Movies that should be seen multiple times, on the big screen

maestrowork · May 11, 2009

Not movies that YOU have seen multiple times, but movies that in general get better the more you see it in theaters.

For example, I think the new Star Trek movie should be seen at least twice, preferably IMAX. It's the kind of big screen spectacles that must be seen on the biggest screen you can find...

Another example is Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago -- they are meant to be seen multiple times on the big screen.

Cyia · May 11, 2009

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was MUCH better suited to the big screen, as was the first Pirates of the Caribbean.

maestrowork · May 11, 2009

Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back. Watching them on the TV screen just isn't the same thing. And you bet you can watch them over and over and over again. Same with Raiders of the Lost Ark.

James81 · May 11, 2009

The Matrix Trilogy (absolutely)
Batman Begins and The Dark Knight (absolutely rivetting on the big screen, not as powerful on DVD)
All the Star Wars movies
The Fast and the Furious
Fast and Furious (two great films that work better on the big screen)

Pretty much any high action movie with huge breadth is best watched on the big screen.

dgrintalis · May 11, 2009

Transformers and another one that might seem odd, Seven. It is such a dark movie, visually, not just story, and a lot of the detail is missed on a smaller screen.

Cyia · May 11, 2009

Jurassic Park.

And if you *must* watch it - Titanic.

maestrowork · May 11, 2009

Close Encounter of the Third Kind. Almost every scene is epic.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · May 11, 2009

In addition to most of those listed above: Phantom of the Opera... the one with Gerard Butler.

katiemac · May 11, 2009

I wish I'd seen Pan's Labrynth on the big screen.

Ken · May 11, 2009

... Stagecoach! (1939)

maestrowork · May 11, 2009

How the West Was Won -- on original Cinemascope!

MissKris · May 11, 2009

katiemac said:
I wish I'd seen Pan's Labrynth on the big screen.

*raises hand* I saw that one. WOW!

American Psycho - Christian Bale in a psychological horror/sociopolitical commentary/satire movie that benefits even more from the combined tension of a large audience.

dgiharris · May 11, 2009

The Matrix -- I walked out of the theater in a daze
The Dark Knight -- Seen that 3 times in the theater
Back to the Future -- Now i'm dating myself, this KICKED ass in the theater (remember this was before everyone had a home theater system with surround sound in their living room)
The Ring -- Something about watching this in the theater just added to the experience
The Naked Gun -- When I saw this movie in the theater, I almost passed out from laughing.
Airplane -- A theater did a special showing and it is definitely funnier on the big screen
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon -- In a word, Awesome
Hero -- Magical movie that just gets better everytime you see it on the big screen
Super Troopers -- This movie must almost made me black out cuz I was laughing so hard
Kung Fu Hustle -- Just gets sillier and sillier, you keep noticing new things

O.k. that's my list. Can you beat it?

Mel...

dgrintalis · May 11, 2009

Some more from me:

Alien
Aliens
Terminator
Casino Royale (just for that scene where Daniel Craig walks out of the ocean...yum)
I second or third The Dark Knight and The Matrix

euclid · May 11, 2009

The Magnificent Seven.
Bonnie and Clyde.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
2001.

maestrowork · May 11, 2009

South Park -- there was nothing that topped watching it on the Big Screen with 200 college kids, slightly intoxicated. It MUST be seen that way.

nevada · May 11, 2009

The Bourne Trilogy.

Moulin Rouge. When the first Can Can scene was on, with all those whirling skirts, I remember thinking "too much, too much." It was so overwhelming and bright, it left me dazed. exactly how people going to the Moulin Rouge felt.

scarletpeaches · May 11, 2009

Australia.

maestrowork · May 11, 2009

nevada said:
Moulin Rouge. When the first Can Can scene was on, with all those whirling skirts, I remember thinking "too much, too much." It was so overwhelming and bright, it left me dazed. exactly how people going to the Moulin Rouge felt.

ABSO-Frickin-LUTELY. That movie has to seen on the big screen, with the sound system cranked up to MAX, with the audiences high on one thing or another. Watching it on TV gives you the WTFIT feeling... but watching it on the big screen is a totally different experience. It's like drugs, only better.

backslashbaby · May 11, 2009

Totally, the Moulin Rouge effect! Yes.

The Others. I saw it on TV later, and it lost nearly everything.

Braveheart.

If you must see The Village, see it in the theater. I loved the colors and mood, and 7/8ths of that movie

I've never seen Memoirs of a Geisha, but that looked like one I'd love in the theatre.

ChunkyC · May 11, 2009

backslashbaby said:
I've never seen Memoirs of a Geisha, but that looked like one I'd love in the theatre.

It was beautiful on the big screen.

I have to agree with most of the movies mentioned. Dances With Wolves is another one that is awesome in a theatre. Others:

The French Connection -- the car chase was mind blowing
Blade Runner -- I swear I could feel the rain ... or maybe some kid in the balcony was dribbling his drink on me....

som1luvsmi · May 11, 2009

What? No Gladiator? That movie was awesome on the big screen.

CACTUSWENDY · May 11, 2009

the Sound of Music....

South Pacfic.....

Mary Poppins.....

(I kind of like musicals I guess....)

Star Wars....

Jurassic Park.... I agree.

Even some of the kids animated shows.

James81 · May 11, 2009

I'm watching the Dark Knight right now and I just realized that the scene where the Batpod comes flying out of the tumbler was absolutely one of the greatest scenes to watch on the big screen ever. That whole sequence is bad ass on TV, but on the big screen it was just fantastic.

euclid · May 12, 2009

nevada said:
Moulin Rouge. When the first Can Can scene was on, with all those whirling skirts, I remember thinking "too much, too much." It was so overwhelming and bright, it left me dazed. exactly how people going to the Moulin Rouge felt.

When we went to Paris, we intended to go to the Moulin Rouge, but when we got there, the admission charge was crazy. Ff 1,000 each (that was about £100. What was that in dollars? In those days, probably $200), I think. No way we could spend Ff 2,000 on a night out.

For comparison, the hotel room cost £55 per night, for the two of us. Not sure of the date.

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