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The Fellowship of the Ring. Probably the other two movies as well but this one stands out in my mind.
The first Pirates of the Caribbean as well. Back before they turned it into a franchise. Such a fun adventure movie.
I have a huge soft spot for the second and third pirates films. I think looking at the first and thinking it could make a great trilogy is totally valid and although they're definitely much more long winded than the first with less lovable characters, they're good films and if I ever revisit the first, I generally revisit the second and third too.
I watched the Dungeons and Dragons movie when it came out and really enjoyed it, but it definitely felt like I was watching a marvel movie, albeit a well written one, Pirates may be the last YA action adventure franchise that isn't just the re-skinned marvel formula, which makes it far more watchable than 80% of the genre since.
Also Pirates 3 is basically the creator of the horrible pressure CGI artists have suffered under for the past 15 years, so take that as you may.
While I enjoy the Pirates trilogy, I feel like they could just as easily have kept it a single movie. It was fine, the story was conclusive enough to satisfy and open ended enough to tickle the imagination.
Not everything has to be turned into a franchise or a βverse.
I do agree, and generally I don't want everything to be a franchise or a verse. However I feel that a trilogy although generally profit driven can expand a film in a nice way, such as the original star wars or Indiana Jones trilogies.
Bladerunner 2049. I saw it five or so times in IMAX.
At the time the release flew under my radar so I completely missed it in cinemas, if I could I would go at least twice.
Dune is the only movie I willingly rewatched at the cinema. Looking forward to the second part.
Inglorious Basterds. Christopher Waltz is just so good in that role.
I dunno why someone downvoted you for this one - Christoph Waltz is amazing in everything.
matrix I, skipped classes and watch it more than ten times in cinema.
Star Wars.
Watched the matinee every day for a week when it first came to our local cinema.
The Matrix. I saw it at least four times in the theater.
Matrix. I think I've watched it over 30times
That best my top movie. Which is also Matrix, but I only saw it 3 times in the theater.
Cinema around 12 times (best friend was a Cinema manager back then), the rest at home. Occasionally I throw in the Blu-ray and watch it from time to time....
I went to see the original Avatar movie 3 times. First time I unknowingly watched it in 2D. Then I thought βthis would be amazing in 3Dβ. Then I saw it in 3D and it was so fantastic that, a few weeks later, I watched in 3D again. No regerts.
I wish 3D had stuck around long enough to get a 4k HDR 3D release of it. Ah well, maybe 3D movies will come back again in another 20 years with higher framerates and better displays.
Ainβt gonna happen because there is no such thing as 4K 3D in Home Cinema terms, because unfortunately 4K UHD Blu-rayβs donβt even support 3D. Itβs not in the spec. But yeah, I hope 3D will come back in a few years with much better specs.
Original Star Wars as a kid. The whole summer. 13 times. Have probably watched it more times since on streaming.
Nostalgia is a drug.
Shit, you got 1 more time than I did!
Back when they didn't kick you out of the theater between showings; it was the only thing I asked my mom for money for that summer, as I recall.
Do you also feel like Lucas' recut is a blaspheme?
I just look away during the Jabba scenes and the Han/Greedo shootout.
No matter how much I enjoyed a movie, I never felt the need to go through a shitty movie going experience twice for it.
The first Spiderverse. Saw it with the girlfriend then again with a buddy. I maintain that these are the best movies ever made.
When I was a kid, Nightmare Before Christmas. Must've convinced my parents to take me to see it at least eight times. I've watched it at least once every year since then, and it stayed my favorite movie for most of my life, until Everything Everywhere All at Once finally usurped it almost 30 years later. Saw that in theaters four times.
Oh, and Lord of the Rings. Saw all three in theaters at least three times each. And, for some reason, Superbad. Went to five showings of that.
I skipped school (and got away with it) to watch lotr:2towers 3 times in one day at the theater
I saw 300 twice. It was such a fun movie at the time.
I saw The Fellowship of the Ring nine times in theaters. Once i hit time #4 or #5, I realized i had to keep going until I could say i saw it once for each member of the fellowship.
City of God.
The Mummy (Brandon Fraser)
Shawn of the Dead
I haven't watched any movie in theaters in decades. Theaters suck.
People in theaters suck. Most people lack the respect and reverence for a shared experience of suspended disbelief.
I don't understand why people like going to those. I'd rather watch a film in my comfy home than go to a loud, gross theatre
I think the only movie I've seen multiple times in the theater was Black Panther
Wreck it Ralph. Infinity War. Into the Spider-Verse. Watched them twice each in IMAX.
Fight club
Scott Pilgrim vs the world, several friends hadn't seen it yet so of course i went with them. fantastic movie that still goes pretty hard.
I went to Pulp Fiction 3 times on opening weekend.
That was a good weekend.
As a little child, Asterix and the 12 trials (very lose translation)
As an adult, Mad Max Fury Road. Fucking amazing on the big screen.
Heat. That shootout scene in particular is so much better on the big screen.
(The original) Fantasia in a cinema with a decent sound system.
I saw Oppenheimer in IMAX opening day and loved it so much I did it again a week later doing the Barbenheiner. Listening to it's soaring score in IMAX was practically a religious experience
Interstellar, I went to see it the first time with friends then two others times alone.
The second time I got goosebumps as soon as the organ started playing in the cornfield chase.
I watched "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" a total of 6 times in cinema (and the extended edition countless times on DVD since then) and still think very fondly of the experience. Just experiencing the awe when the beacons were lit and the camera flew through the mountains and the mind blowing moment when the Riders of Rohan appear on the horizon.
When the extended edition came out on dvd, i watched the whole trilogy at least once a year
Mad Max.
Fantastic Planet, in the 80s.
The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit movies. If I could manage it usually would head up to the theater to re-watch every 1-2 weeks.
They were all movies released in December. I still distinctly remember heading up to the IMAX in Manhattan late night after work so the movie would finish up around midnight(?). After watching these movies I'd walk out of the theater into a cold and snowy NYC. Felt a bit surreal, especially after the last 2 Hobbit movies where most of the movies were centered around cold climates.
Pornografia by Jan Jakub Kolski. I don't know why it had such an impact but I saw it a couple of times when it came out here. Tried reading the novel but it was a no go for me.
Baraka -- I've seen it at least a dozen times, most of them in movie theaters.
The Room - not a good movie but I did enjoy it.
I saw Ghostbusters Afterlife twice. That may be the only movie I've seen in theater twice on initial run.
I did see the 3 BTTF movies in theater even though I've owned the tapes and DVDs for decades.
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