Movies that hold up to repeate viewing
POSTED BY: SergeantX
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 00:26
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Local Hero
and
Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
are my big two re-watchable films of all time.
Based on how often I need to rewatch Firefly I'm thinkin' Serenity will be joining that list.
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Originally posted by msckaren:
I think the funniest movie ever is Big Trouble in Little China. I've probably watched this movie on purpose more often than any other.
I agree. I'd put that on par with Army Of Darkness for repeatability and hi-lariousness!
Have I paid my dues? Buddy, the check is in the mail Chrisisall
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Originally posted by msckaren:
I think the funniest movie ever is Big Trouble in Little China. I've probably watched this movie on purpose more often than any other.
Same here. I really do enjoy watching this film especially on a cold rainy day. It's just a really good yarn.
In fact this thread works well for me in terms of directors. I've noticed that films by:
John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct Thirteen,The Fog, Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, Starman and The Thing.
Joe Dante - Explorers, Innerspace, THE BURBS, Gremilns II, The Howling
Robert Wise - The Day the Earth Stood Still, Andromeda Strain, Star Trek
Tim Burton Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow
Jack Arnold - The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Incredible Shrinking man
Byron Haskin - The War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide
Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo, Rear Window, North By Northwest, The Birds, Dial M for Murder
Roger Corman Masque of the Red Death, The Raven, Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Jean Pierre Jeunet Delicatessen, City of the Lost Children and Amelie
and
Peter Greenaway Drowning By Numbers, A Zed and Two Noughts, The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover, Belly of an Architect
are the ones I enjoy watching over again and again....
and pretty much anything Chackie Chan has every done. Especially Operation Condor and Police Story and Wheels on Meals.
The
Somnambulist
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Speaking of War Of The Worlds, have any hopes the new one by Spielberg will outdo the fifties one?
I think it just might, I think Speilberg wants to cut loose with a good old fashioned fifties-like cheesefest!
Hopeful Chrisisall
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Originally posted by Astragynia:
I guess it's a little-known miniseries rather than a movie, but... Neverwhere. (For those of you who haven't discovered it yet, it's a BBC series based - in fact, near word-for-word - on the book by Neil Gaiman). Ok, the stunts and special effects look like they were produced on about $5, but there're just so many little details that you don't notice the first few times through, and the witty, sarcastic exchanges between the eclectic group of characters never gets old... hmm, sounds like another series we know of...
:)
Hi, I loved that series! I really thought there would be more, too.....
oh, well
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Speaking of War Of The Worlds, have any hopes the new one by Spielberg will outdo the fifties one?
I think it just might, I think Speilberg wants to cut loose with a good old fashioned fifties-like cheesefest!
Hopeful Chrisisall
Yeah as much as I love the original, I am hoping Spielberg will pull out the stops and do a really good Apocalyptic alien invasion flick.
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Somnambulist
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I am hoping Spielberg will pull out the stops and do a really good Apocalyptic alien invasion flick.
Yeah, I might have to sell my copy of Independence Day...ha ha ha ha
Chrisisall
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Originally posted by SergeantX:
look at the opening scene of the movie where the Dude is in the supermarket. On the television behind the checkout is George Bush senior making war noises against Saddam Hussein. The camera pans down to the check the Dude is writing. If you look, the date on the check is 9/11. Kinda spooky, no?
You want spooky? How 'bout the pilot to Lone Gunmen?
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Originally posted by SergeantX:
To be clear, I'm not necessarily saying these movies are better, especially if the intent is for them to be viewed only once. There are many great movies that I'd have no interest in owning, because you pretty much get it all in the first serving. The movies I'm talking about reveal themselves over time. They always seem to be holding something back, some little quirk or previously unnoticed angle that gives you a little more insight into the soul of the work.
I'll second, or third (or fourth) Gosford Park, & add
Suicide Kings
Million Dollar Hotel
To be clear, I like SKs, but wouldn't put it in the same class as the other two, for overall quality. And there may be a hundred movies that I enjoy watching over & over again, because they do the same wonderful things so well, each time. But that isn't what you asked for.
I see that the Somnambulist listed four movies by Peter Greenaway, but did not include the Draughtsman's Contract. Did anyone notice the homage to D'sC in Hudson Hawk? Might be worth watching them again.
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I'd like to see if we can discuss what elements make a movie worthy of this kind of digging.
Hadn't really thought about it before your penetrating question (thank you), but for me it may be a cast of several different strong, interesting, or important characters. Development increases factorially with significant characters. To illustrate, a two character story has one relationship, a three character story may have four, etc.
Million Dollar Hotel is a treasure 'cause its characters are unique -- not just different from each other, different from any I've ever seen.
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I have had trouble finding a good movie these you know whithall the remakes but any way
crouching tiger hidden dragon
hero(dustin hoffman)
knights tale(alan tudyk fan)
far and away
peter pan (2004 version)
robinhood men in tights
spaceballs
dracula mel brooks version
swept from the sea
shakespeer in love
moulan rouge
Mr.Smith goes to washington
original annie
eyes of the beholder
trainspotting
28 days
(I know I have a lot)
city slickers 1 and 2
eternal sunshine of a soptless mind
hook
pulp fiction
kill bill 1 2 3
first briget jone's diary
men are in lust women are in passion
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