What movie do you wish you could forget 100% and watch again?

[USALiberal]

I have a few

Back to the Future
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump

[Hokie]

1. Shawshank Redemption

and Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I never laughed so much as the first time I saw it.

[USALiberal]

2. Damn! I should of chose that also! One of my favorites. nt

[Hokie]

23. Still can't believe Forest Gump won for Best Picture that year over Shawshank NT

[USALiberal]

29. I agree, loved them both but Shawshank was great! Amazing photography. nt

[Clash City Rocker]

52. 1995 was one of the best modern Oscar classes, IMO

The other Best Picture nominees: Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Four Weddings and a Funeral.

[happybird]

44. The best adaptation of a King story, ever

Stand By Me was a great one, too.

It drives me completely bonkers how movie makers almost always mangle his stories.


edit: story, not book

[wryter2000]

47. What about The Green Mile?

That was King, no?

[happybird]

48. That was a good one

but not one of my favorite stories of his, so I am probably biased.

IIRC, the movie did follow the books very very closely, with no "creative" edits, which is the key to a good King adaptation. After all, why try to fix (or improve) what ain't broken?

[3catwoman3]

59. I wish I could just forget ever seeing Forrest Gump.

I did not care for that movie at all. To each her own.

[Hokie]

64. Likewise

He was pretty bad in A League of Their Own too but as a leading role Gump was awful.

[3catwoman3]

68. For me, the story line was just too...

..implausible.

[LakeArenal]

3. Terminator 2

Close Encounters
Goodfellas

[Ohiogal]

5. Goodfellas

that’s some dark humor there!

Like Fargo!

[LakeArenal]

8. Ooo Fargo. Good One.

[Shrek]

4. Airplane n/t

[USALiberal]

6. Surely you can't be serious! nt

[LakeArenal]

9. We liked Airplane as well.

But not as much, I guess.

[USALiberal]

11. That is a famous line from the movie! nt

[Major Nikon]

42. Next best thing

[happybird]

7. Apocalypse Now

Pulp Fiction
and Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

[USALiberal]

12. Pulp Fiction is a classic! nt

[mr_lebowski]

10. I honestly have a lot more video games I wish I could forget and play again for the first time

F.E.A.R.
Half Life 2
Bioshock
Prey (the original)
Mass Effect series (2 in particular)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl

to name a few of my all-time faves that I get jealous of people getting to play for the very first time.

Movies though ... hrrm ... first ones that come to mind are:
12 Monkeys
Minority Report
The Usual Suspects

[Docreed2003]

19. Prey...

I was thinking about that game recently. I've not played the new one but my understand is that it's a completely different story, right?

[mr_lebowski]

41. Sadly, it IS ... but that said ... it's still pretty freaking AWESOME

If you enjoy the classic single-player gaming experience (as in the games I listed in general), you will definitely enjoy this remake. It should've been called something else, as it has almost nothing in common (other than fighting trippy aliens in general) but ... yeah. It's a good one!

I've played through it twice in entirety, and got well into it a third time ... Steam says I've logged over 150 hours ... well worth what it goes for now (20-30 bucks).

Highly Rec'd

[katmondoo]

13. Casablanca

[GrannyW]

14. Sleuth (1972). LoTR-1 (truthfully, I'd prefer to be able to re-read the trilogy fresh).

Star Trek-TMP - as long as I don't have to re-watch it.

[ailsagirl]

31. Loved Sleuth!!!

Welcome to DU, GrannyW!

[Demovictory9]

36. haven;t seen sleuth. might watch it today

[ailsagirl]

50. Do it!

[happybird]

15. First three Star Wars movies

Don't know why that wasn't my first thought.

Same with the first few Indiana Jones movies. I love adventure storytelling interspersed with cheesy humor.

So, toss the Princess Bride in there, too. And the Grail.

[USALiberal]

16. I loved indy 1 and 3, 2 was OK, 4 was terrible! nt

[Shrek]

21. The third one made me realize Sean Connery should have been in all of them

Lost opportunity there.

[USALiberal]

27. Another one is in the works. nt

[happybird]

33. That's my order, too.

After 4, I don't have big hopes for the new one, lol!

[USALiberal]

35. The joke is every other one is good! :-) We will see.nt

[fNord]

46. I thought about The Princess Bride.....

But like The Big Lebowski, I like that I’ve seen it so many times I could quote it verbatim start to finish.....I know every punchline and tragic turn, and still laugh and cry.

Recently a local theater held a Princess Bride quote-along.....it was a gas

[hunter]

57. The Princess Bride is one if the dew movies I find rewatchable...

... so there's no reason for me to forget it to find it enjoyable again.

It's very much like music I enjoy.

For other movies most of the enjoyment is figuring out where the story is going. Once you know that it's not exciting to see them again. You already know how it turns out.

[dameatball]

17. The Sting, Usual Suspects

[akraven]

18. Gone With The Wind,

Star Wars
Star Trek IV - the Journey Home

[Tikki]

20. Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977), Into The Night (1986), Blow Up (1966)

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)...

...many more, for sure.

Tikki

[USALiberal]

24. If you liked Into the night then how about 'After Hours'? I liked both. nt

[Tikki]

30. Wow, and now I have a movie to watch I haven't seen.

This is like a gift.

Will check it out soon.

Thanks...

Tikki

[USALiberal]

34. Let me know what you think! It is unusual! nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

22. Lost in Translation, Amelie, Babel, Out of Africa

Babette's Feast
Koyaanisqatst

[USALiberal]

25. Koyaanisqatst......

was amazing! I remember sitting in the theater being overwhelmed!

[mr_lebowski]

43. That was great flick!

[Cartoonist]

26. None

If I like a movie, I'll see it again and again.

A Hard Day's Night - seen it a hundred times.

The Benny Goodman Story - maybe 50 times

The only reason I would want a do over is if the ending was an absurdly wonderful surprise.

I can't think of such a movie.

[USALiberal]

28. The first time is more special to me. nt

[Demovictory9]

32. The first Matrix

[fNord]

37. The Usual Suspects.....

“Keaton always said ‘I don’t believe in God, but I fear him.’ Well, I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keizer Söze.”

Also,

The Matrix

Fight Club

In the Mouth of Madness

Manhattan Melodrama

Logan’s Run

[USALiberal]

38. Wow, makes me want to watch Logan's Run again! nt

[First Speaker]

55. Hmmm...be careful who you watch Manhattan Melodrama with...

...just sayin'...ewike blumenkraft...

[Butterflylady]

39. The Color Purple

I no longer watch the Academy Awards because of that movie. I can't recall the year, but The Color Purple was up against Out of Africa, which the latter won best picture. I was totally shocked because Out of Africa was bboorriinnggg and just plain sucked.

[USALiberal]

40. I agree! That movie really got to me. Out of Africa bored me. nt

[mr_lebowski]

45. I've actually never seen the movie, but the book was freaking amazing ... (nt)

[deek]

49. Memento, of course eom

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[marylandblue]

54. Beat me to it. Onlymmovie that absolutely requires you not know the end.

Although "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" comes close.

[Yonnie3]

51. The Wizard of Oz

It just popped into my head as a movie that I fondly remember.

[spooky3]

53. Groundhog Day -- just kidding. :-)

[USALiberal]

56. LOL, clever!! nt

[spooky3]

61. Thank you! :-)

[nocoincidences]

58. Alien and Aliens.

Amazing movies for their time and I would love to re-experience that sense of wonder at something so daring.

[USALiberal]

60. Alien was great!!! nt

[Basic LA]

62. The Sixth Sense

With Bruce Willis.

[USALiberal]

63. LOVED the twist! nt

[lpbk2713]

65. Godfather II

Failsafe

[skypilot]

66. Carrie

I've watched this movie dozens of times. Always wish I could be seeing it for the first time, especially with that ending.

[Mendocino]

67. Jeremiah Johnson