...and I forget the rest because they don't matter.
Seriously though, I'd be interested in seeing a statistic showing how many times I've actually watched certain movies. Bet it will have something weird from my childhood like "the last 3 quarters of The Goonies on TNT 378 times" or "the first 45 minutes and last 20 minutes (with a nap in between) of Forrest Gump 290 times."
@WonderedObject Happy Gilmore was the only movie my grandparents owned that was even remotely palatable to a punk teenager. I lived there for about 1,200 days, so counting weekends, summer vacation, and Christmas break... Well, you can do the math on how many times I've watched Bob Barker pop Adam Sandler in the mouth.
I'd say your count is about the same as mine. Pretty much watched it every day after school at a cousins house. I'm no actor but I could reenact that entire movie.
100+ times? Probably nothing, I doubt I watched my old VHS tapes of The Terminator, Terminator 2, Predator or Predator 2 more than 50 times (each). They are probably the movies I've seen the most.
Nothing - I rarely rewatch anything. One of the few movies I watch every time it's on is The Wedding Singer. And I have probably seen The Usual Suspects 10+ times.
Oh, and when Clerks was on at the cinema I dragged everyone I knew so I probably saw that a dozen times and then maybe four or five times since.
There are some Disney movies from my childhood that I watched over and over, perhaps more than the ones listed above. I know I loved Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmations. Bambi was too traumatic.
Jurassic Park and The Prestige. I was home sick for two weeks as a kid and JP became a comfort blanket for me (and the Sci-Fi channel). The Prestige is just a really quiet, gorgeous movie that was one of the first flicks I owned on blu-ray. I've seen it countless times.
The Nightmare Before Christmas. My mom said when I was around 5 I would want to watch it every day. I must have been a weird kid. And I don't even like any other Tim Burton movies.
A hundred times seems extreme. I never counted but if I added my list it would be a high number. Annie Hall Casablanca Gone With The Wind Grease Jaws Mister Roberts Patton Rocky
@amyja89 Why did you have to mention Grease 2? I showed it to my daughters when they were young who promptly devastated me by loving this movie and the music. Still it never had any effect on me. I'm just off to go prowlin' now.....damn it
The Big Lebowski is my all time favorite piece of art and I'm probably closing in on 100 watches. My second most watched movie is easily MacGruber with about 30 watches, which I think qualifies as insane behavior.
@amyja89 Why did you have to mention Grease 2? I showed it to my daughters when they were young who promptly devastated me by loving this movie and the music. Still it never had any effect on me. I'm just off to go prowlin' now.....damn it
I love love love it. I'm pretty sure I've actually seen it more times than Grease!
Comedies and musicals are the two genres I feel are the best for rewatches. I've seen the Mckay/Ferrell comedies around a million times, and I've seen Grease and Les Miserables more than I want to admit. Coen bros movies are great and I've seen O Brother, Lebowski, and No Country around a million times as well. I also wound up watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie a bunch (thanks, younger brother).
I've probably seen parts of lots of kids' movies 100 times, but I'm sure there's nothing I've actually watched 100+ times. I've probably seen a handful at least a couple of dozen times: Star Wars, Jaws, Christmas Story, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Big Lebowski, Groundhog Day.
Come to think of it, there are probably a few episodes of MST3K (Pod People, Manos, Cave Dwellers, Godzilla vs. Megalon, a few others maybe) that I saw dozens of times back when I was in college I used to fall asleep watching them on VHS tape pretty much every night.
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...and I forget the rest because they don't matter.
Seriously though, I'd be interested in seeing a statistic showing how many times I've actually watched certain movies. Bet it will have something weird from my childhood like "the last 3 quarters of The Goonies on TNT 378 times" or "the first 45 minutes and last 20 minutes (with a nap in between) of Forrest Gump 290 times."
Then Friday followed by 50 less views
Oh, and when Clerks was on at the cinema I dragged everyone I knew so I probably saw that a dozen times and then maybe four or five times since.
Annie Hall
Casablanca
Gone With The Wind
Grease
Jaws
Mister Roberts
Patton
Rocky