Rypro 525

for psycho, the parents conviced me to see it. great movie and very good plot (unlike the majority of slasher movies).
pulp fiction-right here at dvd talk (do a search and you problably find my thread asking if it was any good)
and
dumb and dumber-saw lots of previews for it and tv spots.

wendersfan

My favorite movie is Miller's Crossing, the third movie by the Coen brothers. I had already seen and enjoyed their first two movies, so no advertising or reviews were necessary to encourage me to see this film when it was released. I think I first learned of its existence because there was a cover article from Film Comment prior to its general release.

mookiemeister

Rear Windows, Vertigo, and Casablanca are three of my fav movies. I watched those a while ago based on recommendation of people on the usenet news group.

Amadeus

Black Hawk Down is my favorite movie.At first when i saw the trailers and ads for it i had no interest in it.Then when the dvd came out i decided to give it a chance,and the rest is history.

joeydaninja

ooo, kewl thread.

i first heard about Lawrence of Arabia a long time ago, because basically everybody talks about it. at least in the film world, which I was subconsciously fascinated with.

i finally got my hands on a copy, when I think I was in high school, but lo and behold, it only had their first part



and so i finally had to wait around 4 years till I saw the rest of the movie on LD, which I loved with repetitive viewing.

it is now my best movie all time coz of the sheer depth and breadth of it. I even bought Lawrence's Four Pillars of Wisdom.

Never have I seen such shots breathtakingly taken. such costumes, such acting, such great use of extras. never again will such a movie be done, coz frankly, it is too expensive to shoot with multitudes of thousands. but who knows, man always finds a way.

Rypro 525

joeydaninja, ad an l in spoiler.

joeydaninja

whoops, sorry

LBPound

My favorite movie is Ghostbusters, a film I grew up watching and have appreciated over the years.

So, I really can't vote in your poll besides "Other." I used to watch it on TV and video (the edited pan & scan TV airings! Horror! ) and I still love it. Very funny and fun.

SuperJim88

Back to the Future Trilogy, saw the first on TV and went out and rent the rest of two.

Goat3001

Fight Club. Heard great reviews all around and saw that it was a lot of peoples favorite movie. I just HAD to see it, and I'm happy I did.

Pants

parents told me to watch 2001. I loved it.

shizawn

Hmm, that's a good question. My favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption. I know I didn't see it in the theater. If I remember correctly, a friend of mine had mentioned seeing it and couldn't say enough good things about it. I think we rented it one night and I fell in love with the film.

B.A.

I read about Braveheart in a magazine while it was still in production, I think. I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but for some reason, I love it, cliches and all.

jfoobar

Amadeus, and I have no idea of how I heard of it. Probably from trailers/tv spots because I did see it for the first time before it was nominated for an Oscar.

matome

Saw the trailer for The Professional and said damn I've gotta see that! Three years later I heard of a laserdisc in Japan that had an extra half-hour of my fave flick, so $100 less in my bank account and two weeks later I had that baby in my hands and never let it go (until the DVD finally came out of course).

tasha99

I watched Dark City because of Roger Ebert's review and The Shawshank Redemption because the person renting movies with me picked it.

tasha

kenny79

Fight Club -- I laughed at the trailer when I first saw it in front of Episode I, but the pre-release buzz built up my expectations. Saw it Friday and Saturday opening weekend, and I've never gotten tired of it.

Geofferson

My father introduced me to my two favorite movies: Superman and Shane