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Ever been so obsessed with a movie that you had to watch it over and over again? (Original Post) AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 OP
Me to. texanwitch Jun 2012 #1
"Used Cars" for me kentauros Jun 2012 #2
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. pa28 Jul 2012 #34
You're welcome! kentauros Jul 2012 #37
$50 never killed anybody..... Grantuspeace Jul 2012 #35
"I tell ya, when my boss sees these figures, he's gonna have a stroke." kentauros Jul 2012 #38
I really enjoyed it. Watched it a few times and there are very few movies I will watch again and applegrove Jun 2012 #3
I love the soundtrack too... AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #5
me... Fatal Attraction, Play Misty for Me, Goodbye Girl, Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #4
Love Twister too! DearHeart Jun 2012 #6
i couldn't tell you how many times i've watched tombstone fizzgig Jun 2012 #14
True Romance 7wo7rees Jun 2012 #7
The scene in "True Romance" with Hopper and Walken gets my vote for Best Scene EVER in ANY movie!!! MiddleFingerMom Jun 2012 #12
My favorite flick 7wo7rees Jul 2012 #32
A few Broken_Hero Jun 2012 #8
King Arhtur - KT2000 Jun 2012 #9
Let the Right One In EastTennesseeDem Jun 2012 #10
Well not so much back to back, but... bluesbassman Jun 2012 #11
Blazing Saddles is amazing. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #21
i must have seen that movie ten times in the theater fizzgig Jun 2012 #13
Throughout the years I'd say "Harold and Maude" then "Brazil" then Hitchcock's mucifer Jun 2012 #15
My list. RiffRandell Jun 2012 #16
Yep, Twister is one of those for me, too. Amaril Jun 2012 #17
LOL, I watch it every year at the start of our tornado season. Denninmi Jun 2012 #18
It was V for Vendetta for me. n/t Mira Jun 2012 #19
There are movie rules in our house. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #20
My list... pipi_k Jun 2012 #22
Wrong Turn blueamy66 Jun 2012 #23
Death Becomes Her ohiosmith Jun 2012 #24
Loved it. Silly and hilarious!! Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #27
Yes. A few... Glorfindel Jun 2012 #25
my three irisblue Jun 2012 #26
Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Memento pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #28
Memento is one of those movies you're never quite sure you've seen... Xipe Totec Jun 2012 #29
If you play it backwards... pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #30
Nobody has mentioned "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" panader0 Jun 2012 #31
Good call 7wo7rees Jul 2012 #33
West Side Story pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #36

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
1. Me to.
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 11:24 PM
Jun 2012

I just have to watch that movie if I come across it.

I now will dvr it also.

What is it about this movie.

Maybe it is the flying cow.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
2. "Used Cars" for me
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 11:37 PM
Jun 2012


Here's the full movie (I think):




And a clip to get you into it:

Rudy Russo Sells a Centurion


pa28

(6,145 posts)
34. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 03:07 AM
Jul 2012

I've never seen this one before and it made my day. I've only watched a handful of movies twice and I'll definitely be seeing this one again.



kentauros

(29,414 posts)
37. You're welcome!
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:10 AM
Jul 2012

It's truly a classic. Get the DVD (or rent it) so you can hear the commentary with Kurt Russell, Robert Zemeckis, and Bob Gale (writer.) It's easily as hilarious as the movie

"Test-drive for Toby!"

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
38. "I tell ya, when my boss sees these figures, he's gonna have a stroke."
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:22 AM
Jul 2012


I think the "50-bucks never killed anybody" line is one of those classics akin to "I'll be back" or "Rosebud" such that film-buffs know exactly what movie and what scene when it's uttered
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
4. me... Fatal Attraction, Play Misty for Me, Goodbye Girl,
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 11:38 PM
Jun 2012

Urban Cowboy, Mystic Pizza, Sleeping with the Enemy. Sound of Music

Crazy assortment, I know, but I have and could watch these over
and over and over again.

DearHeart

(692 posts)
6. Love Twister too!
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 11:57 PM
Jun 2012

I also have to watch Open Range, Tombstone, Sense & Sensibility, Shooter and Murder by Death, among many others.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
14. i couldn't tell you how many times i've watched tombstone
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 03:32 AM
Jun 2012

i know it's just about every time i come across it on tv

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
7. True Romance
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:20 AM
Jun 2012


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Or anything else by Quentin Tarantino

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
32. My favorite flick
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 02:58 AM
Jul 2012

But the scene I like best, despite the hidden game played by Walken and Hopper, is the monologue by Gandolfini, describing how the second and third hits are easier. Cleaner. Wish I had a still to insert here. Soprano in the making.



And then there's this...

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
8. A few
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 01:36 AM
Jun 2012

the ones that come to mind are

Fight Club, I must have watched this film at least once a day for over a year

Full Metal Jacket, I would watch this one at least once a day, sometimes watching the boot camp part only and rewinding to watch that part again.

The Matrix, never seen anything like it, enjoyed the fight sequences greatly, watched this on at least daily for close to a year. I remember the night I got it on VHS, watched it three times straight...

KT2000

(20,568 posts)
9. King Arhtur -
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 02:18 AM
Jun 2012

the one with Clive Owen and Keira Knightly, directed by Antoine Fugua. Incredible battle scenes, idealism, and my favorite line, "What madness is this!" when Arthur sees the people abused by power.

Also Brokeback Mountain. The story is great and the scenery in the first half is amazing.

bluesbassman

(19,360 posts)
11. Well not so much back to back, but...
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 03:00 AM
Jun 2012

I've watched Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Blues Brothers and Animal House over a dozen times each.

I Liked Twister too. Good movie, watched it a couple of times.

YellowRubberDuckie

(19,736 posts)
21. Blazing Saddles is amazing.
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:04 AM
Jun 2012

And Mel Brooks is AMAZING. Between this and Spaceballs, it's a wonder I didn't pee myself.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
13. i must have seen that movie ten times in the theater
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 03:31 AM
Jun 2012

it came out the summer i was 15 and the only way i was really allowed to hang out with my boyfriend was at the movies, mall, etc with other friends or at someone's house with parents present.

we saw that and mission impossible more times than i can count.

but i haven't seen either of those nearly as many times as i've seen the dark crystal. i have watched that movie multiple times a year, every year since it was released on vhs. it is my favorite i've had to much to drink/i'm really tired and just need some background movie.

i was stupidly excited when i could get it streaming on netflix.

that's where i met this little guy

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mucifer

(23,474 posts)
15. Throughout the years I'd say "Harold and Maude" then "Brazil" then Hitchcock's
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 05:27 AM
Jun 2012

"Notorious" and for some reason "The Fugitive"

I don't know I'm weird.

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
17. Yep, Twister is one of those for me, too.
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 06:17 AM
Jun 2012

Just watched it for like the fourteen-thousandth time last week. It never gets old.

Another is Independence Day -- I've seen it too many times to count, and I still lose it laughing when Will Smith starts kicking the alien and screaming "I coulda been at a bar-b-que!"

YellowRubberDuckie

(19,736 posts)
20. There are movie rules in our house.
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:01 AM
Jun 2012

If Twister is on any channel, it is on in our living room. Same goes for Signs, Apollo 13, and anything else with Tom Hanks, but most especially Joe vs The Volcano, which was WAAAYY underrated in my opinion!

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
22. My list...
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:44 AM
Jun 2012

In no particular order...


Twister

Steel Magnolias

Apollo 13

Braveheart

The Song Remains the Same (Led Zep concert at MSG)

Anne of the Thousand Days

Father Goose (I LOVE Cary Grant! The poisonous snake scene is a classic)

Gigi

Last of the Mohicans






Glorfindel

(9,716 posts)
25. Yes. A few...
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 10:41 AM
Jun 2012

"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me"
"Gosford Park"
"Rat Race" (when I just need a good laugh)
"Dune" (the David Lynch movie, not the TV series)

irisblue

(32,922 posts)
26. my three
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 04:59 PM
Jun 2012

Casablanca, over and over love, loss, betrayal, honor and friendship and excellent acting to boot. The Searchers, character growth, scenery, unspoken unrequited love. Independence day, "welcome to earth!". and the chasescene through the grand canyon, too cool and very fun.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
28. Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Memento
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 05:28 PM
Jun 2012

Apart from classics that bear watching again and again like Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men, etc., those were 3 that I immediately wanted to see again after the first viewing.

Xipe Totec

(43,888 posts)
29. Memento is one of those movies you're never quite sure you've seen...
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 05:35 PM
Jun 2012

So you go back and watch it again....

And you're still not quite sure you've seen it...

panader0

(25,816 posts)
31. Nobody has mentioned "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?"
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 07:08 PM
Jun 2012

It's my favorite. The story, the acting, the soundtrack.
Anything by the Coen Bros is quite good, but Oh Brother is the best.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
36. West Side Story
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:03 AM
Jul 2012

It's not often available on TV or cable. I went down to Hollywood for the 40th anniversary showing at the Egyptian with many of the actors and others involved in the production.

For the 50th, last year, there were showings in selected theaters--and I went to one on my birthday. West Side Story, a tub of buttercorn and a coke--it was pure heaven, or Nirvana, or whatever you want to call it.

The script, the music, the acting, even the titles were brilliant!

Definitely the best Shakespeare musical--and the best musical ever--period!

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