Movies you've seen over 5 times and will watch again

[4-earredwonder]

 

[4-earredwonder]

 

[Lute]

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD

 

[Lute]

Someone might have already mentioned this one, but...

Jeremiah Johnson.

 

[Lute]

This one is in memory of Max von Sydow. RIP

 

[Lute]

Great soundtrack to that one, Ralphie.

The Hunger - Lakme - Léo Delibes

 

[GOS]

Someone might have already mentioned this one, but...

Jeremiah Johnson.

Will Geer! Love that guy!!

 

[Fourplay]

Really? Not a single vote for Harold and Maude, the "greatest love story of our generation".

I see Harold & Maude at least twice in the thread!

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...-times-and-will-watch-again.27968/post-476873
Anyone love the movie "Her" as much as I did?

 

[shokhead]

The Andromeda Strain 1971
Invasion of the body snatchers 1956
The Thing from Another World, 1951
20+ times easy for each of these

 

[TVB]

I normally dont buy new blurays but there were a couple I had to have. Andromeda strain, The time machine (original), Invasion of the body snatchers (Nimoy) and the original Journey to the center of the earth. On Journey, the original bluray got poor marks for picture quality and was very expensive because it was a short print. I became aware of a region B disc (not playable on machines in the US) that was getting high marks for picture quality so I took a chance on buying it. I had just learned how to back up my bluray surround discs and thought maybe this could work for this movie. So I copied my B region bluray to my hard drive and Presto. The picture is as good as any bluray in my collection. Now the next SCI FI movie on my radar Is "Moon".

 

[kap'n krunch]

MANY a times.. but with the Spanish (SPAIN) dubbing which is way better than the original French..

 

[MidiMagic]

I forgot a few:

Electric Dreams (great surround)
Money Train
The Great Race
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Grease
Grease 2 - (how many motorcycles fit in a swimming pool?)
American Graffiti
The Wizard of Speed and Time
The Horse without a Head
Cocoon
ET
Flash Gordon (1980)
Salvage 1
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
The Wiz
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Hog Wild
Fantasia 2000
Return of the Jedi (Star Wars 6)
20000 Leagues under the Sea
Mouse on the Moon
The Final Countdown
Top Gun
Groundhog Day
Firefox
Thank God its Friday
The Silver Streak
Thomasina
The Dark Crystal
Chariots of Fire
The War of the Worlds (1952 - see the CBS color-wheel TV system)

 

[shokhead]

YES, The War of the Worlds (1952 which is almost never shown on TV anymore

 

[kokishin]

 

[Fourplay]

Some notable omissions so far:

Being There
Wag The Dog
Dead Poet's Society
Good Morning Vietnam

 

[GOS]

Mrs Doubtfire

 

[sobi]

How about Trading Places? Seeing Don Ameche hurl the F-bomb is priceless!

Way too many to list; top ten (in no particular order):

Local Hero
Casablanca
Life Of Brian
Johnny Dangerously
The Sound Of Music
Duck Soup
Dr. Strangelove
Being There
Blazing Saddles
Easy Money

Oh, and Moonstruck!

Better stop here, or this’ll get quite lengthy! Oh! The Ref!

 

[Fourplay]

No Woody Allen on the list. Too creepy?

Sleeper
Annie Hall

 

[GOS]

A trend I notice, many...if not most, seem to post movies that are historically substantial. Nothing wrong with that obviously. Sometimes, a member seems to focus on fantasy, others Sci-Fi, others, feel good movies.

It seems that I am in a minority (so far) that posted comedy as a front-runner. I think. But, I'm not keeping track...so there is that.

Just observations. Nothing more.

 

[Madman Riley]

Yep, S-F of the early and mid '50s is full of great films!
Black & white, color, 3-D, and even some with stereophonic sound.

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Invasion of the body snatchers 1956
The Thing from Another World, 1951
20+ times easy for each of these

And the "20+" viewing level is far more convincing commitment of film fanatacism than "5+" yes?

I normally dont buy new blurays but there were a couple I had to have. Andromeda strain, The time machine (original), Invasion of the body snatchers (Nimoy) and the original Journey to the center of the earth. On Journey, the original bluray got poor marks for picture quality and was very expensive because it was a short print. I became aware of a region B disc (not playable on machines in the US) that was getting high marks for picture quality so I took a chance on buying it. I had just learned how to back up my bluray surround discs and thought maybe this could work for this movie. So I copied my B region bluray to my hard drive and Presto. The picture is as good as any bluray in my collection. Now the next SCI FI movie on my radar Is "Moon".

Fascinating way to end-run around "region" restrictions!

I think, though, you might be overstating the case that JttCotE "got poor marks" for its first blu ray release.
This from one trusted review site:

"The results, while not completely staggering, are very good and should please ardent videophiles who bring appropriate expectations. The colors here are still quite robust a lot of the time, though flesh tones, while generally very accurate looking, are just slightly pallid in some of the opening scenes. The ubiquitous purples and reds are still vivid and extremely impressive. The elements here are in surprisingly good shape, with very little damage or blemishing to report.
... The image is generally just a bit on the soft side, especially with regard to midrange shots, though fine detail pops quite nicely in close-ups. While the overall presentation here is decently sharp and detailed, it's not quite up to modern day standards for what a top tier catalogue release should look like, no doubt due largely to the elements that Fox was forced to use."
Full review here Journey to the Center of the Earth Blu-ray Release Date May 8, 2012

Complete agreement, of course, on how expensive (and hard to find!) JttCotE was after its first BR release.
Fact is, it's still *the* most expensive video recording in my collection.
Very much worth it, however.
Saw something on first BR viewing I'd never noticed before which both startled and shocked me.

The film was made, after all, in 1959!