jezebel 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 8. High Noon ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9862 "2021-03-20T18:04:56Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Rob Roy 5. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 6. Jezebel 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 8. High Noon 9. Star Wars (I call “lightsabers count”) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9863 "2021-03-20T18:07:45Z")
Movies featuring duels 1. Barry Lyndon 2. Back to the Future Part III 3. The Quick and the Dead 4. Rob Roy 5. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 6. Jezebel 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 8. High Noon 9. Star Wars (I call “lightsabers count”) 10. Hamilton **Martial Arts Films** 1. Enter The Dragon ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9864 "2021-03-20T18:12:11Z")
**Martial Arts Films** 1. Enter The Dragon 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9865 "2021-03-20T18:13:06Z")
**Martial Arts Films** 1. Enter The Dragon 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3. Shanghai Noon ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9866 "2021-03-20T19:25:37Z")
**Martial Arts Films** 1. Enter The Dragon 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3. Shanghai Noon 4. 36th Chamber of Shaolin ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9867 "2021-03-20T20:37:17Z")
**Martial Arts Films** 1. Enter The Dragon 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3. Shanghai Noon 4. 36th Chamber of Shaolin 5. Think Fast, Mr. Moto [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=492) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=494)