Strange things about yourself as a movie fan?

[Trevor]

Other than the obvious thing that I love THE SHINING 😉, I am not really a fan of popcorn.

[RCMerchant]

I have only seen the first STAR WARS film-none of the others- and found it mediocre.
I have never seen an INDIANA JONES film.
I have never seen a BATMAN movie beyond the 1966 one.

[claws]

I've only seen bits and pieces of The Warriors. I did watch The Wanderers in one sitting. Go figure.
Not a fan of mob movies. Never seen Goodfellas, or The Godfather 2 and 3.
I can't get into Anime movies, series or comics.

[M.10rda]

Everything about me is strange, as a movie fan or otherwise.

I do have major lapses in my canonical film viewing, but everyone else here seems to have those as well, so maybe that's the one regard in which I'm normal.

[Rev. Powell]

The movies I like best are strange. 

I've never seen all the feature films of any director who has more than 4 features to his name.

I'm missing 1 Lynch, 4 Fellinis, 5 Kubricks... I don't feel the need to complete filmographies.

I also don't care that much about actors and think they are mostly interchangeable. They're like the players in an orchestra to me; who cares who takes the violin solo? Another performer could have done it just as well.

[zombie no.one]

there's a small bunch of A-list actors (not many, but a few... all of whom are currently active I think) who I simply cannot watch. I'm talking borderline impulse reaction of 'ugghh naaahhh!' if I see them on a screen... it's not about acting chops, looks, any of that. can't explain it... that's quite strange. 

[zombie no.one]

I also don't care that much about actors and think they are mostly interchangeable. They're like the players in an orchestra to me; who cares who takes the violin solo? Another performer could have done it just as well.

I kind of understand this in theory, but in practice... I think certain actors were almost born to play certain roles. who could've played Frank Drebin equally as well or better than Leslie Nielsen?

[RCMerchant]

^ I agree some actors seem born for the role. Boris Karloff is the only actor who played the Frankenstein Monster that seemed to fit. Lugosi, Chaney, Strange, and Lee did nothing for the part. Karloff gave the Monster a heart and pathos.
 And as good as Lee was as Dracula, only Bela Lugosi made him seem truly unworldy...those eyes! That voice! Lee's clipped British accent never quite fit the Translyvanian Count.

[cqmorrell]

I love movies with ridiculous gore (the lower budget and cheesier looking, the better!) but I absolutely hate movies that have torture stuff.

[zombie no.one]

I love movies with ridiculous gore (the lower budget and cheesier looking, the better!) but I absolutely hate movies that have torture stuff.

yeah I love slashers but find prolonged torture type scenes just depressing.

And as good as Lee was as Dracula, only Bela Lugosi made him seem truly unworldy...those eyes! That voice! Lee's clipped British accent never quite fit the Translyvanian Count.

until we see Pauly Shore as Dracula then I am reserving judgement on who's the best... don't want to speak too soon

[Trevor]

I normally don't go see movies that critics rave about. If people here say a movie is good, then I will go see it. 😊🐢

[zombie no.one]

not sure if this counts as 'strange', but aside from THE BIG LEBOWSKI and HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, I cannot think of a single film that I've ever changed my opinion of, going from 'dislike' to 'like'...

[RCMerchant]

When I first quite drinking, It drove me crazy when someone took a drink of whiskey in a movie. I almost died during the WILD BUNCH. The KILLER SHREWS  had me drooling too.

[Rev. Powell]

When I first quite drinking, It drove me crazy when someone took a drink of whiskey in a movie. I almost died during the WILD BUNCH. The KILLER SHREWS  had me drooling too.

Same thing happens to me when I see someone smoke a cigarette in a movie.

[Trevor]

When I first quite drinking, It drove me crazy when someone took a drink of whiskey in a movie. I almost died during the WILD BUNCH. The KILLER SHREWS  had me drooling too.

Same thing happens to me when I see someone smoke a cigarette in a movie.

Me too.

I haven't had a smoke since 2009 but sometimes when I see someone light up a cig in a movie, I want one too.