# Not-the-greatest movies you watch over and over **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654 "2011-12-18T18:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/61 "2011-12-19T21:49:43Z")
_Rustler’s Rhapsody_ Just the oddest Western spoof going. Although this root is gooooooood. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/62 "2011-12-19T21:51:58Z")
I’ve seen _Jurassic Park_ probably 30-40 times. And I have the soundtrack and I’ve read the book several times as well. It’s a little sad. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/63 "2011-12-19T21:55:13Z")
The In Laws, Peter Falk - Alan Arkin version… ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/64 "2011-12-19T22:01:21Z")
I’ll always watch _The Out of Towners_ with Jack Lemmon, even though he usually annoys me in movies. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/65 "2011-12-19T22:26:28Z")
Time to admit two movies that I like that’s panned by a lot of people … _ **The Bicentennial Man** _, with Robin Williams. Yes, it has too many drawn-out death scenes and it’s maudlin at times. Some might even say it’s creepy with a robot and human getting it on, but dammit I like it! The overall story is fairly faithful to Asimov’s short novel and I thought the performances by Williams and Embeth Davidtz were outstanding. _ **Deep Impact** _. I don’t know why but I can’t not watch this movie when it pops up on TV. Maybe it’s Tea Leoni. Maybe it’s Morgan Freeman as the President, or Robert Duvall dying to save the world. Whatever it is, the movie grabs my attention every time. Both movies have lavish music scores that tug at your emotions. Maybe that’s why I particularly like them. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/66 "2011-12-19T23:58:27Z")
Pretty much every weekend, when they’re on Cartoon Network at some point… [Looney Tunes: Back in Action](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318155/) (Steve Martin chewing scenery like no tomorrow), and [Space Jam](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117705/) (Bill Murray, Muggsy Bogues and, God help me, Shawn Bradley) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/67 "2011-12-20T00:25:24Z")
I agree that _Tremors_ is too good to compete in this thread. I thought of another today, [Grand Prix](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060472/) (1966). The greatest auto racing footage ever in a theatrical motion picture from the golden era of GP racing with a horrible soap opera love story grafted on with duct tape and coat hanger wire. The racing footage was mostly filmed with the actors actually driving at high speed on the classic but now long gone tracks in Europe. Many then current racing stars appear in the film as themselves. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/68 "2011-12-20T01:02:00Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I’ve seen _Jurassic Park_ probably 30-40 times. And I have the soundtrack and I’ve read the book several times as well. It’s a little sad. Yeah, but that’s nothing to be ashamed of, IMHO. It is one of the all time greatest thriller/action movies. And the book was a best-seller on its own right. I read the book before seeing the movie on opening night, which is one of my favorite movie memories of all time - honestly, it potentially outranks seeing _Star Wars_ if only because I was in my early 20s and really understood the movie, as opposed to being 6 or 7 years old and going all “Ooooh, lightsabers and making things happen with your mind!!” OK, listening to the soundtrack over and over again, that you probably want to keep under your hat. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/69 "2011-12-20T01:05:29Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > _Legally Blonde_. I have a huge soft spot for Reese Witherspoon, even (or perhaps especially) in campy cinema. Just Like Heaven and Sweet Home Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/70 "2011-12-20T01:08:23Z")
Tea with Mussolli Under the Tuscan Sun Bull Durham ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/71 "2011-12-20T01:13:30Z")
Two Weeks Notice - a Sandra Bullock / Hugh Grant rom-com that for some reason just does it for me. Even just talking about it now I’m thinking it’s about time to rewatch. Sigh. Addictions aren’t glamorous. Cruel Intentions - it’s sexy and stylish. A painfully attractive cast (of various levels of acting proficiency) all steaming around behind each others’ backs. Delicious! I Heart Huckabees ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/72 "2011-12-20T01:26:26Z")
**Hackers** I don’t know why, but I have to watch this whenever I see it on the tube. The plot is not very good, and they massively overstate the capabilities of computers, especially those from 1995. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/73 "2011-12-20T01:37:52Z")
It’s a mad…world. All the best of the 50’s stars. Monkey Shines. Cool psychological movie. Lake Placid. Was just a blast. Surviving the Game. Great cast. Great story. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/74 "2011-12-20T01:39:44Z")
_Heart and Souls_. It’s unexpectedly moving. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/75 "2011-12-20T03:14:22Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > The In Laws, Peter Falk - Alan Arkin version… “Serpentine! Serpentine!” These are actually pretty good movies that I watch repeatedly: \*\*A Few Good Men Dirty Dancing Groundhog Day \*\* But my guilty secret pleasure movie: \*\*A Stranger Among Us \*\*where Melanie Griffith goes undercover in Chasidic Brooklyn to solve a murder. I can’t help it… I watch it over and over…\ So sue me. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/76 "2011-12-20T03:39:17Z")
_Shag: The Movie_. Charming coming-of-age movie set in the early 60s in Myrtle Beach. Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish. Great music (although the released soundtrack lacks), especially for me, who still loves and collects the music of my parents’ generation. The separate-yet-entwined stories of these four young ladies over one wild weekend in 1963 keeps me glued, even when I know every detail of what’s coming. I actually never see it on TV, but I wore out 2 VHS tape copies. _Hawks_, with Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards. Another one of which I watched the tape over and over until it came apart. The two principals, in a British hospital and suffering from a never-actually-named but fatal disease, hit the road for one last huzzah. Janet McTeer as one of the pair of girls they run across steals my heart every time. _My Favorite Year_. Peter O’Toole and Mark Linn-Baker. O’Toole is the famous but chronically drunk swashbuckling action hero (“I’m not an actor! I’m a _movie star_!”) and Linn-Baker is tapped to ensure his good behavior (and actual, y’know, _showing up_ and all) when O’Toole guests on a 50s live TV show. Kind of a buddy movie, nice comic bits about the crazy chaos of the live shows of that era, and even a bit of redemption in the end. _Quigley Down Under_. Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, and Alan Rickman. Another one that makes the remote stop working whenever I stumble upon it. Love the characters, and I’ve always had a soft spot for LSG anyway. _My Geisha_, with Shirley MacLaine. Very early 60s movie in which MacLaine plays an actress whose director hubby wants to make a dramatic film, about _Madame Butterfly_. He’s directed his wife in several comedy films, and she’s apparently a big star, but he feels this movie is outside of her range. Reminiscent of Lucille Ball’s schemes, she sets out to prove her husband wrong. Fun, fun, fun, and very special to me because I first saw it at a certain crossroads in my life. It lifted me up then, and I take every chance I can get to watch it. More later, probably. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/77 "2011-12-20T04:33:06Z")
Roadhouse. I don’t know why I like it so much; but dang it; I do. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/78 "2011-12-20T04:42:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “Serpentine! Serpentine!” Sounds like our best friends (married couple). They love this movie. Has anyone mentioned “Three Amigos”? It really is a pretty lame, one-joke movie, and has Chevy Chase in it (who I can’t stand), but I watch it every year or two and laugh my silly ass off all the way through. _“I’ve been shot already!”_ . ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/79 "2011-12-20T06:02:41Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Just Like Heaven and Sweet Home Alabama. …and Legally Blonde. I’m with y’all on these three. My wife loves Reese and always sticks on these movies when we flip through the channels and they are on. I do a manly cringe for a few minutes, then get hooked (again). Reese has that sweetheart vibe going on so often. My favorite would be **Sweet Home Alabama** , because everyone is just so warm and gently funny (except Candace Bergen - she is pretty funny herself). Josh Lucas’s performance would carry this movie if it wasn’t so well done already. The **Legally Blonde** movies entertain me. They remind me of Frank Capra movies - all the good, decent, honest simple folk win out in the end by holding strongly to their values amidst the dirty corporate weasel politicians, etc etc. I laugh a whole lot more than I first expected to when I see these movies. I remember **Just Like Heaven** vaguely, but I do recall liking it specifically because of Reese and Mark Ruffalo. In addition, I expected to hate **Friends With Benefits** , but was surprised to really appreciate Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. Again, I laughed more than I thought I would and liked the leads more than I thought I would. As an aside, I wish these RomComs would end when the leads realize they are in love, rather than churning through artificially manufactured drama intended to set up a ridiculous …oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654/80 "2011-12-20T06:27:38Z")
1. **Oh, God!** - with John Denver and George Burns. This movie makes me smile every time I see it. Denver was never really thought of as a good actor, but I think he does a great job playing the “every man” in this movie. 2. **Slap Shop** - Paul Newman hockey movie with the Hanson Brothers. One of my favorite comedies of all time. 3. \*\*Confidence \*\*- Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman - great con man/crime caper that I’ll always sit down for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654.md?page=5)