# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 410
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8182 "2025-06-09T15:53:06Z")
LOL, I was just about to follow Audrey Hepburn with Audrey Tatou in _Amelie_ Following up on the “upstaged” category **Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ I just watched a clip of the film, and he’s comically wooden, especially compared to Alan Rickman’s energetic performance. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8183 "2025-06-09T17:41:27Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. JK Simmons, _Whiplash_ Miles Teller is OK in his role as the young drummer who wants to learn under Simmons and even looks good in scenes drumming but he’s no match for Simmons. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8184 "2025-06-09T18:05:24Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. JK Simmons, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) Even though he was the center of the movie, the rest of the cast outshined his performance. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8185 "2025-06-09T18:26:15Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. JK Simmons, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ (I would have suggested Hamill in Star Wars, but @knoodler beat me to it. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8186 "2025-06-09T18:28:41Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. JK Simmons, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ He was good! But Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich stole the show. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8187 "2025-06-09T19:24:24Z")
> [@](#): > > **Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. JK Simmons, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ 6. William H. Macy & Tea Leoni, _Jurassic Park III_ Sam Neill actually has top billing, but they are 2 & 3, and Neill isn’t any better, while Trevor Morgan, a rare watchable child actor, carries a lot of the movie, and the other secondary characters are much more vibrant and developed than the top three. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8188 "2025-06-09T19:29:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. JK Simmons, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ 6. William H. Macy & Tea Leoni, _Jurassic Park III_ 7. Lucille Ball, _Mame_ She can’t sing, and her acting is all wrong for the tenor of the story. The child playing young Patrick outshines her by miles, and Bea Arthur reprises her stage role beautifully. What is worse is that the Broadway actress who is dumped for the movie and replaced by the more bankable Ball was Angela Lansbury. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8189 "2025-06-09T19:53:30Z")
> [@](#): > > **Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ 6. William H. Macy & Tea Leoni, _Jurassic Park III_ 7. Lucille Ball, _Mame_ She can’t sing, and her acting is all wrong for the tenor of the story. The child playing young Patrick outshines her by miles, and Bea Arthur reprises her stage role beautifully. What is worse is that the Broadway actress who is dumped for the movie and replaced by the more bankable Ball was Angela Lansbury. Corrected my entry at #2. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8190 "2025-06-10T00:20:56Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ 6. William H. Macy & Tea Leoni, _Jurassic Park III_ 7. Lucille Ball, _Mame_ 8. Mark Wahlberg, _Planet of the Apes (2001)_ Upstaged by other actors with heavy prosthetics like Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Paul Giamatti and Michael Clarke Duncan ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8191 "2025-06-10T01:43:34Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ 6. William H. Macy & Tea Leoni, _Jurassic Park III_ 7. Lucille Ball, _Mame_ 8. Mark Wahlberg, _Planet of the Apes_ (2001) 9. Daniel Day-Lewis, _The Last of the Mohicans_ (1992) He was good, but all these years later, Wes Studi as the villainous Magua is who I remember distinctly. Brrr. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8192 "2025-06-10T13:12:05Z")
**Leads who (in your opinion) aren’t as good as supporting cast members** (actor repeats allowed) 1. Kevin Costner, _Prince of Thieves_ 2. Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ 3. Mark Hamill, _Star Wars_ (“A New Hope”) 4. Robin Wright, _The Princess Bride_ 5. Bruce Willis, _The Fifth Element_ 6. William H. Macy & Tea Leoni, _Jurassic Park III_ 7. Lucille Ball, _Mame_ 8. Mark Wahlberg, _Planet of the Apes_ (2001) 9. Daniel Day-Lewis, _The Last of the Mohicans_ (1992) 10. Robert DeNiro, _Casino_ Joe Pesci’s character was so over the top violent that I feel he outshone DeNiro, just like in _Goodfellas_. pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8193 "2025-06-10T16:35:44Z")
**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8194 "2025-06-10T16:44:20Z")
**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine @knoodler Are “of” and “a/an” counted? And great list of responses to the Leads who were out-acted category above; I didn’t expect actors like Robert De Niro or Daniel Day-Lewis there, but I can see why. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8195 "2025-06-10T16:46:48Z")
**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Eyes Wide Shut Not gonna say it’s my favorite of Kubrick’s, or his most artistically successful, but arguably his most interesting film. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8196 "2025-06-10T16:47:51Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > @knoodler Are “of” and “a/an” counted? Not counted; conjunctive words are allowed. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8197 "2025-06-10T17:32:56Z")
**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. The Wolf of Wall Street ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8198 "2025-06-10T19:34:59Z")
**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 5. Yours, Mine, and Ours ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8199 "2025-06-10T19:54:58Z")
**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 5. Yours, Mine, and Ours 6. Fried Green Tomatoes ---
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**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 5. Yours, Mine, and Ours 6. Fried Green Tomatoes 7. Addams Family Values ---
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**3-word movie titles** (“the”, “and”, not counted) 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. Little Miss Sunshine 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 5. Yours, Mine, and Ours 6. Fried Green Tomatoes 7. Addams Family Values 8. James and the Giant Peach [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=409) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=411)