# man goes into cage....summer movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542 "2002-05-17T13:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/1 "2002-05-17T13:20:46Z")
Now that summer has sort of started, I watched the movie “Jaws” to initiate the season. This is a weird little ritual I’ve had since I was pretty small- summer officially started in my family with a viewing of “Jaws”. And ever since, this is only a “summer movie” for me- watching it at any other season would be somehow wrong. Conversely, other movies are only for certain seasons- OTOMH, “The Blair Witch Project” is for fall, “Smoke Signals” is for winter. And then some movies just don’t have that sort of connotation for me. Does anyone else do this? Are certain movies or books associated with certain seasons to you, like some foods are? Or am I just insane? ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/2 "2002-05-17T17:40:03Z")
Well, “The Life of Brian” has always been **the** Easter movie for me, ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/3 "2002-05-17T17:41:45Z")
I have that sort of thing with video games, actually. Same thing with music. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/4 "2002-05-17T17:56:35Z")
The _only_ time to watch _Jaws_ IMHO, is in the summer. You are right about it not feeling right any other time of the year. Period films are best in winter, and musicals are best for spring. _The Wizard of Oz_ is for October, _Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer_ is for December and _The Ten Commandments_ is (wierdly) at Easter. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/5 "2002-05-18T01:01:53Z")
Not so weird. It’s usually scheduled near Passover, which falls near Easter. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/6 "2002-05-18T05:25:19Z")
My new winter movie is “Ravenous”. It’s a really twisted one about cannibalism. Has David Arquette, Principal Rooney from Ferris Bueller, and Francis Begbie from Trainspotting. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/7 "2002-05-18T14:13:03Z")
_Full Metal Jacket_ is the Fourth of July movie. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-goes-into-cage-summer-movies/109542/8 "2002-05-18T18:02:04Z")
Hey, I love “Ravenous”! It’s a great movie, and definitely a winter movie- summer watching would be very weird. Also, “Gladiator” is a summer movie, but musicals are definitely for spring.