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Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:29 am
by Rick
I'm sure all of you have a few movies that, while you're scrolling through your cable menu, that you can't scroll past.

Lately, mine have been the Men In Black trilogy. I have a tough time scrolling past any Rocky movie and Apollo 13 also.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:10 am
by Journey/Survivor
I will never pass up watching any Rocky movie on cable, even though I own all six of them on Blu-Ray, DVD and the first five of them on VHS.

Others that I own on many different formats that I will still watch when they're on cable are all of the...
Rambo
James Bond
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
The Karate Kid
Major League...Franchises.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:57 pm
by Don
The remake of On the Beach, with Armand Assante and Rachel Ward.

A super downer movie but it draws me like a moth to the flame every time I see that it's on.

This one scene just hits me, no matter how many times I see it. Maybe that is what good storytelling is all about. As a parent it makes you think what if you had to make the same choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCiojGTkPio

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Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:35 pm
by steveo777
Any Naked Gun
My Cousin Vinny
Roadhouse
Forest Gump

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:40 pm
by JRNYMAN
The Green Mile
Any of the Ocean's trilogy (11, 12...)
Apocalypse Now
The Jerk (Have seen it easily 100 times over the years but....)
Silence of the Lambs
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (What...? Don't judge! :P :lol: :lol: )

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:06 pm
by majik
Indiana Jones
The 'Burbs
Alien
Blade
Toy Story
Any Western with John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 1:25 am
by Melissa
I love Rocky too, the first two are my favs! I love all the "brat pack" movies too, and Christmas Vacation and Top Gun and a bunch of others I'll watch no matter how many times I've seen them before, lol.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:34 am
by The Sushi Hunter
The first two Back To The Future movies. My wife loved those back in the late 80's when we were first dating and I love watching them with her still.

As for my own: That oldie but goodie Capricorn One. Kill Bill for the Japanese elements & Death Proof for the cool American muscle cars and the hot chicks, plus the kick that fuckheads ass at the end which was pretty funny.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 3:24 am
by scarab
Thunderheart

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:49 am
by scarygirl
I thought the remake was very well done, if not more heart wrenching than the original. Have you see the original?

Don wrote:The remake of On the Beach, with Armand Assante and Rachel Ward.

A super downer movie but it draws me like a moth to the flame every time I see that it's on.

This one scene just hits me, no matter how many times I see it. Maybe that is what good storytelling is all about. As a parent it makes you think what if you had to make the same choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCiojGTkPio

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Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:05 am
by No Surprize
I've said it before and I'll say it again:

1. Forrest Gump-Without a doubt, my favorite movie of all time.

2. Young Frankenstein-Watch it stoned. You'll never laugh harder and you'll thank me later.

3. The Pianist-What made it one of my favs you may ask? At the end of it, you will know.

4. Love Story-Yes, I'm a hopeless romantic. Now, fuck you Liam!

5. Caddyshack-Love it and have watched it many, many times!

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:43 am
by The Sushi Hunter
No Surprize wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again:

1. Forrest Gump-Without a doubt, my favorite movie of all time.

2. Young Frankenstein-Watch it stoned. You'll never laugh harder and you'll thank me later.

3. The Pianist-What made it one of my favs you may ask? At the end of it, you will know.

4. Love Story-Yes, I'm a hopeless romantic. Now, fuck you Liam!

5. Caddyshack-Love it and have watched it many, many times!


Oh shit! Love Story....The late 60's/early 70 tear jerker. I remember my mother bawling over that movie, though I was too young to understand wft was going on and why she was crying. That and Born Free which I think they came out around or about the same year give or take.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:11 am
by pinkfloyd1973
Forrest Gump
Twister
Caddyshack
Godfather trilogy
Goodfellas
James Bond movies
Flowers in the Attic (read the series)
The Green Mile (read that too)
Carrie (read that also)
Silence of the Lambs

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:24 am
by Everett
Wayne's World

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:39 am
by pinkfloyd1973
Everett wrote:Wayne's World




Great movie, forgot about that one :D

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:46 am
by Rick
JRNYMAN wrote:The Green Mile
Any of the Ocean's trilogy (11, 12...)
Apocalypse Now
The Jerk (Have seen it easily 100 times over the years but....)
Silence of the Lambs
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (What...? Don't judge! :P :lol: :lol: )


Good choices. Love The Green Mile. I would have to watch that one. Sam Rockwell's character was very well placed in that movie for comic relief. Which reminds me of another one I have a hard time passing up, which is The Shawshank Redemption.

Rounders is a great movie too.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:02 am
by Don
scarygirl wrote:I thought the remake was very well done, if not more heart wrenching than the original. Have you see the original?

Don wrote:The remake of On the Beach, with Armand Assante and Rachel Ward.

A super downer movie but it draws me like a moth to the flame every time I see that it's on.

This one scene just hits me, no matter how many times I see it. Maybe that is what good storytelling is all about. As a parent it makes you think what if you had to make the same choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCiojGTkPio

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Yeah, I saw the original when I was a kid. The remake though was more believable and darker IMO.
When Lt. Holmes goes to to turn off the house power,it makes you think of the quip "Would the last person to leave the earth, kindly switch off the light..."

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:14 am
by RPM
1) Godfather

2) Raiders of the lost Ark

3) Planes Trains & Automobiles

4) Alien

5) Goodfellas

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:44 am
by ebake02
The Great Outdoors
Down Periscope
Back to the Future I, II and III
Major League I and II
The Blues Brothers
Super Troopers
My Cousin Vinny ( I drool over Marisa Tomei every time)
The Dirty Harry movies

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:45 am
by ebake02
JRNYMAN wrote:Fast Times at Ridgemont High (What...? Don't judge! :P :lol: :lol: )


No judgment from me, Phoebe Cates was an total babe. :D

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:37 pm
by No Surprize
So many great movies that people are posting that are just great. Raiders of the lost ark, fantastic. Fast times at

Ridegemont high, classic. Aliens, fuckin A! The Blues Brothers with the awesome jam band at the end, great!

Also, the Dirty Harry Callahan movies were good for sure, but Eastwoods spaghetti westerns were a notch above

them.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:56 pm
by Moon Beam
I'm gonna show my girliness with this list.

Patch Adams
The Notebook
The Man From Elysian Fields
Somewhere In Time
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:23 am
by Journey/Survivor
I forgot to mention "Breast Monsters From Jupiter." :lol:

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:42 am
by Journey/Survivor
In all seriousness, some of my other favorites that I did not name are...

Jaws
Jaws 2
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Take that, Verslibre) :lol:
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Superman II
Caddy Shack
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Back To School
Private School
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Falling Down
Under Siege
Commando

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:46 am
by JRNYMAN
No Surprize wrote:So many great movies that people are posting that are just great. Raiders of the lost ark, fantastic. Fast times at

Ridegemont high, classic. Aliens, fuckin A! The Blues Brothers with the awesome jam band at the end, great!

Also, the Dirty Harry Callahan movies were good for sure, but Eastwoods spaghetti westerns were a notch above

them.

Yeah, and ya know, as I read the posts since I posted there have been a bunch that would most def fall into this category - the first of which (and I can't even believe I forgot to list it...) Caddyshack!! I mean c'mon... is there another movie in history that has as many quotable lines? Maybe Animal House) :shock: :lol: Next would have to be Blues Brothers. Agree completely about the jam band and the indoor car chase was and still is one of, if the best chase scenes in history. They tried hard with the chase in BB2 but all it amounted to was a shitload of Plymouth Fury's dressed up like cop cars stacking up. Yawn...
Also have to add to my list pretty much anything with John Candy and/or Steve Martin.

Regarding Phoebe Cates... That scene instantly became not only an identifiable pop culture bookmark but also fodder for the spank bank of more than one teenaged boy "pulling" himself through puberty! One of my very first jobs was as an usher at the theater at the local mall and when I started working there, Fast Times had just been added to the Midnight Movies so I got to see it countless times.
My Cousin Vinny... 3 words: "The two utes" LMFAO!! And Maris Tomei's oh-so-graphic description of hunting from a deer's perspective. Awesome!

Also needing to be added is Breakfast Club. For those of us who were born in the 60's, grew up in the 70's and became adults in the 80's... this movie is iconic!
And finally (for now...) Any of the Nat'l Lampoon Vacation movies. So, so many great scenes. One of my favorite scenes of any movie ever was in Christmas Vacation when Chase goes off on his tirade because of no Christmas bonuses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... I_YU#t=89s

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:00 am
by Rick
How about Stir Crazy and Silverstreak?

Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are hard to pass up too.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:37 pm
by JRNYMAN
Rick wrote:How about Stir Crazy and Silverstreak?

Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are hard to pass up too.

Yup!
This one was on the other night and I ended up d-loading it so I didn't have to deal with the incessant commercials...
♪ ♫ We are the C.I.T.'s so pity us, the kids are brats the food is hideous.. ♫ ♪ Meatballs!! :lol: :lol:

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:09 pm
by ebake02
JRNYMAN wrote:
No Surprize wrote:So many great movies that people are posting that are just great. Raiders of the lost ark, fantastic. Fast times at

Ridegemont high, classic. Aliens, fuckin A! The Blues Brothers with the awesome jam band at the end, great!

Also, the Dirty Harry Callahan movies were good for sure, but Eastwoods spaghetti westerns were a notch above

them.


And Maris Tomei's oh-so-graphic description of hunting from a deer's perspective. Awesome!



I don't know why, but I love her trashy New Yorker chick accent in that movie.

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:58 pm
by jaxmanjoe
Caddyshack

Say Anything

Better Off Dead (I Want My Two Dollars!)

Shawshank Redemption

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Re: Movies you can't not watch.

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:05 am
by AR
Taboo IV
Debbie Does Dallas
New Wave Hookers II