Name That Movie (Meta)

Fun! Had to Google to confirm the O, I didn't know that!

Google broke in the heat before I could find the O.

Fun. I presumed the "O" is O Brother, Where Art Thou, but that's just my take. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!

Ah, geez.

You get nagging things all over. And then it clicks.

It was easier to see some trios than others. Got the middle two right away but took awhile to see the first. And even then there was the "huh, that's multiple movies" moment. In the beginning I thought 7D was pertinant. Reading clockwise: "The man and ark now.... udo??????"

Very clever and fun.

I like the metanism and got the genral idea right off the bat, But I needed Google/Wikipedia for the specfics -- all of them, even the one I've seen, including the answer..

Started to re-fill the .puz after solving the grid here and BERG SINKS BOAT jumped out. Got Raiders and Napoleon Dynamite instantly (despite not having seen the latter), but did need to google the Odyssey one (though once O Brother Where Art Thou popped up I figured that was it, even though the click was a little softer since the rest involve the actual plots). Very clever and fun, thanks. :)

I struggled with the O also, but when I found "O Brother, Where Art Thou", I figured it must be Tron. I also needed Google for Napolean Dynamite, but Titanic and Raiders were easy.

It's time to watch some classic movies. Thanks, Ben.

First thought there would be more crossovers like MISHMASH and FARR, then thought it was a collection of famous lines (Dr Livingstone i presume?)… then VOTE PEDRO jumped right out at me.. still thinking quotes I found berg sinks boat and the other two soon followed. No google needed for any… O Brother is a family fave that we are quoting all the time! Sooo many memorable lines also , watch this yall:
https://youtu.be/g0wO783AqMw?si=Ae6gtx8xkHnOELIU

Fun! Thanks, Ben.

Argh. Flailed around for a while because I was putting Indiana Jones in the title, I didn't realize it was strictly titled Raiders of the Lost Ark, and I had figured that The Odyssey Now was actually 2001: A Space Odyssey. Especially with "Now" being clued as "These days (more or less)" - I figured that meant I had some leeway on 2001 being considered "now."

Well I struggled for quite some time figuring that AND (word that comes between partners) "united" three things A AND B, so I had AJAX AND ACHILLES, HALL AND OATES, RUTH AND NAOMI, PEDRO and NAPOLEON to get AONN (funnily enough I thought, dang that sounds almost like TRON). THen, after reading some comments I did literally step back and saw BERG SINKS BOAT and of course jumped for TITANIC which naturally was wrong.

"Don't be so trigger happy Tom, look at the others", and when I saw VOTE PEDRO PRES I knew what I had to do. The man pursues ark was a tough choice because EVAN ALMIGHTY is also about a man pursuing the building of an ARK, but I went with RAIDERS because it was certainly a bigger movie. The THE ODYSSEY NOW was a puzzle because there are LOTS of Odyssey movies, but with a TR_N (what a coincidence) I knew it had to be an O, and there was a movie called The ODYSSEY and 52A told us we could ignore THE, so that was my TRON. I had no idea "O Brother Where Art Thou" (even though I have seen it) was loosely based on Homer's work.

Fun puzzle and mechanism Ben!!!

I had TR_N and punted. I'm old enough to have seen the original on the big screen.

Fantastic concept and movie synopses! As it happens I saw all 4 themers plus the answer, so easy peasy for me. Thanks Ben!

Was convinced it was going to begin with T and end in ND, with maybe ROTLA in the middle, but TROTLA—ND wasn’t feeling warm n fuzzy. Glad I simplified my thinking!

Loved it, thanks Ben! (luckily I knew that the Coens' "O Brother..." was based on the Odyssey) :)

Very nice (well except for ESAC)

I had 5 minutes of “WTH” and then BOOM with top and bottom movies. I’ve seen them except the answer.

Nudge needed but no google required. This was definitely one of those “whoa…” ones once I saw it. Thanks!

Good one! I was overthinking as usual and needed the nudges! Thanks, Ben!

Having never heard of one of the movies (or the answer movie) made it more difficult. Came back after two wrong answers and there it was. Duh! I guess I need to get out more! However, I did love O Brother...