Movies You Can't Stop Watching

[macloudt at yahoo.co.uk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., genevieve373 at y... wrote:
> Oooh, let me see...it's hard to narrow the list ;)
> 
> Pride and Prejudice - the A&E version with Colin Firth as Darcy 
> *sigh*.  It's 6 hours, worth every minute, and one of few books 
whose 
> film version can measure up to the original.
> 

I own this on video, and I love it to pieces!  I remember watching it 
when it originally came out on BBC, and my hubby bought me the video 
the next Christmas. :)

I'm not a great movie-watcher, but one I want to point out 
is "Airplane".  Now, take that look off your faces (I could *hear* 
the dull thud of your eyes hitting the top of your eyelids as they 
rolled upward), and let me explain.  This dates back to my university 
days, when November and March were simply hell.  Exams, term papers, 
analyses, essays, presentations, blah blah blah...after all that, 
once everything was finished and done with, I was in *dire* need of 
brainlessness to the extreme.  Sooo...I'd rent "Airplane", make 
myself a huge bowl of popcorn, have a six-pack on standby, and sit 
down to enjoy a thoroughly stupid yet brilliant movie of which I knew 
every word of the dialogue.  It relaxed me completely and was a very 
good transition from pure stress and near-suicidal tendencies (not to 
mention virtually no sleep for days or weeks) to a return to a slower 
pace.  I haven't rented it for years, but caught it on telly a while 
back.  And yes, I *still* know every word of the dialogue!

Yes, yes, yes!!!  I have my M*vie tickets!!  Ordered them earlier 
today.  We'll be seeing it on the 20th as it's Cheap Tuesday and we 
can actually all go (the coordinating required to get all 4 of us 
together was difficult to say the least).  The recording I had to 
listen to before being passed on to a human being stated that the 
first viewing on the 16th had already been sold out.  Not bad for a 
town where the average age is 55-60!

Cheers!

Mary Ann :)