Napoleon Dynamite.
Watching noobs watch this movie is an experience. Those who “get” it laugh along with you. Those who don’t get it provide plenty of laughs on their own.
A thousand times yes. My dad does this with every single movie I show him, regardless of how much he likes it.
Off the top of my head, he thought Kill Bill and Pan’s Labrynth were fantastic movies.
But that didn’t stop him from wandering into another room to fold laundry for a while when they were on. Auugh!
Same thing happened to me with my brother and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. I’d seen it in the theaters and loved it. He scorned all goopy, treacly Disney mash. I brought the tape home, popped it in the VCR and watched. He wandered in and took a deep breath to begin the mocking.
And “Les Poissons” started.
Les poissons, les poissons,
how I love les poissons,
Love to chop and to serve little fish!
First you cut off their head,
it don’t hurt, CAUSE THEY’RE DEAD!
I looked over and saw my cynical, wise-cracking, smart ass brother standing mouth agape and eyes wide. Muahahahahahaha.
Not many. I haven’t been around anyone seeing Spinal Tap for a while.
When I was in the Army, I rented Repo Man (way back in the vhs days…) mostly just to watch everyone’s reactions in the day room.
That’s always disappointing. On the other hand, it’s also entertaining watching other people’s reactions to other people’s reactions in this way. They had “The Kite Runner” playing in the day room of the Navy barracks, and a bunch of us sat there and watched it (we were all urinalysis monitors, and it was a slow day) for the first time. When it ended, one guy remarked “That was stupid!” and the pregnant chick just totally flipped out on him and stormed out of the room, trailing a long line of expletives behind her. I enjoyed the movie, but I thought that was infinitely more entertaining! (I think she was upset because he totally interrupted any catharsis anyone might have been feeling – it was pretty jarring… worst [best?] timing ever)
My nominations:
The Big Lebowski
The Usual Suspects
Memento
The Power of One
Brighton Beach Memoirs
A Christmas Story (yes, there are poor souls in this world who haven’t seen this)
The Princess Bride (ditto)
Oh, come on! You can’t tell me that watching Kermit the Frog watch 2 girls 1 cup isn’t cinema gold!!
Joe
No cup should endure the things those two girls did to it. :eek: