• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Probably Chevy Chase’s Christmas Vacation since it has been tradition every holiday season.

    As a kid, Rescuer’s Down Under or The Paper Brigade was re-watched a lot.

    Apart from that, it’s a close tie for:

    • The Matrix
    • Sin City
    • The Chronicles of Riddick
    • Terminator 2
    • The Sandlot
    • I, Robot
    • Joe Dirt

    Just good replay value.

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      The Sandlot is such a great film. Even my daughter who doesn’t know anything about baseball loves watching it with me. There is no other movie that gives me the same feelings as that. There is no major drama or traumatic incidents. Just kids having fun over the summer.

      You know nowadays they would have made the stepdad an alcoholic or animal control would have come and taken Hercules away after they found out he was nice, or some other kind of drama like that. But this movie doesn’t do any of that. It’s just a fun story about a bunch of kids being kids.

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      You want a toe? I can get ya a toe. Believe me, there are ways dude, you don’t even wanna know about ‘em, believe me. Hell, I can get ya a toe by three o’clock this afternoon, with nail polish.

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    As a child: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    As a university student: Heat, Léon, 2001

    As an adult, before kids: Sicario, Brick

    As an adult, after kids: Cars

    What I wish my answer was: Koyaanisqatsi

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    Home Alone. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I don’t really rewatch movies anymore. There is so much content out there that I haven’t watched, I would rather see something new than just rewatch something that I’ve already seen.

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    The Other Guys. At first glance, it’s a buddy cop comedy that harkens back to Lethal Weapon, but with humor typical to ~2010. But, the more you watch it, the more Zucker brothers esque, 1980s surrealist comedy influences you notice. One of the most subtly weird and funny movies to me, I’ve probably seen it, no lie, 10 or 15 times.

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    • Liar, Liar
    • Office Space
    • Happy Gilmore
    • The Fifth Element
    • Ace Ventura 2
    • Nat. Lampoons Christmas Vacation
    • Planes, Trains & Automobiles
    • The Big Lebowski
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    I have a few that will be very close as I decided a bit over a decade ago to limit myself to one rewatch a year of each to stop myself sucking all the joy out of them:

    • Alien - my favorite survival horror

    • Aliens - my favorite Nam movie

    • Jaws - my favorite version of Moby Dick, although I really like Godzilla Minus One take on Jaws

    • Jurassic Park - best big stompy monster film for me

    • Lord of the Rings - this is always over Christmas. Its not faithful enough for me to the books but it still manages to be an outstanding Trilogy.

    • Emperors New Groove - favorite body swap film

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      Same. Growing up anytime I saw it on TV (which was often on TBS in the 90s) I watched it. I got my first DVD player in 2000 and that was one of the first DVDs I bought. I’ve watched it at least twice a year since then. So chances are I’ve seen it close to 100 times.