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What's your favourite movie to stick on when you're under the weather?
You know; the film that you always turn to in times of trouble (like a couple of days off sick, or after a trauma or two).
Anytime I'm sick I love to wrap up in a duvet on the sofa and stick on Wrath of Khan (Star Trek), or Empire Strikes Back. It's like spending time with old friends.
(perhaps it's just me).
Does anyone else have a 'comfort movie'?
Any black and white drivvel on in the middle of the afternoon :thumbsup:
spyro2000 08-09-2005, 02:25 The Great escape.
i dont know why
BrainThrust 08-09-2005, 02:26 I thought I was the only one!
I watch 'Donnie Darko' or if i'm feeling a bit like a self help mood I watch 'The Wedding Singer'
God, could I be any more of a camp straight man?
Wilf
Agent Gypo 08-09-2005, 02:29 Blade Runner or Blue Velvet
dieselbabe 08-09-2005, 02:40 Blade 1-2
interview with a vampire
spyro2000 08-09-2005, 02:48 Originally posted by dieselbabe
Blade 1-2
2 Brilliant films :clap:, shame Blade 3 was a let down :(
The 'Burbs for me!
:thumbsup:
sugarnspice 08-09-2005, 08:11 Yes I do. My comfort films are The Wedding Singer & Edward Scissorhands (though I cry my eyes out at that).
The Shawshank Redemption
Always turn to that film in times of need
Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, Interview with a Vampire . . . but my all time favourite comfort movie is 'The Ghost & the Darkness'.
I like to watch "Stand by me" :)
Craig7777 08-09-2005, 09:45 Fight Club, donnie darko or memento here
love_hearts 08-09-2005, 11:29 Goonies or Labyrinth. I could watch them back to back all day.
the_rudeboy 08-09-2005, 11:41 Quadrophenia.........
'Half a Sixpence' with Tommy Steele....it was a favourite film of my Nana's and after she died it always seemed to be on TV when I was off school ill!!
I found it a sign she was watching over me!!
:)
Hmm, I hadn't realised that I had a "comfort movie" until I saw this thread, but I suppose the one that fits the bill for me would be St. Elmo's Fire. Ahh, the nostalgia of an 80's Brat Pack film!
Aww Sheish, that's sweet.
I have just thought of another one;
'The Sound Of Music'
I can only stand to watch it once a year though as I overdid it in my early teens. (At one point I wanted to become a nun and live on a hillside in Germany)
susa41981 08-09-2005, 22:13 Originally posted by Deavon
Aww Sheish, that's sweet.
I have just thought of another one;
'The Sound Of Music'
I can only stand to watch it once a year though as I overdid it in my early teens. (At one point I wanted to become a nun and live on a hillside in Germany)
ME TOO!
susa41981 08-09-2005, 22:14 .....but not the part about wanting to run away to be a nun!
Bit sad I know but it has to be either
Sliding Doors or Dirty dancing:D
weenireeni 08-09-2005, 22:20 Jayjay you pipped me to the post! i was gonna say dirty dancing and sliding doors, i'll also add romy and michelle's high school reunion and wimbledon :)
redrobbo 08-09-2005, 22:25 A comfort movie you say? Has to be "Priscilla - Queen of the Desert". Loads of laughs, and that memorable line - "a cock in a frock on a rock". :hihi: But when they do get to the top of that mountain - you sense that wow feeling!
My other comfort movie (please believe me) is "Last Exit from Brooklyn". Strangely comforting.
Beakerzoid 08-09-2005, 22:36 Fight Club or It's A Wonderful Life
Where Eagles Dare, Blazing Saddles, Field of Dreams, Scrooged.
I think I might add 'Lost in Translation' to the list now as well.
I hate these sorts of threads - I can nver think of just one movie to put down! :)
Joe
PuressenceUK 08-09-2005, 22:42 Mr.Holland's Opus, or Falling Down (which really cheers me up as I imagine how liberating it would be to do a D.Fens)
Any of the hannibal Lectar films, or Happy Gilmore....i could watch that over and over again. I WANNA KISS YOU ALL OVER. ALL OVER AND AGAIN. DA DA DA....TIL THE NIGHT CLOSES IN....DA DA DA TIL THE NIGHT CLOSES IN. I never get bored of that scene
Has to be Forest Gump for me.
Great movie to curl up and watch, armed with choccie and tissues :)
Beakerzoid 09-09-2005, 06:27 Originally posted by JoeP
Where Eagles Dare, Blazing Saddles, Field of Dreams, Scrooged.
Joe
Keep an eye out next month...we (Cineworld) are showing Blazing Saddles as part of the Grin Up North Comedy Season. It is planned for Monday 17th October, all day!
Other films in the season are...
Some Like It Hot, Ghostbusters, Toy Story, Meet The Parents, Swingers, Airplane, Blues Brothers.
More details once we get them.
Robocop. I can't think of how many times I've seen this film. It's good for hangovers, too, I've found.
Hana Bi. It's perfect.
depends what mood I am in
If I am feeling very sorry for myself its either of the Bridget jones movies (although I prefer the books)
Or if I hate the world and myself it would have to be Lost Boys and Interview with the vampire (again the books are much better)
pete_fcs 11-09-2005, 22:41 carry on at your convenience
george formby "trouble brewing" etc (they are all bad but good)
norman wisdom especially "the square peg" (hitler one)
laurel and hardy especially very old/ silent ones
will hay "my learned friend" - great plot and very funny
will hay "old bones of the river".... bit dodgy, never on telly but very funny/ cheesy/ dated
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
American Psycho, American Pies...
Yodameister 13-09-2005, 17:26 Any Marx Brothers films.
Used to have loads of them recorded off the telly years ago, not seen them for ages.
StarSparkle 13-09-2005, 21:13 Originally posted by Yodameister
Used to have loads of them recorded off the telly years ago, not seen them for ages.
I was like this with Fred Astaire films, but they never seem to be on telly nowadays. My favourite dancer was definitely Gene Kelly, but there's something about the old Astaire/Rogers films. They belong in a totally different era, it's almost like time stops when you're watching them. You're back in a time of grace and elegance.
StarSparkle
WallBuilder 13-09-2005, 21:57 Avanti ,as I just love the music and still laugh at the humour
Educating Rita, I still shout at the T.V. 'Kiss her' at the end
Bambi, I hate ice skating but that scene makes me laugh
thetorch 14-09-2005, 13:27 x-men, spiderman or daredevil.
Sister Act, Wedding Singer, Three Men and a Little Lady (I know! Even I'm not sure why I like it!), Evita (sort of. Singing the songs uplifts me even though it's hardly a feel-good story) and Bruce Almighty if I'm in a bad mood with God and want to like Him again!
slimsid2000 14-09-2005, 13:38 Perosnally I like war films and can find these comforting. Because they often show people in very difficult situations it is often easy to come away from them counting your own blessings.
By contrast i hate romances, especially involving teenagers.
Greenback 14-09-2005, 13:42 I like to watch The Big Lebowski or Tin Cup if I'm feeling a bit glum.
Field of dreams
Hobsons choice
Madam X
Mr Chips (one with Pet Clarke)
Most oldies..
thetorch 16-09-2005, 01:51 Originally posted by Beakerzoid
Keep an eye out next month...we (Cineworld) are showing Blazing Saddles as part of the Grin Up North Comedy Season. It is planned for Monday 17th October, all day!
Other films in the season are...
Some Like It Hot, Ghostbusters, Toy Story, Meet The Parents, Swingers, Airplane, Blues Brothers.
More details once we get them.
All fantastic films... looking forward to watching all these Beaker :thumbsup: I'll be there! always wanted to watch Airplane and Blues Brothers on the big screen!
(let's hope it doesn't end up in screen 3 eh? lol)
Babooshka 16-09-2005, 11:54 Before Sunrise...with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. It whisks me away to a far, far better place.
If I'm feeling sorry for myself I watch Bridget Jones.
If I'm feeling low and need to lighten up I watch the American Pies.
If I just need a damned good cry it's Titanic or Beaches.
I also have an Ally McBeal boxed set that gets me through the more run-of-the-mill, day-to-day stresses. Watching an episode before bed with a cigarette and glass of red wine calms me if life is getting on top of me!!!! I'm getting towards the end of it now though so I need to buy the next series!
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