HBO Is Ruining My Life by Jongsstraw

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HBO Is Ruining My Life

POSTED BY: JONGSSTRAW
UPDATED: Sunday, December 12, 2010 15:06
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Thursday, December 2, 2010 8:02 AM

...or maybe it's making it better. I don't know anymore. There are a few movies they continue to show in high rotation on multiple HBO channels, and I've become addicted to them.

They are :

The Blind Side
Slumdog Millionnaire
Whip It

Any time I'm channel surfing and I come across these movies, no matter what part they're at, I find myself stopping to watch them. I guess I just love and adore these movies, but that's sort of a new phenomenon for me.

What about youze all? Are there movies like that for you? Movies that you find so compelling for some reason you feel you must watch them whenever they're on no matter how many times you've seen them before?

Sci-fi is different, it doesn't count in this thread. I assume that most, like me, do watch a lot of sci-fi stuff in high rotation, but the movies I cited above are all non-sci-fi; movies that move my emotions and spirit more than most others. Last night I'm having trouble falling asleep, so the TV goes back on, and at midnite...uh oh, here comes Slumdog on HBO. Watched the whole thing again and went to sleep at 2:30 am. My alarm clock goes off at 5:00am. What a life!

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 8:33 AM

CHRISISALL

Well, if SF doesn't count in this thread, then no, nothing is like that for me...

Just various Trek shows.

OOoops!
sorry

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 8:42 AM

STORYMARK

I've got a few like that. The most recent that comes to mind is The Departed. FX showed it a bunch over the summer, and even though I have it on DVD, every time I'd come across it, I'd stop and finish it.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:01 AM

OPPYH

HBO ruined my life in the mid to late 80's.

I watched ALIENS over 100 times, and Weekend at Bernies more than that(I don't even like that movie, it was just on constantly).

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70's TV FOREVER

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:06 AM

JONGSSTRAW

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Well, if SF doesn't count in this thread, then no, nothing is like that for me...

Just various Trek shows.

OOoops!
sorry

The laughing Chrisisall

I'm surprised Chris.....a big-time liberal touchy-feely free-spirit flower child like you?.....no movies, nothing? Nothing that's gotten into your soul and emotional consciousness that compels you to see it again and again?

BTW, add Casablanca to the list above, except that it's TMC showing it over and over, not HBO. That one tears me up too, and I can't take my eyes off it. Alons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé!

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:12 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

I'm surprised Chris.....a big-time liberal touchy-feely free-spirit flower child like you?.....no movies, nothing?

Well, okay *looks around*
This one:

It might be one of the best little touches of humanity ever put to film...
But tell anyone I said so, and I'll deny it!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:22 AM

JONGSSTRAW

You're secret's safe with me!

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:28 AM

JONGSSTRAW

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
HBO ruined my life in the mid to late 80's.

I watched ALIENS over 100 times, and Weekend at Bernies more than that(I don't even like that movie, it was just on constantly).

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70's TV FOREVER

That's hysterical! Way back in 1986 I was out of work with a bad back. There was a multiplex movie theater right next to my chiropractor's office, and over the course of a few weeks, I saw Aliens and Top Gun probably ten times. I remember thinking at the time that Aliens was the greatest sci-fi movie ever made, plus it really scared the crap out of me.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:46 AM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

Goonies! Heh, just kidding.

Saving Private Ryan and Lord of the Rings, all 3. Doesn't matter when, I am powerless against them.

Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.com

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:00 AM

WHOZIT

I saw "The Rocker" several times on HBO, it was funny as hell. I'm surprised it flopped in theaters.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:04 AM

SERGEANTX

Couple of movies hooked me like that, namely "Joe vs. the Volcano" and "The Big Lebowski".

The movies I value for repeated viewing tend to have a kind of lyrical quality to them, playing almost more like songs than traditional narratives.

SergeantX

"It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah"

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 11:41 PM

TRAVELER

I had a friend who saw "Apocalypse Now" fifty times. I feared for him.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Sunday, December 12, 2010 2:06 PM

TRAVELER

Beside discovering this movie it was nice to see Siskel & Ebert.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010 3:06 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Caddyshack.

Forrest Gump.

To Sir, With Love.

Saving Private Ryan.

If I stumble across those movies, I am unable to turn them off or change channels.

I liked Whip It. Shot here in Austin, based on the Austin rollergirls. Love 'em.

This Space For Rent!

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