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ok. here's an interesting one. what 5 flicks have we watched the most?! (leaving out really kids' stuff. think adolescence or adulthood) movies that give us solace and comfort:. (list to 10 if you want.)  and don't limit your selection to just B-movies. i'd like to see youre actual full-on top 5 or top 10-list:

1.groundhog day
2.bottle rocket
3.rushmore
4.christmas story
5. it's a  wonderful life
6. reservoir dogs
7. boogie nights
8.  fast times at ridgemont high
9. empire strikes back
10. nightmare before christmas

(i know. it's hard to think this list up.)

PS: someone please go back a post-page if you can think of a scary movie that scared you when you were young. my thread is almost dead at 91 posts. i just want to PLEASE clear 100. IT'S SOOOOO CLOSE!.

-mr. henry

Number one would easily be:

THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Then you've probably got:

UHF and THE BIG LEBOWSKI

SCROOGED I watch at least once every Christmas season, so it's got built-in longetivity.

The other crap:

MYSTERY MEN, FROM DUSK TIL DAWN, QUICK CHANGE, AKIRA, MILLER'S CROSSING and 12 MONKEYS

I mostly watch comedies.

Now if it was a childhood list, that would be too troubling to list.  (TROLL, GOTCHA!, THE LAST STARFIGHTER, HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE. . .)

I cannot even fathom. 90% of films i've seen i've seen more than twice and some i've probably seen over 40 times. If I had to list - and yes I will FESS UP..dammit..lol
not in any particular order and..based on memory not statistics. I don't know if you want films listed that make us feel good or films we think for one reason or another we've seen a bazillion times.

1. The Matrix (who hasn't?)
2. Close encounters of the third kind (even more than jaws!)
3. The Shining - (come out and play with us danny)
4. King Kong (the 1978 version) heh..for reasons I can't explain I love this film ;-)
5. Superman II - (kneel before Zod)
6. Bram stoker's dracula (I am..dracoolya!)
7. Airplane!  (there is no parking in the white zone)
8. The birds (and whether or not it's had any influence on the fact i've been attacked by birds numerous times in my life remains to be seen)
9.  Flash Gordon (I like to play with things awhile, before annihilation!)
10. Urban cowboy (ahh..redneck love)

Hmm, not a bad list. Perhaps not accurate..i never had a counter. I know i've seen ten commandments alot - ahtough it may just SEEM like alot since that movie is hours and hours long. It's sorta sad when I really can't tell since most films i've probably seen on average over 10 times.

Evil Dead II, Troll II, Tank Girl, Chasing Amy, Gremlins, Austin Powers, Hudson Hawk, Rushmore.

To be totally contrary, I'm listing my favorite types of movie, then what I believe I've seen the most.  Reason why I'm doing things this way are a.) Because I enjoy inflicting my writing...I mean I like to write long post, b.) This way if I forget one, it'll be covered, and c.) I really don't know how many times I watch a give movie anyway.
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John Carpenter Movies - With the exception of his two most recent works, you really can't beat a Carpenter movie for pure entertainment value.   Big Trouble in Little China has been watched repeatedly.  My personal preference, though, is The Thing.  That sucker never grows old

Don't ask me why.
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Giant Monster Movies - I've always loved this, and probably always will love them.   Them is the best of the bunch, by far.  However, I watch more Godzilla movies than anything else.  I'd say Son of Godzilla is the one i've watched the most, just to give a title.
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"Other World" Fantasy Movies - Star Wars and   Conan the Barbarian fall into this catagory.  At the top of the heap is Dark Crystal.  Another childhood favorite that I still get a kick out of.

However, Once Lord of the Rings comes out, there might be a new champion.

Though how that's going to happen when the entire things going to clock in at 9+ hours is something that bothers me...
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Hammer Movies - A good Hammer movie is a wonder and a joy to behold.  A bad Hammer movie can kill you quicker than a cobra.  ( Scars of Dracula comes to mind.)

My personal favorite of the lot is Horror of Dracula (AKA simply Dracula )  I can come into the last ten minutes of that one and be enthralled.
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 Quatermass Type Movies - Quartermass Xperiment , Quartmass II and Five Million Miles to Earth are the some of the best science fiction movies ever made.  There are also several other movies (such as Prince of Darkness ) that have a similar feel to them.  You'd know 'em if you see 'em, in other words.

For some reason, this type of science fiction works the best for me.  However, of the lot, my favorite is Lifeforce.  The one with the Space Vampires in it.  And no, it's not because Mathilda May (the Space Girl) is naked through most of the picture.

Though it helps...

(Small note: The Quatermass films could reasonably go into the Hammer section, and Prince of Darkness is, of course, a Carpenter film.  But that’s just a technicality…)
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Anime - Finally, Anime.  And not the dirty tentacle kind.  I mean the good stuff , the stuff that isn't all nudity and sex.

Yes, that's the good stuff, damn it!

I tend to watch series rather than movies, and the series I've watched the most isn't Vision of Escaflowne ( Speed Racer holds that spot), but it should be.   Escaflowne is one of the best anime I've ever seen, and I don't think I can recommend it enough.

However, if I can ever get a hold of uncut Cowboy Bebop that might change...
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To summarize - at the time of this writing , the list goes like this: The Thing, Son of Godzilla, Dark Crystal, Horror of Dracula, and   Lifeforce as the movies I watch the most, with Vision of Escaflowne as an honorary mention.  Oh, and Doctor Who !!!   I watch a lot of that, too!  Oh, and...

Well, better cut out now before I write a novel.  (Too late!)

Die Hard- I've got every single frame of it memorized and it's still fun. I got the
deluxe DVD and now that I can re-edit things I'm having even more fun.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark- Hey, Lucas! Put out the DVD! You're supposedly a big propenent of new technology, act like it! Let's just hope that that recent South Park episode wasn't prolific.

Evil Dead 2- Watching Ash get knocked around just doesn't get old.

The Matrix- Again, DVD has brought this one back into regular viewing.

Ghostbusters- DVD again. Bill Murray is one of the all-time greats.

1 Clerks (do I have to explain)
2 Moulin Rouge (What can I say, as a musician I love the music. Plus seeing Nicole Kidman crawling on the floor in one scene is worth it)
3 Almost Famous (Again do I need to explain)
4 Dogma .....OH HELL, let's just say any Kevin Smith film
5 Big Trouble in Little China (You gotta love Jack)
6 The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai (I just love this film)
7 The 13th Warrior (I'm not an Antonio Banderas fan but this movie rocks)
8 Oh Brother Where Art Thou? (The Coen boys do it again)

There are more but it's hard to narrow it down

Let's see... Here we go, in no particular order:

*Pulp Fiction
*Plan 9 From Outer Space (This one never fails to put me in a good mood)
*Twin Peaks (European pilot)
*A Bucket of Blood
*Army of Darkness
*The Tingler
*Pod People (MST3K episode)
*This Is Spinal Tap
*Monty Python & The Holy Grail
*Mars Attacks!

Keep in mind that this is by no means a list of my "favorite" movies (although all of them would probably wind up on my favorites list); these are just the movies that, for some reason, keep me coming back again and again. There are a few movies that I absolutely love (Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Barton Fink, Dead Alive) that I can only watch so many times in a short period.

1 Flash Gordon..  
2 The Good The Bad and The Ugly
3 The Outlaw Josie Wales
4 Event Horizon
5 Dracula (Bela)
6  Spacehunter  (Yeah it sucks but i have a morbid fascination with it)
7 Metal Storm  the destruction of Jared Syn
8 Tremors
9 20,000 Leagues
10  The Time Machine

"1. The Matrix (who hasn't?)"

I haven't, First time I feel asleep in the theater about 15 minutes into it and once I finally watched the whole thing I realized that I didn't miss much.

My movies I watch a lot:

Airplane
Summer Camp Nightmare
A lot of Musicals I like, Singing in the rain, Anchors Aweigh, Little Shop of Horrors, Hedwig.
UHF (I used to rental this once a week when I was 12-13)

I can only think of:

Ghost Busters 1and 2
Scrooged
Dumb and Dumber (I could watch that one everyday and it still woulden't get old)
Ferris Beuelers Day Off (Yeah I spelt his last name wrong)
Evil Dead 2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Stuff
Young Frankenstien
Any Austin Powers movie (Even goldmember is a great addition to the series)
My spongebob squarepants dvd. I know its a kids show but something about it is f**king hilarious.

Well, i'll leave out my MST collection.                                                                                     Humm.....BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND (Can we just shoot the big gun!?)                                                                                                                                                   YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ( Put'in on the Rittttttttz!)                                                              SCHREK ( this is the part where you run away screaming)                                               MONSTER THAT CHALLANGED THE WORLD ( A giant Mollusk?)                           THEM!( We could be witnesses to the fulfilling of a biblical prophacy come true)    Hey, works for me! Mental comfort food.

1.) Jaws (seen it in excess of 50 times, probably nearing 100 views)
2.) John Carpenter's The Thing (nearing 50 viewings)
3.)  Maniac (1980) - Viewing number in the teens.  I've seen this so much instantly recognized the minor trims made by Lustig in the opening kill scene.
4.)  Day of the Dead - Viewing number in the high teens, low twenties.
5.)  Jaws 2
6.)  Friday the 13th Part 3 - I taped this off cable one summer and then the family moved over seas, for awhile it was one of the few videos I had regular access to.
7.)  Dawn of the Dead
8.)  The Swarm
9.)  Deep Blue Sea
10.) John Carpenter's The Fog/John Carpenter's Escape from New York

The Car and Magnum Force are frequent guests in the DVD or video player.

Star Wars -  (in the days before cable and video, I saw this one 37 times in the theater)
Beastmaster - Love this movie, and it seems ot make the cable rounds quite often
Princess Bride - Not a "B" movie

The Goonies, Ghostbusters, Go, Ferris Bueller, and my number one rewatched movie of all time: Empire Records.

Theres not yet a film that I have watched a whole lot of times (ie. over 20), but theres still plenty of time for that. I am only 18.

My list:

'Big Trouble in Little China' (I promise that at some point I will post a message that doosent mention this film)

'Killer Klowns from Outer Space' (I find myself acting like some B-movie preacher, trying to drag people into liking bad movies, with this in one hand and a copy of Dolemite in the other. Seems to be working)

'Cannibal! The Musical' (not actually watched this as many times as some others, cos I've not had it that long, but it's been a long time since I've watched a film and enjoyed it so much that I rewound it and watched it agin straight after)

'Weird Science' (my current 'prozac' movie. Never fails to leave me in a good mood. Seen it loads of times)

The 'Planet of the Apes' series (seen them all loads of times except the s**te new one and the abomination that is 'Battle.....')

'Shawshank Redemption' (still amazes me every time just how damn great this film is)

'Forrest Gump' (not seen it for a while but I used to watch it fairly often)

Pete



PS. A curiosity: what sort of age are you lot around? I get the idea most of you are around mid 20s to mid 30s but thenn I'm often wrong. Women really shouldn't ask me to guess their age.

Hmmm.....

1. Cemetery Man
2. Army of Darkness
3. Orgazmo
4. Big Lebowski
5. Beastmaster

Okay, Brian Ringler didn't like the Matrix and Chris K. didn't like Star Wars. Who are you people and why aren't you being helped?

>A curiosity: what sort of age are you lot around? I

33

>Who are you people and why aren't you being helped?

There's a word for people like that...

"Therapy"

Hmm, most of my repeated viewings have come courtesy of basic cable, such as:

Star Wars.
Princess Bride (for a movie with no sex, no swearing, and only a bit of mostly comical violence, and no gore, it is surprisingly good.)
Blues Brothers.
Fistful of Dollars (now that I've got it on DVD)
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (ditto)

And number one for having seen in theaters:
Rocky Horror Picture Show (I never dressed as FranknFurter, just don't have the legs for fishnets )

I have been watching these shows/movies since my daughter is sick :

1) Clifford The Big Red Dog
2) Peter Pan
3) Dumbo
4) Cinderella 2
5) The Princess Diaries
6) Shrek
7) Toy Story 2


I know it is more than five and it is kids shows but I not have time to watch what I want to watch.    I at lease get to M.A.S.H. for an hour that is if the girls take a nap.

>> I have been watching these shows/movies since my daughter is sick :

Your mind will turn to pink fluffy jello if you don't get a break, and soon


I have kids, I know...trust me on this one.

Late 20's pete. Movies i've seen the most are mainly movies my family owned on video years ago and I used to watch all of them obsessively (we had a great collection). But i've seen all kinds of films dating back to the turn of the century..i LOVE oldies. Just can't watch them as often since the best ones aren't available to buy all that often or come on tv enough.

Age is mind over matter - if you don't mind then it doesn't matter :-p

>PS. A curiosity: what sort of age are you lot around?

 35

Time Bandits (My son and I could watch that for weeks on end)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (I love this movie)
Life Of Brian (Again I love this movie)
Yellowbeard (Would you like a lump of s**t?)
Gattica (One of the best Sci-fi films I have seen in a long time)
Caveman (Atouk, Tala, Zug-Zug)
Amazon Women on the Moon (Yes I know it's bad, I just love it)
The Meaning of Life (Now I know every sperm is sacred and what a french tickler is...lol)

OK showing a bit of age on this one
Oh God! (It was just a fun film)

17. I'm just a wee lad. haha.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Lion King

Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

1)Clerks
2)Mallrats
3)Can't Hardly Wait
4)Frightners
5)Killer Klowns from Outer Space

1. Ghostbusters
2. Aliens
3. Terminator 2
4. Beyond The Mat
5. The Crow
6. Ghostbusters II
7. A Christmas Story
8. Die Hard
9. Lethal Weapon 4
10. Tromeo & Juliet

i like movies....i'm a big fan of disney.........i like to watch the swan princess

Brains. . . brains. . . brains. . .
and. . .  for . . . dessert, pink . . . fluffy. . . jello . . . brains. . .

Age: I am a ripe pld 20! :)

As for movies a watch alot, there are a bunch so I'll just name some:
Dragon Lord
Evil Dead 2
Commando
Eastern Condors
Fist Of Legend
Police Story
Army Of Darkness
A bunch of others

I definately used to watch tremors, The Running Man, and Total Recall alot as a kid because we had those movies taped off tv so I'd watch them all the time, I rented MOM AND DAD SAVE THE UNIVERSE quite a bit too. Also i rented Stay Tuned at least 15 or 20 times.

I currently own both "Stay Tuned" and "Mom and Dad save the world".

Oddly, I don't feel compelled to watch them over and over and over again.  Weird.

hey pete, i agree about cannibal! the musical...it was funnier the fourth time i watched it. i don't think i'll ever get sick of it. do yourself a generous favor and get the dvd. trey parker and about four others do commentary while getting drunk. it's about as funny as the movie. also included are the musical numbers from a small independent theater troup.

i'd appreciate any constructive or deconstructive criticism on my cannibal page at:

http://home.att.net/~save-latin/cannibal.htm

shpadoinkle!

-mr. henry

I apologize for this outrage.  My little brother's invaded my sanctuary and for that he must be killed.  He's 17, but he should know better.  Me, I'm 10 years his senior.  I do not, repeat, DO NOT like disney and never watch the Swan Princess.  But here's what I would watch more often.

Desporado
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
American Pie 1 & 2
Armegeddon
Speed

Future most frequently watch movie

LOTR: Special Edition Trilogy (It will happen, count on it)

I can't believe that no one has mentioned "A Christmas Story" yet.  I must watch that at least 5 times every Christmas day.  God bless TNT!

> I can't believe that no one has mentioned "A Christmas Story" yet. I must watch that at least 5 times every Christmas day. God bless TNT!

I think the point is that the should be *intentional* viewings.  Nowadays, it's hard to survive a Christmas season with seeing Christmas story at least 3 times, by accident

I was talking intentional viewings.  I just leave TNT on all day and veg out.  Plus I bought the DVD so I can enjoy it all year long.

"All I want is a Red Rider carbide action BB gun with a compass and a thing in the stock that tells time."

First off - "The Old Man" (Darren 'Kolchak' McGavin) is scarily close to how I remember MY old man.

Second - I also get a lump in my throat and a tear in my when he gets it and, in a beautiful moment, his dad eggs him on in loading it.

Oh course he nearly did put his eye out

"There w-was this ice cycle and it fell and WAAAAAAAHHHH!"

heh-heh-heh

About 3 people mentioned it, including the original post. Do you not read?