Do you have films that you can watch and appreciate again and again, where each viewing is a new, interesting adventure for your mind even after you've committed all the dialog and perhaps every pixel to memory?
I sure do; and I don't really know what features make them my favorites to watch. There were some I used to watch on VHS tapes and eventually replaced with DVD and Blu-ray versions. The ones that come to mind:
The African Queen (1952)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Patton (1970)
Star Wars (1977)
The Bounty (1984)
Blame it on Rio (1984)
Greystoke (1984)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 BBC TV Series)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Twister (1996)
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings collections (one long, six-part story) (2001-2014)
Master and Commander (2003)
King Kong (2005)
Avatar (2009)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Oblivion (2013)
There are many others which I enjoy watching every few years, but the movies are listed are those that I find to be enjoyable even if I previously watched them just the week before. There are also some more candidates that I do enjoy watching repeatedly but are not yet old enough to have withstood the test of time.
I sure do; and I don't really know what features make them my favorites to watch. There were some I used to watch on VHS tapes and eventually replaced with DVD and Blu-ray versions. The ones that come to mind:
The African Queen (1952)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Patton (1970)
Star Wars (1977)
The Bounty (1984)
Blame it on Rio (1984)
Greystoke (1984)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 BBC TV Series)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Twister (1996)
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings collections (one long, six-part story) (2001-2014)
Master and Commander (2003)
King Kong (2005)
Avatar (2009)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Oblivion (2013)
There are many others which I enjoy watching every few years, but the movies are listed are those that I find to be enjoyable even if I previously watched them just the week before. There are also some more candidates that I do enjoy watching repeatedly but are not yet old enough to have withstood the test of time.
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