Revisiting Old Movies

[naomi24]

Do you ever watch old movies again - or are you a 'watch once and that's that' kind of person?

After many years we revisited 'The Green Mile' last night. I'd forgotten how utterly superb it is.

[burlyshirley1]

POSSIBLE SPOILER .....




Yes naomi, he is an innocent man, but knows that because of his colour, everything is against him and his death is SO cruel.

[tiggerblue10]

I agree about The Green Mile being hard to watch. Needed a whole box of tissues at the time!

[LadyCG]

Oh I do love Pride and Prejudice, but only the BBC Adaptation. The Keira Knightly version was awful in my opinion.

[naomi24]

P&P - the BBC version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle - is one I can watch at any time and from any point. The best EVER!

[tiggerblue10]

I've watched the BBC one many many times too, LCG. Never tire of it.

Recently I watched the whole box set of The Tudors again. Probably for the 10th time. Love it! So many TV shows I've watched again and again too.

[Arksided]

I scrolled past the spoiler alert nice one :-)

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve watched:

Highlander
Aliens
Back to the future
Star Wars (original)
trilogy’s

If I fancy a nap I’ll put on lord of the rings.

[burlyshirley1]

Nobody, but nobody will EVER fill Mr. Darcey's breeches quite like Colin Firth ! Naomi, I too can watch this again and again and never tire of it ..

[U_Click]

Yes I do a lot. Specifically during these years that Good Movies are produced scarcely.
In recent years, Hollywood is trying to advertise & promote homosexuality & exaggerated feminism (I have no problem with feminism itself but what film industry shows is over-exaggerated ) in their movies both of them tastes disgusting to me. That way, I stick to collecting or re-watching those old pleasant movies.
Another thing is that I kind of like Korean film industry but they have this problem of being too lengthy.

The Green Mile you mentioned I have watched it 6 times on TV. I like it very much but I don't think I watch it again after 6 times.

My playlist is like this:
The Martian
The Matrix (Episodes)
A clockwork orange
The shining
Cast Away
Alien (Episodes)
Enter The Dragon
Love in the time of Cholera
The Others
The Cloverfield (Episodes)
The Cold Fish (2010)
The Lost Strait (2018) & ...
If you want, I can suggest you a few Korean movies to taste:
*My Way (2011) Fantastic action historic war drama about a Japanese & a Korean prof. runner who gets badly into the WWII's mess.
* The Wailing (2016) a chilling horror mystery masterpiece.
*Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) another chilling horror mystery movie in a found-footage style. Don't watch it with lights off!
*A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) A must watch! Psycho. horror Drama
And hey don't forget the legendary Sympathy Trilogy.

[ToraToraTora]

Most films I watch once but there are a relative few that I can watch over and over. EG, Apollo 13, Independence day, most of the 50s classic Sci Fi, all the bond films except Skyfall, most of the star trek films, especially the even numbered ones. The 2009 reboot is watched the most. The original 3 Star Wars films.....and others.

[Ringlet]

I revisit old movies all the time.
Recently re-watched Dr Zhivago with Julie Christie and Omar Sharif. Magic.

[barry1010]

When things have been a bit fraught and we are in need of a bit of light relief we will watch for the nth time The Bargee, The Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb and Mr H is Late. A bit of old-fashioned British silliness is just the ticket sometimes

[brian j john]

"It's a Wonderful Life" for me

[FatticusInch]

For me it’s Atonement.
Affected me for weeks after watching it, still does now.
Reminded me of my grandparents during WWII and how it must have been for countless millions during that time.
Plus the Dunkirk scene is for me one of the most iconic in British cinema history.
I won’t put a spoiler up, just glad I hadn’t read the book beforehand.

[Ken4155]

The film i have (and will continue to) watched over and again is Last Of The Mohicans. Great scenery, great acting, great script and great incidental music.

Slightly off-topic; over 60 of Stephen King's works (novels, novellas and shorts) have been adapted for the big and small screen. Aside from the 2 already mentioned, here's a few more, some more recognisable than others, no doubt;

Carrie, Christine, It, The Stand, Stand By Me, The Shining, Dolores Claiburne, Gerald's Game, Hearts In Atlantis, 1922, Doctor Sleep, Salem's Lot..... i could go on. But i won't:-))

[Ken4155]

^
Not without resorting to Google, anyway :-))

[Arksided]

I’ve seen seven of them Ken, when I read a blur about a film if it says Adapted from a Steven King novel I’m in.

[Ken4155]

7 of those i mentioned, or 7 of the over 60, Arky?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adaptations_of_works_by_Stephen_King

[sandyRoe]

The Maltese Falcon and Treasurer of the Sierra Madre are films I'd be happy to watch again.

[Arksided]

Seven of yours,
Thirty-five of the list I recognise being careful not to double count reboots etc…

[naomi24]

'Misery' is up there with the best of Stephen King, Ken.