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Movies you will watch over again and again (1 Viewer)

Anarchy99 said:
Plenty of great options already listed, but several I personally have seen numerous times . . .

The Sure Thing
Sneakers
Shooter
A Long Kiss Goodnight
Predator
No Way Out
Absolute Power
Pain & Gain

Not saying they are great movies, but I enjoy them nonetheless.
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Great call on Sneakers.  It's a great rewatchable.

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
well, that's the least favorite, but hey, I'm easily entertained
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Besides being too CGI heavy, the story is fine.  I always thought it was odd that people didn't like it because it had aliens in it.  Like the other 3 were so grounded in science and believability. All of them were so fantastical and so over the top with story and adventure, it was odd to see people claim not to like the 4th one because it was based on something so crazy. :shrug:

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
well, that's the least favorite, but hey, I'm easily entertained
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I'm with you on the Indiana Jones flicks. 1 and 3 are particularly magical, but that skull one was rough even without Shia LaNutJob in it or the ex flame from the first one who probably should've had a little work done before she suited up for that role.

 
TheIronSheik said:
Besides being too CGI heavy, the story is fine.  I always thought it was odd that people didn't like it because it had aliens in it.  Like the other 3 were so grounded in science and believability. All of them were so fantastical and so over the top with story and adventure, it was odd to see people claim not to like the 4th one because it was based on something so crazy. :shrug:
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Maybe cuz he's an archiologist, so aliens don't really fit the theme.  Sure the stuff from the first movies weren't real history, but at least they were schematically consistent.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Maybe cuz he's an archiologist, so aliens don't really fit the theme.  Sure the stuff from the first movies weren't real history, but at least they were schematically consistent.
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I honestly can't say I remember the movie all that well, but he was going after the crystal skulls, which have been found around the world.  I know there is obvious debate/belief that they are fakes, but he was still going after artifacts.  So, sure, aliens might be out of his scope on paper.  But the crystal skulls are in his wheelhouse and if they lead to aliens, that's his game.  Just like the supernatural isn't what archaeologists investigate.  But when they popped the lid off the Ark, and ghosts flew around killing Nazis, everyone was fine with that. 

 
I just scrolled through 4 pages and did not see any mention of Shane. I could easily attend a 24 hour Shane marathon.

Are you including Christmas? Is there any possible better re-watches than Christmas Story and Bad Santa?

 
Joe Mammy said:
I just scrolled through 4 pages and did not see any mention of Shane. I could easily attend a 24 hour Shane marathon.

Are you including Christmas? Is there any possible better re-watches than Christmas Story and Bad Santa?
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Shane is a good one.  And it is on Amazon Prime, so you can do the 24 hour Shane marathon from your home.

 
I was reminded of some last night as I sat down to watch the last 45 minutes of Remember the Titans (all time favorite for me).  I'm a sucker for disneyfied versions of sports stories.  Titans, The Rookie, and Rudy are the three that come to mind but I'm sure there are more.  Goofy sports movies don't do it for me, but if they make a based on a true story sports movie, up the cheese to level 10, and go for the tear jerking emotional moments I'm all in.

 
Shrek

And that's it. I can't really stand watching movies more than say... twice, and most more than once.

 
TheIronSheik said:
I honestly can't say I remember the movie all that well, but he was going after the crystal skulls, which have been found around the world.  I know there is obvious debate/belief that they are fakes, but he was still going after artifacts.  So, sure, aliens might be out of his scope on paper.  But the crystal skulls are in his wheelhouse and if they lead to aliens, that's his game.  Just like the supernatural isn't what archaeologists investigate.  But when they popped the lid off the Ark, and ghosts flew around killing Nazis, everyone was fine with that. 
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I don't really mind the story, but the pacing / direction seemed off. The older movies seemed to have the actors more engaged and crisper delivery of lines. In Crystal Skull, Harrison seems like he is just reading his lines off a cue card. IMO, the action scenes go on way too long and are even more unbelievable than in the other movies. Slow delivery of lines, actors seemingly phoning it in, scenes that dragged on to long, and THEN adding the part about the story being questionable for some makes the movie overall pretty meh for me. Maybe it's expecting too much for the main actors to recapture their youthful exuberance from 27 years earlier. I expected Indy to have lost a step . . . but he seemed like he lost 3 steps. I still watch it when it comes on, but it doesn't seem to have the same magic or polish as the other films.

 
Bull Dozier said:
I was reminded of some last night as I sat down to watch the last 45 minutes of Remember the Titans (all time favorite for me).  I'm a sucker for disneyfied versions of sports stories.  Titans, The Rookie, and Rudy are the three that come to mind but I'm sure there are more.  Goofy sports movies don't do it for me, but if they make a based on a true story sports movie, up the cheese to level 10, and go for the tear jerking emotional moments I'm all in.
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I watched the first hour or so.  I kinda-sorta forgot it was a Jerry Bruckheimer flick.

So good.  Denzel kills it, and such an awesome cast altogether.

 
Joe Mammy said:
I just scrolled through 4 pages and did not see any mention of Shane. I could easily attend a 24 hour Shane marathon.

Are you including Christmas? Is there any possible better re-watches than Christmas Story and Bad Santa?
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No. A Christmas tradition in the Jabroni household. Bad Santa 2 is good as well. If you throw in Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, & Polar Express my December is set.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Too many to name. I'll give a few...

E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

Miller's Crossing

A New Hope/Empire Strikes Back/ROTJ

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Back to the Future

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Aliens

Apollo 13

Christine

Jaws

Jurassic Park

The Iron Giant

Vanilla Sky

Pixar movies from Toy Story to The Incredibles
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No Shawshank?????

 
Shawshank

Castaway

GoodFellas

Casino

Fargo

Groundhog day

Old School

Gladiator

The Great Outdoors

Braveheart

Escape From Alcatraz

Wedding Crashers

The Bourne Movies

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir dogs

Rounders

Funny Farm

Midnight Run

Scarface

The Natural

Breakfast Club 

Scent of a Woman

Shallow Hal

Blade Runner

Dr. Strangelove

Best in Show

Waiting for Guffman

What about Bob?

The Man who knew too little

Coming to America

Unforgiven

Donnie Brasco

A Christmas Story

A Christmas Carol

Elf

Young Frankenstein

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

Rocky 1 and 2

Just about any Woody Allen films.

Broadway Danny Rose

Bananas

Sleepers

Take the Money and Run

Jaws

Gran Torino

Absolute Power

Good Will Hunting

Training Day

 
The Man With No Name said:
Gonna meet Warden Norton and Fatass among others Friday.  https://shawshanktrail.com/events/25th-anniversary-2019/
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This was pretty cool. Cast and director Frank Darabont in chairs lined up on stage with Ben Mankiewicz asking questions. Could have listened to them talk for hours and hours and hours. Bunch of storytelling by all. Darabont was on mic more than anyone, followed by Bob Gunton.

One story - The 'golf pro' and 'Linda Dufresne' were there. She says she was in Toledo visiting a friend and at the last minute decided to drive to Mansfield (2 hour drive) to audition. Darabont said he wanted actual couples for the part so that it looked more realistic.  Scott Mann and Renee Blaine had never seen or heard of each other but they were immediately attracted to each other and became the director's choice. They didn't have to act. When the shooting of the the love scene was about to be shot, she wasn't on set and Darabont had no idea why, until he was told she was still in makeup because she had a huge back tattoo that they were having trouble figuring out how to hide. 

Lots of back and forth, jokes, all around good stuff. 

Stephen King got all the credit for the film from Frank Darabont.

 
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Anarchy99 said:
Plenty of great options already listed, but several I personally have seen numerous times . . .

The Sure Thing
Sneakers
Shooter
A Long Kiss Goodnight
Predator
No Way Out
Absolute Power
Pain & Gain

Not saying they are great movies, but I enjoy them nonetheless.
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such a great underrated movie

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Watched Fight Club again last night. Still funny.
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Black comedy must be something I just don't get.

I hated Fight Club and thought it was ugly without any humor or good feeling anywhere.

 
Just rewatched good will hunting for the first time since Robin Williams died. It's different now.  Still amazing but different. 

 
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