Yeah that looks like a good flick.My list means the original The Beguiled. I haven't seen the new one with Nicole Kidman, but would love to.
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Yeah that looks like a good flick.My list means the original The Beguiled. I haven't seen the new one with Nicole Kidman, but would love to.
Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi. We still go back to 1977 and how we were blown away by an experience that had never been seen by moviegoers before. We saw it four times in that first month. I am not kidding.
I'll see your four and raise you 96. Maybe more. I made friends with the theater manager (which was right next door to where I worked) and would go after work almost every day. Still love to watch them, too.
One I haven't seen mentioned and, coming off the July 4th holiday is very apropos, is 1776. We love it and sing along as well as recite much of the dialogue.
I must note that in that month, we were in California, with me preparing to ship over to Okinawa after a three-week leave, where we visited family in Illinois. We saw it in Carlsbad, CA, saw it again, drove to Bloomington, Illinois, took other people to see it another couple times, and then I shipped out to Okinawa.
We were that blown away.
There are movies I can just flat watch anywhere, anytime, where if I'm browsing through the channels and see it, I can stop and watch it, period.
Another group is movies on our shelf that we can just pick up at any time and watch when one says, "You want to watch...?" "Sure!"
It's a long list.
Franchises:
Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi. We still go back to 1977 and how we were blown away by an experience that had never been seen by moviegoers before. We saw it four times in that first month. I am not kidding.
Indiana Jones. But that's Nos. 1 and 3. 2 and 4, no.
Harry Potter. Any of them anytime. My personal favorite is The Prisoner of Azakbhan (sp?).
The Bourne whatever, 1 through 3. I start anywhere there, and I'm immersed. And they stitched 2 and 3 together so well.
Avengers stuff.
All burned into the family culture (along with a few previously mentioned):
The Princess Bride.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Aliens.
Murder by Death.
Clue.
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Star Trek: First Contact. Mini-controversies fly among Trekkers, but this was our fave ST movie, yes, even ahead of Wrath of Khan. But I can also plug in The Voyage Home anytime.
Comedies:
Some of the National Lampoon stuff. Animal House, Vacation, Caddyshack. (I don't know that Caddyshack was National Lampoon, but it sure seemed like it.)
Gracious Host Stuff:
The Green Mile.
The Shawshank Redemption.
Sci-fi done right:
Jurassic Park.
Terminator 1 and 2.
Off the beaten path:
The Usual Suspects. Brilliant, and Kevin Spacey at his best.
LA Confidential. One of my favorite movies of all time. I'm in awe of it, direction, acting, production values, story, the gamut.
The Fugitive. A TV show done right, by gum. Finally! Great story.
Bull Durham. Every scene filled with great lines, chemistry, and often relatability.
Field of Dreams. Sure, call me a sentimentalist. "Do you want a catch?" *sniff*
The Shadow. Alec Baldwin, never better.
Classics:
Casablanca.
To Have and Have Not.
The Maltese Falcon. (So we like some of the Bogart stuff. Sue us.)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (if you dispute that this is a classic, I'm ready to fight)
That's all off the top of my head, without doing any checking. I'm sure there's more, lots more. Like I said, it's a long list.
Someone listed Memento up there. That's a really cool movie.
My question is do you memorize that one forwards, or backwards?![]()
Him's so nervous, him's sh!ttin' bricks.Christmas Vacation
Why Johnny Ringo, I did not see you there. You may go now.Tombstone
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'..Shawshank Redemption
Face it girls... I'm older and I have more insurance!Fried Green Tomatoes
Yeah, he already said the phone in his limo is busted.. .What is ya? Ignernt?Trading Places
Buzzards gotta eat too...The Outlaw Josey Wales
Shawshank Redemption and Fried Green Tomatoes ...!!! Yep..Christmas Vacation
Tombstone
Shawshank Redemption
Fried Green Tomatoes
Trading Places
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Oh, and how could I forget. ..Hubby added a few. ...
Lord of the Rings movies
Any Predator and /or Aliens movies
Beerfest
You're from Germany correct? Is this what the title in German translates to? Interesting.Bandit (i guess it it is Smokey and the Iceman)