Name a movie that doesn't require too much thought while watching it....

[KansDem]

I'll start with "River of No Return" (1954).

Now, don't get me wrong, I really like the movie. It has nice music and beautiful scenery, and you can watch Robert Mitchem and Marilyn Monroe portray...well, "Robert Mitchem" and "Marilyn Monroe," but you really don't have to...or want to...think too much about what you're watching (it has a kind of sappy plot with a real "Hollywood" ending).

Just have a lot of treats and drinks on hand before you hit the remote! :)

Oh, and don't blame me if the sound of Tennesse Ernie Ford singing the title track goes running through you head for the next several years...

[Brickbat]

1. Slapshot.

God, I love that movie.

[sixstrings75]

5. All time greatest Sports movie. Endless quotes... n/t

[Brickbat]

6. SO true. Every line is a classic.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

39. You make me sick when you speak....

I'm still using that one.

[Brickbat]

42. This isn't art, this is sex!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

45. The "back story" to the movie is great....

The screenwriter was a woman whose brother played minor league hockey. He smuggled a tape recorder into the locher room and recorded conversations without his teammates knowledge. That's how she was able to capture "the spirit of the thing" as Dickie Dunn would says

[Brickbat]

47. Yup.

Knowing that movie is part of the canon of living in Northern Minnesota. Ogie is based on Bill "Goldie" Goldthorpe, who played for the Fighting Saints, and the Hansons are based on some MN guys. And of course Reg moves on to Minnesota!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

53. One of the Hanson lives in SE Wisconsin today...

I forget which one, but I'm not sure it makes a difference.

[dysfunctional press]

26. i was working at a hockey rink when it came out...

we all went to see it NUMEROUS times.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Independence Day.

If you don't think when you watch it, it's fun as hell to enjoy.

If you think while watching it, well...

"So how do you drive from New York to DC in a beat up sedan in 4 hours while millions upon millions of people are being evacuated from the cities?"

"How did the dog escape from being burned up in the firey tunnel?"

And of course...

"How exactly does a Windows virus infect an extraterrestial computer system?"

[gmoney]

10. Well, Windows viruses (viri?) can infect ANYTHING...

Remember, Jeff Goldblum was a Mac spokesman for a while. :)

[Lucian]

22. That was the first movie that popped in my mind when I saw this thread title.

[TK421]

54. The whole computer virus thing pissed me off to no end...what an arrogant

display of their so-called technology...an alien race that has technology far superior to ours, and it's Bill Gates to the fucking rescue :eyes: I booed at the end of this movie, when the other idiot fucks cheered

[HopeHoops]

3. Debbie Does Dallas

[Forkboy]

13. I don't know about you, but I did a lot of thinking during that one.

:)

[HopeHoops]

18. "Oh Mr. Greenfield!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[arbusto_baboso]

4. Clerks.

Fun movie. Doesn't require any intellectual engagement.

[phasma ex machina]

7. Deleted

[sarge43]

8. Any Trek movie

Now, I love Trek; I'm one of those nerds who wrote to NBC begging it to keep the series going. However, a naval task force could sail through the plots holes and Spock would have a great deal to say about the logical inconsistencies.

Best summation: "What would God want with a space ship?"

[Bertha Venation]

9. Road House

[Archae]

11. Flash Gordon. (1980)

It has everything.

Cheesy acting.
Terrible effects.

KILLER soundtrack from Queen.

[proteus_lives]

34. Oh I love that movie.

Gordon's alive?

God bless Brian Blessed!

[flying rabbit]

46. No! Not the BOREWORMS!!!!111!1

Classic cheese that never gets old.

[Initech]

12. Animal House

"OVER?????? WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR?????"

"Germans?"

"Forget it, he's rambling."

:rofl:

[LoveMyCali]

56. That was my first thought too

and it can make you laugh no matter what else is on your mind.

[semillama]

14. Anything with Jason Statham. n/t

[Forkboy]

15. Snatch rules though.

[racaulk]

36. DUzy!

:rofl:

[semillama]

58. oh, yeah.

Best way to rest your brain. Put in park, put in a Transporter movie, and there you go!

[Forkboy]

16. Anything made by Roland Emmerich.

[dysfunctional press]

24. ...or michael bay.

[Forkboy]

25. If the two of them ever team up it'll create a black hole of insipidness that will destroy us all.

[dysfunctional press]

28. hey- that might be a good film plot for an emmerich/bay collaboration

:woohoo:

but who, or what, will save the world...?

[Forkboy]

30. Do NOT give them any ideas.

I beg of you.

:rofl:

[redwitch]

50. Nah I HATE reality movies.

Because you know, we ARE being swallowed up by a black hole of insipidity.

[MrCoffee]

17. Hackers

It's a brilliant film, but thinking is not recommended during viewing.

[scubadude]

19. Fletch nt

[PassingFair]

20. Zoolander.

It's a movie I can watch over and over again.

Funny every time. And ridiculous.

[GoCubsGo]

44. I loved Zoolander

"So I'm rappelling down Mount Vesuvius when suddenly I slip, and I start to fall. Just falling, ahh ahh, I'll never forget the terror. When suddenly I realize "Holy shit, Hansel, haven't you been smoking Peyote for six straight days, and couldn't some of this maybe be in your head?""

It was so stupid it was funny. I like 'em that way.

[MissMillie]

21. All of the Austin Powers movies

And most of the movies made for Lifetime Television

[MotorCityMan]

27. Lifetime movies are a good example

And my partner and I are big Lifetime fans (Lifetime... Television for women and gay men). I'll walk in the room when my partner is watching a Lifetime movie and ask "So what's the issue? Abusive, cheating husband? Evil kids? Psycho ex-wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/relative/nanny/babysitter?" A lot of them are really well done. The one about Matthew Shepard and the recent one with Sigourney Weaver, "Prayers for Bobby", (which was heart-breaking) come to mind.

I'm STILL trying to get out of my mind the movie (with Michelle Green I think, based on a true story, of course) where she gets pregnant and doesn't know how. Turns out her dentist raped her when she was knocked out in his office. Eeeewwwww!

[MissMillie]

29. this one

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117627/

Lifetime recently did a movie on Georgia O'Keefe. I didn't see it, but was impressed that Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen were in it.

I did like the Matthew Shepard movie. Stockard Channing is awesome!

[MotorCityMan]

31. Thanks! Couldn't remember the title

That one was just too icky for words.

The recent two-parter with Gina Gershon, "Everything She Ever Wanted", was pretty good, too.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

23. Pineapple Express

[dembotoz]

32. its a mad mad mad mad world

Think i have enough mads in it.
Loved the movie
but just something to stare at and eat popcorn
and smile.

[CreekDog]

33. Dodgeball

probably the most awesome movie ever.

[racaulk]

35. Any movie starring two or more of these actors:

Jennifer Aniston
Will Ferrell
Vince Vaughn
Owen Wilson
Adam Sandler
Drew Barrymore
Ben Stiller
Robin Williams
Hank Azaria

:hide:

[meegbear]

37. I'll add Sandra Bullock and Meg Ryan

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

40. I forget who the comic was...

I think it was Letterman, because he was talking about the show "The Mentalist" (on CBS) and he was explaining that the show was about this guy with AMAZING powers of observation.

"He's so good, he can tell the difference between Sandra Bullock's last three movies."

[Manifestor_of_Light]

59. George Carlin - your mark of quality entertainment.

Car Wash
Dogma

With Six You Get Eggroll (carhop with bad attitude)

Outrageous Fortune

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Prince of Tides

Jersey Girl

[DainBramaged]

38. Slapshot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_w4MV_LwMw

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

41. Wayne's World -nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

43. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

[Rising Phoenix]

51. I got my first hickey while "watching" bogus journey

Hi Dave! :hi:

Wherever you are.

[rcrush]

48. Transformers 2

If you try to think about the plot your head explode.

[gratuitous]

49. Volunteers

Tom Hanks and John Candy (Tom Tuttle from Tacoma, Washington!) in a fun Friday night movie. Keeps moving, doesn't get too bogged down with a lot of extraneous stuff, and brings all the feuding sides together right at the end for the satisfying finale. "Gol durn!"

[gratuitous]

52. L.A. Story

Unless you're addicted to anagrams.

[CBGLuthier]

55. Avatar, at least if it is like all other Cameron films.

[Deja Q]

57. Deep Throat

:yoiks:

[704wipes]

60. Dumb and Dumber

nt

[Initech]

61. Super Troopers