There are some movies that my family will watch every time they are shown on television, even if we have just seen it a week ago. It just so happens that most of them are on heavy rotation on AMC and TNT and Encore...I wonder if they know what we like, or if we like what they show. It's the couch potato dilemma. Anyway, here they are, in no particular order:The Green Mile- Lots of good God symbolism and a circus mouse.
The Mafia collection: Goodfellas, Casino, and the Godfather movies. Once or twice a year, one of the networks will run them all in a weekend. That's a lot of monkey-freakin entertainment.
The Shawshank Redemption- I assert that this is Morgan Freeman's finest narration work.
The Truman Show- More God symbolism, and I just love this movie, because when I was little, I used to think of my life in terms of a TV show, I guess.
Jackass- I'll admit it.
Tin Cup
Tombstone, and to a lesser degree, Wyatt Earp. And of course, Lonesome Dove, which requires a pretty hefty time commitment.
I can't believe how many of these I haven't seen. Well, of course I have seen the westerns - Tombstone is much better that Wyatt Earp. And we have seen the Godfather series too many times.
ReplyDeleteIke usually prefers badly acted marshal arts (Steven Segal). Generally he falls asleep, only to wake up if I try to change the channel - then the next time the movie is on, he thinks he hasn't seen it.