What film have you watched the most?

UnclePsychosis

Philly_Q said:

BigBearKris said:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/whats-the-most-rewatchable-movie-of-all-time/?ex_cid=538twitter

Here, on the subject.

No real surprises there!

I must confess I've never seen It's A Wonderful Life.  It's probably more well known and highly regarded in the US than the UK, but I still should've seen it by now!  I think it's partly because there's never been a really definitive edition on Blu-ray or DVD, if there had been I'd have undoubtedly bought it.

You have to see it. Its an absolute masterpiece.

Emp_Fab

I rarely watch a film several times anymore.  I have to admit I've ruined several for myself by watching them so much I'm now bored with them for, probably, decades.  I'm trying not to watch some I like so that I can re-like them sooner - if that makes any sense at all !

However, the ones with the highest play count for me are probably the Back to the Future trilogy, T2, Aliens, Captain Corelli's Mandolin (only because I love Kefalonia), Apollo 13, Heat, LOTR original trilogy (not so keen on the later Hobbit ones).

I noticed someone mentioned Schindler's List earlier....  Now that's unique to me in that it's the only film I thought was incredible, that I've seen only once and that I know I will never see again.  It was so heartbreaking I couldn't go through that again.

EricTheWeary

UnclePsychosis said:

Philly_Q said:

BigBearKris said:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/whats-the-most-rewatchable-movie-of-all-time/?ex_cid=538twitter

Here, on the subject.

No real surprises there!

I must confess I've never seen It's A Wonderful Life.  It's probably more well known and highly regarded in the US than the UK, but I still should've seen it by now!  I think it's partly because there's never been a really definitive edition on Blu-ray or DVD, if there had been I'd have undoubtedly bought it.

You have to see it. Its an absolute masterpiece.

IAWL wasn't a very well known film but in the US the copyright ran out in 1974 and not reinstated until 1993 so it got shown a lot on a lot of different channels for those 19 years which added a lot to it being so familiar.
It is a fantastic film; Mark Kermode was doing a piece on it on radio 5 before xmas talking about it's darkness whereas it tends to be seen as something rather lightweight/ saccharine. 

ICBM

Philly_Q said:

I must confess I've never seen It's A Wonderful Life.  It's probably more well known and highly regarded in the US than the UK, but I still should've seen it by now!  I think it's partly because there's never been a really definitive edition on Blu-ray or DVD, if there had been I'd have undoubtedly bought it.

I hadn't until now either - I got it on DVD before Christmas. (HMV, in the 2 for £10 section.) It comes as the original B&W film, plus a colourised version.

It is very good, if very much of its time - I'm not sure I'd want to watch it over and over though.

StanleyAccrington

I'm gonna get a roasting for saying I've watched Brassed Off about 40 times.

bobblehat

Dawn of the Dead
The Warriors
Star Wars Trilogy
Enter the Dragon

boogieman

Jalapeno said:

Will watch any of these any time they are on

Forbidden Planet
T2
John Carter
Serenity
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Shawshank Redemption
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
Blade Runner
A Bridge Too Far
(First half hour of) Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day

But most watches ever is one of these two
The Big Lebowski
Some Like It Hot
... hard to say which is the leader

I've never ever managed to see Forbidden Planet all the way through. I've tried three or four times but it  literally sends me to sleep. I've wondered if it's something to do with the weird theramin soundtrack. 

crunchman

stimpsonslostson said:

Frozen. I have two daughters. 

This.  When compared with Barbie Charm School, Frozen is a masterpiece.

Discounting ones my daughters watch, it would probably be The Princess Bride, or the first Back to the Future.

Philly_Q

 @EricTheWeary  @UnclePsychosis  @ICBM       ;Ok, I'm convinced, I've ordered It's A Wonderful Life.

I went for the latest US edition on Blu-ray, it's the same old transfer as all the other editions but at least the colourised (or is that colorized?) version is on a separate disc so I can use it as a coaster.

EricTheWeary

It is a Christmas movie so watched about every two years on Christmas Eve is about right.

ICBM said:

Philly_Q said:

I must confess I've never seen It's A Wonderful Life.  It's probably more well known and highly regarded in the US than the UK, but I still should've seen it by now!  I think it's partly because there's never been a really definitive edition on Blu-ray or DVD, if there had been I'd have undoubtedly bought it.

I hadn't until now either - I got it on DVD before Christmas. (HMV, in the 2 for £10 section.) It comes as the original B&W film, plus a colourised version.

It is very good, if very much of its time - I'm not sure I'd want to watch it over and over though.

If nothing else it's sufficiently iconic that there's a shed load of references to it in film, music and tv that will suddenly make sense. Bert and Ernie in the Muppets are named after characters in it, Donnie Darko is in part based on it ( apparently), Mr Burns in the Simpsons is effectively Mr Potter from it ( and IAWL is referenced multiple times in Simpsons episodes), the band Zuzu's Petals are named after part of it,etc,etc. 

Philly_Q said:

 @EricTheWeary  @UnclePsychosis  @ICBM       ;Ok, I'm convinced, I've ordered It's A Wonderful Life.

I went for the latest US edition on Blu-ray, it's the same old transfer as all the other editions but at least the colourised (or is that colorized?) version is on a separate disc so I can use it as a coaster.

RocknRollDave

No-one said Groundhog Day yet...?