What movies can you watch over and over and over...?

[Michelle420]

For christmas movies I love Jim Careys Grinch.



The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there – on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn’t allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me – I can’t cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing… I’m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. … But what would I wear?!

Sorry to harsh the thread, but Jim Carey is No Boris Karloff. The original TV special is much better.

Not to me. I love this version the best

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Kaye did it better

You think this...



...is better than this?

Virginia Mayo is in the kaye version. End of conversation.

 

[Auld Phart]

Can't beat Mayo, even tho she was a bit cross-eyed

 

[Billo_Really]

Virginia Mayo is in the kaye version. End of conversation.

Did she ride a skateboard for 17 miles?

 

[BoSoxGal]

Major League is the best baseball movie ever

If anyone asks why anyone could like baseball, you only need to point them to the “Wild Thing” scene and the scoring from second on a bunt

You also left out The Natural, League of our own and Sandlot

Uh, no, The Natural is on my original list, which you even quoted. I love it so much, I own it.

It wasn’t a thread asking about baseball movies, it was about movies we could watch over and over - which in my mind encompasses many subject matters. I included two of the greatest movies ever made about sport, The Natural and Chariots of Fire.

I don’t agree that Major League is the best baseball movie ever, and my opinion is shared by the vast majority of film critics, too - it has an abysmal 5% ‘rotten’ rating at Rotten Tomatoes, for instance. (Sorry I erroneously cited the rating for the sequel, Major League II - the first movie has a very decent rating of 82%) I saw it once or twice, it was goofy fun but when *I* think of great movies, I think excellent story, acting, cinematography, music, directing - a whole package. We just have very different taste, apparently.

We are not talking about great movies. We are talking about movies you can watch over and over

Citizen Kane is a great movie......but I don’t care if I watch it ever again
Space Balls is stupid.......but if it is on while changing channels, I will stop and watch it

I guess you have reading comprehension difficulties, or you just skipped right over this: "when *I* think of great movies, I think excellent story, acting, cinematography, music, directing - a whole package. We just have very different taste, apparently."

Everyone is going to have a different standard for what constitutes a movie they could watch over and over again . . . YOURS is not the only right one. If you can't agree to that premise, you're just being a petulant child.

Great movies are not necessarily watchable movies and a watchable movie does not necessarily have great cinematic standards

A watchable movie is fun, scary, makes you cry, pushes your buttons, doesn’t get stale no matter how many times you watch it
It is like an old friend you have to visit any time it is in town

Some folks are taking this topic way too seriously right?

One of the things that contributes to a movie being watchable over and over (again this is in the TV forum) is how often it is on TV. Titanic is on nearly every weekend on some channel. A movie like Argo or Patriot’s Day or one of my favorites listed above is seen very rarely. I don’t know if these are box-office driven decisions made by network folks (didn’t make a big box office so it won’t get good ratings mentality) or if the movies are just not legally available due to the production company holding them back… but I would love to see less Harry Potter and more variety.

Who watches broadcast TV anymore? A whole lot of people watch programming streaming on demand, which means the movies they watch over and over are the ones they have access to 24/7/365 either through online digital content or personal collection.

 

[Crixus]

For me, it's...

1. The Hangover
2. Office Christmas Party
3. Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigalo
4. Pirates of the Carribean: At worlds end
5. Wonder Woman
6. The Secret life of Walter Mitty
7. Iron Man
8. Iron Man 2
9. Iron Man 3
10. The Music Man

Except for 2,5 and six pretty much the ones on your list. Haven’t seen the others. Blazing saddles and history of the world I would add.

 

[Wyatt earp]

For me, it's...

1. The Hangover
2. Office Christmas Party
3. Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigalo
4. Pirates of the Carribean: At worlds end
5. Wonder Woman
6. The Secret life of Walter Mitty
7. Iron Man
8. Iron Man 2
9. Iron Man 3
10. The Music Man

Say what?


That list sucks the big donkey balls.

1. Titanic
2. Brave heart
3. A scent of a woman
4. A rebel with out a cause
5. Dirty dancing
6. On the water front
7. Patton
8. Lassy come home
9. West side story
10. Grease


.the end .

 

[Michelle420]

Uh, no, The Natural is on my original list, which you even quoted. I love it so much, I own it.

It wasn’t a thread asking about baseball movies, it was about movies we could watch over and over - which in my mind encompasses many subject matters. I included two of the greatest movies ever made about sport, The Natural and Chariots of Fire.

I don’t agree that Major League is the best baseball movie ever, and my opinion is shared by the vast majority of film critics, too - it has an abysmal 5% ‘rotten’ rating at Rotten Tomatoes, for instance. (Sorry I erroneously cited the rating for the sequel, Major League II - the first movie has a very decent rating of 82%) I saw it once or twice, it was goofy fun but when *I* think of great movies, I think excellent story, acting, cinematography, music, directing - a whole package. We just have very different taste, apparently.

We are not talking about great movies. We are talking about movies you can watch over and over

Citizen Kane is a great movie......but I don’t care if I watch it ever again
Space Balls is stupid.......but if it is on while changing channels, I will stop and watch it

I guess you have reading comprehension difficulties, or you just skipped right over this: "when *I* think of great movies, I think excellent story, acting, cinematography, music, directing - a whole package. We just have very different taste, apparently."

Everyone is going to have a different standard for what constitutes a movie they could watch over and over again . . . YOURS is not the only right one. If you can't agree to that premise, you're just being a petulant child.

Great movies are not necessarily watchable movies and a watchable movie does not necessarily have great cinematic standards

A watchable movie is fun, scary, makes you cry, pushes your buttons, doesn’t get stale no matter how many times you watch it
It is like an old friend you have to visit any time it is in town

Some folks are taking this topic way too seriously right?

One of the things that contributes to a movie being watchable over and over (again this is in the TV forum) is how often it is on TV. Titanic is on nearly every weekend on some channel. A movie like Argo or Patriot’s Day or one of my favorites listed above is seen very rarely. I don’t know if these are box-office driven decisions made by network folks (didn’t make a big box office so it won’t get good ratings mentality) or if the movies are just not legally available due to the production company holding them back… but I would love to see less Harry Potter and more variety.

Who watches broadcast TV anymore? A whole lot of people watch programming streaming on demand, which means the movies they watch over and over are the ones they have access to 24/7/365 either through online digital content or personal collection.

me lol but i also watch netflix and amazon

 

[Synthaholic]

• A Clockwork Orange (literally, well over 20 times - I can basically recite the dialogue along with it)
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Minority Report
• The Dark Knight
• Delores Claiborne
• Young Frankenstein
• The Big Lebowski
• The Godfather
• Casino
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure
• Taken
• Casino Royale
• Skyfall
• Spectre
• The Living Daylights
• Goldeneye
• Watchmen
• Just Tell Me What You Want
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Alien

 

[Dan Stubbs]

For me, it's...

1. The Hangover
2. Office Christmas Party
3. Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigalo
4. Pirates of the Carribean: At worlds end
5. Wonder Woman
6. The Secret life of Walter Mitty
7. Iron Man
8. Iron Man 2
9. Iron Man 3
10. The Music Man

Longest Day
Dirty Harry
Letters for Ieoa Jima
American Graffiti
Gold finger
DI with the guy from Dragnet
Black Sheep WWII
Bad Boys I and II
Sixth Sense.
Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad so good I bought the series

 

[Nosmo King]

Being There

How Green was my Valley

Lawrence of Arabia

Harold and Maude

Double Indemnity

Paths of Glory

The Grapes of Wrath

In a Lonely Place

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Searchers

On the Waterfront

 

[frigidweirdo]

For me, it's...

1. The Hangover
2. Office Christmas Party
3. Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigalo
4. Pirates of the Carribean: At worlds end
5. Wonder Woman
6. The Secret life of Walter Mitty
7. Iron Man
8. Iron Man 2
9. Iron Man 3
10. The Music Man

Not a single one. If I remember it, I can't be bothered with it.

From your list I think I've seen one of the Iron Man films only because I was seriously bored, and didn't watch the start or the end.

 

[Windparadox]

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A Christmas Carol - George C. Scott
A Christmas Carol - Alister Sims

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Virginia Mayo is in the kaye version. End of conversation.

Did she ride a skateboard for 17 miles?

I could watch her peel potatoes all day. She doesnt have to do stunts.

 

[Billo_Really]

Say what?


That list sucks the big donkey balls.

1. Titanic
2. Brave heart
3. A scent of a woman
4. A rebel with out a cause
5. Dirty dancing
6. On the water front
7. Patton
8. Lassy come home
9. West side story
10. Grease


.the end .

What about the Wizard of Oz?

 

[Billo_Really]

Longest Day
Dirty Harry
Letters for Ieoa Jima
American Graffiti
Gold finger
DI with the guy from Dragnet
Black Sheep WWII
Bad Boys I and II
Sixth Sense.
Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad so good I bought the series

What about Saving Private Ryan?

 

[Windparadox]

What about Saving Private Ryan?

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That and the classic; "The Outlaw Josey Wales,"

 

[Billo_Really]

Not a single one. If I remember it, I can't be bothered with it.

From your list I think I've seen one of the Iron Man films only because I was seriously bored, and didn't watch the start or the end.

How about Love and a .45?

 

[Billo_Really]

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That and the classic; "The Outlaw Josey Wales,"

Have you seen the Hateful Eight?

 

[Windparadox]

Have you seen the Hateful Eight?

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Not yet. It seems a bit too brutal for me, but I'll end up seeing it, one way or another.