Movie addictions

[wildrose]

Okay, having recently developed a sincere addiction to Iron Man (WOW! what a movie!!!) I'm curious if there are others out there as wacky as me who will gladly shell out today's movie prices to see a movie multiple times. I will clarify what I mean by nuts: I saw The Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas at least 10 times in the theaters (I'm a Zorro freak, really, and that was the best ever IMHO), and Lord knows how many times I've watched it at home. My hubby made the mistake of asking me what I wanted for Mother's Day...not missing a beat, I said "to see Iron Man again!" (this will make the third time, but heck it just came out and I have a 3 yr old...so that severely limits my movie going ability...)

I confess weaknesses for the Lord of the Rings movies as well - gotta see 'em whenever I happen upon them while channel flipping.

Even if it's not in the theaters, what is a movie you will watch any time it's on? My hubby is just as bad as me, only for him it's: Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption and any movie to do with war.

[Bob]

Well, I'm with your husband on this one... I like all those movies you mentioned that he likes. I don't think I consider myself "Nutz" about anything like that. We buy the movies and sure we watch them time and again.

I will agree with you again about Lord of the Rings, it's a master piece of work. One I also really like is The Matrix, all three. I see something new it everytime I watch it. The wifey doesn't agree with my taste for movies, for the most part. We do watch many shows together, just not those mentioned above.

Ones we watch together include, "Anne of Green Gables", Sea Biscuit, and others that give you warm fuzzy feelings about LOLOL, "Thats all I have to say about that", we do like Forest Gump too...

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

[anne newkold]

Lord of the Rings all 3 in extended versions in a row!

all 3 of the Matrix

All 3 seasons of the Dead Wood Series in a row

all the X-men

97 John Wayne movies (marthon weekend)

All the Star Wars including the ewok movie

[Michael]

Lord of the Rings all 3 in extended versions in a row!

all 3 of the Matrix

All 3 seasons of the Dead Wood Series in a row

all the X-men

97 John Wayne movies (marthon weekend)

All the Star Wars including the ewok movie

Akira Kurosawa's Ran three times in a row!!

[ClayB]

The most watched movies in our house are Top Gun, Con Air, Armegedon, The Rock (the one with Sean Connery) and Tombstone. It's kind of a joke in our house, when flipping through the channels and one of these comes up, someone always says, hey we haven't seen that in a couple weeks, so we see it again.

My all time favorites, Lonesome Dove, The Man from Snowy River (1 and 2) Quigley Down Under. And to watch with the wife, Benny and Joon, Erin Brockovich, Pretty Woman.

[bruce johnson]

Man From Snowy River - because I like Banjo Paterson's poetry. You all know it is based on poem by Banjo Paterson written about a hundred years ago, right? I like Chisum, because because I like Ben Johnson too, I had a chance meeting with him 25 years ago in Pawhuska - a true gentleman. Memphis Belle for no particular reason. Lonesome Dove the movie was WAY better than the book it was based on. The Cowboys - yeah John Wayne dies, but it is yet another reason not to like Bruce Dern. Wargames - cool movie. Tom Horn - Steve McQueen's best, and I am a Tom Horn afficianado, he was guilty of poor judgement and drinking, probably not murder. Slapshot - My brother in law thinks it may be the most accurate sports movie ever made, I like it because it is funny (the uncut version). Breaking Away - I had a roomie from Bloomington and identifiable as an extra in several scenes, and I haven't had Noble Roman's pizza for 23 years, crave it every time I watch it. The Good Old Boys - I like Elmer Kelton's writing, and the actors were all who I'd of picked. The River of No Return because Marilyn Monroe really looks good in those jeans. Enough said.

[tonyc1]

Man From Snowy River - because I like Banjo Paterson's poetry. You all know it is based on poem by Banjo Paterson written about a hundred years ago, right? I like Chisum, because because I like Ben Johnson too, I had a chance meeting with him 25 years ago in Pawhuska - a true gentleman. Memphis Belle for no particular reason. Lonesome Dove the movie was WAY better than the book it was based on. The Cowboys - yeah John Wayne dies, but it is yet another reason not to like Bruce Dern. Wargames - cool movie. Tom Horn - Steve McQueen's best, and I am a Tom Horn afficianado, he was guilty of poor judgement and drinking, probably not murder. Slapshot - My brother in law thinks it may be the most accurate sports movie ever made, I like it because it is funny (the uncut version). Breaking Away - I had a roomie from Bloomington and identifiable as an extra in several scenes, and I haven't had Noble Roman's pizza for 23 years, crave it every time I watch it. The Good Old Boys - I like Elmer Kelton's writing, and the actors were all who I'd of picked. The River of No Return because Marilyn Monroe really looks good in those jeans. Enough said.

Another good Australian poet was Henry Lawson, Bruce. I do like Banjo though,especially some of the more humorous poems! I like most of John Wayne's movies and some of the older westerns like "The Wild Bunch" with William Holden and Robert Ryan and Ben Johnson is good in any movie. I agree with you re. Bruce Dern, he plays a real good creep! Quigley Down Under was on tv about 3 days ago and I had to watch it of course.

Tony.

[gunfighter48]

Star Wars, 2001, and 2010 rock!!!!!!!! I saw 2001 at Radio City Music Hall right after they installed a 180 degree movie screen! It was incredible and their sound system was fantastic. As a serviceman at the time, I got discount tickets thru the NY USO (that's were I met my wife of 39 years). The wife had to pay full rate didn't make her too happy, but she loved the music. I have a HD TV and home theater 7.1 surrond sound system at home and have all the editions of Star Wars, 2001, and 2010. I'm really a Sci-fi nut at heart. I also like Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, I grew up watching them on B&W TV in the 50s. Also like Mr. Moto with Peter Lorre and Charlie Chan with Sidney Toler.

John

Edited May 10, 2008 by gunfighter48

[leatheroo]

my favorite movie of all time is The worlds fastest Indian with anthony hopkins. I think he is just a wonderful actor. I love all things scifi and at the moment cant get enough of Stargate, i watch it every night at 9.30pm. Lots of movies will always be worth watching again, Apollo 13, Silence of the lambs, to name a couple. Some of my favorite aussie movies are Crackajack and the dish.

[moon]

All 3 Blade movies, Jeremiah Johnson , The Mountain Men, What about Bob