Movies You Just Won't Turn Off

[Skip]

Do you have movies that no matter how often you surf into them on TV, you just can't turn off (at least without someone forcing the issue)?

Last Sunday I missed most of the NFL and MLB du jour because of a trip to Mammoth Cave. Today, I was primed to at least be in and out starting about halftime of the early game and surfing between whatever baseball and football was on. Ah well ... I hit TBS right at 3pm and found the beginning of The Outlaw Josey Wales. Bam - 3 hours gone. I got to introduce my oldest son to this classic, though he's probably a bit young, but I again missed a bunch of prime time sports.

No real issue here. I guess if it's on TBS I better be careful in late night surfing since they'll be showing it over and over again and I'll get no sleep. Thank goodness I dont subscribe to premium movie channels.

Choosing only from movies that tend to be shown pretty regularly, others that do this to me are The Longest Yard, Rooster Cogburn, Jaws, about a third of the Bond movies, and the occasional (choices vary by mood) flick from the bang-em-up school of Stallone, Seagal, and van Damme (sorry). The latter I can at least skip during the day, but late at night - good bye sleep.

Is it just me? :beg:

[soxfan121]

It's not just you Skip. Yesterday was ruined because of "The Secret of My Suce$s" with Michael J. Fox. [Stop Laughing]

Also, any Mel Brooks movie immediately hooks me, no matter how many times I've seen it before and Airplane! does it as well.

Further, I find that if I somehow catch "The Contender" on HBO, I'm stuck until Jeff Bridges address to the House. Great scene.

And of course, Caddyshack, Bull Durham and Major League also hold this power over me.

[Skip]

Originally posted by soxfan121
And of course, Caddyshack, Bull Durham and Major League also hold this power over me. :D I left those out as self-evident. :)

[JamesI]

Originally posted by soxfan121
Also, any Mel Brooks movie immediately hooks me, no matter how many times I've seen it before and Airplane! does it as well.


Most of these catch me, as well as any of the Star Wars movies.

[hmrsf]

Don't laugh.

Say anything, Breakfast Club and Some kind of Wonderful and the best..... Stealing Home.

[spitball]

The Producers seems to be always on...... I go nuts for that movie.
" Vat is dis bebby? Der feuhrer never said dis bebby."
Airplane 1 or 2 is another time stopper.
Spinal Tap....Fred Willard is awesome as the entertainment officer at the Air Force base.." I love your music. Not yours in particular, but the whole genre'".

[Duque]

Young Frankenstein, The Dirty Dozen, lots of Eastwood Western movies. Basically - a lot of the stuff that's on TBS.

Godfather Pt. I and II usually hook me in too.

[Max Power]

Most of the "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon" series.

[johnny]

Shawshank Redemption

[JamesI]

Originally posted by johnny
Shawshank Redemption

One of the all time greatest movies. How did I forget that one?

[VNV Nation]

Many of the movies mentioned here are good watches...Lethal Weapon is sort of a guilty pleasure movie.

If it's on TV or if I'm just lounging at someone's house, I'll always suggest putting on The Matrix.

[pwdennis]

Dirty Dozen
Blues Brothers
Casablanca
Maltese Falcon
The Benny Goodman Story

[Ytown Tribe fan]

I watched The Outlaw Josey Wales instead of the NFL yesterday too.

Hell, just in the Eastwood category, there's Unforgiven, Kelly's Heroes, TG,TB&TU, Fistful of Dollars, High Plains Drifter, Heartbreak Ridge, Absolute Power and several others.

Apollo 13 is another I'll never miss, along with the rare Repo Man sightings and The Dirty Dozen.

[Qman]

I try only to flip between sports on Sundays so I don't fall into this trap.

Hoosiers got me the other night. Great movie.

[Skip]

Originally posted by Ytown Tribe fan
Hell, just in the Eastwood category, there's ... Heartbreak Ridge, That movie is one of my guilty pleasures. Everyone I've ever mentioned it to that even remembers it thinks it is just awful, but I'll watch it in the middle of the night every time.

[Qman]

Originally posted by Ytown Tribe fan
Hell, just in the Eastwood category, there's ... Heartbreak Ridge,
Originally posted by Skip
Everyone I've ever mentioned it to that even remembers it thinks it is just awful

I'll have to back you up there Skip. :agree: I am also a big fan of that flick.

[poorme]

the good the bad and the ugly
it's a mad mad mad mad world

[Skip]

Originally posted by hmrsf
Don't laugh. ... Breakfast Club I'll generally stop and watch that one too. It's the one teen angst brat pack movie that really stuck with me. This gives me an idea for another useless JSI thread....

[rcartman28]

Caddyshack, Stripes, and Patton. Love watching George kicking ass for three hours.

Bull Durham is rather lame on TV. Too much good stuff edited out, like the language......

[SmedIndy]

The Godfather I and II and Ferris Bueller's day off.

Also Apocalypse Now, except I always fall asleep during the poetry reading.

[nyyfanfrombirth]

Originally posted by hmrsf
Don't laugh.

Say anything, Breakfast Club and Some kind of Wonderful and the best..... Stealing Home.

"Say Anything" is one of the all time greats -- "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought or processed, or repair anything sold, bought or processed--you know--as a career."

A movie I was stuck on that used to run all the time is Fast Forward. It's about a bunch of kids from Ohio who come to NYC to try to make it as dancers. Goofy movie, but every time it would come on, I felt compelled to watch it.

[pathogan]

...contact,Young Frankenstein,three Kings any marx Brothers,any Woody Allen

[CpUltravox]

Quiz Show - My Fair Lady - A Hole in the Head - anything with Sinatra, really...

[qtlaw]

hmrsf, I'm right with you, Breakfast Club, Say Anything, Some Kind of Wonderful, St. Elmo's Fire, Sixteen Candles. That Brat Pack stuff is compelling because that's what I was thinking and doing. Thank you John Hughes. Where are you now?

[hmrsf]

I want my twoooooooo dollars!!!!!!!!!

What was that movies name?


Qlaw, we could have hung out. You sound like a certifiable brat!;)

[JamesI]

Originally posted by hmrsf
I want my twoooooooo dollars!!!!!!!!!

What was that movies name?



Better Off Dead

[VNV Nation]

That was a classic. It should be watched back-to-back with "One Crazy Summer."

[hmrsf]

Originally posted by JamesI
Better Off Dead

That was it!!!


Imagine being terrorize by your paper boy! I can not say $2 without giggling! Never saw One Crazy Summer. Have to check it out. My daughter has a friend named Applionia (sp) wonder where her parents got that one.

Am I the only one who went through an ugly fashion trend after watching Purple Rain.

80's, big hair, load music, bad clothes!:jaw:

[VNV Nation]

Not really my genre but I still think Purple Rain was the best album of the decade.

"One Crazy Summer" was almost the same movie as "Better Off Dead," although it wasn't a sequel or anything. It stars John Cusack and Demi Moore.

While on the topic of 80s teen movies..."Some Kind of Wonderful" was great.

[JamesI]

You have to see One Crazy Summer if you liked Better Off Dead. At the time I first saw Better Off Dead, I was a paperboy ;)
I always wanted to ring the bell and just say I want my Two Dollars.

[hmrsf]

Is that the one to save a nursing home or something like that? I loved Some kind of Wonderful. I own that one.

I have not been to the movies in a long time and rarely ever watch the slew of movie channels we have on digital cable. My family will call me in and say....."Mom......Molly Ringworm is on again!" They know the ones I like. They laugh at the stuff I use to wear. The 80's are well captured.

[Max Power]

Just thought of another one I always end up leaving on - - - Big Daddy.

[Ytown Tribe fan]

When I think of the '80s, I always think of Gordon Gekko walking along the beach at sunrise carrying that ridiculously large cell phone and wearing those power shirts and power ties.

I don't like the movie, but I love the way fashion and technology move right along. Somehow, Kate Hepburn NEVER looked out of fashion.

[Qman]

How about the Rocky series? I through IV. Any of those can hook me in for a couple of hours. I say I through IV because Rocky V never happened right? right?

[johnny]

any John Candy movie...especially Uncle Buck, Stripes, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

the Jerk
Big Trouble in Little China
Willy Wonka

[Skip]

Originally posted by johnny
the Jerk
Big Trouble in Little China
Willy Wonka I'll take those three too. :thumb:

I figured Little China was one for me alone. I will claim Jerk and Wonka to be good movies; China is in the so bad its good category that is very individualized.

[spitball]

Forgot about Willy Wonka....Trippy film from one of my favorite books.
When I come across it I'm stuck.

[soxfan121]

"No come out anymore!"

"WHAT!? WHAT won't come out anymore Wang?!"

Big Trouble In Little China is such a fantastic movie. Kurt Russell hit a peak there and it's all been down hill since then.

[gyb13]

I'll watch just about anything at any time...right now, Austin Powers II is on and i'm watching it though it was on 4 days ago...

[Skip]

Originally posted by soxfan121
Big Trouble In Little China is such a fantastic movie. Kurt Russell hit a peak there and it's all been down hill since then. sf - my love/hate relationship with you is on the upside. Anyone who appreciates BTILC at least deserves one big Boo-yah!! Kudos to Johnny and to you. Word.

[NCFella19]

Young Frankenstein

MP & the Holy Grail

The Jerk (guess your weight and win some crap!)

Major League

The Natural

Full Metal Jacket (at least the boot camp stuff)

[gyb13]

Originally posted by NCFella19
Full Metal Jacket (at least the boot camp stuff)
Nah, that falls under the categories of
'movies you buy for dvd even though you have it in vhs'
and
'movies you ask your guests if they have seen it and if not, force them to'