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PlacentiaSoccerMom · #26 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:29 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:If Aliens is on, I would watch it too.
This thread is bringing out all the lack of high concept that I am all about.

I, too, love the Aliens movies. They're all perfect B movies.

Best of Show is one of the all time best movies in the world-I can't believe I don't have the dvd.

Spinal Tap majorly sucked for me. I was so disappointed. I had heard so much and expected so much from it.

I know. I know.

I think that Aliens is one of the most romantic movies ever. I love the relationship between Ripley and Hicks. He just sort of lets her be who she is and doesn't feel threatened that she is such a strong person.

It's one of the reasons I hated the movie Alien 3 or whatever it was called.
Everything that Ripley, Hicks and Newt fought for was meaningless.

I also liked Michael Biehn in The Terminator as Reese. That's another one of my favorite romantic movies.

I am odd, I know.

themanintheseersuckersuit · #27 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:39 pm

A Christmas Story would have made my list, as I can recite most of the dialog, but TBS made it impossible for it to be a must watch movie, as even I cannot watch it for 24 hours.

Spock · #28 Post by **Spock** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:42 pm

The Parent Trap-original version-It sucks me in every time.

The Man from Snowy River and the second one-even tho we own both-TV versions still catch me on it

thguy65 · #29 Post by **thguy65** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:56 pm

Interesting to see how other BB's lists overlap my own.

Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas
Hunt For Red October
Swingers
Groundhog Day
Heathers
The Right Stuff

When each scene of the movie is pure gold, it's nice to know you can flip to that channel at any spot in the story and enjoy what will happen next.

ToLiveIsToFly · #30 Post by **ToLiveIsToFly** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:13 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote: It Could Happen To You.

This is one of only two movies ever to cause me to walk out of a movie theater (Event Horizon was the other, far worse, one)

Better Off Dead
Johnny Dangerously
The Hudsucker Proxy

starfish1113 · #31 Post by **starfish1113** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:17 pm

A Few Good Men
This Is Spinal Tap
Shawshank Redemption

T_Bone0806 · #32 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Sat May 10, 2008 5:25 pm

The Godfather
Field of Dreams
A League of Their Own
That Thing You Do

I know, that's 4. I couldn't decide.

I have all 4 on DVD, and still I stop and watch. Which is especially stupid in the case of The Godfather, since it's almost always shredded and edited beyond recognition.

christie1111 · #33 Post by **christie1111** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:36 pm

it's almost always shredded and edited beyond recognition.

We started watching one of the Harry Potter movies that was on TV a couple o weeks ago. It was edited so heavily that we just stopped and broke out the DVD.

gsabc · #34 Post by **gsabc** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:50 pm

gsabc wrote:The American President
Notting Hill
The Mummy (Brendan Fraser version)

Have to add one more. GW reminded me: Independence Day

MarkBarrett · #35 Post by **MarkBarrett** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:14 pm

I'll put in another vote for "The Sting" plus "Back to the Future" and add:

Home Alone
Stalag 17
Rollercoaster

ontellen · #36 Post by **ontellen** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:46 pm

There are a few and I'm trying to dredge them up out of my pathetic brain.

Dirty Dancing

Terms of Endearment

The Bridges of Madison County

Years ago I must have watched The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again at least 30 to 40 times. It's so long ago that when I recently saw them, I thought "hey, they're in colour".

Mr Green · #37 Post by **Mr Green** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:54 pm

:::::taping my watch:::::

TheCalvinator24 · #38 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:07 pm

Some of the movies people have mentioned are ones that I have never seen played on broadcast or regular cable channels. So, I wonder how often they get the chance to test the "must-watch" status.

I was up late one night, and decided to flip through one last time. The Negotiator happened to be on TBS, or TNT, or some channel like that. I wound up being up til 3 a.m. that time.

Sir_Galahad · #39 Post by **Sir_Galahad** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:13 pm

I can't say because I never flip through the channels and I have all of my favorites on DVD so that whenever I get the urge to watch one of them, I watch it. This list includes (in no particular order):

Lord Of The Rings (Fellowship)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Seven
Memento
The Usual Suspects
Goodfellas
Casino
Green Mile
Casablanca
The Illusionist
Shawshank Redemption
Alien / Aliens
Platoon / Full Metal Jacket
Space Odyssey
Star Wars (Pick one)
and on and on....

Appa23 · #40 Post by **Appa23** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:18 pm

How could so many guys post their list, and Die Hard not appear until this point.

Die Hard would be #1 on my list. (Not my favorite all-time movie, but Victory and Bladerunner never appear on regular cable.)

Shawshank Redemption

Any Jack Ryan movie

( I also agree with the choices of Remember the Titans, American President, The Mummy, A Few Good Men, and Best in Show as "movie that is always on television, and you have to stop and watch when you flip past it, even though you have seen it 1000 times already."

There are some great movies listed by others, but I rarely see some of them on cable. (They do not seem to be in the category of "played at least once a month on some cable channel during normal hours.")

mrkelley23 · #41 Post by **mrkelley23** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:28 pm

Breaking Away (which doesn't play much any more, but used to)

And, because I usually let SWMBO control the remote when there's not a Cards game or IU basketball game on,

Pretty Woman

and

Sleepless in Seattle

If they'd ever start playing Real Genius again, it would definitely make the list.

SportsFan68 · #42 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sat May 10, 2008 9:09 pm

I'll re-post the three I put over in the other thread --

Shawshank
Trading Places
The Rookie

I also watch Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Parent Trap (Dennis Quaid version), and Frequency whenever they come around. Admittedly, Frequency doesn't come around very much.

Some Like It Hot is on right now. What a hoot!

silverscreenselect · #43 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:19 pm

Appa23 wrote:How could so many guys post their list, and Die Hard not appear until this point.

Die Hard would be #1 on my list.

You missed my post. Die Hard was the first thing I thought of.

I'm glad someone else mentioned Rollercoaster, one of my guilty pleasures, which I watched again last month on DVD.

And now that I thought about it, I'd add The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven to my list.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #44 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:43 pm

gsabc wrote:
gsabc wrote:The American President
Notting Hill
The Mummy (Brendan Fraser version)
Have to add one more. GW reminded me: Independence Day

That's a great movie!

SportsFan68 · #45 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:54 pm

Air Force One on now -- love this movie. Especially the William H. Macy part.

Gary Oldman is awesome too.

Appa23 · #46 Post by **Appa23** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:44 am

SportsFan68 wrote:Air Force One on now -- love this movie. Especially the William H. Macy part.

Gary Oldman is awesome too.

I saw it on television after I posted.

It also is a "gotta stop and watch" during flipping mode.

AlphaDummy · #47 Post by **AlphaDummy** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:54 am

Miracle (is anybody surprised by this one?)
The Great Escape (agreeing with SSS)
Used Cars (I know, I know)

And, since I tried but can't limit myself to three (and have neither the energy nor the inclination to turn this into a Top Ten list):

The Rookie (good call, Sprots)
The Right Stuff (likewise, Tim)

Sir_Galahad · #48 Post by **Sir_Galahad** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:47 am

Appa23 wrote:How could so many guys post their list, and Die Hard not appear until this point.

Die Hard would be #1 on my list. (Not my favorite all-time movie, but Victory and Bladerunner never appear on regular cable.)

I just hadn't got to it on my list. I also agree with Great Escapeand you can also put The Guns of Navarone, The Longest Day and Kelly's Heroes on that list.

SportsFan68 · #49 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:15 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
Appa23 wrote:How could so many guys post their list, and Die Hard not appear until this point.

Die Hard would be #1 on my list.
You missed my post. Die Hard was the first thing I thought of.

I'm glad someone else mentioned Rollercoaster, one of my guilty pleasures, which I watched again last month on DVD.

And now that I thought about it, I'd add The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven to my list.

These last three never come around anymore except on AMC or TCM. I would like to see the Dirty Dozen again. I read the book and saw it at an eighth-run drive-in a looooooong time ago.

mellytu74 · #50 Post by **mellytu74** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:08 am

Of the movies shown constantly, it has to be:

That Thing You Do
Sleepless in Seattle
Die Hard

I don't see Shawshank Redemption all that much in the regular rotation but I never pass it without watching.

Of the classics that run on local public TV on Saturday night and Turner Classics, it's:

Casablanca
Now, Voyager
Singin' in the Rain
The Bandwagon

Doesn't matter that I can recite large chunks of dialogue all four of them.

I would LOVE to see Victory again. I remember it got not-so-hot reviews but I really like it.