Next to stm and s2, most re-watched film?

[crazy_asian_man]

Star Wars: a new hope - easily.

After that, maybe X- men dofp or Anengers:Endgame.

You?

[Metallo]

Surprisingly it wouldn’t be a superhero film for me. I’ve seen Terminator 2 an ungodly amount of times. Especially when it first came out. Back To The Future gets a watch whenever I see it. So does part II. It’s always been that way. Same with Ghostbusters. Same with the Indiana Jones films. The first six Star Trek films. If any other superhero movies makes my most watched list it’s 66 and 89 Batman movies.

[crazy_asian_man]

May 25, 2023 22:05:16 GMT -5 Metallo said:

Surprisingly it wouldn’t be a superhero film for me. I’ve seen Terminator 2 an ungodly amount of times. Especially when it first came out. Back To The Future gets a watch whenever I see it. So does part II. It’s always been that way. Same with Ghostbusters. Same with the Indiana Jones films. The first six Star Trek films. If any other superhero movies makes my most watched list it’s 66 and 89 Batman movies.

Gah... I totally forgot how AWESOME Terminator 2 is/was (especially the director's extended cut, which is even better!)

Back to the Future=Sheer perfection! (As is Forrest Gump imo!)
Ghostbusters #1 & the first two Indiana Jones, and Star Trek 2.... SO GOOD!!!

Thanks for bringing these back up. Great memories of possibly the best movie summers in that time frame (imo!) --- so, so many GREAT scifi/fantasy films around that time frame!

[atp]

You Only Live Twice for me

[dejan]

Predictably enough it's the original Star Wars(or any one of the sequels) for me!
Honestly I have lost count.

But sounds like we are all roughly in the same territory!

Yup

Terminator 1 a heck of a lot.
T2 a lot but less so.
Indy- basically Raiders  and Temple.
Star Trek 1 - 4 in particular....less so for 6 and barely at all for 5!
Back To The Future 1 loads of times....less for the sequels.

James Bond 1962 1989- apart from the Lazenby one , Man With Golden Gun and Living Daylights.....all the others too many times to remember!
Never really cared too much for anything post Dalton, but have seen them all.

I had a thing in particular for Octozippy mongoose for a while.....probably because being trapped on an island full of beautiful women fulfilled  some kind of personal teenaged fantasy!

But Star Wars is the champ!

Edit:
Moderator's algo messed up Octopu^^y rather amusingly. 
lol


  

[Metallo]

May 26, 2023 15:12:35 GMT -5 dejan said:

Predictably enough it's the original Star Wars(or any one of the sequels) for me!
Honestly I have lost count.

But sounds like we are all roughly in the same territory!

Yup

Terminator 1 a heck of a lot.
T2 a lot but less so.
Indy- basically Raiders  and Temple.
Star Trek 1 - 4 in particular....less so for 6 and barely at all for 5!
Back To The Future 1 loads of times....less for the sequels.

James Bond 1962 1989- apart from the Lazenby one , Man With Golden Gun and Living Daylights.....all the others too many times to remember!
Never really cared too much for anything post Dalton, but have seen them all.

I had a thing in particular for Octozippy mongoose for a while.....probably because being trapped on an island full of beautiful women fulfilled  some kind of personal teenaged fantasy!

But Star Wars is the champ!

Edit:
Moderator's algo messed up Octopu^^y rather amusingly. 
lol


  

The Bond films are high up for me too. They just didn’t too other things because there are so many. Certain films got rewatched more heavily than others. Star Trek II, III, and IV got heavy rotation for me growing up. Same with VI. TMP mostly got watched for how it looked. V just tagged along because it was part of the series but even it has its moments. Loved Star Wars as a kid but not as much as Star Trek.

Some more I thought of slightly lower on the rewatch list that still got a lot of time from me were Gremlins, NeverEnding Story, Goonies, Monster Squad, The Princess Bride, Enemy Mine, and Transformers The Movie.

[dejan]

Thanks for elaborating on some of the less well watched stuff in your portfolio there, Metallo.


Gremlins.
Of course....but had to wait until I could tape it off a TV broadcast in 1988 ,it then got some heavy duty replays in my VCR.

Goonies.....was never much a fan of , as explained to CAM in another thread.Still trying to figure out why.
Got the UHD for it, but still failed to get me going.  

Transformers The Movie.
I missed that one completely!
In fact I have still not seen it.

But i'll raise ya:

Watership Down:



This probably did not get much traction stateside seeing as it's top heavy with British thespians - John Hurt,Denholm Elliot,Harry Andrews (from STM), Richard Lester's buddy Roy Kinnear amongst many others but darn, for a kiddies cartoon....they did not hold back on showing some blood and guts!
There was a period in 1984/85 where I could probably recite the entire movie's dialogue.
Not seen it in years now....it's probably a load of s**t - lol!

Other ones I forgot to mention though , which are still excellent IMHO - are the 2010 and 2001 Space Odysseys.
Saw 2001 on video first, circa 1986.
Hated it.
Then saw 2010 in 1987 and loved it, forcing me to rewatch 2001.
Then I loved 2001!
Watched both of those countless times, thereafter.


 

[crazy_asian_man]

May 26, 2023 15:12:35 GMT -5 dejan said:

Predictably enough it's the original Star Wars(or any one of the sequels) for me!
Honestly I have lost count.

But sounds like we are all roughly in the same territory!

Yup

Terminator 1 a heck of a lot.
T2 a lot but less so.
Indy- basically Raiders  and Temple.
Star Trek 1 - 4 in particular....less so for 6 and barely at all for 5!
Back To The Future 1 loads of times....less for the sequels.

James Bond 1962 1989- apart from the Lazenby one , Man With Golden Gun and Living Daylights.....all the others too many times to remember!
Never really cared too much for anything post Dalton, but have seen them all.

I had a thing in particular for Octozippy mongoose for a while.....probably because being trapped on an island full of beautiful women fulfilled  some kind of personal teenaged fantasy!

But Star Wars is the champ!

Edit:
Moderator's algo messed up Octopu^^y rather amusingly. 
lol


  

Pre-Star Wars, Logan's Run and the Bond films were probably the main films that got rewatches.... at the movie theatres. (Since VHS recorders weren't available then!)

[crazy_asian_man]

May 26, 2023 17:12:59 GMT -5 dejan said:

Thanks for elaborating on some of the less well watched stuff in your portfolio there, Metallo.


Gremlins.
Of course....but had to wait until I could tape it off a TV broadcast in 1988 ,it then got some heavy duty replays in my VCR.

Goonies.....was never much a fan of , as explained to CAM in another thread.Still trying to figure out why.
Got the UHD for it, but still failed to get me going.  

Transformers The Movie.
I missed that one completely!
In fact I have still not seen it.

But i'll raise ya:

Watership Down:



This probably did not get much traction stateside seeing as it's top heavy with British thespians - John Hurt,Denholm Elliot,Harry Andrews (from STM), Richard Lester's buddy Roy Kinnear amongst many others but darn, for a kiddies cartoon....they did not hold back on showing some blood and guts!
There was a period in 1984/85 where I could probably recite the entire movie's dialogue.
Not seen it in years now....it's probably a load of s**t - lol!

Other ones I forgot to mention though , which are still excellent IMHO - are the 2010 and 2001 Space Odysseys.
Saw 2001 on video first, circa 1986.
Hated it.
Then saw 2010 in 1987 and loved it, forcing me to rewatch 2001.
Then I loved 2001!
Watched both of those countless times, thereafter.


 

Saw Watership Down at theatres with a friend back in the day who wanted to go (I knew nothing about it)- and...whoa! I was not prepared for it. I did see that there was a CGI remake later on, but couldn't get through more than a few minutes of it. Too much work to keep track who was who from the CGI character designs, if I recall...

[crazy_asian_man]

May 26, 2023 15:38:17 GMT -5 Metallo said:

May 26, 2023 15:12:35 GMT -5 dejan said:

Predictably enough it's the original Star Wars(or any one of the sequels) for me!
Honestly I have lost count.

But sounds like we are all roughly in the same territory!

Yup

Terminator 1 a heck of a lot.
T2 a lot but less so.
Indy- basically Raiders  and Temple.
Star Trek 1 - 4 in particular....less so for 6 and barely at all for 5!
Back To The Future 1 loads of times....less for the sequels.

James Bond 1962 1989- apart from the Lazenby one , Man With Golden Gun and Living Daylights.....all the others too many times to remember!
Never really cared too much for anything post Dalton, but have seen them all.

I had a thing in particular for Octozippy mongoose for a while.....probably because being trapped on an island full of beautiful women fulfilled  some kind of personal teenaged fantasy!

But Star Wars is the champ!

Edit:
Moderator's algo messed up Octopu^^y rather amusingly. 
lol


  

The Bond films are high up for me too. They just didn’t too other things because there are so many. Certain films got rewatched more heavily than others. Star Trek II, III, and IV got heavy rotation for me growing up. Same with VI. TMP mostly got watched for how it looked. V just tagged along because it was part of the series but even it has its moments. Loved Star Wars as a kid but not as much as Star Trek.

Some more I thought of slightly lower on the rewatch list that still got a lot of time from me were Gremlins, NeverEnding Story, Goonies, Monster Squad, The Princess Bride, Enemy Mine, and Transformers The Movie.

I oddly wasn't into the Star Trek tv series..... but found the idea of the movies far more interesting- with the idea of the cast being much older and each film possibly being a big event and 'the last one'.

Star Trek 1-2-3 I loved.... but had really mixed feelings on 4.

Star Trek 4 was well done, but I thought it was headed to be a Greek tragedy- with 4 being the one where they all die in a blaze of glory.... not wrapped up in a happy ending. But- was still well done, and I have a soft spot for any film that celebrated San Francisco in its heyday.

Star Trek 5 was mind-blowingly bad.... and Star Trek 6 was a low budget return to quality under Nicholas Meyer- a lot felt so fresh- though it may have dipped back into being a touch sillier at times.... and it felt like a LOT of time was cheaped out being on the bridge.

Still- the character scenes under Meyer were fantastic and memorable!

[crazy_asian_man]

May 26, 2023 15:12:35 GMT -5 dejan said:

Predictably enough it's the original Star Wars(or any one of the sequels) for me!
Honestly I have lost count.

But sounds like we are all roughly in the same territory!

Yup

Terminator 1 a heck of a lot.
T2 a lot but less so.
Indy- basically Raiders  and Temple.
Star Trek 1 - 4 in particular....less so for 6 and barely at all for 5!
Back To The Future 1 loads of times....less for the sequels.

James Bond 1962 1989- apart from the Lazenby one , Man With Golden Gun and Living Daylights.....all the others too many times to remember!
Never really cared too much for anything post Dalton, but have seen them all.

I had a thing in particular for Octozippy mongoose for a while.....probably because being trapped on an island full of beautiful women fulfilled  some kind of personal teenaged fantasy!

But Star Wars is the champ!

Edit:
Moderator's algo messed up Octopu^^y rather amusingly. 
lol


  

The first Back to the Future is brilliant! I enjoyed parts of the two sequels, but it definitely felt like a lesser version of the original. Those sequels don't get as much rewatches.

With Bond- it's a pity that there (at the time) was a bit of a formula (according to one of the director commentaries) that didn't allow much character development or growth. The one thing that the new Craig Bond offered was slightly more depth but -unfortunately- also more dourness at the same time.... (my favorite Bond actors are: Brosnan, Dalton, Connery) will be interesting to see what the formula is going forward with a new reboot.

[crazy_asian_man]

By the way- not in the top two, but a few other VERY rewatchable films in my library that cheer me up from time to time:

* Most of the Rocky series!
* Top Gun-
* John Woo's A Better Tomorrow-
* The Inspector Wears Skirts-*original (Jackie Chan produced female Swat team origin)
* Purple Rain-
* Milos Forman's HAIR - (The only drama-comedy-musical besides "Man of LaMancha"- but this gets more play)
* Richard Lester's Three Musketeers

[dejan]

Hey CAM....sweet...you saw Watership Down in the theater!
And in the States too.....wow.....cos' it's a very quintassential "British " type story.....but with an unsually hard edge...specially for an animated kiddy flick.
Did not see it until 1984 on Video, meself....was blown away.
Lost count of the amount of times I have seen that one. 

Also came out in 1978!.....and apart from Pirahna....Watership Down was probably the only other fantasy film to compete with the mighty STM at the box office that year!
How times have changed!

Interesting you mentioned Milos Foreman.
I have not seen Hair.

But I did see Amadeus in the theater in 1984, initially I was very reluctant to go.....dragged along by me mum who loves classical music......but man once I was in the seat I loved it.....fantastic movie!.....one of the best ever IMHO.
Once it came out on home video in 85'.....me pap did a duplicate from the rented copy(we had 2 video machines- lol!)....and watched  Amadeus into the ground.
It is available on Blu.....but it's the director's cut which is not as good as the theatrical IMHO, but hopefully a UHD will be forethcoming soon.

Also watched A Passage To India(I am also half Indian for the record) in the cinema in 84' and again on home video(doing the pirate copy thing again).....back in the day when you had to wait at least 6 months and maybe even a year before movies were available for home viewing!
Outside of the 50's/60s/70s/European New Wave stuff , courtesy of me mum and some hard hitting Southern Indian(i.e not Bollywood) from me pap , that they both got me into as a kid.....Amadeus and Passage To India were my introduction to "serious" Anglo American big budget cinema.

But apart from Amadeus and Passage To India......also gave Supergirl countless views on home video in 1985.
Sorry!


 

[crazy_asian_man]

May 30, 2023 11:50:33 GMT -5 dejan said:

Also came out in 1978!.....and apart from Pirahna....Watership Down was probably the only other fantasy film to compete with the mighty STM at the box office that year!
How times have changed!

Interesting you mentioned Milos Foreman.
I have not seen Hair.

But I did see Amadeus in the theater in 1984, initially I was very reluctant to go.....dragged along by me mum who loves classical music......but man once I was in the seat I loved it.....fantastic movie!.....one of the best ever IMHO.
Once it came out on home video in 85'.....me pap did a duplicate from the rented copy(we had 2 video machines- lol!)....and watched  Amadeus into the ground.
It is available on Blu.....but it's the director's cut which is not as good as the theatrical IMHO, but hopefully a UHD will be forethcoming soon.

Also watched A Passage To India(I am also half Indian for the record) in the cinema in 84' and again on home video(doing the pirate copy thing again).....back in the day when you had to wait at least 6 months and maybe even a year before movies were available for home viewing!
Outside of the 50's/60s/70s/European New Wave stuff , courtesy of me mum and some hard hitting Southern Indian(i.e not Bollywood) from me pap , that they both got me into as a kid.....Amadeus and Passage To India were my introduction to "serious" Anglo American big budget cinema.

But apart from Amadeus and Passage To India......also gave Supergirl countless views on home video in 1985.
Sorry!


 

Hey Dejan!
I only saw "Hair" because a tv review show in the states "At the Movies"- listed it as one of the top ten movies of the year.... (I usually HATE musicals)- there might be a couple of extra songs that I feel drag the movie down slightly- it starts off seemingly as a lightweight silly film- but as it progresses, it has a lot of suprises and it's a GREAT movie, the more you go into it- and definitely gripped the seat by the last 5-10 minutes and it gets you teary-eyed. But- it's not sentimental but hits pretty hard by suprise by its edge.

It's similar to the fantastic "Amadeus"- which, I wish I saw in the big screen. Much like your reaction- I had no interest initially in seeing it. But a friend at the time raved about it- and it is a fantastic film that suprises. Don't have to be an opera fan or an Amadeus fan to love the story- very accessible and charming! (Glad it made Tom Hulce a bit of a star- "Dominic and Eugene"- his follow up is also great!)

"Passage to India" got raves, but I have not seen it yet.

And.... yeah, as horrible as the movie is, Supergirl got more rewatches from me for Helen Slater as Supergirl and the wonderful flying scenes and Goldsmith music!

[dejan]

@cam

I see you mentioned Star Trek The Motion Picture and The Wrath Of Khan as being some of your most watched movies.

Same for me too!

Love both of them.
Again, i watched them back to back on home video quite a few times over the last 40 years or so.

Even though they are completely different.....can't get enough of either of them.
TMP is a beautiful looking film, as Metallo underlined.....but I love the story and acting even though both of those usually get derided by critics and fans alike.

And Khan is still so tight from a structural perspective.
Not one ounce of film is wasted in conveying whatever element of the story needs to be told.

I am huge fan of III and IV too.
One of my big regrets was when they did a triple bill of the the first 3 movies back in 1985....and not being able to go.

Also....gotta admit I teared up in the cinema in 82'(aged 8) when Spock kicked the bucket.
I also teared up during ET too!

Has not happened since though!
lol!

 

[crazy_asian_man]

Jun 2, 2023 11:12:05 GMT -5 dejan said:

@cam

I see you mentioned Star Trek The Motion Picture and The Wrath Of Khan as being some of your most watched movies.

Same for me too!

Love both of them.
Again, i watched them back to back on home video quite a few times over the last 40 years or so.

Even though they are completely different.....can't get enough of either of them.
TMP is a beautiful looking film, as Metallo underlined.....but I love the story and acting even though both of those usually get derided by critics and fans alike.

And Khan is still so tight from a structural perspective.
Not one ounce of film is wasted in conveying whatever element of the story needs to be told.

I am huge fan of III and IV too.
One of my big regrets was when they did a triple bill of the the first 3 movies back in 1985....and not being able to go.

Also....gotta admit I teared up in the cinema in 82'(aged 8) when Spock kicked the bucket.
I also teared up during ET too!

Has not happened since though!
lol!

 

I actually have big love for STM as well! Many complained, but I was lucky and loved the whole visual/sound experience at a big screen screen that was used for its initial outing.

It is, however, missing a key scene by Spock that got deleted- but very much like the restored edition that came out recently!

(*Though SII is arguably the best of the Trek films- and flawless! Very much agree! Because of SII, I sought out "Time after Time" by the same director- and it is equally a classic- very very very much reccomend- the best Malcolm McDowell/ Mary Steenburgen film as well!)

[Metallo]

Jun 2, 2023 11:12:05 GMT -5 dejan said:

@cam

I see you mentioned Star Trek The Motion Picture and The Wrath Of Khan as being some of your most watched movies.

Same for me too!

Love both of them.
Again, i watched them back to back on home video quite a few times over the last 40 years or so.

Even though they are completely different.....can't get enough of either of them.
TMP is a beautiful looking film, as Metallo underlined.....but I love the story and acting even though both of those usually get derided by critics and fans alike.

And Khan is still so tight from a structural perspective.
Not one ounce of film is wasted in conveying whatever element of the story needs to be told.

I am huge fan of III and IV too.
One of my big regrets was when they did a triple bill of the the first 3 movies back in 1985....and not being able to go.

Also....gotta admit I teared up in the cinema in 82'(aged 8) when Spock kicked the bucket.
I also teared up during ET too!

Has not happened since though!
lol!

 

The great thing about The Motion Picture is it’s closer in spirit to the kinds of stories Roddenberry originally wanted to tell with Star Trek. You can see it when you compare to The Cage (which I love). Obviously certain story elements are similar to some TOS episodes and Phase II but TMP is more of a deeper thinking film. The Wrath of Khan doesn’t have the visual scope of TMP but it’s closer in spirit to the series.

TMP was the first and sadly the last time the original cast era films looked like a big time blockbuster and I enjoyed the story it was trying to tell even if it’s a bit slow and bland. I think emotionally if the film had reflected more of what was going on internally with Spock and V’Ger it would have helped. That’s one think II has over the motion picture. Everything about that film reflects the characters and their arcs very well. I’ll still take TMP over any of the JJ Abrams nonsense.

[Metallo]

Jun 2, 2023 12:41:53 GMT -5 crazy_asian_man said:

Jun 2, 2023 11:12:05 GMT -5 dejan said:

@cam

I see you mentioned Star Trek The Motion Picture and The Wrath Of Khan as being some of your most watched movies.

Same for me too!

Love both of them.
Again, i watched them back to back on home video quite a few times over the last 40 years or so.

Even though they are completely different.....can't get enough of either of them.
TMP is a beautiful looking film, as Metallo underlined.....but I love the story and acting even though both of those usually get derided by critics and fans alike.

And Khan is still so tight from a structural perspective.
Not one ounce of film is wasted in conveying whatever element of the story needs to be told.

I am huge fan of III and IV too.
One of my big regrets was when they did a triple bill of the the first 3 movies back in 1985....and not being able to go.

Also....gotta admit I teared up in the cinema in 82'(aged 8) when Spock kicked the bucket.
I also teared up during ET too!

Has not happened since though!
lol!

 

I actually have big love for STM as well! Many complained, but I was lucky and loved the whole visual/sound experience at a big screen screen that was used for its initial outing.

It is, however, missing a key scene by Spock that got deleted- but very much like the restored edition that came out recently!

(*Though SII is arguably the best of the Trek films- and flawless! Very much agree! Because of SII, I sought out "Time after Time" by the same director- and it is equally a classic- very very very much reccomend- the best Malcolm McDowell/ Mary Steenburgen film as well!)

Surprised you hadn’t seen Time After Time earlier. Seems like something right up your alley. Marvelous film. It’s a shame we don’t have more talents like Meyer involved with Star Trek anymore.

[crazy_asian_man]

Jun 2, 2023 20:35:05 GMT -5 Metallo said:

Jun 2, 2023 12:41:53 GMT -5 crazy_asian_man said:

I actually have big love for STM as well! Many complained, but I was lucky and loved the whole visual/sound experience at a big screen screen that was used for its initial outing.

It is, however, missing a key scene by Spock that got deleted- but very much like the restored edition that came out recently!

(*Though SII is arguably the best of the Trek films- and flawless! Very much agree! Because of SII, I sought out "Time after Time" by the same director- and it is equally a classic- very very very much reccomend- the best Malcolm McDowell/ Mary Steenburgen film as well!)

Surprised you hadn’t seen Time After Time earlier. Seems like something right up your alley. Marvelous film. It’s a shame we don’t have more talents like Meyer involved with Star Trek anymore.

In hindsight (plus it was a loong time ago and my memory sucks)- In thinking again- I might have seen "Time After Time"- first.... from being a double bill at a cheap theatre with "Flesh Gordon" (which was so bad I left after a few minutes)- but from being recommended on the "Top Ten of the Year" by Siskel and Ebert..... but I don't remember when I made the connection to Star Trek 2 and Time after Time - it might have been the movie section of my local newspaper- or- Starlog magazine.

In any case- defintely- an AWESOME movie.... and - from loving San Francisco, it has a soft spot in my heart for being a great 'SF' movie. (Another hidden gem: the fantasy/scifi comedy "Electric Dreams" also set in SF).

Nicholas Meyer most recently co-wrote an episode towards the first season of "Discovery" and I'd read he co-wrote the reboot of "Time after Time" on tv- which sadly never even got one season before being cancelled! (But I would have preferred a movie as a remake anyhow).