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July 06, 2025, 01:26 PM
oddball
Movies That You Cannot Not Watch <<< READ THE SUBJECT LINE CAREFULLY
There are a whole bunch of films that not only have I seen them already, but will watch on DVD/BluRay at least once a year, and if they are on TV, I will keep it on that channel in the background and watch casually while doing other things. Films like The Godfather, Godfather II, The Dirty Dozen, Alien, Kelly's Heroes, Dirty Harry, Gun Crazy, The Maltese Falcon, Stagecoach and at least a half-dozen other John Wayne movies, Double Indemnity, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Citizen Kane, Goodfellas, The Thin Man, etc etc. etc.

Just recently, I watched James Cagney's Yankee Doodle Dandy for perhaps the 18th time, had to see it again.



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July 06, 2025, 01:30 PM
parabellum
Oh, shit. I'm an idiot


July 06, 2025, 01:31 PM
cas
You didn't help my confusion, that's for sure. Big Grin
July 06, 2025, 01:33 PM
Mars_Attacks
Well, I still can't watch Melancholia no matter what. It is the apex predator of garbage.


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July 06, 2025, 01:34 PM
parabellum
Everybody line up and look at the idiot hurr durr.

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July 06, 2025, 01:37 PM
parabellum
quote:
Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Well, I still can't watch Melancholia no matter what.
Yes, von Trier is the ultimate Eurotrash, but I'm still a mo-ron. Apologies to all.


July 06, 2025, 01:41 PM
Butch 2340
Kelly's Heroes

Dirty hippies masquerading as WWII GI's feels insulting.


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July 06, 2025, 01:47 PM
sigmonkey
"Thread replies I cannot not read, for $500, Alex!" Big Grin




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July 06, 2025, 01:47 PM
parabellum
quote:
Originally posted by Butch 2340:
Kelly's Heroes

Dirty hippies masquerading as WWII GI's feels insulting.
[Sheriff Andy Taylor] Now, now, y'see, I think what we've got here is some more confusion... [/Sheriff Andy Taylor]



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July 06, 2025, 02:07 PM
jsawyer09
Interstellar
Arrival
Children of Men
No Country for Old Men
Gravity
Trainspotting
The Thin Red Line
Moneyball
The Revenant
July 06, 2025, 02:15 PM
OttoSig
My top movies are also the ones I watch most often.

Count of Monte Cristo (Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce)
Last of the Mohicans
Tombstone
Fury
Terminator 2
Princess Mononoke
The Thing - 1982

Let’s add The Patriot to that list. Also editing to add Kung Fu Hustle, fantastic movie IMO.





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July 06, 2025, 02:19 PM
mojojojo
quote:
Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
The movie that I cannot NOT (equals MUST) watch:

CASABLANCA

Reasons:
- Conflicted hero
- Beautiful woman
- Ultimate bad guys
- Colorful cast of supporting characters
- Most MEMORABLE lines ever said as the have entered into everyday usage
- Redemption of human condition
- Can NEVER be remade, as too much History has occurred


This



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July 06, 2025, 02:24 PM
NapoleonSolo
Cannot watch Passion of the CHRIST Mel Gibson. Tough one for sure.


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But there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting.

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July 06, 2025, 02:28 PM
parabellum

July 06, 2025, 02:33 PM
OttoSig
If you read the thread from the beginning, it’s a pretty good take on the stereotypical internet thread.





10 years to retirement! Just waiting!
July 06, 2025, 02:41 PM
newtoSig765
I was going to add Casablanca last night but was too tired to give it justice.

2BobTanner did it, I agree wholeheartedly with everything he said. By far, Casablanca is my favorite movie.


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July 06, 2025, 02:43 PM
rat2306
Anything with Raquel Welch. And "Casablanca".
July 06, 2025, 03:06 PM
RichardC
quote:
Originally posted by OttoSig:
If you read the thread from the beginning ...


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July 06, 2025, 03:12 PM
tleddy
Apocalypse Now. especially Brando’s soliloquy

Godfather Part Two. especially Baptism scene

Man from Earth. Delightful low budget film

The Longest Day - mandatory for the more recent generations who know nothing of WWII


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July 06, 2025, 03:12 PM
Sig2340
Anything “Marvel” even by faint association.
Everything associated with Steven
King.





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