# The Movie Game II **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423 "2005-01-30T13:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 61
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1201 "2005-03-19T19:25:09Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Jefferson in Paris** Thandie Newton ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1202 "2005-03-20T15:23:26Z")
**Beloved** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1203 "2005-03-21T12:17:52Z")
Wasn’t this a Hallmark Movie? 😉 Oprah Winfrey ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1204 "2005-03-21T14:05:39Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Wasn’t this a Hallmark Movie? 😉 Dunno – I’m one of several hundred million people who didn’t see it. **The Color Purple** (which I also didn’t see – mostly because I adored the book and didn’t want to see what “they” did to it). ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1205 "2005-03-21T14:37:01Z")
I’ve been away for a bit. Are we still on round 2? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1206 "2005-03-21T14:41:44Z")
Yup – despite a _certain person_’s efforts to subvert the game by playing a movie that hasn’t been released yet. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1207 "2005-03-21T15:15:50Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **The Color Purple** (which I also didn’t see – mostly because I adored the book and didn’t want to see what “they” did to it). I seem to recall it was pretty good, but never read the book so I can’t compare it. Danny Glover ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1208 "2005-03-21T15:24:00Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I seem to recall it was pretty good, but never read the book so I can’t compare it. > > Danny Glover 1. **Grand Canyon** 2. Hi Opal! 3. For the record I’m about 80% boy, though I sat out of swimming and gym classes in high school with the chicks once a month 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1209 "2005-03-21T17:39:29Z")
Alfre Woodard twicks, who really, really doesn’t want to know what #3 means. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1210 "2005-03-21T17:48:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Alfre Woodard > > twicks, who really, really doesn’t want to know what #3 means. Me neither. _Star Trek: First Contact_ ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1211 "2005-03-21T17:55:52Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Me neither. > _Star Trek: First Contact_ \*\* Patrick Stewart\*\* ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1212 "2005-03-21T17:57:39Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > \*\* > Patrick Stewart\*\* _X-Men_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1213 "2005-03-21T18:05:06Z")
Anna Paquin. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1214 "2005-03-21T19:12:04Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Anna Paquin. _Fly Away Home_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1215 "2005-03-21T19:19:20Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > _Fly Away Home_ Dana Delany (unless she hasn’t been born yet – in which case, I got nothin’) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1216 "2005-03-21T19:33:46Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Dana Delany (unless she hasn’t been born yet – in which case, I got nothin’) 😕 (I have no idea what else she’s been in except one film that’s already been used and I also have no idea what that comment meant. FWIW she has been born, many years ago, and she was in that film. The judges also would have accepted Jeff Daniels.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1217 "2005-03-21T19:49:50Z")
Good news – she was also in **Tombstone** , which hasn’t been played yet. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1218 "2005-03-21T19:53:19Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > 😕 > > (I have no idea what else she’s been in except one film that’s already been used and I also have no idea what that comment meant. FWIW she has been born, many years ago, and she was in that film. The judges also would have accepted Jeff Daniels.) Shibb, I believe that was a reference to the earlier comment about someone playing an as-yet unreleased film. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1219 "2005-03-21T20:37:32Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Good news – she was also in **Tombstone** , which hasn’t been played yet. Sam “I _look_ like I should be a cowboy” Elliott ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1220 "2005-03-21T21:05:07Z")
_drool_… **Sibling Rivalry** for about 15 minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423.md?page=62)