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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat movie do you wish you could forget 100% and watch again?
I have a few
Back to the Future
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump
Hokie
(4,288 posts)and Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I never laughed so much as the first time I saw it.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Hokie
(4,288 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,402 posts)The other Best Picture nominees: Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Four Weddings and a Funeral.
happybird
(4,637 posts)Stand By Me was a great one, too.
It drives me completely bonkers how movie makers almost always mangle his stories.
edit: story, not book
wryter2000
(46,083 posts)That was King, no?
happybird
(4,637 posts)but not one of my favorite stories of his, so I am probably biased.
IIRC, the movie did follow the books very very closely, with no "creative" edits, which is the key to a good King adaptation. After all, why try to fix (or improve) what ain't broken?
3catwoman3
(24,055 posts)I did not care for that movie at all. To each her own.
He was pretty bad in A League of Their Own too but as a leading role Gump was awful.
3catwoman3
(24,055 posts)..implausible.
LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)Close Encounters
Goodfellas
Ohiogal
(32,104 posts)thats some dark humor there!
Like Fargo!
LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)Shrek
(3,984 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)But not as much, I guess.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)happybird
(4,637 posts)Pulp Fiction
and Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)F.E.A.R.
Half Life 2
Bioshock
Prey (the original)
Mass Effect series (2 in particular)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl
to name a few of my all-time faves that I get jealous of people getting to play for the very first time.
Movies though ... hrrm ... first ones that come to mind are:
12 Monkeys
Minority Report
The Usual Suspects
Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)I was thinking about that game recently. I've not played the new one but my understand is that it's a completely different story, right?
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)If you enjoy the classic single-player gaming experience (as in the games I listed in general), you will definitely enjoy this remake. It should've been called something else, as it has almost nothing in common (other than fighting trippy aliens in general) but ... yeah. It's a good one!
I've played through it twice in entirety, and got well into it a third time ... Steam says I've logged over 150 hours ... well worth what it goes for now (20-30 bucks).
Highly Rec'd
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)GrannyW
(17 posts)Star Trek-TMP - as long as I don't have to re-watch it.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Welcome to DU, GrannyW!
Demovictory9
(32,479 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)happybird
(4,637 posts)Don't know why that wasn't my first thought.
Same with the first few Indiana Jones movies. I love adventure storytelling interspersed with cheesy humor.
So, toss the Princess Bride in there, too. And the Grail.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Shrek
(3,984 posts)Lost opportunity there.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)happybird
(4,637 posts)After 4, I don't have big hopes for the new one, lol!
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)fNord
(1,756 posts)But like The Big Lebowski, I like that Ive seen it so many times I could quote it verbatim start to finish.....I know every punchline and tragic turn, and still laugh and cry.
Recently a local theater held a Princess Bride quote-along.....it was a gas
hunter
(38,334 posts)... so there's no reason for me to forget it to find it enjoyable again.
It's very much like music I enjoy.
For other movies most of the enjoyment is figuring out where the story is going. Once you know that it's not exciting to see them again. You already know how it turns out.
dameatball
(7,400 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)Star Wars
Star Trek IV - the Journey Home
Tikki
(14,560 posts)The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)...
...many more, for sure.
Tikki
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Tikki
(14,560 posts)This is like a gift.
Will check it out soon.
Thanks...
Tikki
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,024 posts)Babette's Feast
Koyaanisqatst
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)was amazing! I remember sitting in the theater being overwhelmed!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)If I like a movie, I'll see it again and again.
A Hard Day's Night - seen it a hundred times.
The Benny Goodman Story - maybe 50 times
The only reason I would want a do over is if the ending was an absurdly wonderful surprise.
I can't think of such a movie.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Demovictory9
(32,479 posts)fNord
(1,756 posts)Keaton always said I dont believe in God, but I fear him. Well, I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keizer Söze.
Also,
The Matrix
Fight Club
In the Mouth of Madness
Manhattan Melodrama
Logans Run
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...just sayin'...ewike blumenkraft...
Butterflylady
(3,550 posts)I no longer watch the Academy Awards because of that movie. I can't recall the year, but The Color Purple was up against Out of Africa, which the latter won best picture. I was totally shocked because Out of Africa was bboorriinnggg and just plain sucked.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)deek
(3,414 posts)l
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Although "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" comes close.
Yonnie3
(17,497 posts)It just popped into my head as a movie that I fondly remember.
spooky3
(34,484 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)spooky3
(34,484 posts)nocoincidences
(2,230 posts)Amazing movies for their time and I would love to re-experience that sense of wonder at something so daring.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Basic LA
(2,047 posts)With Bruce Willis.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)Failsafe
skypilot
(8,854 posts)I've watched this movie dozens of times. Always wish I could be seeing it for the first time, especially with that ending.