# 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:** 43
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/841 "2023-08-19T10:46:18Z")
**Movies that didn’t live up to their hype** 1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II _ **-“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:** [August 19, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/842 "2023-08-19T14:03:29Z")
**Movies that didn’t live up to their hype** 1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II 5. Titanic (1997) If they cut out the romantic crap it might be a decent ninety minute film 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/843 "2023-08-19T14:06:01Z")
**Movies that didn’t live up to their hype** 1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II 5. Titanic (1997) 6. The Flash ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/844 "2023-08-19T14:24:03Z")
**Movies that didn’t live up to their hype** 1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II 5. Titanic (1997) 6. The Flash 7. Alien 3 ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/845 "2023-08-19T15:50:17Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Titanic (1997) > > If they cut out the romantic crap it might be a decent ninety minute film 🙂 They did. It’s called _The Making of the Titanic._ ---
**Author:** ![alexm10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@alexm10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexm10)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/846 "2023-08-19T15:59:39Z")
1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II 5. Titanic (1997) 6. The Flash 7. Alien 3 8. Spiderman 3 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/847 "2023-08-19T18:14:03Z")
**Movies that didn’t live up to their hype** 1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II 5. Titanic (1997) 6. The Flash 7. Alien 3 8. Spiderman 3 9. Superman 3 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/848 "2023-08-19T18:18:24Z")
**Movies that didn’t live up to their hype** 1. King Kong (1976) 2. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3. The Godfather Part III 4. Hocus Pocus II 5. Titanic (1997) 6. The Flash 7. Alien 3 8. Spiderman 3 9. Superman 3 10. Highlander 2: The quickening **Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/849 "2023-08-19T19:20:40Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo that movie made me so hungry! 2. Babette’s Feast ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/850 "2023-08-19T19:42:15Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo that movie made me so hungry! 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/851 "2023-08-19T19:42:43Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo that movie made me so hungry! 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/852 "2023-08-19T19:46:08Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo that movie made me so hungry! 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform 5. Big Night ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/853 "2023-08-19T20:00:33Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform 5. Big Night 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/854 "2023-08-19T20:47:28Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform 5. Big Night 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/855 "2023-08-19T21:38:46Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform 5. Big Night 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8. The Menu ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/856 "2023-08-19T21:42:12Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform 5. Big Night 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8. The Menu 9. Chocolat (2000) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/857 "2023-08-19T21:51:17Z")
**Movies primarily about food** 1. Tampopo 2. Babette’s Feast 3. Ratatouille 4. The Platform 5. Big Night 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8. The Menu 9. Chocolat (2000) 10. Alive (1993) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/858 "2023-08-19T22:12:51Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/859 "2023-08-19T22:19:49Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) A series of vignettes, loosely based on the notorious yellow-covered book by Dr. David Reuben. And I find it truly fascinating to see [some of the people who signed on to act in this.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_You_Always_Wanted_to_Know_About_Sex*_(*But_Were_Afraid_to_Ask)_(film)#Cast) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 19, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/860 "2023-08-19T23:48:35Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut Whatever other meaning you might take from it, you’re sitting there watching some chucklehead running around trying to get laid the whole time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=44)