I haven't known what movies to watch lately. Does everyone have their own treasure movies that they've seen many times? 😀

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[–] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Lots.

The OG Star Wars (4, 5, 6)

Shawshank Redemption

Edge Of Tomorrow

Top Gun

Princess Bride (top 5 sword fight!)

Most all of Pixar’s stuff, and Dreamwork’s kids movies. My kids grew up with them.

Sleepy Hollow (Depp/Ricci version)

The Departed

Rob Roy (another top 5 sword fight)

Dune (original ‘80s version)

Alien/Aliens/Alien 3

Tron

Goonies

Rat Race

Lost Boys

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

The Breakfast Club

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Deadpool

The LOTR trilogy

Blade Runner - both films

Heist (a lesson in writing a script consisting of one-liners)

Ocean’s 11

The Name Of The Rose

The Last Mohican

Master And Commander

5th Element

Any of the Monty Python films, but especially Quest for the Holy Grail

That’s a start.

If I had to whittle it down to absolute favorites: Princess Bride, Monty Python, and OG Star Wars.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    How do you manage to watch the OG star wars more than twice? I saw New Hope in the theatre. I saw the next one in the theatre and almost walked out. I saw the third one and thought OK I can deal with this, but not great.

    Then I re-watched a New Hope again and realized, this is a boring movie.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    10 seconds thought would have stopped you from making this comment.

    These are some of my favorites I’m sharing, not yours. Ain’t nobody making you watch any of them.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    No, I was serious. What do you find interesting enough to watch more than three times? New Hope was entertaining when I was 8, I must have seen that movie in the theater at least 10 times.

    But as time went by I came to realize its pretty shallow, acting isn't so great and the wow effects of 1977 aren't much compared to the last 20 years. I actually get disappointed that I can't enjoy re-watching it as much as so many other movies. Maybe I saw it too much.

    I will change the question: Which version do you prefer? I can say I like the original as released best, all the changes later just don't feel right to me.

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