Members Base Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 If I can watch a movie once and enjoy it, I'm usually happy to watch it again. I've been known to see the same film in the cinema a few times...!The film I've seen the most times is probably Star Wars, but that's due to watching it so much when I was a kid. I used to watch the Back To The Future films a lot then too.I like sci-fi and historical epic-cy stuff, if they're good I can watch them again and again. Anything like Braveheart, Glory or The Last Samurai. A lot of the Marvel & DC adaptations too, good brainless fun! Oh, and the LotR films of course...Sod it, I could just live in front of the TV if I was allowed to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrankieP Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Definitely LOTR! I have all the Platinum extended editions and I actually enjoy watching "the making of"s over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members felix Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Brazil 12 Monkeys A Clockwork Orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members felix Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 ... and Napoleon Dynamite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Wow, some days it's 'To Kill a Mockingbird, Inherit the Wind, and Casablanca.' Other days it's The Blues Brothers, Waiting for Guffman, and The In Laws (the original with Peter Faulk and Allen Arkin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by phaeton But, there is still one name above all others. You've got to think like a little kid in the 60s to guess it...and here's a clue...many folks in my profession attribute their initial interest in this profession to this movie.Well that blows 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, or the Poseidon Adventure... Even the Wizard of Oz... Nope...not necessarily.I'll admit it. The movie was made in 1938, but, of course, I wasn't born then, so I don't remember watching it til the early 60s, by which time they'd show it every year...usually near Easter, or as tornado season was kicking in. As a little kid, the tornado scene scared the living crap out of me...and even now, it totally rocks. I think the best part of that movie in many ways was that I associated it with times when the family was together. All the cousins would be over for some family dinner on a Sunday, and that movie would be on.I remember reading a survey of meteorologists, and that movie played a large part in getting a lot of folks interested in severe weather. Now, as an older guy, a grandpa...I got to watch the movie last week in its new digitally remastered form...with a grandson on my lap. :thu: It just doesn't get any better than that. To me...Bert Lahr steals the whole movie. I still laugh my rear end off at his scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudcat007 Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 The NaturalA Hard Days NightThat Thing You Do (I just watched this one Monday. What a classic! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefunkman Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Every 3-4 years or so I'll pull out Amadeus and Monty Python & the Holy Grail, and I'll watch Napoleon Dynamite with my kids, who are chronic repeat-watchers. Here's maybe another separate category: Movie "Moments" that I'll make the kids watch. Rather than force them to sit through a whole movie, I'll drag them in to see "culturally significant" movie moments, like:The end of Planet of the Apes: "Damn you all to hell!"The end of The Fly: "Heeeelp Meeee!!"The beginning of 2001 a Space Odyssey: Although that choir singing the "tone clusters" just about freaked 'em out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by PBBPaul especially if you've spent a fair amount of time travelling for business. Are you Buck Rogers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dylan Walters Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 My top 3 is currently: Napoleon Dynamite Team America World Police The Incredibles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 There aren't many movies I'd make a point of seeing again, but there are a few that I've purchased and watched repeatedly and there are a few that I've watched a number of times when I came across them on TV. So I'm going to list my favorites to watch repeatedly in three categories below:Christmas Movies I Own and Have Watched Repeatedly"It's A Wonderful Life""The Bishop's Wife" (Original version)"Miracle On 34th Street" (Original version)Other Movies I Own and Have Watched Repeatedly"Little Big Man""Gandhi""Heaven Can Wait""Lawrence of Arabia""Woodstock"Movies I Don't Own, but I Often Watch Them Again When I Discover Them On TV"Groundhog Day""A League Of Their Own""That Thing You Do" All of the Monty Python Movies Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 The Endless Summer The Last Waltz Slingblade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Counterpoint Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 I can't quite limit it to three, but here's a short list... Monty Python and the Holy Grail A Hard Days Night Bringing Up Baby (Hepburn and Grant) Pulp Fiction El Mariachi Romeo Is Bleeding (especially the ending) The Naked Gun The Graduate Home Alone Caddyshack Groundhog Day American Pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meccajay Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 The Godfather (self explanitory) Scarface (Classic fun) Nobody's Fool (Neuman's brilliance & one of the top 5 "snow" movies of all time!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZED Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Night of the Living Dead Shockwaves Star Wars (new hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tucktronix Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 My wife and I will normally purchase the DVD after seeing a movie that we like. But, there are a few movies that I would watch over and over again: Beverly Hills Cop II(seeing Eddie Murphy in that movie still cracks me up) Stakeout(unbelievably funny) Scarface(Al Pacino - just plain brilliant) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 1)I hate to admit it but I watched "The Wizard of OZ 20 times as a kid, 10 times with my kids and I expect to watch it when my kids have kids! 2) A Wonderful Life. 3) Back to the Future. 123 (You may even see me driving a Delorean in the future !!) Others I considered. The Matrix Phenomena First "Cocoon" movie. Shawshank Redemption Indiana Jones Danhttp://musicinit.com/pvideos.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by Tedster:As a little kid, the tornado scene scared the living crap out of me...and even now, it totally rocks. Coincidentally, I received this in an e-mail today: A Kansas cyclone hit a farmhouse just before dawn one morning. It lifted the roof off, picked up the beds on which a farmer and his wife slept, and set them down gently in the next county.The wife began to cry."Don't be scared, Mary," her husband comforted. "We're not hurt."Mary continued to cry. "I'm not scared," she responded between sobs. "I'm happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 A few films that come to mind right now that have impressed me: Some Like It Hot --- a masterpiece comedy, with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis at their best Office Space --- a great comedy that everybody who's ever worked in an office needs to watch Deuce Bigalow --- this movies is really, really funny Amelie --- very nice french movie American History X --- incredible story about neo-nazism in the US Schindler's list --- everybody knows this one Dr. Strangelove --- super funny comedy of the '60s The Apartment --- another fantastic 60s comedy with Jack Lemmon A fish named Wanda --- funny! There's something about Mary --- funnier than the Wanda fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rim Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 I guess we're not talking porn titles? :D Lord of the Rings trilogyMatrix trilogyAmadeusBeautiful MindShawshank RedemptionFight ClubThe Commitments - when I'm down about the bandSwingers - when I'm about to go out and hit on womenZorro, The Gay Blade - when I just want to laugh my head offWhile You Were Sleeping - when I want a good cry (don't tell anyone ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Wa-hah, pilgrim, and damn near any movie with this fella in it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Anything by Andrei Tarkovsky... especially Andrei Rublev, Stalker, Mirror, Ivan's Childhood. Nothing else I rate quite in the same league probably but some other great films.... On the Waterfront Chinatown Jean de Florette Dog Day Afternoon Apocalypse Now Withnail and I Naked Seven Samurai The Seventh Seal The Third Man Werckmeister Harmonies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike51 Posted November 24, 2005 Members Share Posted November 24, 2005 1.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2.Cool Hand Luke 3.Thunderbolt and Lightfoot A River Runs Through It Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Shawshank Redemption Platoon the Horse Whisperer Reservoir Dogs Unforgiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raymar Posted November 24, 2005 Members Share Posted November 24, 2005 I recently rented Being There with Peter Sellers. Haven't seen it since it came out back in the late 70s. It was great! I watched it from an entirely different perspective this time. Also recommended: The Last Tycoon and Heat. I saw Heat a few months ago in LA in an old theater that hadn't been redecorated in 50 years with a rank sound system. I was totally floored, wasn't right for a day or so. Very moving film, great soundtrack as well. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted November 24, 2005 Members Share Posted November 24, 2005 The evening before a shoot he was trying to get some sleep in a Las Vegas hotel. The suite directly below his was that of Frank Sinatra (never a good friend of Wayne), who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne awake, and each time he made a complaining phone call it quieted temporarily but each time eventually grew louder. Wayne at last appeared at Sinatra's door and told Frank to stop the noise. A Sinatra bodyguard of Wayne's size approached saying, "Nobody talks to Mr. Sinatra that way." Wayne looked at the man, turned as though to leave, then backhanded the bodyguard, who fell to the floor, where Wayne knocked him out by crashing a chair on top of him. The party noise stopped. Originally posted by Tedster Does anyone really think of John Wayne as an actor? I don't. To me, he's always been a real honest to goodness root'n-toot'n cowboy.I have to say though, that he's one of those kinds of people that you feel a certain affection for, even though he has done or said some really WTF things."[On Native Americans:] "I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."In a May 1971 Playboy magazine interview, on the subject of blacks making strides towards equality in the U.S., he stated that he believed in "white supremacy" until blacks were educated enough to take a more prominent role in American society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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