Movies which I watch about once a year: A post by DaleWisely

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:50 am

The Hunting Party (with James Mason)

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:14 am

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:27 am

The only one that comes to mind when this topic comes up is Black Orpheus, Orfeo Negro. Just the music is worth the price of admission. It also gives a glimpse into the collision of European and African culture that was Brazil in the 1960s.
Mike

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:01 am

I don't own a functioning TV, so I don't repeat many movies. The exceptions are:

Dr. Strangelove. I show this to my history students the day after their AP exam every year.

Lord of the Rings. . . . once a year or so I get the itch.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:59 pm

I watch Field of Dreams and Bull Durham whenever they are on, despite the fact that Kevin Costner is in them.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:34 pm

Dr. Strangelove is one of them
Failsafe. (A melodramatic version of the above)
Paths of Glory
Full Metal Jacket.(while I'm thinking of Kubrick).
Band of Brothers
Beach Red
The Big Red One
Stalingrad
I Claudius
Troy
The Satyricon (the handle for a friend of mine once on this site)
King of Hearts (must see!)
This is Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman
Best in Show
A Mighty Wind (do I sense a theme here?)
Backdraft
Apollo 13
Paint Your Wagon.
The Music Man (madam libraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar-ian)
High Noon
Every George Romero zombie movie.
A Clockwork Orange (more Kubrick).
A Carol Christmas (A stupid Dickens knockoff with William Shatner)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:49 pm

What? No "The Apartment?" You heathens!!!

Jack Lemon, Shirley McClaine, Fred McMurray. Directed by Billy Wilder. Winner of multiple academy awards, including best picture.

The perfect movie any time, but ESPECIALLY between Christmas and New Years.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:30 pm

Can't stand Jack Lemon.

djm

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:47 pm

Thelma and Louise is a personal fave of mine.

I will also repeat anything I've seen before that I liked that comes on TV. I love watching movies I already know I like.

My favorite genre, however, is documentary. There just aren't enough of them though.

Post by **Dale** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:24 pm

FJohnSharp wrote:I watch Field of Dreams and Bull Durham whenever they are on, despite the fact that Kevin Costner is in them.

I went to a theatre to see Field of Dreams when it first came out. My dad had died the year before. So, of course, toward the end of the movie I'm sitting there in the theatre crying and I see a little girl sitting nearby turn to her mother and whisper, "Mommy? What's wrong with that man?"

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:26 pm

djm wrote:Can't stand Jack Lemon.

djm

That's ok. I don't think he was one of your fans either.

Snarkiness begets snarkiness.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:35 pm

Dale wrote: I went to a theatre to see Field of Dreams when it first came out. My dad had died the year before. So, of course, toward the end of the movie I'm sitting there in the theatre crying and I see a little girl sitting nearby turn to her mother and whisper, "Mommy? What's wrong with that man?"

I did that at The Parent Trap because the kids in the film were the same age as my oldest who was really ill that year. Now that was weird.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:57 pm

Dale wrote:
FJohnSharp wrote:I watch Field of Dreams and Bull Durham whenever they are on, despite the fact that Kevin Costner is in them.
I went to a theatre to see Field of Dreams when it first came out. My dad had died the year before. So, of course, toward the end of the movie I'm sitting there in the theatre crying and I see a little girl sitting nearby turn to her mother and whisper, "Mommy? What's wrong with that man?"

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I lost my mom just after last Christmas, and I find this year as the holidays approach that the oddest things remind me of her, and of my dad (whose only been gone a couple of years).

Sometimes when that happens I find that I have cried without even being aware of it.

--James

Post by **Dale** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:07 pm

peeplj wrote:
Dale wrote:
FJohnSharp wrote:I watch Field of Dreams and Bull Durham whenever they are on, despite the fact that Kevin Costner is in them.
I went to a theatre to see Field of Dreams when it first came out. My dad had died the year before. So, of course, toward the end of the movie I'm sitting there in the theatre crying and I see a little girl sitting nearby turn to her mother and whisper, "Mommy? What's wrong with that man?"
Yeah, I know what you mean.

I lost my mom just after last Christmas, and I find this year as the holidays approach that the oddest things remind me of her, and of my dad (whose only been gone a couple of years).

Sometimes when that happens I find that I have cried without even being aware of it.

--James

I like crying. It's good for people. Cry on, bro.

WhistlingArmadillo · Post by **WhistlingArmadillo** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:38 pm

What, no mentions of "The Princess Bride"? Inconceivable!