I understand this is a forum which has quite a few movie fanciers who know very many movies really well.
And I KNOW that there are folks here who know more about Citizen Kane and The Seventh Seal than the average citizen.
But I'm talking about the films that you can watch over and over...and you do. They become like a comfortable pair of shoes. And you can recite much of the dialogue along the way. The films from which you quote lines as you engage in discussions with other family members. And they know what you're talking about and why you're saying what you're saying.
These are the films in which you anticipate things happening and start laughing ahead of time.
And they might not be films which were immensely popular at the box office (which might make you scratch your head since you enjoyed them so much) but which were popular enough in your family to cause a purchase and repeated viewings. And these shared viewings lead to a commonality of understanding--a shared experience which allows you to enjoy moments of the movie together even when you are nowhere near a TV.
I think of three for my family and me.
The first was Arthur (1981). This was a film my wife and I and a number of friends saw over and over in the theater and on VHS. It was eminently quotable and to this day we consistently regurgitate any number of lines from it. "He's taking the knife out of the cheese. Where's the rest of this moose? It's SO small, Rhode Island could beat the crap out of it in a war. It's a goner."
The 2nd was That Thing You Do (1999). This film is so ingrained into my family's existence that whenever we see anything that prompts a memory of it we immediately contact the rest to explain. Again, lines of dialogue come early and often sprinkled throughout our everyday conversations. "I quit, I quit! Chad? Who's Chad? Would you like to buy a chicken?! I don't believe I want to live in a country where you have to stay open on Sunday to do business."
And now, La La Land (2016). My wife and I have watched it numerous times and the more we watch it the more we smile at the nuance of various lines and how we react to them...and these lines are now starting to creep into our vernacular. "It's a classic rope-a-dope. No Jamal, you be trippin! What do you mean you don't like jazz? It just means that when I listen to it, I don't like it."
And I KNOW that there are folks here who know more about Citizen Kane and The Seventh Seal than the average citizen.
But I'm talking about the films that you can watch over and over...and you do. They become like a comfortable pair of shoes. And you can recite much of the dialogue along the way. The films from which you quote lines as you engage in discussions with other family members. And they know what you're talking about and why you're saying what you're saying.
These are the films in which you anticipate things happening and start laughing ahead of time.
And they might not be films which were immensely popular at the box office (which might make you scratch your head since you enjoyed them so much) but which were popular enough in your family to cause a purchase and repeated viewings. And these shared viewings lead to a commonality of understanding--a shared experience which allows you to enjoy moments of the movie together even when you are nowhere near a TV.
I think of three for my family and me.
The first was Arthur (1981). This was a film my wife and I and a number of friends saw over and over in the theater and on VHS. It was eminently quotable and to this day we consistently regurgitate any number of lines from it. "He's taking the knife out of the cheese. Where's the rest of this moose? It's SO small, Rhode Island could beat the crap out of it in a war. It's a goner."
The 2nd was That Thing You Do (1999). This film is so ingrained into my family's existence that whenever we see anything that prompts a memory of it we immediately contact the rest to explain. Again, lines of dialogue come early and often sprinkled throughout our everyday conversations. "I quit, I quit! Chad? Who's Chad? Would you like to buy a chicken?! I don't believe I want to live in a country where you have to stay open on Sunday to do business."
And now, La La Land (2016). My wife and I have watched it numerous times and the more we watch it the more we smile at the nuance of various lines and how we react to them...and these lines are now starting to creep into our vernacular. "It's a classic rope-a-dope. No Jamal, you be trippin! What do you mean you don't like jazz? It just means that when I listen to it, I don't like it."
