Wow … that’s a biggie! LoL
‘Family Plot’ 1976. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
This is one Hitchcock film (his last), that I won’t watch again. I’ve seen it a few times, bit it just doesn’t work for me anymore.
I feel the same way about The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1956), and ‘Topaz’ (1969).
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Looks like this topic has veered into another “films you think are overrated” instead of the original idea.
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Anyway… Clockwork Orange has been mentioned and I’d pick that one too. It used to be a favorite when I was younger but I think it has kinda lost it’s impact on repeated viewings.
Hitchcock’s Birds is another, while it has never been a favorite I think it’s a good film. But I remember thinking last time I saw it that I have seen it enough for this life time.
I also enjoy Jerry Lewis films but quite often when I’ve seen one I got the feeling I’d rather watch Artists and Models again, problem is that I forget the titles and might end up watching them again anyway.
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Yep, same for me. Used to love it but last time I watched it I just saw it’s flaws. It’s in a box set so I’ll be keeping it. Otherwise it’d be out the door
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I think the two subjects can merge … but you’re correct, BSA, it’s films you once loved which you won’t watch again, just by way of reminder.
It hurts me to say this, but I think 30 or 40 viewings of this in one lifetime is plenty … Adios old friend!
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Blasphemy!
Exactly … that’s the point of this thread
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A classic ‘documentary’ for sure - but ‘This Is Spın̈al Tap’. It may be about one of England’s loudest bands, and their emergence via skiffle, R&B beat combo and psychedelia through to heavy rock and beyond, but enough is enough. I’ve seen it so many times that it has long since reached the point of absolute ubiquitousness. For many years I’d assumed Spın̈al Tap had lifted the idea for the Stonehenge set from Black Sabbath. The band (then briefly fronted by Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan) played the Reading Festival in 1983 backed by a larger-than-life set of the iconic Neolithic monument. But apparently not, it was just a conicidence…
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The audio commentary, in character, is very entertaining if the film has run out of charm … I’ve also overdone ‘Tap’ … and I think the cast have too.
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Me too, first and only time I watched it. At the time I wasn’t aware that it was considered the classic. I would be tempted to watch again to see what I missed.
Clockwork Orange - didn’t see it until it was finally re-released, by which time it had lost much of its shock value l guess.
The Birds - found it dull. Horror fail. I’m fond of birds…
Forrest Gump & Schindler’s List - once was enough, but the latter was commendable I thought.
Jaws - not wanting to see it again after 30 - 40 viewings is high praise. I don’t believe there are any movies I’ve seen more than half a dozen times.
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Blade Runner is to Sci-Fi what GBU is to Spaghetti Westerns. So I bought this classic on blu ray, watched it once then stuck it on eBay. 
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That’s probably very wise, not to re-watch too often, because in most cases the magic seems to lessen on each repeat … and when you start to see the mechanics of how it’s all constructed then it’s time to move on.
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Another one I probably never need to see again is ‘The Dirty Dozen’. A great WWII movie and the definitive ‘men-on-a-mission’ film. It’s also the 2nd film I watched from start to finish (26th December, 1977 - which must have been the UK TV premiere). Plus the fact that it has seemingly been a constant fixture on TV schedules since - so added all up I’ve possibly seen this about 30 times. Never bothered with the sequels.
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One that immediately comes to mind for me is Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
I enjoyed it as a kid but I think it is complete shit. It’s one of those films that does absolutely nothing well, it’s overly goofy, the action scenes are very poorly made, the writing is unremarkable, it was basically a glorified “sorry the last film was too dark!” from Spielberg by giving audiences what was by far the goofiest entry yet, bordering on self-parody… not to mention how it plagiarizes heavily from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was an entry made solely for financial gain and as an apology.
I still love Raiders of the Lost Ark and like Temple of Doom, and I see myself rewatching them multiple times in the future, but I don’t think I will ever want to see The Last Crusade ever again.
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As I was never fully committed to the ‘Indiana Jones’ movies to begin with, this one doesn’t bother me any more than the others … They’re expensive and empty vanity films - Fairly entertaining if you go along for the ride, but they don’t get under the skin or demand or give very much … like two hour trailers, all explosive action and not much depth.
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You’re not wrong, almost all high budget Hollywood movies are somewhat empty but sometimes all you want is a dumb entertaining adventure flick, and the first indiana jones film is quite well written (if you ignore the fact he’s written to be a literal pedo anyway) and has some really cool set pieces and aesthetics, so I always enjoyed rewatching it. Obviously there’s no depth or meaning behind anything, it’s an 80s family friendly Hollywood film… but it’s remarkably violent for it’s PG rating and audience and I don’t think there’s a better pulp adventure film out there. Sure, it steals from other films, such as Casa Blanca and spaghetti westerns, films that are much richer artistically, but it steals smartly and the end result is still great.
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As a matter of interest, how do you come to the conclusion that the Indiana Jones character was written as a literal paedophile?
Not my conclusion, it’s a fact about the character, he was written that way.
It’s HEAVILY implied that he had a sexual relationship with the character “Marion” when she was under aged… and this was confirmed when the transcript of the story conference leaked… the transcript is an interesting read as they discuss what films to steal from… James Bond, Spaghetti westerns… then out of nowhere George Lucas comes up with the idea to make Indy a pedo lol
Page 25. Hollywood always seemed to have this problem, but let’s not get into that, I just want to evidence what I said. I’m surprised by how many people didn’t realize, I guess most people aren’t interested in the story of the film and just want cool set pieces.
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On Apocalypse Now -
For the famous Ride of the Valkyries scene in Apocalypse Now, the crew of one of the “choppers” switch on a tape recording of the classic Wagner piece. This is played over the outside speakers of the helicopter. There are about 8 helicopters flying about and they attack some villages and shoot about the place with the music playing.
Nobody would hear this music - not the villagers on the ground, nor the guys in the “choppers” over the sounds of the blades of 8 helicopters going at full pelt. It’s nonsense and has to be called out.
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