You’re channel surfing and you stop at TBS (the most likely culprit) and there it is. A movie you’ve seen about a zillion times. You know the dialogue by heart, even when it’s been edited out. You probably have a copy on tape or DVD, or even LD. Still, YOU MUST WATCH IT AGAIN!!! For me it’s:
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
“… I aint about to go slidin’ down no hill with nothing between my brain and the ground but a piece of government plastic!”
1.Ferris Bueler’s day off. Someday I hope to see the non-edited for TV version.
2.Star Wars Trilolgy
3.Back to the Future Trilogy
4.The Princess Bride. (I won it on VHS on ebay. I’ve been wating 3 weeks for it to arrive from Canada, along with The Last Starfighter, and Dial M for Murder. Today we got a slip saying that the mailbox was either too full or we got a package. I really hope its my package. The box was packed, though.)
Braveheart.
The blood is just awesome.
And the antler thingy that he shoves into the guy’s head.
And the big hammer comming down on the head.
And the lopping off of the head.
And the last scene always makes me tear up, it’s just so sad.
And the loves scenes are cool.
And Mel does that “I can’t really believe this is actually happening” look so well.
And, cuase I love knights that can still want to fight even after they’ve had both legs cut off, and droves of young cloistered women are cool, and all old people really aren’t dead, Monty Python’s Quest for The Holy Grail.
Oh, and Bambi! I just love that movie! Thumper is awesome!
I have a weakness for historical epics circa 1960, especially David Lean/Robert Bolt ones
**Spartacus
Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
A Man for All Seasons
The Seven Samurai
2001
Forbidden Planet
The Guns of Navarone
Thunderball
Creator
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Terminator
Terminator II
Aliens (not Alien)
Robocop
Doctor Strangelove
Paths of Glory
Barry Lyndon
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Star Trek II
Star Trek IV
The Matrix
Galaxy Quest
Any Ray Harryhausen movie
King Kong
A Night at the Opera
Casablanca
A Hard Day’s Night “Hey Mister?!! Can we have our ball back?” A Few Good Men “You can’t handle the truth!” This Is Spinal Tap “but these go to eleven…” The Warriors “Warriors…come out to plaaaayyy…” Educating Rita “naaahhh…they’da thrown me out the theatre…” Double Indemnity “I’m a Medford man…”
There are a lot of them for me, but the most recent one is O Brother Where Art Thou. Rented it, returned it, bought a DVD, and have watched it about a dozen times in the past three weeks and it just seems to get better each time. Plus, I love the soundtrack:)
There’re manny, but the one that I’ve seen the most, and will readily watch again (perhaps having something to do with my being able to ace an English final that was an essay on Heart of Darkness without ever having seen the book):
“Dracula”…the one with Bela Lugosi [is there another one??]
“Tootsie”
“Casino”
Pride & Prejudice [A&E version]
“Godfather 2”
“Terminator 2”
“Shenandoah” [Jimmy Stewart…when his youngest son walks in the church door, I STILL cry, and I’ve seen that movie more than a dozen times!]
“Friendly Persuasion” Gary Cooper
“Saving Private Ryan”
“Good Fellows”
“Benny & Joon” I LOVE Aidan Quinn
“All This and Heaven Too” Bette Davis
“Mr. Lucky” Cary Grant
“Back to the Future 1 & 3” I hated the second one.
“Taking Care of Business” with Jim Belushi “I love baseball players…they’re soooo…big!”