# What film do you want to see again on a BIG screen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611 "2008-08-11T15:03:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/21 "2008-08-12T13:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] I came in to say the LOTR movies. I really want to see them on the big screen again. And again. And again. And again. Repeat. [/QUOTE] You mean the extended versions, don’t you? I’ll be there! I saw _Lawrence of Arabia_ in its original run–twice. _Ben Hur_ only once; it’s not a great film, but the chariot race is worth seeing on a REALLY BIG screen. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/22 "2008-08-12T13:55:17Z")
[QUOTE=Bridget Burke] You mean the extended versions, don’t you? I’ll be there! [/QUOTE] I did indeed! Funnily enough when I was in Manchester a few years ago I saw that Fellowship extended edition was on the cinema billing list, guess some people think like us too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/23 "2008-08-12T14:39:56Z")
One of Eastwood’s “spaghetti westerns” – I’m not picky about which – in its original aspect ratio. (I forget the name of it, but the faces look weirdly elongated on the endless basic cable TV reruns.) Also, **Spartacus** (the digital restoration job with restored scenes, 'natch). Six thousand Spanish Army extras never looked so good… and it’s a helluva lot better than ten times the number in CGI! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/24 "2008-08-12T15:17:10Z")
_Jurassic Park_. The original one. On the TV screen, the dinosaurs are meh/okay, but on the big screen they were EPIC! Even though the technology is dated, seeing the brachiosaurus scene on the big screen again would be awesome. And the tyrannosaurus scenes, especially at the end in the visitor center… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/25 "2008-08-12T20:13:14Z")
It would probably be a very profitable venture for a company like Turner or Universal that owns a huge catalog to release a “Big Screen” scenes movie. As mentioned above, I don’t want to sit through all of a movie I’ve seen before, but I’d love to see things like the chariot race or other “you really need a big screen” scenes from classic movies on there (especially if they could also adapt them to Dolby surround). ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/26 "2008-08-12T22:30:30Z")
JFK GWTW Ben Hur The Right Stuff Woodstock ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611/27 "2008-08-13T19:52:16Z")
David Lean’s _Doctor Zhivago_ took my breath away when I saw it in a theater with a huge screen and surround sound. It’s not a great movie, but it is a grand one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-do-you-want-to-see-again-on-a-big-screen/459611.md?page=1)