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Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Gamblour. on August 11, 2003, 08:00:33 PM
I was watching Back to the Future Part II yesterday, and found that I knew the movie verbatim, only because I watched that whole trilogy interminably as a kid. BTTF and Clue, I could recite by myself, with sound effects. I had this weird ability to take all the sounds at face value so I've memorized each beat of those films.
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: MacGuffin on August 11, 2003, 08:11:44 PM
Related topic:
http://xixax.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2014
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Gold Trumpet on August 11, 2003, 10:49:46 PM
die hard. took up 3 years entirely of movie experience and knowledge extends to every cut, line and facial moment slurred through that problematic, but great film. Its even funner to watch now considering its lack of challenge in the action department.

~rougerum
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Post by: chainsmoking insomniac on August 11, 2003, 11:11:24 PM
Flight of the Navigator
Ghostbusters
Arthur

And I'm not ashamed!
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Post by: Derek237 on August 12, 2003, 02:25:25 PM
I can usually play out A Clockwork Orange, Bringing Out The Dead, and Natural Born Killers in my head without missing any parts.
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Gamblour. on August 12, 2003, 02:31:45 PM
I forgot about Ghostbusters and probably its sequel too.
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Banky on August 12, 2003, 03:07:31 PM
mallrats
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Post by: Alexandro on August 12, 2003, 03:19:13 PM
Disney's The Jungle Book (in spanish)
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Casino
Boogie Nights
Midaq Alley (very cool mexican film with Salma Hayek)

about it
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Post by: SoNowThen on August 12, 2003, 03:19:33 PM
Ghostbusters. Reservoir Dogs. Casino.
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Post by: Myxo on August 12, 2003, 03:42:50 PM
Magnolia
Fight Club
Office Space
The Matrix

Those are a few I've seen at least 10x each. I've probably seen Magnolia over 20 times. The Matrix over 30 at least.
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Post by: filmcritic on August 12, 2003, 03:49:29 PM
I literally know every scene and every piece of dialouge in "Hard Eight". I wasn't trying to memorize any of it, but I've seen it so many times that it just happened that way.

I did the same thing with "Taxi Driver". I've seen it probably at least 15 times.
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Post by: Alethia on August 12, 2003, 03:51:26 PM
ghostbusters.
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Post by: Vile5 on August 12, 2003, 05:27:44 PM
literally?? ....mmmmmmm.... Bridget Jones's Diary well maybe because some scenes are very similar to my real life
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Post by: Raikus on August 12, 2003, 06:10:00 PM
Hmmmm...

High Fidelity
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Empire Records
KITH: Brain Candy
Chasing Amy
Army of Darkness
Patton
Rocky Horror Picture Show

All of these to nearly infinite repeat viewings.
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Post by: penfold0101 on August 13, 2003, 09:08:42 AM
From my youth
Starwars
Back to the future
Smokey and the bandit
Cannonball run

During my Adolescence
Reservoir dogs
Pulp Fiction
Lock stock and two smoking barrels
Friday
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Post by: jokerspath on August 13, 2003, 09:36:58 AM
Goonies
Reservoir Dogs

aw
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Post by: Just Withnail on August 13, 2003, 04:29:36 PM
All the original Star Wars
Withnail & I
All the Back to the Futures
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Jurassic Park
Pulp Fiction
This is Spinal Tap
Almost Famous
Raiders of the Lost Ark
All the Pythons
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Sigur Rós on August 14, 2003, 12:09:02 PM
Legally Blond 2
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Post by: Pubrick on August 14, 2003, 12:12:42 PM
Quote from: Phalf baked
love and death
clockwork orange
friday.
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Post by: Sigur Rós on August 14, 2003, 12:20:09 PM
Quote from: Phalf baked
love and death
clockwork orange
friday.

I can't really remember Half Baked I've always been totally stoned while watching it!
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Post by: Slick Shoes on December 17, 2003, 12:09:04 PM
When I was a little kid, I pretty much just watched the same movies over and over again. UHF and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are the ones I've probably seen the most.

Interestingly enough, my old roommate and I used to put those movies on, turn down the volume, and recite the lines into a microphone I had hooked up to my stereo. You have no idea how fun this was. The neighbors must have thought we were psychotic.

Other movies I have seen way too many times include: Back to the Future, The Goonies and Problem Child.

Since all the movies listed above are literally part of my sub-conscious, or "part of my DNA," as Mr. Anderson would say, I wonder what would have happened had I watched, say, The 400 Blows instead of Problem Child, Playtime instead of UHF.
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Post by: molly on December 17, 2003, 12:37:11 PM
Quote from: Slick Shoes
Since all the movies listed above are literally part of my sub-conscious, or "part of my DNA," as Mr. Anderson would say, I wonder what would have happened had I watched, say, The 400 Blows instead of Problem Child, Playtime instead of UHF.

you'd mutate
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Post by: NEON MERCURY on December 17, 2003, 01:31:06 PM
.The Fountain...
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Post by: cowboykurtis on December 17, 2003, 02:17:08 PM
jaws, the shining, its a wonderful life, the conversation
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Post by: TheVoiceOfNick on December 17, 2003, 02:37:05 PM
Ghostbusters (i'm amazed by how many people mention that movie here!)
Trading Places
Swingers
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Post by: Alethia on December 17, 2003, 06:18:22 PM
Quote from: TheVoiceOfNickGhostbusters (i'm amazed by how many people mention that movie here!)

why?  it's amazing
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Post by: soixante on December 17, 2003, 08:10:40 PM
Dazed and Confused
Pulp Fiction
Star 80
Mean Streets
Boogie Nights
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: ShanghaiOrange on December 17, 2003, 08:27:53 PM
These are all the movies I know by Hart (Melissa Joan that is :():

Jesus, Mary and Joey
Rent Control
Hold On
Not Another Teen Movie (uncredited)
Recess: School's Out  
Santa Mouse and the Rat Deer
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Sabrina, Down Under
Drive Me Crazy
Sabrina Goes to Rome
Can't Hardly Wait
Silencing Mary
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Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on December 17, 2003, 08:59:42 PM
Jurassic Park
Goonies
A Christmas Story
Peewee's Big Adventure
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Wedding Singer
Punch Drunk Love
Pulp Fiction
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Post by: Alethia on December 17, 2003, 09:30:48 PM
home alone
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Post by: bonanzataz on December 18, 2003, 07:40:38 PM
there was a time when i could do wayne's world. i don't know about now. i was probably able to do pulp fiction, dumb and dumber, and the shining at one point. now, i'm pretty sure i could do kill bill vol. 1 without a stutter. sometimes i play it over in my head when i'm bored.
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Post by: The Idiot on December 27, 2003, 06:36:28 PM
Star Wars

The Princess Bride

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Post by: Thecowgoooesmooo on December 27, 2003, 08:46:14 PM
Can you guys honestly recite every line from the movie?

I can actually recite all of the dialogue by memorization from...


A Christmas Story



chris
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Link on December 28, 2003, 12:40:20 AM
I have several memorized.  A few years ago in high school, in art class, one of the tables would always get bored and call me over to recite a movie.  It was great.  The audience was MINE!

Dumb and Dumber
Liar Liar
Cable Guy
That Thing You Do!
Office Space

a few others I can't remember (get it?)
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Post by: A Fire Inside on January 09, 2004, 12:19:57 AM
Chasing Amy
Trainspotting (yes even the scottish slang)
Good Will Hunting
The Untouchable
Real Genius
The Professional
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Post by: Pwaybloe on January 09, 2004, 03:03:47 PM
Listen... I will pay you to change your avatar.

Do you take Monopoly money?  It's the official currency of Xixax.
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: A Fire Inside on January 09, 2004, 05:50:02 PM
Whats so bad about Davey Havok?
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Post by: StacksEdwards on January 09, 2004, 05:53:37 PM
goodfellas, a christmas story.

that is it.

Farewell
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Post by: KingBlackDeath on January 11, 2004, 07:27:38 AM
I just realized the other day that I know everything in Swingers. I was watching it and it hit me that I didn't need to be, but I still really wanted to watch most of the scenes and that's why it's fucking great.

I often wonder if I saw Batman again since 93 if I would still have parts memorized, cause, man, I knew that motherfucker inside out
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Gamblour. on January 11, 2004, 12:43:24 PM
Shit man, I can probably do Swingers too. That movie's my life (minus all the going out, getting chicks, and trying to work as a comedian/actor).
Title: Movies you literally know by heart...
Post by: Alethia on January 11, 2004, 01:27:05 PM
i could probably do terminator if u really wanted me to
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Post by: NEON MERCURY on January 11, 2004, 07:59:47 PM
Quote from: ewardi could probably do terminator if u really wanted me to

.....alright ...you can do the terminator.....

and me and my cousin will do the ternimatrix.......

annd then we will pay someone to do the t1000....

::grabs oil can::
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Post by: Just Withnail on January 13, 2004, 07:09:41 AM
I hate knowing movies by heart, current viewings of my childhood favorites have nearly been ruined by knowing every little detail of 'em. I used to love reciting every piece of dialogue in Back to the Future, loved it, felt like I was more of a fan, I guess. But last year I discovered a lot of the magic just disappeared when you're no longer (even a little bit) supriced by some nitpickety detail you forgot. And that's the magic ain't it? So I decided (to assure maximum emotional impact), the following movies should not be watched more than twice each year, and at least four, five months between each viewing:

* Back to the Future (especially number one, but I find it hard watching one without the other, so I guess two and three qualify as well)

* The original Star Wars trilogy (particularly Empire Strikes Back)

* Pulp Fiction

* Raiders of the Lost Ark

* Almost Famous

* Magnolia

* Lord of the Rings (all of them)

All of them once known by heart, I am now in the process of "unlearing what I have learned". One day, I'll hold of watching any of them for a year or two, for the ultimate nostalgic nose-punch viewing.
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Post by: joeybdot on January 13, 2004, 04:50:39 PM
Young Frankenstein
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars Trilogy
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Post by: Pedro on January 13, 2004, 04:53:58 PM
Wow there's two young frankensteins?  

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