Films you watch again and again

[V8covin]

Having given it some thought I can now think of 2 films I've voluntarily watched twice,the original Terminator and Total Recall.Who can resist a movie where a woman has 3 tits

[qube_TA]

Brother D said:

Lock Stock
Snatch
The Princess Bride

Deffo, could never tire of these

[Rick_1138]

Usual ones from me are :

Star wars 4,5,6
BTTF Trilogy
Indiana Jones-Raiders
Predator 1

Odder ones are

Ronin
Taxi - Original french one
Original Statham transporter
Akira
Original TRON

Lots of others but these sprung to mind quickest

[Disastrous]

Cotty said:

Disastrous said:

But that's precisely the point. There are a million better car chases you could watch if you're happy to watch the same thing over and over...why pick bullitt? It's a pretty poor example of a car chase IMO.

Im not saying I would watch it over and over, but in my 44 years I have probably seen it more times than someone not into cars.

I don't think The Driver is a great film or a great chase but I can see me sometime in the future, possibly years in the future watching it again or maybe the second chase scene, sod it I might watch it again now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Hcsww2x84

Oh sorry, I misunderstood then. I thought you were saying you liked to watch films that you've already seen. My logic being that if I've seen a st one, I'm unlikely to watch it again (not that I think Bullitt is but the car chase is, and doesn't bare repeated viewing IMO).

[downstairs]

ash73 said:

When I was a kid I'd watch stuff like Raiders and Top Gun again and again, I could literally quote them word for word. I hardly ever watch films more than once these days, no idea why.

I'm much the same; in my youth I would watch favourite films lots of times but as I've grown up I realised quite how very many films there are to be watched. Of course they can't all be excellent, but there's no way to find out without trying. And some of them could be wonderful.

It was mentioned a little earlier in the thread about car chases - Bullitt and The Driver - well, I watched one of the most exciting chases I've ever watched this week, in Rogue Nation, at the cinema. I could have stayed at home and watched something familiar, but by doing that I would have sorely missed out.

I take every opportunity I can to watch films I've never seen before. To me, it's daft not to.

[billzeebub]

Bourne
Bond
Batman
Love, Honour & Obey
Final Cut
Get Carter (original)
Across the Lake
Senna
Die Hard 1 & 2
Four Weddings & a Funeral
Rocky (all)
Layer Cake
Snatch
Lock Stock..
Heat
Carlitos Way
Jaws
Point Break
The Italian Job (original)
Funeral in Berlin
The Ipcress File
The 39 Steps
Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi
Goodfella
Scarface
Fever Pitch
The Usual Suspects
Black Hawk Down
National Lampoons Vacations
Bullitt
The Thomas Crowne Affair (both versions)
Cool Hand Luke
Raging Bull
The Getaway
Love Actually
About a Boy
Notting Hill

and finally the best ever that I must have watched 50 times plus...Withnail & I

Edited by billzeebub on Thursday 6th August 13:10

[downstairs]

billzeebub said:

and finally the best ever that I must have watched 50 times plus...Withnail & I

Good lord! 90 hours of your life.

[billzeebub]

downstairs said:

billzeebub said:

and finally the best ever that I must have watched 50 times plus...Withnail & I

Good lord! 90 hours of your life.

sounds excessive I agree, but 30+ of those must have been the 3 Uni years!

[qube_TA]

billzeebub said:

Bourne

Final Cut

Die Hard 1 & 2
Four Weddings & a Funeral
Rocky (all)

Snatch
Lock Stock..

Jaws
Point Break


Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi


The Usual Suspects

National Lampoons Vacations


Love Actually
About a Boy
Notting Hill

and finally the best ever that I must have watched 50 times plus...Withnail & I

Great list
We watch Christmas Vacation, Bad Santa and Muppets Christmas Carol every year.

[SilverSixer]

billzeebub said:

and finally the best ever that I must have watched 50 times plus...Withnail & I

Edited by billzeebub on Thursday 6th August 13:10

I could take double anything you could.

[billzeebub]

SilverSixer said:

billzeebub said:

and finally the best ever that I must have watched 50 times plus...Withnail & I

Edited by billzeebub on Thursday 6th August 13:10

I could take double anything you could.

very foolish words man

[Bluedot]

Quadrophenia
Life Of Brian
Goodfellas

[Don]

Apollo 13 - time and again. Good every single time.

Aliens - awesome. Still looks amazing in HD thanks to being before CGI. The part where the Alien rises up out of the water behind the little girl. If that doesn't scare the crap out of you nothing will.

There are a few others...but not in the "again and again every time they're on" category.

[qube_TA]

Spaceballs
Airplane
Life Of Brian
Ghostbusters

There are some comedies that are incredibly funny no matter how many times you see them

[miniman]

The Running Man

[bexVN]

When I saw this thread the first film I immediately thought of

Con Air! (I know it's cheesy as hell but I love it!)

Followed by:

Aliens
Back to the Future (1st one)
Some James Bond Films
Lots of 80's teen movies (Breakfast club, St Elmo's Fire, Say Anything etc)
Jsws
Ghostbusters
The Princess Bride
New Tron
Stephen King's The Stand

There will be others I'm sure.


Oh and whilst not quite film but I still watch time and again:

Columbo

Edited by bexVN on Friday 7th August 07:29

Edited by bexVN on Friday 7th August 07:29

[Jader1973]

I have watched both Hot Fuzz and The World's End multiple times.

Other than those two:
Tremors
Taxi - french one
Get Carter
Sexy Beast
Payback - Mel Gibson one
Indiana Jones - first 3
BTTF - all of them
Mad Max
Raising Arizona
Big Lebowski
Pirates of the Carribean
Italian Job
Vanishing Point
Cars
Toy Story
The Maggie
Longest Day
Ghostbusters
Goonies

[RustyBison]

LA Confidential - An absolute classic in my opinion

Avatar - Long but always enjoy re-watching

Wild Hogs - Weirdly love this film?

[toohangry]

Cotty said:

toohangry said:

I suppose if you're pissed a lot then it makes sense to rewatch films, you probably don't remember the plots.

define a lot

If, when watching a film, you're normally pissed then you either watch too many films or drink too much!

[SVX]

For me its 2001: A Space Odyssey; must've watched it about 100 times, but the attention to detail and general atmosphere of the film makes it so watchable. Kubrick was a complete genius.