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Ireneparalegal
11-02-2005, 08:16 PM
Passion of The Christ
Jaws
Rocky
Rocky 2
Rocky 3
Exorcist
Carrie
What's Love Got To Do With It (really any movie with music, dancing etc)
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Brian Damage
11-02-2005, 11:10 PM
Any Star Wars movie
seventies_sitcoms
11-03-2005, 12:21 AM
I remember seeing The Evil Dead in the theater around '83 or '84. It didn't seem the same when I watched it when it was released on videotape.

The original early 70's Texas Chainsaw Massacre is great to watch on a big screen.
Number 9 Dream
11-04-2005, 06:55 PM
Jurassic Park
The Exorcist
E.T.
Titanic
Scream

I'm sure there are many others....I think horror movies are best watched at theaters.
Ireneparalegal
11-04-2005, 08:24 PM
oh yeah, Titanic...what was i thinking....
Brad Russ
11-05-2005, 06:26 AM
Titanic, and The Passion were really good in the theatres. I agree with those choices. I think any movie with great special effects is best if seen in theatres. You can't fully appreciate them on a small screen. Also, sports movies, particularly football ones are best on the big screen.
GARFIELDKOOL
11-05-2005, 09:36 AM
I think the Spiderman movies are best seen in theatres than on DVD and VHS. I saw both movies in the theatre and I was amazed at the effects of both movies, especially Spiderman 2.
rusyd
11-05-2005, 11:03 PM
To me any scary or action movie is better on the big screen.
Zebra 3
11-10-2005, 01:49 PM
The 1976 King Kong remake really looses some when seen on TV compared to the theatre.
Ireneparalegal
11-10-2005, 02:00 PM
The 1976 King Kong remake really looses some when seen on TV compared to the theatre.
i am so in agreement with you. I saw that in the theatre and it was awesome, just so intense. seeing it on tv or vhs(i have the vhs) just does NOT do it justice. You can't get the intensity of it. How huge King Kong really is. Same thing with Jaws, you need the feeling of the loud speakers, the feeling that you are in the water, you can't get that on t.v.
Passion of the Christ, my God, never has any movie made me cry all the way through. The sounds were so loud, I could feel it go thru all my body and the feeling of being right there. so intense.
sara
11-10-2005, 03:22 PM
The Matrix and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
*MIBabe03*
11-10-2005, 06:59 PM
Twister, Speed, Die Hard. Any horror movie.
Penny Lane
11-10-2005, 07:21 PM
One of my favorite movies ever "Jaws" I always have wanted to see on the big screen. It would be so awesome! And also "Poltergeist" I never go to the movies but I do regret especially those two films that I never saw on the big screen.:(
tv star collector
11-10-2005, 07:36 PM
Passion of The Christ
Jaws
Rocky
Rocky 2
Rocky 3
Exorcist
Carrie
What's Love Got To Do With It (really any movie with music, dancing etc)
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Any "blockbuster" scale movie (e.g., the Star Wars films, etc.) One thing that
annoys me is DVDs that are released in the letterbox format, esp. since the
only DVD player that I have is on my computer. I don't even like when they
show certain TV programs in letterbox format. But at least my TV screen is
bigger than my computer screen!
Ireneparalegal
11-10-2005, 07:39 PM
Any "blockbuster" scale movie (e.g., the Star Wars films, etc.) One thing that
annoys me is DVDs that are released in the letterbox format, esp. since the
only DVD player that I have is on my computer. I don't even like when they
show certain TV programs in letterbox format. But at least my TV screen is
bigger than my computer screen!
the letterbox format annoys alot of people, yet, it allows viewers to see what they would see if they saw this same movie in the theatre, except, on a much smaller scale. no hoopla, no excitement, nada. I wish you could have seen Jaws in a movie theatre, it's no comparison. They should have played it in the theatres when it was the 25th Anniversary of the movie.

"Speed" was mentioned. Yes, I saw that in the movie theatre and it was great.
Fonzarelli
11-14-2005, 09:07 PM
Citizen Kane, no doubt.
snl 70s show fan
11-15-2005, 02:14 PM
superman and the horse whisperer both of these movies lost something on home video
seventies_sitcoms
11-17-2005, 05:50 PM
i am so in agreement with you. I saw that in the theatre and it was awesome, just so intense. seeing it on tv or vhs(i have the vhs) just does NOT do it justice. You can't get the intensity of it. How huge King Kong really is. Same thing with Jaws, you need the feeling of the loud speakers, the feeling that you are in the water, you can't get that on t.v.
Passion of the Christ, my God, never has any movie made me cry all the way through. The sounds were so loud, I could feel it go thru all my body and the feeling of being right there. so intense.


Oh jeez! I remember seeing this in the movies when I was or 5 or 6! :happyface
Ireneparalegal
11-17-2005, 05:54 PM
Oh jeez! I remember seeing this in the movies when I was or 5 or 6! :happyface
What movie did you see when you were five or six? Jaws or Passion????:lol:
webuster
11-19-2005, 12:16 PM
The Phantom of the Opera- the opening scene loses so much of it's power on a smaller screen.

It'd be great if there were some way to have films constantly in theatres lol- even the ones some see as bad and others don't! I'd love to see The Stepford Wives remake on the big screen again, and I've never seen Chicago in the cinema.