'Objects In Space'
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Most watched movies for me are probably:
The Princess Bride
Young Frankenstein
Angel Heart
Fight Club
The Godfather, Parts I and II
Rebecca
Ever After
I don't know what that means, but that's my list.
Edited because Angel is not the same as Angel Heart.
Nobody even remembers King of Hearts anymore.
I love that movie! With the young Genevieve Bujold! I haven't seen it in ages. Must do something about that.
At the risk of being shunned from the board forever, I gotta admit I fail to feel the OMG BEST EVER!! squee about Princess Bride. I mean, I liked it and found it amusing, but that was about it. I have similar reactions to a lot of other cult favourite though (e.g. This Is Spinal Tap and that... uhm, Holy Grail movie of Monty Python's.)
I don't rewatch movies a lot. Of the movies I own on DVD, the one I've rewatched the most is probably My Brilliant Career.
Oh crap, I forgot to add Monty Python and the Holy Grail to my list. It never stops being funny for me.
I mean, I liked it and found it amusing, but that was about it.
I just don't think you've watched it enough. Also, it might have helped if you'd started as a pre-teen.
I think my list would be, in no particular order:
The Princess Bride
Working Girl
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Young Frankenstein
Officer and a Gentleman
Star Wars Trilogy
The Little Mermaid
And, yes, Dirty Dancing.
I watch these movies enought to post twice it seems.
Also, it might have helped if you'd started as a pre-teen.
Heh. That's probably true. I think I was already over 30 when I first watched it and my main reaction to it was ".... ermm, it's cute." It also strikes me as the kind of movie that's better enjoyed in the company of like-minded people. I watched it by myself after much "you haven't watched it??" from people, so bloated expectation may have also played the role.
Have we discussed this yet? [link]
Alan Tudyk plus Tom and Zoe from Spooks. Looks pretty funny, though hopefully Alan's part won't be too watch from the hall.
I've seen King of Hearts! Mostly because I heard it was similar to Harold and Maude. I remember liking it, but not much else about it.
My favorite memory of The Princess Bride was watching it in India, with a rented VCR and a tenth-generation copy of the movie, with the other Americans in my group. The tape fuzzed out badly at several key parts, which caused much grumbling, but almost immediately we all began speaking the lines and narrating the action that we were missing on screen.
Most watched in a theater in the pre-video era?
The Princess Bride for me hands down. In the 6-odd years I lived in Montreal I probably saw it on the big screen ten, twelve times.
it might have helped if you'd started as a pre-teen
Infant! Some of us were in university when it came out.