# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 273
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5443 "2022-05-31T01:50:58Z")
**Sports-Related** 1. Field of Dreams 2. Moneyball 3. Paper Lion 4. Miracle (2004) 5. The Program 6. Chariots of Fire 7. Rocky ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5444 "2022-05-31T04:33:03Z")
**Sports-Related** 1. Field of Dreams 2. Moneyball 3. Paper Lion 4. Miracle (2004) 5. The Program 6. Chariots of Fire 7. Rocky 8. American Flyers _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5445 "2022-05-31T05:45:28Z")
**Sports-Related** 1. Field of Dreams 2. Moneyball 3. Paper Lion 4. Miracle (2004) 5. The Program 6. Chariots of Fire 7. Rocky 8. American Flyers 9. Running Man ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5446 "2022-05-31T06:26:12Z")
**Sports-Related** 1. Field of Dreams 2. Moneyball 3. Paper Lion 4. Miracle (2004) 5. The Program 6. Chariots of Fire 7. Rocky 8. American Flyers 9. Running Man 10. Million Dollar Baby Pass ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5447 "2022-05-31T14:00:45Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5448 "2022-05-31T14:06:43Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java They got a lot of things wrong in that one. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5449 "2022-05-31T14:10:10Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5450 "2022-05-31T14:10:26Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5451 "2022-05-31T14:18:11Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5452 "2022-05-31T14:24:14Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Jaws “Smile, you son of a—” ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5453 "2022-05-31T15:15:23Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Jaws 6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance KId “Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?” ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5454 "2022-05-31T15:47:23Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Jaws 6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 7. Zabriskie Point ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5455 "2022-05-31T17:16:19Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Jaws 6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 7. Zabriskie Point 8. Independence Day ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5456 "2022-05-31T17:19:37Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Jaws 6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 7. Zabriskie Point 8. Independence Day 9. [Bridge Over the River Kwai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJ_g3NXYac) ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5457 "2022-05-31T18:31:15Z")
**Features at least one big explosion** 1. Krakatoa, East of Java 2. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 3. Desperado 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Jaws 6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 7. Zabriskie Point 8. Independence Day 9. [Bridge Over the River Kwai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJ_g3NXYac) 10. Caddyshack **“Fore!”** [![](https://doyouremember.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/explosive.jpg) ](https://doyouremember.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/explosive.jpg) (pass) _ **-“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:** [May 31, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5458 "2022-05-31T18:35:40Z")
**Movies that would have been improved by something blowing up real good** 1. The Room ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5459 "2022-05-31T18:39:39Z")
**Movies that would have been improved by something blowing up real good** 1. The Room 2. The Horse Whisperer Here, I’d nominate blowing up about an hour and a half of that incredibly dawdling film. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5460 "2022-05-31T18:54:35Z")
**Movies that would have been improved by something blowing up real good** 1. The Room 2. The Horse Whisperer 3. Bambi Okay, so I don’t have any strong feelings, pro or con, about it as a movie. I do have strong feelings about the experience of being a parent with small children who had to watch it relentlessly some years ago, as children are apt to do. Show dad a little consideration and blow something up. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5461 "2022-05-31T19:18:05Z")
**Movies that would have been improved by something blowing up real good** 1. The Room 2. The Horse Whisperer 3. Bambi 4. On Golden Pond ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5462 "2022-05-31T19:48:20Z")
**Movies that would have been improved by something blowing up real good** 1. The Room 2. The Horse Whisperer 3. Bambi 4. On Golden Pond 5. The Bridges of Madison County [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=274)