What Makes Certain Movies Worth Re-watching?

[Evo]

I watched the whole thing and said this was either a really stupid movie or a really great movie. I decided not to be so negative and I watched it again and I liked it more and more and more. It is definitely an either love it or hate it movie.

Yes, my expectations were set too high. With an all star cast, I was expecting it to be at least tolerable.

I love these critiques from rottentomatoes.com

"has its small pleasures, but mostly it just flaps around like a dying fish"

"magnificent display of talents not weaved into coherent story"

"Anderson's latest endeavor will have you yawning from start to finish"

Yay, it's not just me!

You probably left the movie and jumped online and started editing the GD page. You have physics forums on the brain and nothing else is going to be able to hold your attention for long.

Probably.

You should think about dating someone from pf. Someone fun and exciting. Think about it and give me a call.

 

[The_Professional]

trib, you don't want stalkers getting ahold of that. private message it to her instead. better yet, close the deal and ask her for the home phone #

 

[Evo]

trib, you don't want stalkers getting ahold of that. private message it to her instead. better yet, close the deal and ask her for the home phone #

1-900-CALL-EVO

 

[The_Professional]

1-900-CALL-EVO

when's the best time to call you?

 

[Evo]

when's the best time to call you?

awww, for you, the first 3 minutes are free

You get to hear my favorite quotes

"I'm bloated"

"Do I have a double chin?"

"cruciferous vegetables give me gas"

 

[tribdog]

trib, you don't want stalkers getting ahold of that. private message it to her instead. better yet, close the deal and ask her for the home phone #

lol, stalkers. that was my ex's phone number.
just kidding.

I don't care if people get ahold of my number. Oh no, you have a phone book whatever will i do. oh no you know about Dex. call me if you want I don't care. If I like you I'll talk to you, if I don't like you I won't talk to you. I'm not shy.
I'll never get a date with Evo if I don't try once in a while.

 

[Evo]

lol, stalkers. that was my ex's phone number.

Yeah, I got an earful from her too.

 

[Bystander]

While we're on a movie kick, what movies have you watched the most times, and what made you want to watch them more than once? (snip)

Toss-up between Fantasia and Stalag 17; Indiana Jones, Roger Rabbit, and The Mummy are gaining rapidly.

 

[tribdog]

don't be coloring other people's words. Ivan doesn't talk in red!

 

[Gale]

i can't believe you people don't like life aquatic! i loved it. trib's the only one with good taste. and the david bowie songs in portuguese is the best part.

oh and i guess doesn't like me anymore... he's been ignoring my calls!

 

[tribdog]

I've been ignoring your calls? you've called? I never ignore calls unless I'm asleep. I'm not saying I want you to call, I'm just saying you haven't made any calls for me to ignore.

 

[Evo]

i can't believe you people don't like life aquatic! i loved it.

My daughters liked it. My older daughter owns the DVD, that's what I (almost) watched. Maybe I'm too old. I just kept waiting for the whole shark revenge thing to get funny.

 

[Artman]

Princess Bride is another I never get tired of - "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

I love that movie, but I haven't seen it more than a few times.

 

[tribdog]

My daughters liked it. My older daughter owns the DVD, that's what I (almost) watched. Maybe I'm too old. I just kept waiting for the whole shark revenge thing to get funny.

You know what movie is like that for me? and I'm going to catch grief for this one, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The "WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?" scene is funny, the rest is quite ho hum and the ending sucks.

 

[Gale]

its not like "HAHAHAH!" funny.. its like, heh heh funny. its really dry. i dunno.. i really liked it. i can watch it over and over again. i especially love the cinematography. the ship looks soooo awesome.

 

[tribdog]

I love that movie, but I haven't seen it more than a few times.

I've used the "Inigo Montoya...killed my father...prepare...die" quote in real life a couple of times and it pops into my head too regularly.

 

[Evo]

You know what movie is like that for me? and I'm going to catch grief for this one, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The "WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?" scene is funny, the rest is quite ho hum and the ending sucks.

There is a film after the credits? "Møøse trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms by JURGEN WIGG"

All the credits are at the beginning. There are no credits at the end.
The screen goes black.The following are inserted into the real opening credits. They start as subtitles "translating" the credits into a "Pidgin-English-Swedish".

(Though genuine Swedish does not use ø or ë.)

Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen
Røtern nik Akten Di
Wik
Alsø wik
Alsø alsø wik
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër?
See the løveli lakes
The wøndërful telephøne system
And mäni interesting furry animals

The Characters and incidents portrayed and the names used are fictitious
and any similarity to the names, characters, or history of any person is
entirely accidental and unintentional.

Signed RICHARD M. NIXON

Including the majestik møøse
A Møøse once bit my sister...No realli!
She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo
Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...

We apologise for the fault in the subtitles.
Those responsible havebeen sacked.

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

Møøse trained by YUTTE HERMSGERVØRDENBRØTBØRDA
Special Møøse Effects OLAF PROT
Møøse Costumes SIGGI CHURCHILL
Møøse Choreographed by HORST PROT III
Miss Taylor's Møøses by HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME
Møøse trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms by JURGEN WIGG
Møøses' noses wiped by BJØRN IRKESTØM-SLATER WALKER
Large møøse on the left hand side of the screen in the third scene from the end, given a thorough grounding in Latin, French and "O" Level
Geography by BO BENN
Suggestive poses for the Møøse suggested by VIC ROTTER
Antler-care by LIV THATCHER

The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been
sacked.

The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at
great expense and at the last minute.

Executive Producer
JOHN GOLDSTONE & "RALPH" The Wonder Llama
Producer
MARK FORSTATER
Assisted By
EARL J. LLAMA
MIKE Q. LLAMA III
SY LLAMA
MERLE Z. LLAMA IX
Directed By
40 SPECIALLY TRAINED
ECUADORIAN MOUNTAIN LLAMAS
6 VENEZUELAN RED LLAMAS
142 MEXICAN WHOOPING LLAMAS
14 NORTH CHILEAN GUANACOS
(CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LLAMA)
REG LLAMA OF BRIXTON
76000 BATTERY LLAMAS
FROM "LLAMA-FRESH" FARMS LTD. NEAR PARAGUAY

If you haven't watched "Time Bandits" you must. It was written by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and Michael Pallin, it also stars John Cleese.

After you watch it, you will go around saying "Keh" and laughing.

 

[Gale]

when i first watched the holy grail, i had no idea what was going on. my friend and i watched it late at night, and we were falling asleep during the credits, and then it went black, and we were about to turn it off, when it came on again, and we were like wtf. we thought we were dreaming cause we were so tired. so we watched, and then it just stopped again and went black, and we were like "no no, we won't be fooled this time" and we just watched for ages longer ages longer... we felt so dumb when it started rewinding..

 

[Blahness]

Finding Nemo was good, I saw it in theatres(not of my own free will, but hey) 3 times.

 

[Gale]

finding nemo was alright, but i miss the good ole disney musicals! i even have all the sing-a-long videos. i still watch those over and over.

 

[loseyourname]

LA Confidential and Heat are two movies I've watched an awful lot over the last decade or so; one, because they're on all the time, and two, because they're great movies that just don't get old.

Memento and Donnie Darko have to be watched multiple times to be fully appreciated and understood. Mulholland Drive probably falls into this category, too, though I've only seen it twice.

I've probably seen all of the original Star Wars movies and Animal House about 800 times each. The Wizard of Oz, ET, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind were movies I watched endlessly when I was a child. In these cases, well, I'd almost argue the movies are even more enjoyable when you already know what's going to happen. It's like biting into the chocolate center of a tootsie pop.

 

[arildno]

A couple of comedies I still love and like to watch time and again, is "Time Bandits" and "A Fish Named Wanda".

I still get spooked by Dr. Lecter in The silence of the lambs, after 4 or 5 viewings.


LOTR are probably the movies I've re-watched most times.

 

[franznietzsche]

I've watched the entirety of Kill Bill (both volumes, back to back) at least 30 times.

Ben Hur I've probably seen 15 times (ironic, isn't it?).

 

[matthyaouw]

me, i like disney movies a lot, especially mulan, hercules, aladdin, and the lion king, because they're inspiring and i love to sing to them and quote all the good lines.

Same here! The Lion King and Aladdin were my fave films when I was a kid. Just the other week, I was with some friends and we were quite drunk, so we watched Aladdin from start to finish and sung along to all the songs. 5 years or more since I last watched it, and I still know all the songs, and can recite the script line for line. How sad am I?