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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:
--- Quote from: Astaldo711 on March 29, 2010, 09:26:25 PM ---
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
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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.
--- Quote ---I have about 400 dvd's and enjoy most of them. These are some I watch over and over.
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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.
--- Quote ---I also enjoy TV series as well like Friends
Roseanne
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Band of Brothers
Rome
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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:
--- Quote from: Astaldo711 on March 29, 2010, 10:22:21 PM --- 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.
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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.
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