Favorite Movies

[bchat]

Just to get the ball rolling on idle chit-chat ...

I know people love to discuss "The Greatest Movies Ever", but I'm more interested in which movies people love to watch.  For me, a movie isn't very good if I can't watch it over & over again and still enjoy it each time.  If I can't watch a "great movie" more than once, how good was it then?  And so, in no order what-so-ever ...

Excaliber (1981)
Bad News Bears (1976)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Mystery Men (1999)
AVP: Alien vs Predator (2004)
Phantasm (1979)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Airplane (1982)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Clerks (1994)
Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975)
Hero (2002)
Kung-Fu Hustle (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)
The New Guy (2002)
School of Rock (2003)
Uncle Buck (1989)

[Astaldo711]

I agree on a few; Excaliber
                        AVP: Alien vs Predator
                        The Fifth Element
                        Monty Python & The Holy Grail
                        I, Robot
   
I also have to add: Labyrinth
                           I am Legen
                          Close Encounters
                          Napoleon Dynamite
                          Stripes
                          Watchmen
                          Shaun of the Dead
                          Hancock
                          Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 
                          Beastmaster
                          Ronin
I have about 400 dvd's and enjoy most of them. These are some I watch over and over.

I also enjoy TV series as well like Friends
                                             Roseanne
                                             Fresh Prince of Bel Air
                                             Band of Brothers
                                             Rome                   

[bchat]

I also have to add: Labyrinth
                           I am Legen
                          Close Encounters
                          Napoleon Dynamite
                          Stripes
                          Watchmen
                          Shaun of the Dead
                          Hancock
                          Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow  
                          Beastmaster
                          Ronin

Some of these I haven't seen, a few (Hancock, I Am Legend, Shaun of the Dead & Watchmen) are too new (for me at least) for me to consider them a favorite yet.  I've watched Watchmen 2 or 3 times already and want to watch Hancock again, but it's still too early to tell if they're something I want to watch a couple times a year.

I haven't seen Stripes in years.  It's a good movie but I wasn't interested in getting it on DVD.  I couldn't past the ten-minute mark with Napolean Dynamite ... simply not my taste in humor.

I have about 400 dvd's and enjoy most of them. These are some I watch over and over.

I didn't take into account the DVDs that my wife claims as her own.  Between us both, we have a lot & I wouldn't try to guess what the total is since we've been buying DVDs for over 10 years.  There's other movies I like (Harry Potter, Constantine, Lord of The Rings) but they're "hers" so I don't touch them unless she wants to watch them too.

I also enjoy TV series as well like Friends
                                             Roseanne
                                             Fresh Prince of Bel Air
                                             Band of Brothers
                                             Rome                  

Well, "Favorite TV Shows" is a whole 'nother discussion, but Band of Brothers is up there for me, as well.  I'ld add The Simpsons, Futurama, Penn & Teller's B.S. and Mutual of Ohama's Wild Kingdom with host Marlin Perkins as shows I simply don't get tired of watching repeatedly.

I got burned-out on Fresh Prince when my girls were about six months old (they enjoyed watching it), since a couple of channels would run about 8 episodes back-to-back.  After a few months, I'ld seen each one about four times, so it's something I can live without now, but maybe in a few years I could start watching it again.  I feel the same way about Friends, seeing it often over a short period of time due to the fact that so many stations would run multiple episodes every day.

I really enjoyed Roseanne during its first run, but have had a hard time getting into watching it in syndication.  

[Astaldo711]

I couldn't stand Napoleon Dynamite the first time I watched it. I kept saying to my daughter "so what's the plot? I don't get it." After that I watched it again and it was enjoyable for me. I think I like it because there's no swearing, sex, or violence. I also didn't mention one that is a guilty pleasure. The Legend Of Boggy Creek. It's a cheesy low budget "documentary" about the Fouk Monster in Fouk Arkansas. Crappy acting and cinematography but there's just something about it that appeals to me.

[bchat]

I also didn't mention one that is a guilty pleasure. The Legend Of Boggy Creek. It's a cheesy low budget "documentary" about the Fouk Monster in Fouk Arkansas. Crappy acting and cinematography but there's just something about it that appeals to me.

I've seen Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, thanks to my favorite tv show that somehow I forgot to mention:  Mystery Science Theater 3000!

My favorite low-budget movie is Roger Corman's Fantastic Four.

[Yoc]

Great topic guys!
I'll have to add my own strange choices sometime.
#1 - Harold and Maude (loved Cat Stevens music ever since)
#2 - The Warriors
#3 - Rollerball

Not the best ever but very re-watchable.

[OtherEric]

When pushed and asked to name my three favorite movies of all time (I can't narrow it down to just one), my stock answer is normally:

Blade Runner
Fantasia
Schinder's List

I can't watch Schindler's List very often; but I think the last scene is quite possibly the most powerful sequence ever put on film; I can tear up just thinking about it.

Fantasia is just a sentimental favorite; I no longer think it's Disney's or animation in general's finest moment.  But it really is still amazing in its own way.

Blade Runner is a classic example of a good book becoming a GREAT movie.  (Great books can sometimes become Good movies.  Good books can sometimes become Great movies.  A Great book rarely becomes a Great movie; I can think of only 3 exceptions on my personal list.  Although I do sometimes waffle on Princess Bride as a 4th.)  I think I've seen Blade Runner more times than any other movie in the theater; I've caught every revival I've heard of in time.  So I've seen it on the big screen at least 8 times; in at least 3 different versions.  And each edit has just gotten better; it's the only movie I've bought the super-duper DVD gift set overkill special on.

[phabox (RIP)]

I have 1'000 of movies though most of them are on video tape which is going to be something of a problem for me in years to come.

Favorites ? now your asking, lets see now in age order only.

The Invisible Man

Bride of Frankenstein

Adventures of Robin Hood

Casablanca

For A Few Dollars More

Good The Bad and The Ugly

Planet of the Apes

Angel Angel Down We Go

American Graffiti

Grease

The Blues Brothers

Star Trek: Wrath of Khan

Bit of an odd selection and no 'comic book' films lncluded although I do have most of the main releases of the passed 30 years on tape or disc of which I think the first two Superman movies and Rocketeer are the ones I've looked at the most.

-Nigel

[bchat]

I have to add "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Young Frankenstein" to my list of favorite movies.  Never fails, I always forget something ... must be getting old!  And yes, I said "Plan 9".  It's awesomely bad, plus it's got Tor Johnson.

Blues Brothers & Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan are up there for me, but I have to be in a certain mood to watch them.

[darkmark (RIP)]

OK, here are some of mine:

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Slaughterhouse-Five
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1941
2001:  A Space Odyssey
Superman
Chinatown
Once Upon a Time in the West
Thunderball
Rocky
The Truman Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Camelot
Dr. Strangelove
Empire of the Sun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Enchanted
The Loved One

There are bound to be more, but that's off the top of my head.

[phabox (RIP)]

I also have Rocky Horror, 1941 and Roger Rabbit in my collection and have viewed them a number of times.

Think I might also add the musical remake of 'Little Shop of Horrors' to my list.

-Nigel

[Astaldo711]

Never got into Rocky Horror. It was one of those movies like Clockwork Orange that all my friends said were awesome and I had to think the same.
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest was another good one.
Never saw Casablanca but I want to. One good old movie I saw and want to again is The Major and The Minor with Ginger Rogers.

[bchat]

Rocky Horror only works for me in a theater with a group of friends who know when to yell at the screen.  Watching it at home just makes me realize how bizarre the movie is.

[paw broon]

Off the top of my head and these are films I watch over and over and some will have different titles in the USA:-
The Quatermass Experiment (1950s)
Quatermass 2 (1950s)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Big Sleep
The Long Arm (with Jack Hawkins - 1956)
Girl in the Headlines (Ian Hendry - 1963)
Green for Danger (Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard - 1946)
Ask A Policeman, and many other Will Hay comedies (old)
All 3 Bourne films
The Ghost Train (Arthur Askey - old)

This is getting silly. As I write a title , another 2 pop into my head.  Anyone curious about my list should probably consult IMDB.

[narfstar]

I usually wait 10 years before watching a movie again. The Gods Must be Crazy, Uncle Buck and For Richer or Poorer ("mostly planting season) and A Christmas Story are exception. As well as the animated Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer.