# Oh, yeah. I need to watch that again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625 "2010-06-26T21:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/1 "2010-06-26T21:09:04Z")
I’ve been busy, and I tend to DVR things; so I haven’t watched movies I’ve been meaning to. I did finally watch _The Godfather_ films again this past weekend, but there are other films I’ll think about and think, ‘Man, it’s about time I watched that one again.’ Here are some that come immediately to mind: _[del]The Godfather[/del]_ _[del]The Godfather: Part II[/del]_ _[del]The Godfather: Part III[/del]_ _Jaws 1941 Air America The Pirates of Penzance Blade Runner Unforgiven Blazing Saddles_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/2 "2010-06-26T21:20:41Z")
_Island In The Sky The High And The Mighty_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/3 "2010-06-27T20:13:29Z")
[del]_Island In The Sky_[/del] _Catch 22_ is another one for me ‘get around to watching again’ list. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/4 "2010-06-27T22:55:23Z")
Ugh, why bother? Imho, the only way I would watch the cable/network TV version of anything is if a) I already own it on DVD, b) it’s PG rated or lower so hopefully they didn’t make any changes, and c) it’s impossible to get otherwise. To me, I usually go the opposite way: TV first to see if I like it, rent it years later to see if I still like it, then buying it on DVD to get the commentary and extras if I really like it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/5 "2010-06-27T23:18:54Z")
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. These are movies I have on DVD, but haven’t watched in a while. The reason is that I’ve been busy, and I’ve been DVR-ing a bunch of shows that I still haven’t gotten through. I record films from the unedited movie channels, so that’s no problem. But the DVR is taking up time I could use to watch my DVDs. The shows I’m listing are DVDs I own. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/6 "2010-06-27T23:56:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > . . . > \*1941 > . . . \* 1941? Really? Is this penance or something? Ten Hail Mary’s, 2 viewings of 1941, and a kick in the head? You’ve got to lay off the honesty in the confessional booth, **Johnny**! For me: [del]_Full Metal Jacket_[/del] _Easy Rider_ (It irks me that I haven’t had time to watch this since Dennis Hopper went to the great Hippy Trippy Outfitting Shop in the Sky.) _Blazing Saddles_ _Ginger Snaps 3_ (Oddly enough, I hate the other two). _Doctor Strangelove_ _The Cat in the Hat_ (Yeah, I know, I know!) _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ (Oh, come on!! It was a fun little film.) _Bringing out the Dead_ _McHale’s Navy_ (I know, I _ **know!!** _) . . . OK, **Johnny** , maybe I shouldn’t have laughed at you for liking 1941. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/7 "2010-06-27T23:58:49Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > OK, **Johnny** , maybe I shouldn’t have laughed at you for liking 1941. 😃 Damned straight! _1941_ is a good film! Don’t MAKE me start quoting it! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/8 "2010-06-28T01:28:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Damned straight! _1941_ is a good film! Don’t MAKE me start quoting it! :mad: OK, OK, no need for that!! Let’s just calm down, hit the back button on the IMDB quotes page, take a deep breath, and settle this with a conversation like the professional movie geeks we are. . . . . . . . . . Well all right, I’m not a professional movie geek, but I _do_ look kind of like Roger Ebert from the neck down. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/9 "2010-06-28T01:35:07Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > Well all right, I’m not a professional movie geek I’m a bug! Ahahahahahaha! Eeeeeeeee! Sorry. Slipped out. Anyway… _Silas Marner_ (1985, Ben Kingsley) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/10 "2010-06-28T02:05:26Z")
I put **Swingers** in my Netflix queue a while back, thinking I need to watch that again for a little bit of nostalgia. I watch **Trainspotting** about once a year, just for the mood it invokes. I need to get Requiem for a Dream on DVD, too. Oddly enough I’ve seen more than one poster on here say they never wanted to see RfaD again. Me, I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/11 "2010-06-28T04:37:30Z")
[del]_Jaws_[/del] ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/12 "2010-06-28T04:43:09Z")
Not the most quotable movie, but yesterday I put **Grand Prix** in the DVD player so I could listen to the soundtrack as the movie played. Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/13 "2010-06-28T15:54:18Z")
Incidentally, I think _Island In The Sky_ has one of the best bits of acting John Wayne ever did. The film is about the crew of a DC-3 that was forced to land on a frozen lake somewhere in Canada. Just when they think they’ve been found, John Wayne realises they haven’t been. Wayne says, ‘I guess we’re awful hard to see down here. Harder than we thought.’ It looks as if he’s about to cry, he’s so crestfallen. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/14 "2010-06-28T16:08:35Z")
I just found out the boyfriend had never seen **The Music Man**. So I got it for him, and now I have to direct his new barbershop quartet. Catching people up on movies can be hazardous to your health. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/15 "2010-06-29T04:17:57Z")
I haven’t seen that in years and years. And years. But _76 Trombones_ pops into my head with some frequency. Not many posts in this thread. I guess everyone but me has seen everything they want to recently enough. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/16 "2010-06-29T04:32:56Z")
I try to catch Raging Bull once a year. It reminds me that movies can be art. The Big Lebowski King Kong (the real one) Patton ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/17 "2010-06-29T04:40:35Z")
Well, hell. I just noticed yesterday that I have _King Kong_ on DVD. (Coincidentally, it was just a couple up in the stack from _Patton_.) Only it turns out it’s the new one. I’ll have to rectify the situation eventually. I used to have the original on four 400’ super-8 reels, but I sold it nearly a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/18 "2010-06-29T04:49:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Incidentally, I think _Island In The Sky_ has one of the best bits of acting John Wayne ever did. The film is about the crew of a DC-3 that was forced to land on a frozen lake somewhere in Canada. Just when they think they’ve been found, John Wayne realises they haven’t been. Wayne says, ‘I guess we’re awful hard to see down here. Harder than we thought.’ It looks as if he’s about to cry, he’s so crestfallen. \ I’ve seen the movie and read the book, and it’s obvious that Ernest K. Gann, the author of the book and the screen writer never flew over north eastern Quebec. There are **no** mountain range of the height described in the area.\ ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/19 "2010-06-29T12:49:03Z")
The other day I put _Arthur_ on my ‘watch instantly’ Netflix queue. I haven’t seen it since college, over 20 years ago, when my friends and I used to quote it on a regular basis. I think I’ll watch it tonight. I watch the following movies on at least an annual basis, if not more frequently: _Jaws Close Encounters… The Hunt For Red October The Shining Alien Aliens_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625/20 "2010-06-29T14:17:51Z")
Yep, all of those are on the shelf. I keep meaning to watch _Close Encounters_ again. I prefer the original though, and I only have the Special Edition. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yeah-i-need-to-watch-that-again/544625.md?page=2)