# The Movie Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051 "2004-04-08T23:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 76
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1501 "2004-09-07T19:17:24Z")
I was going to try to stop being such a post whore. But…but…but…it’s the1500th post. 😛 Rita Wilson ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1502 "2004-09-07T19:54:00Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > I was going to try to stop being such a post whore. But…but…but…it’s the1500th post. 😛 > > Rita Wilson The second Mrs. Tom Hanks? Why, I believe they met on the set of _Volunteers_. Notice how I chivalrously made no “whore” comment? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1503 "2004-09-08T02:15:17Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > The second Mrs. Tom Hanks? Why, I believe they met on the set of > > _Volunteers_. I’ll reply with that guy who played WASP windbag Lawrence Bourne. No, not LB III, but LB Jr., none other than professional Walter Mitty **George Plimpton**. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1504 "2004-09-08T11:28:41Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I’ll reply with that guy who played WASP windbag Lawrence Bourne. No, not LB III, but LB Jr., none other than professional Walter Mitty **George Plimpton**. Dang, we’ve already done _Good Will Hunting_ this time around. Drawing a blank on another one right now, but have a curiosity question - is actress Martha Plimpton related to George? ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel25\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@Ezekiel25\_17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezekiel25_17)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1505 "2004-09-09T08:32:33Z")
Plimpton just died not that long ago, right? Well I’m glad i can trot out LA Story, one of the smartest comedies of the 90’s ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1506 "2004-09-09T12:20:57Z")
> [@Ezekiel25:17](#): > > Plimpton just died not that long ago, right? > > Well I’m glad i can trot out LA Story, one of the smartest comedies of the 90’s Welcome, **Ezekiel**. I am not my brother’s keeper or the finder of lost children, although occasionally I’ll turn up a nickel or a dime. Let’s go with Kevin Pollak ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1507 "2004-09-09T15:25:02Z")
_End of Days_ ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel25\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@Ezekiel25\_17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezekiel25_17)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1508 "2004-09-09T17:33:00Z")
Speaking of being his brother’s keeper, Shib, you busted out Kein Pollack back in May, but you spelled it Pollack, which is probably why it didn’t come up in a search. So, unless I’m wrong (which is a pretty common occurance) we’re still on LA Story ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1509 "2004-09-09T17:56:48Z")
Ok, how about Victoria Tennant? * * * MAY? We’ve been playing since MAY? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1510 "2004-09-09T18:25:00Z")
April, actually. 🆒 **Ezekiel** , we actually started a new round a few hundred posts ago, so I think Kevin Pollak is valid. So we’re on _End of Days_. By the way…are you a _Pulp Fiction_ fan? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1511 "2004-09-09T19:54:54Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > April, actually. 🆒 > > **Ezekiel** , we actually started a new round a few hundred posts ago, so I think Kevin Pollak is valid. So we’re on _End of Days_. > > By the way…are you a _Pulp Fiction_ fan? 😉 Yep, **Nightwatch** started this behemoth on April 8, 2004. It was five months old yesterday. We’re currently in round 2 and although I’m happy I was able to spell Mr. Pollak’s name correctly this time around, I am drawing a complete blank on _End of Days_, so it may be one of those movies that came out when I didn’t live in the USA so I never heard of it. Either that or a synapse is missing. Aside to **'Zeke** : get used to being wrong a lot around here (I have). There’s a bunch of brainy folks, particularly in GQ. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1512 "2004-09-09T20:24:59Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Yep, **Nightwatch** started this behemoth on April 8, 2004. It was five months old yesterday. We’re currently in round 2 and although I’m happy I was able to spell Mr. Pollak’s name correctly this time around, I am drawing a complete blank on _End of Days_, so it may be one of those movies that came out when I didn’t live in the USA so I never heard of it. Either that or a synapse is missing. It’s an Arnold Schwarzenegger crapfest from 1999 with a millenial apocalypse theme. Gabriel Byrne plays the Devil! Kevin Pollak plays Arnold’s funny sidekick. In the end, Arnold (who lost his faith when his family was murdered) essentially gets crucified in a church to save the world. Gag me. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1513 "2004-09-09T21:28:26Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > It’s an Arnold Schwarzenegger crapfest from 1999 with a millenial apocalypse theme. Gabriel Byrne plays the Devil! Kevin Pollak plays Arnold’s funny sidekick. So, are you playing Arnold or Gabriel? The plot sounds vaguely familiar to me although I’m sure I’ve not seen it. Might make a good MST3000 film by the sound of it. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1514 "2004-09-09T21:51:46Z")
I’m the one who said _End of Days_, so I can’t also contribute the next actor. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1515 "2004-09-10T02:03:48Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > I’m the one who said _End of Days_, so I can’t also contribute the next actor. Okay, let’s go with Arnold Schwarzenegger then (is that cheating?)… and to make it tough, someone try to name a movie that he’s been in that might be considered a “good” film, in this case where “good” might mean it could get nominated for an award for something other than violence or special effects. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1516 "2004-09-10T03:09:42Z")
According to IMDb, _The 6th Day_ was nominated for a Razzie. Does that count? 😃 Fine, someone pick another movie. But I actually **liked** _The 6th Day_. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1517 "2004-09-10T03:42:46Z")
Jeez, way to bring the game to a screeching halt, **Shibb**. 😛 Um, um…um… Crap. Of all his films, **True Lies** is my favorite, but it won’t win any awards. I haven’t seen the updated version of **Around the World in 80 Days** , but I’m sure it was well worth his taking that time off from the less urgent business of running our fair state. :rolleyes: Oh, the shame. Ah, well. Pick one. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1518 "2004-09-10T04:17:19Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Crap. Of all his films, **True Lies** is my favorite, but it won’t win any awards. Well, since things are in the toilet anyway… **Tom Arnold** ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel25\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@Ezekiel25\_17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezekiel25_17)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1519 "2004-09-10T04:21:04Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Ezekiel, we actually started a new round a few hundred posts ago. I guess thats what I get for reading the first 25 pages and then jumping to the last. ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel25\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@Ezekiel25\_17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezekiel25_17)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1520 "2004-09-10T04:25:02Z")
Tom Arnold Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (Nightmare on Elm Street 6) If only it really had been the last. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=77)