What are some movies that you've seen so many times, that you know by heart?
Jurassic Park, Congo, Judgement Night, Pumping Iron and probably a few more.
Basically my favorite movies are the ones I know by heart.
Basically my favorite movies are the ones I know by heart.
I was a total vidiot, I would list movies I know by heart but it might crash the retrojunk servers. If it was made between 1975 and 1990ish and it was sci-fi/fantasy/action I probably know it by heart.
Lion King, Toy Story, Star Wars, and Back to the Future.
Star Wars, Disney Films, and Titanic.
"Did I ever tell you how much I like ants huh? Especially fried in a subtle blend of mech fluid and grated gears?"
-Rampage, Beast Wars
-Rampage, Beast Wars
BenJamin
486 Posts
12 years, 3 months ago
Home Alone, UHF, Hot Shots, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Spaceballs.
RetroxBunny
The Lion King, ]Dumb & Dumber.
Ditto! My wife won't even watch Dumb and Dumber w/ me for that reason...
You've had an extra pair of gloves this whole time!?
Duh! We're in the Rockies.
Cracks me up everytime!
In my final meeting with the gods from the heavens above, as they spoke to me and hit me with the power of the Ultimate Warrior, they told me Exit stage left! Exit stage rig
Rad
The Mighty Ducks
The Sandlot
Encino Man
Bio-Dome
Happy Gilmore
Home Alone
Top Gun
The Mighty Ducks
The Sandlot
Encino Man
Bio-Dome
Happy Gilmore
Home Alone
Top Gun
The Lion King
Toy Story
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Casino
Goodfellas
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
A Christmas Story
Pulp Fiction
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Toy Story
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Casino
Goodfellas
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
A Christmas Story
Pulp Fiction
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
In approximate order from least to most trashy:
Metropolis (Fritz Lang) - I found it browsing the video store in the 90s, not knowing anything about it. I was amazed and that was just the Giorgio Moroder version. Finding more restored and complete versions later with original score etc. was always great. Of course I had to watch each version multiple times.
Pi - A guy who lived in my dorm 1st year college told me about this. I love the rhythm and repetition. Watching it just feels like a ritual.
Bringing Out the Dead - I'm not sure why I've seen this so many times. But I like it so much. Even people who hate Nicolas Cage because of his crappy movies can enjoy this.
12 Monkeys - I saw this in the theater. Later in film school I saw La Jetee. Like the Twilight Zone, it shows sci-fi concepts in a (mostly) mundane, present-day environment.
The Fifth Element - Bruce Willis really is one of my favorites...before The Whole Nine Yards when he started going downhill.
The Big Lebowski - I'm not sure what it is about this movie. Many people are obsessed with it. There are bars and stores and festivals themed around it. I believe it's because it is the most accessible from the Coen brothers, although I find them always clever and delightful.
Short Circuit (both of them) - The first one was one of my favorite movies shown on the WPIX weekend/late night rotation when I was a kid. I like the sequel even more. Johnny 5 is alternately charming, funny, and cool while Fisher Stevens is consistently hilarious. Although the fact he is really white and not Indian kind of taints his performance for me.
Desperate Living - Not sure if this is the first John Waters movie I saw, but it certainly made the biggest impression. My best friend recorded it on cassette tape and we would listen to it while driving around in his car.
The Toxic Avenger - Troma's weird strategy of making a Saturday morning cartoon out of this very violent and gory superhero story worked, I had to see this as soon as I found out about it.
There are probably more, that I can't think of offhand. But all of these have wonderful cinematography in their own way, as well as great stories.
Metropolis (Fritz Lang) - I found it browsing the video store in the 90s, not knowing anything about it. I was amazed and that was just the Giorgio Moroder version. Finding more restored and complete versions later with original score etc. was always great. Of course I had to watch each version multiple times.
Pi - A guy who lived in my dorm 1st year college told me about this. I love the rhythm and repetition. Watching it just feels like a ritual.
Bringing Out the Dead - I'm not sure why I've seen this so many times. But I like it so much. Even people who hate Nicolas Cage because of his crappy movies can enjoy this.
12 Monkeys - I saw this in the theater. Later in film school I saw La Jetee. Like the Twilight Zone, it shows sci-fi concepts in a (mostly) mundane, present-day environment.
The Fifth Element - Bruce Willis really is one of my favorites...before The Whole Nine Yards when he started going downhill.
The Big Lebowski - I'm not sure what it is about this movie. Many people are obsessed with it. There are bars and stores and festivals themed around it. I believe it's because it is the most accessible from the Coen brothers, although I find them always clever and delightful.
Short Circuit (both of them) - The first one was one of my favorite movies shown on the WPIX weekend/late night rotation when I was a kid. I like the sequel even more. Johnny 5 is alternately charming, funny, and cool while Fisher Stevens is consistently hilarious. Although the fact he is really white and not Indian kind of taints his performance for me.
Desperate Living - Not sure if this is the first John Waters movie I saw, but it certainly made the biggest impression. My best friend recorded it on cassette tape and we would listen to it while driving around in his car.
The Toxic Avenger - Troma's weird strategy of making a Saturday morning cartoon out of this very violent and gory superhero story worked, I had to see this as soon as I found out about it.
There are probably more, that I can't think of offhand. But all of these have wonderful cinematography in their own way, as well as great stories.
Back to the Future
Rocky I & IV
Rambo: First Blood
Beverly Hills Cop
T2: Judgment Day
Independence Day
The Matrix
Rocky I & IV
Rambo: First Blood
Beverly Hills Cop
T2: Judgment Day
Independence Day
The Matrix
All the Harry Potter Movies
Clueless
Toy Story 1-3
Forrest Gump
Ferris Buller's Day Off
Clueless
Toy Story 1-3
Forrest Gump
Ferris Buller's Day Off
Never underestimate your own abilities.
Comes to mind The Seventh Seal. I had to do a paper on College about it. Great stuff.
Back to the Future, Goonies, Halloween, Tommyboy, The Karate Kid (original)