It occurs to me that I've seen The Secret of My Success an unholy amount of times.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
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§ ita § - May 14, 2007 12:09:48 pm PDT #8451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hayden - May 14, 2007 12:14:48 pm PDT #8452 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I've watched The Haunting (the Wise version), The Day The Earth Stood Still, and Nosferatu quite a number of times, too.
Jesse - May 14, 2007 12:19:32 pm PDT #8453 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now that it's been more than ten years, can I expunge the near-daily viewings of Encino Man from my record?
Hayden - May 14, 2007 12:21:02 pm PDT #8454 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Someone needs to check the rule book for Jesse.
brenda m - May 14, 2007 12:45:24 pm PDT #8455 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think I saw Ferris Bueller five or six times the week it came out. We were on half days at school that week for exams.
Others -
Blues Brothers
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Henry V (Branagh)
Top Gun, ugh. (That was on pretty much constant replay at my house for a whole summer. Not by me.)
Romeo + Juliet
Three Kings
Strange Brew
Friday
Kathy A - May 14, 2007 1:06:33 pm PDT #8456 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Branagh's Henry V is something I love to pop into the DVD player when I start cleaning the apartment. I can just recite along with some of those speeches while dusting/doing dishes!
P.M. Marc - May 14, 2007 1:15:27 pm PDT #8457 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Oh yeah! That!
Also, Velvet Goldmine.
Atropa - May 14, 2007 1:23:37 pm PDT #8458 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Oh yeah! That!
Heh. I was just thinking I needed to add that to the shelf of comfort movies.
Also, Velvet Goldmine.
That's already on the shelf of comfort movies.
megan walker - May 14, 2007 2:10:47 pm PDT #8459 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The movie I've most watched in the theater is probably Grease, which I saw 5 times when it first came out (between friends and babysitting and the fact that we only had one local theater). Although Willy Wonka played there every year for awhile so that might be a close second.
Movies I've watched most on TV/DVD:
Caddyshack, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Thin Man, Heathers, High Society, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz.
Growing up before VCRs, I really racked up viewings of things that showed ritually on TV every year.
Dana - May 14, 2007 2:13:26 pm PDT #8460 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A discussion on another board reminded me of "The Music Man." I've watched that a lot. Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins -- movies my grandmother had on tape. And "Naughty Marietta."