What's your go-to movie?

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 08/10/2016 at 22:29 • Filed to: I am insane

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You know, the one you watch more than any other movie. The one you can quote line for line, and describe shot for shot. I’ve probably got a dozen movies that have never been freed from their cellophane prison, and yet I just popped in “The Hunt for the Red October” for at least the 50th time.

What’s your movie? Or are you not a weirdo like me?

Agrajag > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:32

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One? I’ve probably got about 50 of them.

MonkeePuzzle > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:34

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all things studio ghibli, handy as I have kids now.

shawshank redemption is a movie i will watch anytime it is on

shop-teacher > Agrajag 08/10/2016 at 22:36

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I have many as well, but Red October definitely gets the most spins. What do you watch most?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:36

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Can’t quote it word for word, but Big Fish. Absolutely wonderful movie.

shop-teacher > MonkeePuzzle 08/10/2016 at 22:38

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My Neighbor Totoro is in pretty heavy rotation with my girls.

I too will watch Shawshank anytime I see it on, but I don’t own it.

JRapp: now as good as new again > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:38

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Office Space

Austin Powers

Robin Hood Men in Tights

History of the World, Part 1

Zoolander

Spaceballs

Smokey and the Bandit

The Blues Brothers

Viimne Reliikvia

Siin Me Oleme

I tend to do comedies...

shop-teacher > JRapp: now as good as new again 08/10/2016 at 22:39

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I thought I was the only one who liked Robinhood: Men in Tights!

crowmolly > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:39

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Such a great theme.

My movie?

A very, very close second:

Agrajag > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:40

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Gotta be Star Wars or Indiana Jones. All of them.

The 1989 Batman is up there as well.

Die-Trying > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:40

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“you cant just retire.......... you gotta go out with style........”

MAXIMUMVRM > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:40

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Can’t turn either off if on

shop-teacher > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/10/2016 at 22:41

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I never saw that one. I’ll have to check it out.

shop-teacher > Agrajag 08/10/2016 at 22:42

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Solid choices.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:42

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Coneheads and Galaxy Quest

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/10/2016 at 22:45

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Coneheads! Wow, I did not see that coming!

I’ve heard Galaxy Quest is pretty good, one of these days I’ll get around to it.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:45

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Rush is one of them.

MonkeePuzzle > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:45

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possibly more sad, i do own it. but will watch with ads even when i see it on.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:50

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Love that one. I also love Sum of All Fears as well. Aflac plays a convincing “I’m just an analyst.” And the score is beautifully haunting.

I also love Tron: Legacy. Yes it is basically just a very long Daft Punk music video with dialogue; two words Olivia Wilde.

Also Ghost Busters (the original)

The Fifth Element, The Transporter 1 and 3. (I refuse to acknowledge there is a number 2.) Ronin. Wasabi. (Clearly I enjoy Luc Besson movies)

The Ghost And The Darkness.

Kingdom of Heaven.

We have a very extensive collection of films. I need to watch THFRO again. It's been more than a month.

BJ > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:50

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Die Hard

Terminator 1 & 2

The Princess Bride

I probably have a few more, but I have a terrible memory.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:52

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Do it! It’s an amazing film, and IMO, Tim Burton’s best. The end is the best ending I’ve ever seen.

shop-teacher > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 08/10/2016 at 22:52

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Rush is fantastic!

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:53

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big lebowski. the first 3/4. in high school we watched it almost weekly, every other month now. But the weird thing about quoting is basically only the first 3/4s-ish of the movie? Basically I can’t quote shit past where jackie treehorn drugs the dude. I used to get drunk and pass out, now I just get tired/bored and never finish it.

shop-teacher > MonkeePuzzle 08/10/2016 at 22:55

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I’ll do the same thing with movies I do own. So here’s the weird thing, whenever I’ve seen a movie with ads in it that I do own, those times that I chose to put the DVD in ... I got this bizzare lonely feeling.

shop-teacher > BJ 08/10/2016 at 22:56

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Die Hard I watch a lot as well. I also love the third one, Die Hard With a Vengeance.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 22:58

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Predator

Commando

Cobra

Kickboxer

Bloodsport

Herbert the Love Bug (original circa 1968)

Le Mans

Grand Prix - James Garner the OG

shop-teacher > crowmolly 08/10/2016 at 23:00

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Ha! We watched Predator so many times when I was a kid. It was probably my dad’s favorite movie (he didn’t buy in to that don’t show kids violent movies crap!). My guilty Arnold pleasure is Commando.

Gotta love Goodfellas. It always annoyed me that you had to flip the DVD in the middle of it.

shop-teacher > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/10/2016 at 23:01

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I only watched Sum of All Fears once, but I do remember liking it and thinking Aflak did a good job.

gmctavish needs more space > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:05

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I watch Pulp Fiction the most, but anything Wes Anderson gets watched pretty regularly too. I used to watch Monsters all the time, but I haven't in a while for some reason

wiffleballtony > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:05

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Die Hard.

wiffleballtony > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/10/2016 at 23:05

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My wife’s go to was sum of all fears.

wiffleballtony > BJ 08/10/2016 at 23:07

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Die Hard is on my mandatory Christmas movie line ups.

wiffleballtony > crowmolly 08/10/2016 at 23:07

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Dillon!

Die-Trying > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:08

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full metal jacket too..........

citizennick > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:26

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. But I have to be in the mood for that one. I typically watch Guy Ritchie and Christopher Nolan movies repeatedly.

wafflesnfalafel > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:27

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come on, big D, fly...

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:28

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I like Hunt for the Red October as well. But I’ll probably just watch something animated.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:28

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Tremors

Predator

Independence Day

Original star wars trilogy

Entrapment

James Bond series

Band of brothers

citizennick > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/10/2016 at 23:29

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Man, now I want to watch that again.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > citizennick 08/10/2016 at 23:30

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I want to as well, but I don’t know where our DVDs are, and I’m not at home at the moment.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:42

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Red October is my fav action drama, hands down. Can’t even say how many times I’ve watched it. I also do a killer Ramius and Adm Painter impression.

Biased Plies > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:45

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Supertroopers.

shop-teacher > citizennick 08/10/2016 at 23:46

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Snatch is one I watch pretty frequently.

shop-teacher > wafflesnfalafel 08/10/2016 at 23:47

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Gotta love that sequence! I remember watching it as a kid, totally not understanding it, but still loving it.

shop-teacher > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 08/10/2016 at 23:49

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Ha! I can’t say I can do either of those.

Khalbali > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:49

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Serenity!

shop-teacher > Biased Plies 08/10/2016 at 23:49

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That’s in pretty heavy rotation as well.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:50

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Love Red October. Go to movies are 2001: A Space Odyssey, Terminator 2, BTTF 1&2, Office Space, The Simpsons Movie, Interstellar (the score is amazing) and The Thing (because why not be scared of alien goop).

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:52

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I am suspending your Oppo privileges until you watch Galaxy Quest.

I've probably watched Coneheads 30 times. My children say I am the epitome of Beldar Conehead. This was Dan Akroyd's finest acting effort by far. We've liked him in other things, but he's not a good actor.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/10/2016 at 23:53

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Awweeee :(

Ha! No, he’s not. He comes off like he’d be a prick in real life as well.

shop-teacher > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 08/10/2016 at 23:55

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Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does ...

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > shop-teacher 08/10/2016 at 23:56

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I was elected to lead not to read....

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 00:04

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There are a few movies, when they are on TV, I’ll stop and watch.

The first and foremost is this.

Probably the second is either one of the three from the Trilogy.

citizennick > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 00:08

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Snatch is great. I just watched RocknRolla the other night.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 00:19

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O brother! Where art thou?, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Commando, Beerfest, Kung Fu Hustle, The Dark Knight, Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs

Also, if you haven’t seen Dirty Work with Norm McDonald, do it.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > crowmolly 08/11/2016 at 00:21

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Predator is such a great movie, I'll watch any Arnold Schwarzenegger flick. If it's not good, it's hilarious anyways.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > JRapp: now as good as new again 08/11/2016 at 00:23

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Blues Brothers is awesome, if for nothing but the soundtrack alone.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/11/2016 at 00:24

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Hell yeah another Bloodsport and Commando fan!

shop-teacher > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 08/11/2016 at 00:29

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I’ve seen it, good stuff. My favorites from your list are Commando and Space Balls.

Commando is my guilty Arnold pleasure. So bad, but so perfect.

Brian McKay > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 00:34

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Midnight Run and Rain Man for years in the 1990s and early 2000s ...

later Behind Enemy Lines,

HBO television series From the Earth to the Moon on DVD,

and HBO series Band of Brothers on DVD and later Blu-Ray discs

JRapp: now as good as new again > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 08/11/2016 at 03:18

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Yup. I also kind of liked Blues Brothers 2000 as well, and not just for the music alone.

random001 > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 07:36

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Die Hard. Pacific Rim. Spaceballs. Young Frankenstein. Die Hard.

Probably just say Die Hard and leave it at that. John McLane For President!

Roundbadge > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 08:00

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I’ve seen that movie probably just as many times. I saw it in the theater when I was in high school.

shop-teacher > random001 08/11/2016 at 08:52

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Die Hard is definitely another go-to for me. I also love Die Hard With a Vengance.

shop-teacher > Roundbadge 08/11/2016 at 08:54

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I think I was 10 or 11 when it first made it to HBO. I remember watching it with my dad one afternoon. I didn't understand a lot of what was going on, but I still loved it.

random001 > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 09:08

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Any Die Hard comes on TV, I stop what I’m doing. Die hard comes up in my Plex window, I stop what I’m doing. I then watch Die Hard.

Pickup_man > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 09:21

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Haven’t watched the full thing in a while, but in high school my friends and I watched Talladega Nights at least once a week, for months on end. During college, Despicable Me and Forrest Gump. Now, The World’s Fastest Indian. Red October is another of my favorites, but it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen that one.

Sneaky Pete > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 09:21

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Original Star Wars trilogy

Top Gun

Pretty much anything Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Interstellar)

Gone in 60 Seconds

Road to Perdition

Almost Famous

crowmolly > wiffleballtony 08/11/2016 at 09:25

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You son of a bitch!

The Stig's former college room mate > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 09:38

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Gone in 60 Seconds

also Gone in Sixty Seconds

but i personally like the original better. If you haven’t seen it, i highly recommend that you do.

wiffleballtony > crowmolly 08/11/2016 at 09:50

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Looks like someone’s been pushing too many pencils!

fryguy > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 09:51

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Great pick of a subject-(in no particular order) Gettysburg, The Wild Bunch, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

shop-teacher > The Stig's former college room mate 08/11/2016 at 10:53

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I haven’t seen the original, I’ll have to do that.

The Stig's former college room mate > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 11:54

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some of the best car chase scenes in cinematic history. Due to a limited budget, they would crash the same vehicle 3 or 4 times, just changing the camera angle so the audience couldn’t see the previous damage. The sequel to this movie, The Junkman, holds the world record for most vehicles destroyed in a movie (150). Note that is far less than the number or crashes, as they used the same technique of crashing the same vehicle multiple times.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/11/2016 at 15:40

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If you like Luc Besson you need to watch Léon the Professional.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 08/11/2016 at 15:42

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I have. Many times. Gary Oldman is spectacular in that.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > shop-teacher 08/11/2016 at 23:17

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My friends and I do bad movie nights often. It’s all about guilty pleasure movies, lots of 80s action flicks lol

shop-teacher > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 08/12/2016 at 00:00

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Nice. Must see a lot of Arnie and Chuck Norris flicks.

Oh yeah, and Steven Segal.