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Stop and Watch Movies

DeeDee Adelaide
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You know how it is - you’re lying on the couch trying to work up the energy to get up and go to bed. You’re mindlessly flicking through channels, not looking for something to watch, just seeing what’s out there. And then you see that movie and it started 20 minutes ago and you think, ooh, this is a good one, I’ll just watch to the next ad, and an hour later you’re still there on the couch. 


So what is that movie (or those movies) for you? The ones you’ve probably seen half or three quarters of seventeen times but only seen the start once or twice. 


Mine (that I can recall at this moment):

Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion

School Of Rock

Bend It Like Beckham 

The Wedding Singer 

Miller’s Crossing 

Galaxy Quest

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  • CretanBullCretanBull Toronto
    Any Scorsese movie, The Princess Bride, any of the original Star Wars movies, Indian Jones, any John Hughes movie...
    DeeChinaski
  • PeepsPeeps
    Shawshank 
    Law Abiding Citizen
    The Departed
    The Town
    Goodfellas

    DeeChinaskiNoel
  • DeeDee Adelaide
    @Peeps Ooh, I forgot about Shawshank, that’s definitely one of mine. 
  • ChinaskiChinaski Santa Cruz, CA
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for sure.

    Life with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. speaking of Marin Lawrence, i'm a sucker for Nothing to Lose and Blue Streak. on an Eddie Murphy note, Coming to America of course and Bowfinger

    throwback Jack Black Movies like Orange County@Dee aving Silverman, School of Rock and Nacho Libre

    as @Dee mentioned, the Wedding Singer. and not gonna lie, I'm guilty of stopping and watching some Joe Dirt on several occasions. yeah, i can get channel surfing sidetracked easily.
  • DeeDee Adelaide
    @Chinaski I have seen most of Joe Dirt way more times than I care to admit on a public forum. 
    calebthrowerChinaski
  • jluzaniajluzania Denver
    Any of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

    Any of the Cornetto trilogy. 
    Dee
  • tom_gtom_g WV
    Talladega Nights, Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, or Goodfellas
    Dee
  • calebthrowercalebthrower South Carolina
    edited November 2020
    Dee said:
    @Chinaski I have seen most of Joe Dirt way more times than I care to admit on a public forum. 
    The way he says "That's...that's a space peanut" cracks me up every time
    ChinaskiDee
  • asmallcatasmallcat
    jluzania said:
    Any of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

    Any of the Cornetto trilogy. 
    Same, although I've never seen any of the Cornetto trilogy on TV here in the US. Of course, I also haven't watched non-streaming TV outside a hotel room in.....3-4 years? 

    Die Hard

    Alien(s)


    jluzaniaJenny
  • MrXMrX CO
    The Big Short was playing frequently on Pluto TV a while back and I kept jumping in, for some reason that movie always grabs me. Has so many great scenes and performances.
    CretanBullDee
  • MichelleMichelle California
    Seconding the John Hughes love that @CretanBull shouted out.
    Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful... I love it all.
    Other than that:  When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle (I love a good Meg Ryan romcom), Forrest Gump, Titanic.  Seasonally, any of the classic Christmas movies that TCM loves to air - Miracle on 34th St., White Christmas,  It's a Wonderful Life, etc.
    CretanBullNoel
  • DeeDee Adelaide
    We never get John Hughes movies on free to air TV. 

    I didn’t think about how with streaming a lot of people (like @asmallcat) don’t ever just flick channels around anymore either. I’m such an old person! 
  • ChinaskiChinaski Santa Cruz, CA
    edited November 2020
    Dee said:
    We never get John Hughes movies on free to air TV. 

    I didn’t think about how with streaming a lot of people (like @asmallcat) don’t ever just flick channels around anymore either. I’m such an old person! 
    i'm def a channel surfer. the movies i named are flicks i usually stop on when i'm flipping through when they're on. tbh though i usually stop and park on the Food Network unless it's like a holiday baking show (which is on more than it should be).
    MichelleDee
  • cdrivecdrive Houston, TX
    -School of Rock, for sure. /fistbump/, @Dee
    -Any LOTR excluding the Hobbit movies of course.
    -Jurassic Park (only the 1st one)

    Seasonally:
    -It's a Wonderful Life
    -All Peanuts holiday specials
    -National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    And I'm loving the Joe Dirt fans in here. Same on  that.  That is one of my favorite terrible movies.
    Dee
  • DeeDee Adelaide
    @Chinaski I always go to the food channel first if I’m just mindlessly flipping. We have too many of those competition shows on ours though, and I don’t like those. I just want to see someone in a kitchen making things. 
    Chinaski
  • DeeDee Adelaide
    HOW DID I FORGET STEEL MAGNOLIAS
    MichelleNoel
  • ChinaskiChinaski Santa Cruz, CA
    Plains, Trains and Automobiles happened today..
    Dee
  • johnnytruantjohnnytruant
    Anaconda
    Wayne's World
    Tommy Boy and/or Black Sheep

    Also big war epics:
    Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates, Braveheart


    DeeNoel
  • FreddyFreddy Denton, Texas
    Anything good by John Carpenter starring Kurt Russell. Namely Big Trouble in Little China.
    PeepsDeejohnnytruantChinaski
  • MichelleMichelle California
    Dee said:
    HOW DID I FORGET STEEL MAGNOLIAS
    “Hit this!  Go ahead M’Lynn, slap her!  We’ll sell tshirts saying “I slapped Ouiser Boudreaux!  Hit her!!!” :joy:   Gawd I love that movie, I can’t believe I also missed it!
    Dee
  • tom_gtom_g WV
    Double dipping...

    Cool Hand Luke
    The Shining
    Dee
  • Teresa from ConcordTeresa from Concord Concord, California
    If I'm trying to avoid doing something just about any movie will do.

    "Oh look. It's xxx. I haven't seen that in forever. I'll only sit on the couch for 5 minutes. What's the harm."
    DeeChinaskiMichelle
  • jluzaniajluzania Denver
    asmallcat said:
    jluzania said:
    Any of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

    Any of the Cornetto trilogy. 
    Same, although I've never seen any of the Cornetto trilogy on TV here in the US. Of course, I also haven't watched non-streaming TV outside a hotel room in.....3-4 years? 

    Die Hard

    Alien(s)


    Yeah, I used to see the first two on Comedy Central before I canceled cable. Never did see The World's End on there, but I'm throwing it in because I know I would. 
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