OT: You turn on the boob tube (cable) and scroll through the guide. What 5 movies make you stop and watch till the end?

[Tor_Eckman]

Great Escape
Godfather II
Young Frankenstein
Heat
The Martian

 

[Tor_Eckman]

There is only one:

Blazing Saddles

Candy-gram for Mongo.

 

[MtNittany]

Hmmm, great question. My favorites change from time to time but recently:

...National Treasure

I liked both those films but Diane Kruger saved them both imo. Helen Mirren and Jon Voight were perfectly cast in the 2nd I will say. But...this is why we watch.

 

[Ludd]

Daniel Craig >>> anyone else playing 007.

They should call those Bond movies the Bond Identity….no cheeky fun, no suave and debonair dialogue, just turned them into run of the mill action movies.

 

[Ludd]

Field of Dreams
The Natural
For Love of the Game
Only ones...

No Bull Durham?

 

[LafayetteBear]

1. Shawshank
2. Gladiator
3. Unforgiven
4. The Natural
5. The Mummy (with Brendan Fraser)

 

[rudedude]

Too many to make a top 5 list but some I always like to watch include:
The Searchers
The Green Mile
The Big Lebowski
Last of the Mohicans
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Jaws
The Quiet Man
Burn After Reading
Miller’s Crossing
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Life Aquatic

Etc, etc, etc

 

[Steve JG]

It's rarely unedited though.

Unfortunately

 

[NittanyBuff]

Probably none, but I did it with "Trading Places" last night.

 

[Marshall2323]

No Bull Durham?

No Bull Durham?

Nope. I can enjoy the Major League ....but it's not a "must." If you grew up in the 50s and 60s baseball was a way of life. Every spring and summer, on your bike, glove hanging on bat and find a few guys to play scrub. I could recite the lineup of all 16 MLB teams and approximate their average, Hrs and RBI.
Every day waited for the paper to scan the box scores. The pageantry of HS football in Pa. stole my devotion and I moved on the play and coach. But when my sons came of age, I rediscovered baseball (pitching BP and coaching too much). Those movies allow me to revisit the hopes and dreams of my youth.

 

[Chumboshifko1]

Another favorite of the emoji imbecile..

La Cage aux Folles.

 

[Ludd]

Nope. I can enjoy the Major League ....but it's not a "must." If you grew up in the 50s and 60s baseball was a way of life. Every spring and summer, on your bike, glove hanging on bat and find a few guys to play scrub. I could recite the lineup of all 16 MLB teams and approximate their average, Hrs and RBI.
Every day waited for the paper to scan the box scores. The pageantry of HS football in Pa. stole my devotion and I moved on the play and coach. But when my sons came of age, I rediscovered baseball (pitching BP and coaching too much). Those movies allow me to revisit the hopes and dreams of my youth.

I was the same way with baseball growing up, but I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s…that’s why I love all baseball movies. And fortunately I passed that love on to my son and hopefully onto both of my grandsons when they get older.

 

[Marshall2323]

I was the same way with baseball growing up, but I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s…that’s why I love all baseball movies. And fortunately I passed that love on to my son and hopefully onto both of my grandsons when they get older.

Both of my sons played a little college ball and I always had a bucket of balls and pitched them bp till my arm went numb. Those were among the greatest times of my life.

 

[Ludd]

Both of my sons played a little college ball and I always had a bucket of balls and pitched them bp till my arm went numb. Those were among the greatest times of my life.

Same with my son and I am paying for all the bp these days with a bad rotator cuff.

 

[razpsu]

There are 100’s of movies amc, fx etc could play and yet they are stuck playing the same movies over and over again.

few good men,
Equalizer again and again,
Marvel,
Cast away,
Etc etc.

 

[BobPSU92]

Sack Lunch
Rochelle Rochelle
Death Blow
Blame it on the Rain
Chunnel

 

[erielion]

Shawshank
Jeremiah Johnson
Gladiator
A Few Good Men
The Warriors

 

[LionJim]

There are 100’s of movies amc, fx etc could play and yet they are stuck playing the same movies over and over again.

few good men,
Equalizer again and again,
Marvel,
Cast away,
Etc etc.

This is true. TCM has much more variety. Right now I’m watching Bad Day at Black Rock.

 

[razpsu]

This is true. TCM has much more variety. Right now I’m watching Bad Day at Black Rock.

Stupid spectrum had that on highest tier. I pay 270.00 and yet don’t have highest tier for cable and internet. Just crazy.

 

[LionJim]

Stupid spectrum had that on highest tier. I pay 270.00 and yet don’t have highest tier for cable and internet. Just crazy.

Sorry, dawg. Yeah, that sucks.

 

[massimoManca II]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Animal House
This is Spinal Tap
Planet of the Apes ( Charlton Heston )
Road House

 

[Still in State Colllege]

I have many but I will limit myself to:

Top Gun Maverick
Outlaw Josie Wales
Shooter

I don't know why these three get me almost every time but they do.

 

[12bflying]

Here is mine:




Not a big movie-watcher.

 

[SleepyLion]

Here is mine:




Not a big movie-watcher.

that needs it's own thread.
Subject: "I don't like movies and don't watch them"

 

[Tri-Power65]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stand By Me
Three Amigos (what can I say, I always laugh all the way through this movie...)

 

[LionJim]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stand By Me
Three Amigos (what can I say, I always laugh all the way through this movie...)

For some reason Eyes Wide Shut really works for me. (No it’s not the boobs, but I don’t look away.)

 

[Steve JG]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stand By Me
Three Amigos (what can I say, I always laugh all the way through this movie...)

It’s a mad mad mad mad world is such a great movie

 

[Warlerski]

Gettysburg
Caddy Shack
Shawshank
Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park (the original)

 

[olelion]

BTW - The Hustler soundtrack was a thing, and it worked great with the movie, but I'd love an MP4 of just Fats and Eddie talking and the sound of pool balls breaking and going to their destination.

"Shoot pool Eddie."
"I am shooting pool Fats. When I miss, you can shoot."

Like I'm not keeping the TV on until I hear that, as well as the showdown with George C. Scott.

"You owe me money!!!"

No way I turn that off.

This is the very end after Eddie beat Fats so bad he quits. George C. Scott wants his take and Eddie won't have it.

I love me some Balabushka..........a gift for my long ago 50th birthdy

 

[northwoods]

Gettysburg
Saving Private Ryan
Searchers
Dances With Wolves
Any Vintage John Candy

 

[TigersandLions]

Godfather I and II
Bourne Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum
Fellowship, Two Towers and Return of the King
Tombstone
Any episode of the Civil War (Ken Burns)

I totally abused the 5 choices there - apologies.

 

[PSUForever]

Sleepers
Hoosiers
Remember the Titans
My Cousin Vinny

 

[anon1785150984]

I'll throw this one in: In Cold Blood

 

[Knickslions69]

I'll throw this one in: In Cold Blood

You must have watched jeopardy today. That was final answer

 

[Chumboshifko1]

What's Up Doc.

 

[anon1785150984]

You must have watched jeopardy today. That was final answer

Correct

 

[Chumboshifko1]

Foul Play.