# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1781 "2004-11-13T14:20:33Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > He wore cornrows for _Panic Room_. **Forest Whitaker** ---
**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:** [November 13, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1782 "2004-11-13T17:02:47Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > **Forest Whitaker** I’d just like to point out that with **roger** ’s post, this is now the longest non-locked thread on the Dope. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1783 "2004-11-14T05:07:19Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > **Forest Whitaker** _Battlefield Earth_ (now there’s a flick I doubt I’ll ever screw up the courage to view!) **roger** : I guess your “Ellen Bursten” remark illustrates one reason why we can’t edit. If we could, I’d be going back and correcting the “Ellyn” gaffe right now, thus rendering your _mot_ less _juste_… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1784 "2004-11-14T05:16:19Z")
Kelly Preston Am I the only one who’s noticed that all this Scientology that movie stars are so hot for was thought up by a guy who wrote science fiction for a living? I mean, are they totally unable to add two and two and come up with four? HEL-LOOO??? ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1785 "2004-11-14T05:30:06Z")
I’m going to spend my 599th post on _SpaceCamp_. Saw it in the theater! ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1786 "2004-11-15T21:13:13Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > I’m going to spend my 599th post on _SpaceCamp_. Saw it in the theater! I think everyone else is embarrassed to admit they actually watched it. 😛 I did, I had a huge crush on Tom Skerritt at the time. We’ll go with him. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1787 "2004-11-15T22:06:03Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > I think everyone else is embarrassed to admit they actually watched it. 😛 I did, I had a huge crush on Tom Skerritt at the time. We’ll go with him. Have we done _Top Gun_ yet this time? I had some better ones but either I’d played them in round 1 or they’ve been played in round 2 already. Or both. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1788 "2004-11-15T22:26:48Z")
**Anthony Edwards** ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1789 "2004-11-15T22:33:02Z")
Was about to say _Boy in the Plastic Bubble,_ but that was his schtick in Northern Exposure :smack: **The Sure Thing**. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1790 "2004-11-15T22:44:33Z")
Nicolette Sheridan ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1791 "2004-11-16T03:55:45Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Nicolette Sheridan _Beverly Hills Ninja_ ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1792 "2004-11-16T04:07:44Z")
You. Are so. Not. Right. Chris Farley. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1793 "2004-11-16T05:44:46Z")
So many gems to choose from. **Tommy Boy** ---
**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:** [November 16, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1794 "2004-11-16T06:56:34Z")
Yeesh. Amazing how quickly things can go downhill. **David Spade**. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1795 "2004-11-16T07:50:16Z")
Could be worse. Amazing what a couple fingers of Glenfiddich can do for one’s outlook on life… **Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1796 "2004-11-16T12:30:44Z")
I’m not trying to be snobby, but I really don’t know most of these movies or who is in them. Just not what I’d spend my hard-earned money on. Might watch them if they ever appeared on TV. Sure, I could tell you that Spade and Farley were in _Tommy Boy_, but nothing beyond that. (FWIW I like David Spade in _The Emperor’s New Groove_.) And for Og knows what reason I always confuse Nicolette Sheridan and Toni Collette, even though they are like night and day. **Mo** , have you actually watched that movie? Is it any good? I should also point out that, sadly, I have posted more to this thread than in Great Debates. Although not by _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1797 "2004-11-16T15:35:41Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > **Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag** It’s not too bad. Certainly not _Beverly Hills Ninja_ bad or _Tommy Boy_ bad. More “madcap” than “stupid”, but with some “stupid” in there too. **Joe Pesci** , hasn’t been used this round. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1798 "2004-11-16T15:50:05Z")
> [@vd](#): > > **Joe Pesci** , hasn’t been used this round. _Casino_. BTW, what’s the cutoff date between round 1 and round 2? I almost used a different one, but wasn’t sure on the switch. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1799 "2004-11-16T16:02:51Z")
Ummm… late July sometime, wasn’t it? **Shibb** , it really wasn’t too bad. Watching Anthony Edwards have a melt down and chasing people around with a head gave me the giggles. 'Course, I also like the Three Stooges, so you can’t really take my word for much. 😛 That, and, I watch a _lot_ of dreck in the throes of insomnia. Um. What’s his name. That guy. The one I always get mixed up with Rip Torn. Crap. Now I have to go look. Alan King! Yeah, him. Nicolette Sheridan? My GOD, the woman’s had more work done than Joan Rivers! Okay, I exaggerate. But not by much. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1800 "2004-11-16T16:09:35Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Um. What’s his name. That guy. The one I always get mixed up with Rip Torn. Crap. Now I have to go look. **Alan King**! Yeah, him. Well, I don’t see it, but whatever. Anyway, it works, because the other film I considered with Pesci was _ **Casino** _, and I’m fairly sure he was in that, too. With Collette and Nicollette it’s the name, not the actress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=91)