GTKY: Movie Edition

jsnakehole · March 2017

Let's talk movies!

What was the last movie you saw in theater? Last movie you watched? Old favorites? Ones you can rewatch over and over?

jsnakehole · March 2017

I just saw the new 'Beauty and the Beast'. I had mixed feelings. The cartoon was a staple for me growing up (I answered the phone 'Bonjour' for way too long) and Emma Watson just didn't do it for me. There were also a few other things that I would have done differently, but Gaston was great.

I'm currently rewatching 'The Birdcage.' It's one of my favorites, even though watching it makes me miss Robin Williams. Agador Spartacus may just be one of my favorite movie characters of all time.

KatieEl · April 2017

Last movie in the theater: Arrival (it was good, but I was not emotionally prepared for one of the major plot points, so it was a bit of a bust of a date night pick by DH)

Last movie I watched: Ponyo, my toddler's current favorite movie

Movies I can watch over and over: Dirty Dancing, First Wives Club, 9-5, Steel Magnolias, Operation Petticoat

@jsnakehole I have such mixed feelings about the new Beauty and the Beast, I haven't seen it yet, but I'm not totally sold on this whole live action remake thing.

failuretofly · April 2017

Last movie in theater: Whatever the last Star Wars was before Rogue One... clearly I really enjoyed it haha. DH made me go and he also hated it, we both regretted it lol

Last movie I watched: Focus, it was actually pretty good! Helps that Will Smith is smokin hot!

Movies I can watch over and over: any Disney or Romantic Comedy, like maid in manhattan or how to lose a guy in 10 days, or the wedding planner!

@KatieEl I'm with you on the live action thing! I'd rather see live movies made into cartoons!!

MJDsquared · April 2017

I saw Beauty and the Beast in theaters about two weeks ago.

I'm currently watching Fences since we finally found it on Redbox.

I mentioned this one in a daily thread once but 10 Things I Hate About You is one of my faves. Others I've watched a ton are John Tucker Must Die, 27 Dresses, and Because I Said So. I went through phases with each of those movies where I watched them all the time!

jsnakehole · April 2017

@KatieEl Steel Magnolias is one of my favorite movies of all time. I must have said "Pink is my signature color" about a dozen times when I was picking things out for my wedding. That's also the movie that cemented my love of Dolly Parton.

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First Wives Club and Dirty Dancing are also favorites. I may or may not have swiped my V-Card while watching Dirty Dancing.

I have...eclectic taste in movies. The ones I find myself putting on most frequently lately are Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Zero Dark Thirty, The Normal Heart, and The Magnificent Seven (yes, my love of Chris Pratt contributes to some of these choices).

Augusta108 · April 2017

Last movie in theater: Beauty and the Beast! I enjoyed it overall, though the animated one will always be first in my heart! Also my apparently UO is that the Beast's new song was truly terrible.

Last movie I watched: DH and I watched Moonlight last weekend...I feel like we then watched something else the next day but I'm not remembering it now.

Movies I can watch over and over again: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Nightmare Before Christmas, Trainspotting, Singin' in the Rain, Desk Set...

elisek · April 2017

Last movie in theater: I actually went to a documentary film festival the first weekend in March and saw 10 docs over one evening and two days. The last one was called Step about a step team at a Baltimore all-girls charter school. It was fantastic. It will come out in August and I totally recommend it.

Last movie watched: Ice Girls on Netflix. I like to watch cheesy high school type movies when I'm home sick from work. This movie featured Elvis Stojko and way too many plots to adequately tie up, but it was perf.

Old favorites: joining the Dirty Dancing club for sure. One time in 2006ish I was watching Dirty Dancing with my sister and after the beginning and I said jokingly, "I want everyone to call me Baby this summer." And my sister has called me Baby ever since. Also love any of the brat pack movies.

Ones you can rewatch over and over: The Pride and Prejudice BBC miniseries, Catch Me if You Can, Bridesmaids, He's Just Not That Into You, She's the Man. I'd rewatch most things, I love movies.

pebbledam · April 2017

The last movie I watched in theatre was Rogue One.

The last movie I watched was You've Got Mail, which happens to be one that I could rewatch for days.

Besides You've got Mail, I love rewatching Disney movies from my childhood - BATB being my favorite. I also rewatch Revenge of the Bridesmaids, Remember the Titans, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Princess Bride, Pitch Perfect, and Mrs. Doubtfire.

I love Dirty Dancing, but it was one of my mom's all-time favorite movies and it is so hard for me to watch now without bawling. Same goes for Dancing with Wolves and Pure Country.

On a different note, there's a movie I watched awhile back that is still on Netflix called Big Eyes about Margaret Keane that was surprisingly good!

orbmaker · April 2017

Last movie in theater: My husband and I impulsively saw The Red Turtle in the theater last month sometime. We'd never heard of it, but noticed it was produced by Studio Ghibli. We love animated films, so. It was really good!

Last movie watched: We watched Moonlight on iTunes the other night, which was so beautiful. Definitely wept.

Old favorites: I love movies! But I don't know if I pick favorites. The last time I remember declaring favs was on MySpace in art school... ten years ago... and I picked The Red Balloon, Dead Man, Kurosawa's Dreams, and Life is Beautiful, maybe? I've seen a lot of good movies since then.

Ones you can rewatch over and over: I don't rewatch a lot of movies, I guess. Occasionally I'll watch something I've seen before if my husband hasn't and I remember liking it. But I've definitely seen Totoro a few times (see: Studio Ghibli) – anytime I meet a new kid, I can't wait to show them. I was obsessed with the Princess Bride and Labyrinth when I was little and have probably seen each x 100, but I'm not dying to watch them again.

BertieMeetsGertie · April 2017

Last movie in theater: Fences. It was really great. Viola Davis is my favorite actress.

Last movie I watched: I think it was Brooklyn, which I also highly recommend if you haven't seen it!

Old favorites: the breakfast club, 10 things I hate about you, shawshank redemption, the departed, and a bunch of others I'm blanking on right now.

Ones you can can watch over and over: pitch perfect, bridesmaids, Mona Lisa smile, Brooklyn, hitch

Augusta108 · April 2017

@morado23, I forgot about Bridget Jones! That's definitely one where I will watch it any time it's on TV. It used to be my go to "post-break up" movie along with Sense & Sensibility...(Because both movies feature someone suffering at the hands of a cad, of course!)

jsnakehole · April 2017

@Augusta108 I didn't mind the song itself, I just thought it was silly that they had him prancing around belting it out as the Beast.

Redpuma119 · April 2017

Last Movie in the Theatre: Rogue One

Last Watched: The Discovery (It's on Netflix right now. It has Jason Segel and Robert Redford. It was pretty good!)

Old Favorites: Empire Records, Across the Universe,

Over and Over: 13 Hours, Inception

My H is more into movies/TV- I don't watch as much tv but always have music on and am usually listening to a few different podcasts.

Avrilmai · April 2017

Last one in theaters: like @morado23 & @redpuma119 Rouge One, but going to see BATB tomorrow

last watched: last night actually, we watched Star Trek Beyond. It was meh. DH actually laughed out loud at it, and not at the built in "jokes"

Old Favorites: The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Back to the Future, The Princess Bride (clearly a child of the 80s here)

Watch Over and Over: Spy- it is just so ridiculous and I laugh every time. Jason Statham's over the top explanations of things he has done as a spy and the mocking of the genre get me every time. I also laugh so hard I cry at Crazy, Stupid, Love. I'm with everyone on 10 things I hate about you.

At at this point in my life and with what I do all day I prefer to watch comedies, sci-fi or action movies. I want escapist entertainment. Though I don't mind a really great drama once in a while I do try to avoid films I know will make me weep, though there are some that I love. (Looking at you Big Fish)

@Augusta108 are you going to see T2? I really want to rewatch Trainspotting before I see the sequel. I'll be interested to see how I feel about the original at such a different place in my life. Also, I love Singin in the Rain.

@jsnakehole did your love of Chris Pratt also inspire your user name?

Augusta108 · April 2017

@Avrilmai, I want to see T2 so badly, but it looks like it may not play anywhere nearby. I'm really hoping the local art theater gets it eventually. Besides my love for the original, they were filming for it in Edinburgh during our honeymoon there, so that's an extra reason to want to see it!

I love Big Fish too. I was a huge Ewan McGregor fan when I was younger and used to see everything he was in!

Dilynne · April 2017

H and I went and saw Power Rangers last night. I loved it!

Old favourite is The Outsiders and Fried Green Tomatoes.

Movies I can watch over and over again include my old favourites, Stand By Me, Rent, Deadpool, Pitch Perfect, and A League Of Their Own.

mschanandlerbong1214 · April 2017

Last movie in a theater: Beauty and the Beast.

Last movie: currently watching The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Surprisingly not Moana or Sing.

Old Faves: The Wizard of Oz, The Breakfast Club, Sister Act

Over and Over: Pitch Perfect, Burlesque, all the Harry Potters, and I'm sure there's more lol

jsnakehole · April 2017

@Avrilmai Maybe a little. I've used some variation of Janet Snakehole as my username for most things over the past few years. It was even my username on OkCupid when I met DH. And was Janet Snakehole for Halloween two years ago.

ramzlau · April 2017

Last movie in a theater: Life, it was for a premiere. I am glad we got free tickets; it wouldn't have been my first pick for a movie night.

Last movie: Patriots Day

Old Faves: Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, old Disney movies

Over and Over: I love watching movies over and over, so just about anything from the 80s or 90s. Father of the Bride, Runaway Bride, Batman, Die Hard, Hook, Mrs Doubtfire, Clue...the list goes on and on.

@orbmaker I have heard Red Turtle is really good, but we haven't had the chance to see it yet. It is cool that you found it in a theater.

ali_gator11 · April 2017

@morado23 You've Got Mail is my all time favorite! My DW hates it.

Last movie in theaters: Pitch Perfect 2? ...we clearly don't go to the movies a lot.

Last movie I watched: Easy A the other night On Demand. I have a thing for the movies of my high school years.

Old favorites: Willy Wonka (the original!), You've Got Mail, any brat pack film and anything with Molly Ringwald in it.

Watch over and over: White Christmas, You've Got Mail, any musical, basically any Hallmark Christmas movie, no matter what time of the year.

pebbledam · April 2017

@ali_gator11 - I feel the same way about Hallmark Christmas movies! And Molly Ringwald!

jsnakehole · April 2017

Has anyone seen the trailer for 'It'? The original miniseries used to scare the crap out of me, but I'm not scared of this trailer.

Augusta108 · April 2017

I haven't watched the trailer yet... I love Tim Curry and it's hard for me to imagine a remake could do it any better than he did!

jsnakehole · April 2017

@Augusta108 it looks pretty cool, I'm just not as creeped out. Probably because the monster turns into what you're afraid of and I'm an adult now, so what is it going to turn into? My boss? Tax forms?

Avrilmai · April 2017

@jsnakehole jsnakehole said:

@Augusta108 it looks pretty cool, I'm just not as creeped out. Probably because the monster turns into what you're afraid of and I'm an adult now, so what is it going to turn into? My boss? Tax forms?

this is hilarious.

I did see the trailer. I love movie trailers. DH laughed at it. The original movie scared me so much as a kid, but rewatching as an adult, not so much. I saw someone did a side by side of the new trailer and the original. Apparently they're pretty close.

jsnakehole · April 2017

@Avrilmai I just watched the side by side and the original still gives me the creeps. My brothers used to torture me by printing out pictures of Tim Curry as Pennywise and taping the face over all my boy band posters in my room.

Avrilmai · April 2017

@jsnakehole okay as terrifying as that must've been then, it seems really funny now. I can't imagine walking into a room full of Pennywise faces on bodies in satin suits or all denim outfits.

sjb2215 · April 2017

@Dilynne A League of Their Own is one of my absolute favorites!

Last movie in theaters- Beauty and the Beast

Last movie I watched- Charlie St Cloud on Netflix. Yes to Zac Efron, other than that not so great

Old favorites- like others have mentioned, I enjoy Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, Top Gun

Could watch over and over- Remember the Titans, the Proposal, and any other rom-coms!

holli0801 · April 2017

In the theater...
Lala land. We never go out to movies. But, grandma was in town to stay with DS and I have a huge girl crush on Emma stone, so it was settled...

Last watched...
Mulan... with my son. I loved it when I was younger as well!

Old favs/can watch over and over (go hand in hand, IMO)...
Sand Lot #1, I can quote the whole thing!... Fern Gully for sure my favorite cartoon/kid movie.... PS I love you is my absolute guilty pleasure love story! I'm also a sucker for cheesey holiday movies. The whole month of December, bring on the lifetime movies!!

pebbledam · April 2017

@Augusta108 - No one can out-creep Tim Curry!

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