What a strange phenomona this is. You own, says, Jaws on DVD and quite probably it's still wrapped up in it's cellophane, all unused and unloved. Then you catch a bit of the large finned one munching away on the small screen late one evening and it's impossible to tear yourself away.
Here's a few more from me, but does this happen to you and what films does it happen with?
The Burbs - Tom Hanks in zany, black comedy.
Brewster's Millions - Richard Pryor and John Candy comedy
Trading Places - Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd comedy
Aliens - classic sci-fi action horror. Not a comedy.
With me its things like the Underworld trilogy - vamps v. warewolves are always a winner for me!
The stupid thing is I'll even sit up later than I need to watching the film and sitting through all the ad breaks... why I never decide just to stick the dvd in and skip them all to save a bit of time I don't know!
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Maxine (member of the Platform team)
I guess the older the movie, the less it comes out of the shelf.
The Fifth Element: A classic that I happily watch on TV any time of the day.
And there are also the movies that you don't own but watch everytime they are on.
Die Hard: All of them but I love the second one.
Any Steven Seagal movie: All the same but you have to watch them
I also think that the same is true for series. I sometimes have a hard time believing how often I watch an episode of Friends again, again, and again.
Die Hard! Definitely.
TV is a whole new area for discussion... Porridge, Fawlty Towers, Cheers, Take Me Out ;)
Scott (member of the Platform team)
The Shinning
The Omen
Trainspotting
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
and probably a heck of a lot more!
Five films I would definitely not want to watch late at night!
Scott (member of the Platform team)
I don't tend to re-watch films but when an old classic comes on at bedtime - like Big, Goonies, a Hammer Horror etc, then I tend to get sucked in. Same thing happened last night actually, got totally drawn into Hannibal Rising and went to sleep far later than intended.
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Robyn Bateman (member of the Platform team)
Yep, with me, it's 'Apocolypse Now' (Redux), I want to watch it, because of its groundbreaking reputation. But ...I don't know ...I guess you just have to be in a certain mood to watch three and a half hours of ill-fated Vietnam warfare and vaporous Cambodian jungle. Oh and yeah, Fawlty Towers too.
Im with you Robyn when it comes to both Big, & Goonies. But I will also add Shawshank Redemption, Breakfast at Tiffanys, & Pretty in Pink to that list. Doesn't matter how often i've seen them I always get sucked in if i stumble across them whilst channel hopping, lol.
Shawshank Redemption is an EXCELLENT film, good choice Lisa
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Robyn Bateman (member of the Platform team)
Spartacus and The Searchers