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May 16, 2023 - 3:02 PM
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joan hue
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I’d like to know what movies you watch at least once a year or even more often and perhaps why you do repeated viewings. I’m putting this topic on this side because often we watch certain movies again and again because of their score as well as plot. However, sometimes we watch movies many times simply because we love the movie.
Here are some of the ones I watch at least once a year or more often.
THE GODFATHER: I find this to be a 10 out of 10 movie. For me, the movie is perfect in plot, acting, cinematography and score. At first, I never really cared for the score, but after repeated viewings, I’ve come to appreciate the score and its marriage to the visuals.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: I watch this several times a year. The movie is a glorious fusion of plot, acting, black and white cinematography and score. I always see something new and never tire of Bernstein’s magnificent score.
WIND RIVER: Jeremy Renner should have been nominated for an Oscar in this movie. It is a mystery about a heart-rendering tragedy. This is one movie where I really don’t care that much for the score. I’d love to see it with a different score, but the story and acting always grab my heartstrings.
DANCES WITH WOLVES: The first time I watched it, I must have been deaf because I really didn’t notice the score. With repeated viewings, the score has become one of my favorite Barry scores. The acting, visuals and plot are superb. Costner did an excellent job of directing this movie.
COOL HAND LUKE: Sadly, Paul Newman did not win an Oscar for his amazing performance as a rebellious prisoner. It reminds be a bit of Once Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. In both movies, men in almost a parasitic relationship, cling to Luke and McMurphy for their bravado, and then turn their backs on Luke and McMurphy when the systems beats both heroes down. That theme resonates with me. Schifrin’s music is glorious and perfect for the plot.
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: I just love the uniqueness of the plot and the fine acting of McDormand and Harrelson. Sam Rockwell’s performance is stunningly superb!
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT: I always try to wrap my head around the meaning of the title. I like the score a lot and the fine acting. Always have to have a box of Kleenex with me by the end.
THE MAGNIFICNT SEVEN: I like the original movie and the remake. Love the plot of seven men helping a village and obviously, I adore Bernstein’s score.
I will add more, but first I’d like to hear from other members.
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Too many to list in entirety joan but usualy twice a year (because i had vhs and now dvds), Spartacus, lawrence, wild bunch, GBU, Zulu, like you Godfather, Mag7, cool hand luke are on the list, great escape, battle of britain, where eagles dare, dirty harry, charley varrick, Patton, battle of the bulge, ipcress File, dirty dozen, for a few dollars more, The Professionals, Goodfellas, all great films with great music, and rewatch lots of comedies too, Love and death, Blazing Saddles, take the money n run, holy grail, life of brian, planes trains, airplane, The Early Bird, School for Scoundrels, etc
All of these listed also has endless classic dialogue and thats another attraction for me to watch over n over.
There are lots of good even great films but once seen i wouldn't want to watch again. But these classics with quotable dialogue n great music are always hard to resist.
It isnt just choosing to sit down at watch them on purpose, sometimes you channel hop, find its on half way thru and its fatal to start watching...and i invariably get to the end.
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May 16, 2023 - 3:58 PM
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mgh
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Joanie,
I agree with some, but not all of your choices. It's not that I don't think they are good (or even great) films.
I just don't watch them repeatedly.
The ones I do watch:
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: I watch this several times a year. The movie is a glorious fusion of plot, acting, black and white cinematography and score. I always see something new and never tire of Bernstein’s magnificent score.
WIND RIVER: Jeremy Renner should have been nominated for an Oscar in this movie. It is a mystery about a heart-rendering tragedy. This is one movie where I really don’t care that much for the score. I’d love to see it with a different score, but the story and acting always grab my heartstrings.
COOL HAND LUKE: Sadly, Paul Newman did not win an Oscar for his amazing performance as a rebellious prisoner. It reminds be a bit of Once Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. In both movies, men in almost a parasitic relationship, cling to Luke and McMurphy for their bravado, and then turn their backs on Luke and McMurphy when the systems beats both heroes down. That theme resonates with me. Schifrin’s music is glorious and perfect for the plot.
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: I just love the uniqueness of the plot and the fine acting of McDormand and Harrelson. Sam Rockwell’s performance is stunningly superb!
THE MAGNIFICNT SEVEN: I like the original movie and the remake. Love the plot of seven men helping a village and obviously, I adore Bernstein’s score.
The movies I watch more than once a year:
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER--This is a true original. It is a one of a kind. I have never seen another film like this.
Mitchum's performance, the music, the photography, all sheer genius.
SEVEN MEN FROM NOW--Randolph Scott, Budd Boetticher, Lee Marvin. This was the first Scott/Boetticher western and it is probably the best. A perfect script by Burt Kennedy.
THE WILD BUNCH--Sam and the boys. A near perfect film.
OUT OF THE PAST--The film that defines film noir. Another superb performance by Mitchum.
THE SEARCHERS--Another film that defines its genre.
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA--combines an an epic with a very personal intimate story. I am always amazed by it scope and its depth of character. Not to mention the photography and music. Another glimpse of genius.
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Citizen Kane - my favorite movie
Die Hard - every Christmas
Star Trek II & Star Trek III - I will never tire of them
The Empire Strikes Back
King Kong (1933) - every Thanksgiving
Blade Runner - The Final Cut in 4k is just astounding
Frankenstein (1931) - every Halloween
Planet of the Apes - the original film is just incredible
and more...
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May 16, 2023 - 4:36 PM
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Ny
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War of the Worlds and Jurassic Park are the Spielbergs I've been turning to over the last ten or so years, just for that sense of Spielberg. And there's Schindler's List, also because I read a good bit of World War 2 history, and this is a very vivid picture of it. Lately Minority Report has been finding a place, for its sense of future.
Sicario and its sequel are two excellent modern thrillers, that give me the sense of cutting edge that Seven also still gives me.
The Shining is a film made with absolute care and attention to detail. Kubrick was into it.
Cronenberg's The Fly. I'm sure the Howard Shore score has a lot to do with it. It's a very good example of a tight, tense, shocking movie.
Peterloo, Mr. Turner, and Topsy-Turvy, Mike Leigh's historical films, for their sense of the past, focused around behaviour rather than events. Also Another Year, his last modern film, which has a tragic look at how easy it is to isolate yourself without meaning to.
Black Rain, for the Ridley Scott / Michael Douglas double hit. The Last Duel has found a place too. A rich medieval atmosphere with a good story device.
The Searchers, which I find warming, and I love a good Sunday afternoon movie.
Terminator 2, I think because of the Sarah Connor character, and how developed she is. Plus it's so slick.
Constantine, because I love how it makes proper rules for Christian mythology. Plus it's slick.
Miller's Crossing, has become my Coen brothers of choice.
Die Hard, because it's incredible.
And then there's my most recent discovery, Akasen Chitai, or Red Light District. Kenji Mizoguchi's last film out of many. He brings a lifetime of expertise to bear on a heartbreaking story about the workers in a brothel in 1950s Tokyo. I watched it four or five times in the space of a fortnight. Will it be the first foreign language film I return to frequently like this? I'll have to wait and see.
There are other films that I used to watch regularly like this, films that I might admire more, but I saw them so many times I kinda used them up. They'll be good to return to down the line.
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JAWS
Duh.
GROSSE POINTE BLANK
Possibly my favourite film. The writing and performances are pitch perfect, it has a kick-ass 80s soundtrack and a perfect balance of action, comedy and romance. Did I mention it's perfect?
POLICE STORY
Absolute peak of Jackie Chan's career. Funny gags and SPECTACULAR action sequences. Someone please put the score on CD.
DAWN OF THE DEAD
The original George Romero classic. Accept no substitutes.
These I will watch at least once a year without fail.
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May 16, 2023 - 6:15 PM
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rdj252
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Die Hard every Christmas, Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments every Easter, The Quiet Man every St Patrick’s Day and Halloween (1978) every, well, Halloween. There are other Christmas movies I always watch and the Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Lethal Weapon2 at Thanksgiving.
Certain films if they’re on tv I have to stop and watch like Raiders, Jaws, any John Wayne movie and a lot of Eastwood films. My favorite Indy and the Last Crusade (like last night that got me to bed late). As a kid we watched Singing In The Rain all the time and my kids love it too. Grew up with the spring tv event of The Wizard of Oz and Sound of Music in the fall. We watched our vhs recording of Swiss Family Robinson (Disney) a lot too.
Just so many good films to return to, and I go on binges of certain actors like Bogart, Grant or Hitchcock films. Cinema is such a great escape and a warm friend.
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To Kill a Mockingbird -- a favorite since I was a kid. My first adult movie. Even better than the book. Saw it in a theater again last year. Foote's screenplay is a masterpiece, as is the score. Also, saw Sorkin's play earlier this year.
Almost Famous -- I never get tired watching this. A sweet story with many great performances.
The Lion in Winter -- The dialog! The music!
Nashville-- Every time I watch this, and I've watched it a lot, I see or hear something that I never noticed before, and I marvel at the way Altman can effortlessly slide to and fro from silly to gut-wrenching moving without making either approach seem at odds with the other.
Chinatown -- Perfect. Every scene matters. Goldsmith's best score.
The Matador -- One of the weirdest and funniest buddy movies ever.
A Man for All Seasons -- Bolt and Zinneman wisely made changes to the "stagey" play and Scofield was fantastic.
There are more, but I'll stop here. Love the topic!
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One more because I watch every Christmas season: Meet Me in St. Louis.
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I used to do repeated viewings of movies far more often back in the 1980s and 1990s than I do now, for various reasons. There is no movie that I watch every year (though I used to watch some movies several times a year in the 1980s, when I had fewer movies to choose from. :-) ).
That said, there are a number of movies that I have seen several times, and movies that I enjoy re-watching pretty much on any given occasion. Those are probably "favorites", and they include (but are by no means limited to) movies such as:
CASABLANCA (1942, Michael Curtiz)
THE BIG COUNTRY (1958, William Wyler)
C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (1968, Sergio Leone)
CHINATOWN (1974, Roman Polanski)
JAWS (1975, Steven Spielberg)
STAR WARS (1977, George Lucas... also the two sequels... I have seen most other Star Wars movies once or twice)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC (1980, Steven Spielberg... I also saw THE TEMPLE OF DOOM several times, even twice in the theater)
BLADE RUNNER (1982, Ridley Scott)
THE THING (1982, John Carpenter)
SE7EN (1995, David Fincher)
AMERICAN BEAUTY (1998, Sam Mendes)
RATATOUILLE (2007, Brad Bird)
There are more. But I do not watch any of these or any other movie every year. These are just examples of movies I have seen multiple times and would re-watch again on occasion.
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Perhaps not twice a year but get spun over and over:
Good,bad, ugly. I could watch it all day. Some great dialogue, great scenes, there's Eli, and so much detail and spectacle for a 'pokey little Italian film'.
Plus many other Italian westerns.
Hercules( Reeves) cheap but good fun and good looking( and the film).
Day the Earth Stood Still. While I don't have a copy, every time it's on tv I end iup stopping and watching it.
Maltese Falcon and a lot of noir, lots of great dialogue.
Ben Hur. Over the years I have watched this loads. Fabulous in every way.
For starters.
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