Movies you've watched a lot...

[Yeti4623]

I don't mean guilty pleasure B-movies, either. I remember watching Meatballs Part II a lot on cable, as a kid, but didn't really think it was all that. I wouldn't even call it pretty good, just okay I guess. I can't explain why. There's probably others, but that one pops into my mind right now.

What about you?

[TallGuyMe]

Armageddon.

[Mittman]

Dude, if Meatballs II isn't a "guilty pleasure B movie", then I don't know what is.

[Yeti4623]

I meant not counting movies you like, but in a guilty pleasure sort of way, because you know they're bad. I'm talking about movies you've watched a lot, but aren't even that enjoyable, but for what ever reason, you're drawn to them. Can anyone relate to this type of viewing behavior?

[MANBREASTS]

Rhinestone

[jchamoun]

Commando.

[UAIOE]

But "Commando" is enjoyable.

It's unintentional humor is worth the price all by itself.

"Let off some steam." :lol: Gets me every time.

[FinkPish]

I'm confused. So you watch movies you don't enjoy? Why would you do that?

[Joe Molotov]

I can't really think of movies I watched a lot but didn't like.

[Apone]

*EDIT*

Shit - misread the question...

[jchamoun]

But "Commando" is enjoyable.

It's unintentional humor is worth the price all by itself.

"Let off some steam." :lol: Gets me every time.

I completely agree. I guess I misread the question - I think Commando is a very entertaining movie, just not a very good one.

Meh.

[marty888]

Let's see .... shall I re-watch a movie I <i>don't</i> really like, or go with something I know I will enjoy?

Tough choice ....

[UAIOE]

I do have to agree with everyone else, i don't usually watch movies i really don't like.


I think Commando is a very entertaining movie, just not a very good one.

It's suprisingly funnier than "Running Man" which i really would have thought would win simply for its almost excessive use of one-liners.

But this bit of dialog is simply the best:

Amber: I warn you I get sick. Car sick, air sick. And I'm going to throw up all over *you*.
Richards: Go for it. Won't show on this shirt...

rotfl

[taffer]

Peter Jackson's early movies: Dead Alive, Bad Taste, and Meet The Feebles

I never heard of Peter Jackson until the LOTR movies. After seeing LOTR, I wanted to see some of his earlier movies. It was a huge shock seeing how drastically different they were. As bad as they were, they are still addictingly fun to watch. I wonder how he could have gone from making such cheesy B movies to the epic LOTR.

[antennaball]

I somehow saw The Haunting way more than any human being should. Just so happened that several different friends wanted to see it in the theaters, but we couldn't all get together at the same time.

[AnonomusBob15]

I've watched Bad Boys 2 soooo many times. I've seen The Life Aquatic about a million times as well. Wes Anderson and PTA movies are films I can watch till I die.

[harrydoyle]

Well, back when the same movies were shown in the same places over and over again, you were a lot more likely to get "caught" watching an uninspiring movie over and over again. My friend in middle school had one of those cable boxes, and we probably watched Freejack 15 times in a month.

[Giles]

I recently rewatched 'Armaggedon' for the umpteenth time and came to the conclusion: "god, this is a stupid movie'

[f1shf00d]

I like to watch The House on Haunted Hill (Geoffrey Rush) and Thirteen Ghosts (Tony Shalhoub). Whenever I see them on tv, I have to watch.

[harrydoyle]

Another situation where this can occur is if you have a roommate with terrible taste. Somehow I ended up watching Great Balls Of Fire like five times with one of my former roommates. His taste drove me nuts.

[Randy Miller III]

How about "threads you've read a lot"? :mad:

Ooh, and <i>Groundhog Day</i>.

[Yeti4623]

Bump. Anyone got any more?

[FinkPish]

Are you just going around bumping all your old threads? Is there some sort of profit sharing going on that I don't know about? Usually a thread gets bumped if someone has something new to add, not to get something from 2 or more years ago to the front page again.

[PopcornTreeCt]

Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
The Shawshank Redemption
Back to the Future
Leon

Recently, I watched Thank You For Smoking then after it was over I played it again with the commentary track.

[Daytripper]

I recently rewatched 'Armaggedon' for the umpteenth time and came to the conclusion: "god, this is a stupid movie'

It took that many viewings for you to realize that!?? ;)

Movies I've watched a lot:

The Professional
Hellboy
Donnie Darko
Sixteen Candles
Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Election
X-Men

[maingon]

Movies I have seen many many times are
Movies I watched over and over and over as a Kid...
Ghostbusters
King Kong
Ghostbusters 2
Godzilla Movies
3 Ninjas
Monster Squad
(most monster and dinosaur movies from 1950s,60s and 70's)

other movies I have seen many times

Star wars triology
Back to the Future movies
Big
Jurrassic Park
T2
Wizard of Oz
Indiana Jones
Big
Happy Gilmore

Probably many more

[Yeti4623]

Are you just going around bumping all your old threads? Is there some sort of profit sharing going on that I don't know about? Usually a thread gets bumped if someone has something new to add, not to get something from 2 or more years ago to the front page again.

I'm bored, so I'd thought I'd bump potentionally interesting threads I'd made in the past.

[scott1598]

Are you just going around bumping all your old threads? Is there some sort of profit sharing going on that I don't know about? Usually a thread gets bumped if someone has something new to add, not to get something from 2 or more years ago to the front page again.
that's so funny Fink, i was looking at the same exact thing!

[scott1598]

I'm bored, so I'd thought I'd bump potentionally interesting threads I'd made in the past.
why don't you at least add to them!

[DVD-ho78(DTS)]

The answers in this thread illustrate two things - people don't read the first post and that first post doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[Yeti4623]

The answers in this thread illustrate two things - people don't read the first post and that first post doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I know. It's kind of hard to explain how I feel. I'll try again.

Are there any movies people have watched a few times or more, that aren't good or fun or unintentionally funny, but are somehow compusively watchable, almost like you're hypnotized by them?

[Ginwen]

Caddyshack II.

It sucks completely, but I watched pieces of it a bunch of times on TV--like somehow it wasn't going to suck the next time I watched it.

[Brack]

I got a bunch of them:

Problem Child
Hudson Hawk
Masters of the Universe
Beverly Hills Cop 2
Highlander
Summer School
Revenge of the Nerds II
Ghostbusters II
Bloodsport
Over The Top
Rocky IV
Babes in Toyland (1986 tv movie with Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves)
Can't Buy Me Love
Herbie Goes Bananas
Howard the Duck
Little Monsters
The Wizard
Cocoon the Return
Firestarter
Jumpin' Jack Flash
License to Drive
Mannequin
Troop Beverly Hills
Big Top Pee Wee
Predator 2
Santa Claus: The Movie
St. Elmo's Fire

I could probably go on for a while

[vcuram]

None. If I'm that bored, I'll do something else.

[troystiffler]

I watched Apocalypse Now and Boogie Nights tons of times when I was in high school. For a few months, I was always playing them while doing homework.

An unpopular one - the Miami Vice movie. The music so well placed. The look and the action is just so visceral. Michael Mann is a craftsman. It really is inspiring stuff for me. I love it.

The winner is Die Hard 3. The movie is just sooo much fun to watch. I'd say that I've really sat down and watched it maybe 50 times. Chalk another 50 times up to 'watching it while doing something else'. I know the movie by heart.

[vcuram]

Are there any movies people have watched a few times or more, that aren't good or fun or unintentionally funny, but are somehow compusively watchable, almost like you're hypnotized by them?

The winner is Die Hard 3. The movie is just sooo much fun to watch.


-confused-

[mcfly]

I tend to watch Ghostbusters 1 and 2 at least once a week. Not necessarily get into it, but I always have them on for background noise. Hell as I'm typing this I have it on TV airing on Spike.

Been like that since I was a kid.

[amplified]

Groundhog Day for me as well. If feels like I seen it so many times ;)

[laserdogg]

I got a bunch of them:

Problem Child
Hudson Hawk
Masters of the Universe
Beverly Hills Cop 2
Highlander
Summer School
Revenge of the Nerds II
Ghostbusters II
Bloodsport
Over The Top
Rocky IV
Babes in Toyland (1986 tv movie with Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves)
Can't Buy Me Love
Herbie Goes Bananas
Howard the Duck
Little Monsters
The Wizard
Cocoon the Return
Firestarter
Jumpin' Jack Flash
License to Drive
Mannequin
Troop Beverly Hills
Big Top Pee Wee
Predator 2
Santa Claus: The Movie
St. Elmo's Fire

I could probably go on for a while

Almost all of those go for me too!

I would add a few more:

About Last Night...
Just One Of The Guys (Own 4 copies on laserdisc, the DVD and the OST on vinyl)
Loverboy

[Brack]

Almost all of those go for me too!

I would add a few more:

About Last Night...
Just One Of The Guys (Own 4 copies on laserdisc, the DVD and the OST on vinyl)
Loverboy

I'd consider About Last Night... a really good movie.

[DieselsDen]

I know. It's kind of hard to explain how I feel. I'll try again.

Are there any movies people have watched a few times or more, that aren't good or fun or unintentionally funny, but are somehow compusively watchable, almost like you're hypnotized by them?

I've always thought that TOMMY BOY was an uninspired, clumsily directed piece of junk. And yet I'm always watching it when it's on. I hate myself for it.

[Brack]

I've always thought that TOMMY BOY was an uninspired, clumsily directed piece of junk. And yet I'm always watching it when it's on. I hate myself for it.

there's a good-natured spirit about it.

[kstublen]

These are all movies that I watch pretty frequently. Usually at least once or twice a month, and every once in a while more than once in the same week.

-Clerks
-Collateral
-Con Air
-Cool Runnings
-Dumb & Dumber
-Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
-Juno
-Little Miss Sunshine
-Office Space
-Monty Python And The Holy Grail
-My Cousin Vinny
-Punch-Drunk Love
-Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
-Tommy Boy
-The Weather Man

EDIT: There was a time a few years ago I would watch Con Air and Collateral several times in the same night, usually amounting to around five times a week. I still watch them pretty regularly, though not as much.

[solipsta]

If this thread is about movies we love and watch over and over, I'll add:

Fight Club, Grosse Pointe Blank, Tin Cup, Office Space and Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby.

If this thread is about movies that aren't that great, but I've watched multiple times anyways, I think the only one would be [b]A Night at the Roxbury[b]. It used to play almost every day when I was at a job where I could watch TV. I must have seen it (or at least large chunks of it) 10+ times.

[calhoun07]

Star Wars the Phantom Menace. I wouldn't say I watch it A LOT. I've probably seen it only like four times (compared to the many, many times I've seen the other Star Wars movies) and each time I think I like it even less and a little part of me dies all the more.

[riley_dude]

Romy and Michelle once a month.

[An4h0ny]

I got a bunch of them:


i can agree w/most of those as mediocre to bad films that for some reason, still suck you in and make you watch them.. except Beverly Hills Cop 2. that movie is a classic in my book.

i would also add Point Break

i should never have even watched that a 2nd time, yet i've watched it more than i would care to admit

[Brack]

i can agree w/most of those as mediocre to bad films that for some reason, still suck you in and make you watch them.. except Beverly Hills Cop 2. that movie is a classic in my book.

i would also add Point Break

i should never have even watched that a 2nd time, yet i've watched it more than i would care to admit

yeah, BHC2 is a lot of fun, I just thought the villains kinda sucked, but everything with Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart is gold. such energy.

Point Break would make my list as well (though it's a pretty solid thriller IMO, Busey at his best). I remember watching it with my dad years ago, and he still talks about how he can't believe someone would willingly jump out of a plane without a parachute. :lol:

[Zen Peckinpah]

Clifford (Martin Short)
Commando...hell, any Schwarzenegger movie not directed by James Cameron (save Predator and Total Recall)
Cobra
Problem Child
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Not a movie that's bad at all (to my knowledge, like the OP said), but I have probably watched Night of the Creeps four or five times over the past two years since I first saw it on VHS about 2 years ago. Talk about a movie that gets better on repeat viewings.

[droidguy1119]

In an attempt to pick movies that are what the OP is/was looking for, I'd say I do this with a lot of sequels. Despite a few viewings over the years, Blues Brothers 2000 has yet to magically become a better movie (although at least it has always had one good musical number). Same goes for Men in Black II, although I'd say it's marginally better than BB2000 (but then, The Blues Brothers is way better than Men in Black). No longer a child, the charms of Ghostbusters II also seem less enjoyable to me, although the courtroom scene is good. The last joke is so bad, though... Coversely, I want Shanghai Noon to be as good as its inspired sequel (or, at least, inspired action), but it always seems kinda lacking.

I find myself unmoved by Pacino's Scarface, but I keep watching it because it's a classic and I think, "One of these times, I'm just going to think this is amazing." The Brendan Fraser Mummy has been on a lot and I keep watching it even though I don't think it's all that great anymore.

One summer years ago I watched Rush Hour about 30 times for no real reason.

[Yeti4623]

Another movie that fits the bill: The Great Outdoors.

[JPRaup]

I usually just always watch new movies. There will be certain times where different friends want to watch movies when the come out on DVD and I'll watch them more than once with different groups. That's about it though. I'm sure when I get older (I'm only 20) I'll rewatch movies much more.

[Yakuza Bengoshi]

Are all of you people really saying that you re-watch movies you neither think are good nor particularly like? I'm not trying to be harsh, but that just sounds unbelievably sad, not on par with physical self-mutilation, but close. I hope I've misunderstood the question.

[droidguy1119]

Are all of you people really saying that you re-watch movies you neither think are good nor particularly like? I'm not trying to be harsh, but that just sounds unbelievably sad, not on par with physical self-mutilation, but close. I hope I've misunderstood the question.Have you never watched a movie that was on TV that was only mediocre because there wasn't anything else on?

[Brack]

Are all of you people really saying that you re-watch movies you neither think are good nor particularly like? I'm not trying to be harsh, but that just sounds unbelievably sad, not on par with physical self-mutilation, but close. I hope I've misunderstood the question.

no, it's when you like a movie despite a ton of flaws. it has a certain level of charm that allows you to sit back and watch it for a couple of hours.

Yeti4623, The Great Outdoors is a great example.

[hitman tommy]

I had a few when I was in junior high/high school;

-Beetlejuice
-Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

The only one that I can think of these days if I see it on tv is Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis. I don't know what it is about that movie but everytime it's on a sit down and end up watching the whole thing.

[Yakuza Bengoshi]

Have you never watched a movie that was on TV that was only mediocre because there wasn't anything else on?

As a kid, I watched movies for this reason from time to time, but I can't recall watching anything I thought mediocre more than once of my own volition. As an adult, I've sat through things I knew I wouldn't much like because my wife wanted to see them, but again nothing more than once. Mostly though if my wife wants to watch something I don't, or vice versa, we'll just plan to watch them at a time when the other is doing something else.


no, it's when you like a movie despite a ton of flaws. it has a certain level of charm that allows you to sit back and watch it for a couple of hours.

Yeti4623, The Great Outdoors is a great example.

Thanks for clearing up the confusion. Though I still can't get my head around re-watching films in this category that fall short of a guilty pleasure of my own volition, it doesn't sound as bad as I'd imagined.

[Brack]

some more that I thought of:

Weekend at Bernie's
Mallrats
Demolition Man
Willow
Scrooged
Hook
The Mighty Ducks
Encino Man
The Cutting Edge

most of these I've listed were before I was even a teenager, so that might have something to do with it.

[Rockmjd23]

Solarbabies.

[Lastdaysofrain]

I've seen the following movies 50+ times each:

Dawn of the Dead (78)
Day of the Dead
One Crazy Summer
Career Opportunities
Revenge of the Nerds
Return of the Living Dead
Real Genius

[BambooLounge]

I must saw Goldmember in theaters about 3 or 4 times (3 or 4 times too many) because I was young, dumb, and needed a place to make out with my g/f. Not proud of this at all. But, at least I had the forsight to pick a movie I did not mind "missing."

[Double_Oh_7]

For some reason, I have to stop and watch "Where the Heart Is" whenever I see it on. It's a trainwreck for sure, but something about it keeps me watching.

Maybe it's Natalie Portman's jugs... I don't know.

[jpoppe]

When I was a kid, Gleaming the Cube was screened no less than once a week for almost two years straight. Only reason I stopped watching it is because eventually it jammed up my parents' VCR and they had to buy a new one. I don't think I've seen the movie since.

These days, Boogie Nights is my guilty pleasure.

[troystiffler]

-confused-

Haha. Yea yea yea. I just read the title. So you want to fight about it? :p