You know those movies that you never ever get tired of no matter how much you see them? The ones that warm you up on a cold day, or pick you up when your favourite team has lost again, or your boyfriend/girlfriend has just annoyed you so much you kicked them out and are now thinking about there best friend?? Ahem... Ok too far, but you know the ones I mean right???
Here's mine: Big Trouble In Little China Dumb and Dumber The Burbs Gremlins Goonies Uncle Buck Back To The Future Star Wars Die Hard
What's yours?????????
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
In the wintertime I like to watch Nobody's Fool and Beautiful Girls, both 90's movies, both set in small New England towns. Beautiful Girls was based on a book, which became the television series October Road. It got cancelled- they never did "finish" it; alot of things never got cleared up. Anyhoo, I think I like Nobody's Fool the best because I love Paul Newman. He was feisty and funny up until he died. Oh yeah, Goonies is good anytime too, and same with Back to the Future.
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
My list will consist of many movies which are not 80's, but for some odd reason, I can watch these everyday:
Contact Stargate The Game Sneakers Pump up the Volume Dumb and Dumber The Vanishing The Shawshank Redemption My Cousin Vinny Donnie Brasco A Simple Plan Fargo The Bone Collector Revenge of the Nerds
Notice that most are 90's? I'll be adding more.
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
I've got to confess, I haven't seen either of those. Are they very girlie??
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Jack Burton: I've got to confess, I haven't seen either of those. Are they very girlie??
I hope you're talking to Pittsgirl Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Ha ha!! Of course dude!! Of yours I love Sneakers and Shawshank and A Simple Plan. Don't you love that movie?? Bill Paxton is a legend..
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
A Simple Plan is pure genius. Billy Bob and Paxton were some team. Speaking of Paxton, Frailty is right up there too....awesome movie.
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Hmmmm, rings a bell but y'know I don't think I've seen that one. What is it about again??
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
I'm getting that the weekend. Nice..
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
I see Bill is rumoured to in Creature Of The Black Lagoon remake!! If anyone can make that good, he can!!
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on :
Frailty was genius 80sRocked. Really makes ya think about some religions. I also liked Simple Plan. We caught Shawshank on tv the other night. Tim Robbins had it all planned out schmoozing the warden. I thought the ending was great.....
Posted by Muffy Tepperman (Member # 1551) on :
Paxton is great.......he is such a versatile actor honest when I think of Weird Science it doesn't even make me think it's him.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Mr.Jack Burton, I don't think either one of those movies is "girly", but they are not loud action movies, or "shoot 'em ups" as my father would say. Just good stories. Check them out on imdb, maybe you'll want to watch them. We have OnDemand here in Pennsylvania, through our cable provider Comcast, and they have free movies. I know Beautiful Girls was on for a while. The Dentist is on there now, so I gotta watch it.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
On Golden Pond Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas Mr. Mom Mickie and Maude Arthur Every Which Way But Loose Any Which Way You Can Murphy's Romance
Posted by deathbystereo80 (Member # 2005) on :
When I'm just really stressed out and annoyed about everything, especially work, these movies calm me down and help to take my mind off things:
The Rock Back to the Future I Goonies The Lost Boys Die Hard Any of the Rocky movies (well, except V) Some like it hot Lord of the Rings (any one)
and many others I can't think of right now...
Shawshank Redemption is one of the best movies ever made in my opinion, but it is not a movie I watch when I'm in a bad mood.
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
My comfort movies are The Ringer and Kingdom Come. I can watch them over and over and never tire of them. Now, around Christmas, I can watch A Christmas Story and Nat. Lampoon's Christmas Vacation over and over, but I don't want to see them any other time of the year.
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
What's Kingdom Come??
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Oooh and to my list add National Lampoons Vacation and European Vacation, they are two I can watch forever aswell.. In fact I watched European last night. I crack up every time Clark tries to get left on the roundabout, 'Look kids, Big Ben, Parliment'!! Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Kingdom Come has LL Cool J, Vivica A. Fox and Whoopi, among others. It's about the Slocum family, whose patriarch has died, and they're planning the funeral. Along the way there's plenty of squabbles and general family togetherness and un-togetherness. It's really funny.
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
Gremlins, Karate Kid, Back to The Future, The Breakfast Club, Author Author, Flashdance, The Toy, It's A Wonderful Life.....and many many more.
Posted by Toxic Sammy Hain (Member # 3150) on :
Pulp Fiction Dazed and Confused The Warriors
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
Big Trouble in Little China The Money Pit Beetle juice Any John Hughes film
Posted by major (Member # 7478) on :
quote:Originally posted by ISIS: Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas
And I thought I was the only one who loved this movie!
Now I must make a list of my favorites *runs to grab a pencil and a notebook*
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by major: Now I must make a list of my favorites *runs to grab a pencil and a notebook*
Pencil and notebook? Just type it. Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Just type it.
I'm guessing it's for rough work buddy!! OLDSKOOL
Posted by major (Member # 7478) on :
quote:Originally posted by 80'sRocked: </font><blockquote><font size="1" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by major: Now I must make a list of my favorites *runs to grab a pencil and a notebook* </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">Pencil and notebook? Just type it.
Ah, but how I love the feel of a pencil writing on paper ... Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
You've got an original fetish there my friend.. Very original!!
Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
There is a movie I always watch when I'm feeling depressed, it's called "Secrets and Lies" starring Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean Baptiste. It's such a depressing downer of a film, it's a great cure for a good mood. But I watch it when I'm feeling down because it makes me realise my problems aren't always so bad.
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
You know Stitch...that's how I feel about the movie "The Other Side of The Mountain" which is the true story of Jill Kinmont. She was training for the Olympics when she went over a cliff and broke her back and became a quadriplegic. Then Beau Bridges comes along and he helps her to live again...and they plan to get married....she learns how to write using her hand...with a brace on it. The end of this movie is the saddest ending I have ever seen, and I bawl my head off. To me it is one of the best movies ever made. Her best friend that was a skier with her...she gets Polio. It is so sad.
It is so hard for me to watch it...I haven't seen it in a few years. But, it is so well acted. I love Marilyn Hassett in this movie.
This was one of the first movies I ever saw in the movie theater, me and my mom went to see it at a matinee.
It is a movie that I like to watch now with my mom, and it's a good one to watch on a dreary cold day.
Other movies that I love to watch on a rainy or snowy day...are:
The Wilderness Family
Savannah Smiles
Touched by Love
Coal Miner's Daughter
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Honeysuckle Rose
Escape from Alcatraz
Posted by YourEyesCanBeSoCruel (Member # 7480) on :
I'm going to throw out a little late add on to the Frailty posts...
Paxton is fantastic! That's also one of the movies where I love that Matthew McConnehy (spelled wrong?) doesn't play the weird laid back guy. I really like his movies like that. Like Reign of Fire. Bueno.
One movie I watch when I'm mad and it seems to have a very soothing effect to me is Crime and Punishment in Suburbia. I absolutely LOVE Vincent Kartheiser's character, Vincent! Good flick.
Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
Isis that movie sounds good, I'll keep an eye out for it at the DVD shop. A lot of the time when I need to watch something comforting I'll bring out my TV DVD's. There's nothing like watching an old Doctor Who or Buffy episode to cheer you up (well, apart from Buffy season 6), especially when you know the good guys always win and the baddies get their comeuppance.
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on :
The Karate kid The Lost Boys Fright Night Home Alone Big Trouble in Little China Masters of the Universe American History X Breakfast Club Up In Smoke Hot Rod Zoolander The Hitcher Nightmare on Elm Street 2+3 Re-Animator The Warriors
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
quote:Originally posted by hewzy: The Karate kid The Lost Boys Fright Night Home Alone Big Trouble in Little China Masters of the Universe American History X Breakfast Club Up In Smoke Hot Rod Zoolander The Hitcher Nightmare on Elm Street 2+3 Re-Animator The Warriors
That's about the best list I've ever seen... God bless you sir... Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
quote:Originally posted by Stitch Groover: There is a movie I always watch when I'm feeling depressed, it's called "Secrets and Lies" starring Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean Baptiste. It's such a depressing downer of a film, it's a great cure for a good mood. But I watch it when I'm feeling down because it makes me realise my problems aren't always so bad.
Is this the one where Marianne Jean Baptiste's charcter finds out that her mother is white, or something like that? I like Marianne,if it's a good one I'll put it on my Netflix.
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Another great comfort movie for me, Big..
Makes me think about being 12 again.. Aahhhhhh...
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
80's: Tootsie Baby Boom Arthur Some Girls
90's: Soapdish 200 Cigarettes Stealing Beauty
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
quote:Originally posted by cindymancini: 80's: Tootsie Baby Boom Arthur Some Girls
90's: Soapdish 200 Cigarettes Stealing Beauty
Arthur, I gotta get that one!!
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
National Lampoon's Vacation
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Almost time to get out the Christmas one!! Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Jack Burton: Almost time to get out the Christmas one!!
Too bad there's not a Thankgiving Vacation.... Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
the money pit, uncle buck, planes trains and automobiles, ghost, mrs. doubtfire, the bucket list, throw momma from the train! dee Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
quote:Originally posted by buffalo-girl: the money pit, uncle buck, planes trains and automobiles, ghost, mrs. doubtfire, the bucket list, throw momma from the train! dee
Nice list Dee!!
Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
And 80's Rocked, National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Vacation, what an idea!! I'm gonna ring Chevy and see what he thinks later!! Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
thanks mr. jack burton and i do think a thanksgiving vacation with chevy would be great loved his christmas vacation!! dee Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
quote:Originally posted by buffalo-girl: thanks mr. jack burton and i do think a thanksgiving vacation with chevy would be great loved his christmas vacation!! dee
Can you imagine Clark Griswald arranging thanksgiving??? NIGHTMARE!!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
lol that would be brutal but very funny too!!!! dee Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
and i think they should add a raccoon to the movie instead of a squirrel this time lol dee Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
I see him losing the plot about half way through the day when the kids have pushed him to the very brink, then he takes the carving knife and goes nuts in the parade!! Puncturing floats and smashing up marchers!!
Oh the laughing!!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
now that would be hysterical!! i think you should write the movie mr. jack burton lol dee Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Really? Lil ol me? Well I could try. I've certainly watched the original 4 enough times to know what makes Clark funny!!
You know I was real close to having Clark W Griswald as my tag on here, but I followed my heart!!!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
yes i think you more then qualify to write it i think you would do a great job your too funny!! dee Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
quote:Originally posted by buffalo-girl: yes i think you more then qualify to write it i think you would do a great job your too funny!! dee
Awww, five star rating for you!! Posted by Mr. Jack Burton (Member # 4673) on :
Ok, a quick premise....
Clark and the family are having a good old fashioned Thanksgiving holiday.... Old fashioned Griswold style!! As usual everything goes wrong, the family is all here including Cousin Eddy and his kids AND grand kids!!
Helen holds it together well and Rusty and Audrey soldier on but Clark, as usual has to try and give everyone what they want, and keep his sanity!!
No hope!!!! This has got endless possibilities!!!! I'm salivating, where's that phone...!!!!
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