# 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:** 423
**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 25, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8443 "2023-02-25T22:24:36Z")
**Movies with large age differences of characters** 1. Harold and Maude 2. Lost In Translation 3. Heidi (1937) 4. A Series of Unfortunate Events 5. As Good as It Gets 6. Breezy 7. Just You and Me, Kid George Burns & Brooke Shields ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8444 "2023-02-25T22:36:28Z")
**Movies with large age differences of characters** 1. Harold and Maude 2. Lost In Translation 3. Heidi (1937) 4. A Series of Unfortunate Events 5. As Good as It Gets 6. Breezy 7. Just You and Me, Kid 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Fellowship, alone, features two characters who are several thousand years old (Gandalf, Legolas), a character who’s over a hundred years old (Gimli), and a man who’s in his 80s (but is particularly long-lived) (Aragorn), with the rest (Boromir and the four hobbits) in their 20s to 40s. ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8445 "2023-02-26T04:12:17Z")
**Movies with large age differences of characters** 1. Harold and Maude 2. Lost In Translation 3. Heidi (1937) 4. A Series of Unfortunate Events 5. As Good as It Gets 6. Breezy 7. Just You and Me, Kid 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 9. Three Men and a Baby ---
**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:** [February 26, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8446 "2023-02-26T04:12:58Z")
**Movies with large age differences of characters** 1. Harold and Maude 2. Lost In Translation 3. Heidi (1937) 4. A Series of Unfortunate Events 5. As Good as It Gets 6. Breezy 7. Just You and Me, Kid 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 9. Three Men and a Baby 10. Up pass ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8447 "2023-02-26T04:15:07Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8448 "2023-02-26T04:16:03Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8449 "2023-02-26T04:18:37Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop ---
**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:** [February 26, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8450 "2023-02-26T04:19:22Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8451 "2023-02-26T04:24:08Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8452 "2023-02-26T04:58:52Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6. National Lampoon’s Vacation ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8453 "2023-02-26T11:49:57Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6. National Lampoon’s Vacation 7. The Last Detail ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8454 "2023-02-26T16:18:09Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6. National Lampoon’s Vacation 7. The Last Detail 8. Road to Singapore ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8455 "2023-02-26T16:21:14Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6. National Lampoon’s Vacation 7. The Last Detail 8. Road to Singapore 9. Little Miss Sunshine ---
**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:** [February 26, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8456 "2023-02-26T16:52:37Z")
**Good road movies** 1. Midnight Run 2. Easy Rider 3. Two Lane Blacktop 4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6. National Lampoon’s Vacation 7. The Last Detail 8. Road to Singapore 9. Little Miss Sunshine 10. Thelma and Louise **The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8457 "2023-02-26T17:05:50Z")
**The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider 2. The Graduate The future is plastics. ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8458 "2023-02-26T17:10:29Z")
**The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider 2. The Graduate 3. Shampoo Not made in the 60s (but in 1975), but definitely about them - one day/night in fact, the day of the presidential election in 1968 (although it’s not about the election). ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8459 "2023-02-26T17:13:21Z")
**The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider 2. The Graduate 3. Shampoo 4. Woodstock Came out in 1970, but documented one of the '60s signature events. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8460 "2023-02-26T19:00:29Z")
**The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider 2. The Graduate 3. Shampoo 4. Woodstock 5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery He brought the sixties with him. ---
**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 26, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8461 "2023-02-26T19:39:06Z")
**The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider 2. The Graduate 3. Shampoo 4. Woodstock 5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 6. 8 1/2 ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8462 "2023-02-26T20:39:25Z")
**The Sixties** 1. Easy Rider 2. The Graduate 3. Shampoo 4. Woodstock 5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 6. 8 1/2 7. Thirteen Days [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=424)