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Glenwood Lane United
31 Aug 2004, 11:47 PM
Dedicated to those movies that you run across on cable and you watch until the end, regardless of how many times you've seen them.
Thread inspired by "Chinatown".
I have two. Jaws and Dazed and Confused. At this point I could probably recite each line for both of them.
writered21
01 Sep 2004, 12:05 AM
A few:
* Breakfast Club
* Gotti (the HBO movie)
* Bronx Tale
* Requiem for a Heavyweight (old, isn't on much, but good work from Jackie Gleason)
* Hoosiers
rymannryan
01 Sep 2004, 01:15 AM
Die Hard and Home Alone. I'm not sure why though.
odg78
01 Sep 2004, 02:10 AM
--Ferris Bueller's Day Off
--Notting Hill (Yeah, I said it)
--The Usual Suspects
CHICO13
01 Sep 2004, 07:08 AM
The Dirty Dozen
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
The Blues Brothers
Trading Places
IntheNet
01 Sep 2004, 07:56 AM
The Passion Of The Christ!
MikeLastort2
01 Sep 2004, 08:09 AM
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Life Of Brian
The Matrix
Alien
Austin Powers
Repo Man
Monsters Inc
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
SueB
01 Sep 2004, 08:16 AM
Not clear why, but I can never turn "Big" off. I also agree about "Die Hard". Oh, and "The Shawshank Redemption".
nancyb
01 Sep 2004, 08:29 AM
The Great Escape. I just know that Steve McQueen is going to make it over that barbed wire one of these days.
Foosinho
01 Sep 2004, 08:43 AM
I refuse to incriminate myself. My "list" seems to be constantly changing anyway.
pething101
01 Sep 2004, 08:44 AM
Zulu. Just put the remote down and take a good long semi nap.
bojendyk
01 Sep 2004, 09:17 AM
The Passion Of The Christ!
Yeah, that's on all the time. It's like Law and Order.
:rolleyes:
YanksFC
01 Sep 2004, 11:16 AM
I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but Forrest Gump is on my list.
Iceblink
01 Sep 2004, 11:47 AM
Two already mentioned: Shawshank Redemption and Big...
One new:
*sigh* 10 Things I Hate About You.
Foosinho
01 Sep 2004, 12:15 PM
Believe it or not, the better a movie the more likely I am to turn the channel, especially if I have it on DVD. I'm a screen format & sound format snob, I guess.
It's schlock like - picking a crappy movie I like at random - Starship Troopers that I can't turn off, more often than not.
skipshady
01 Sep 2004, 12:20 PM
Can't Hardly Wait
I guess I'm just a huge Ethan Embry fan.
Foosinho
01 Sep 2004, 12:33 PM
I guess I'm just a huge Ethan Embry fan.
If by "Ethan" you mean J. Love's left breast, and by "Embry" you mean her right, I'm right there with you.
I keed. I'm keeding. I actually do like Ethan Embry. Tho I do like J. Love's breasts, too.
whirlwind
01 Sep 2004, 12:39 PM
Believe it or not, the better a movie the more likely I am to turn the channel, especially if I have it on DVD. I'm a screen format & sound format snob, I guess.
It's schlock like - picking a crappy movie I like at random - Starship Troopers that I can't turn off, more often than not.
Exactly. I can't turn off some really bad movies-- Eight Legged Freaks, or Blade II, or 13th Warrior...
'Course, there are a couple great movies that fall into that category as well... FoTR and 2 Towers...
Motterman
01 Sep 2004, 12:45 PM
Predator
Point Break
Bloodsport