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What films do you watch when you want to leave your brain at the door?

94 replies

WillowtreeHouse · 08/07/2023 19:18

Sometimes I just want to watch nonsense and for me, you can't beat a good old disaster movie. If I'm feeling a bit fed up (like I am today, thanks covid) give me The Towering Inferno or The Poseidon Adventure and I'm happy as a clam. Watched 2012 this afternoon. Man, that was utter shite and I feel I may have to trawl Netflix shortly for something else.

What are your preferences for 'no think watching' as my DS calls it?

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JackieQueen · 08/07/2023 21:41

Another vote for the carry on films, no need to use brain at all! Ooooh matron!

Haveallthesongsbeenwritten · 08/07/2023 21:43

WillowtreeHouse · 08/07/2023 19:18

Sometimes I just want to watch nonsense and for me, you can't beat a good old disaster movie. If I'm feeling a bit fed up (like I am today, thanks covid) give me The Towering Inferno or The Poseidon Adventure and I'm happy as a clam. Watched 2012 this afternoon. Man, that was utter shite and I feel I may have to trawl Netflix shortly for something else.

What are your preferences for 'no think watching' as my DS calls it?

Bridesmaids. So good. Anything with Melissa McCarthy.

Haveallthesongsbeenwritten · 08/07/2023 21:43

Whattodo112222 · 08/07/2023 19:40

Bridesmaids

100% yes

SleeptightDaisy · 08/07/2023 21:53

One of our dinosaurs is missing film from childhood
Bridesmaids
Sliding doors

PaigeMatthews · 08/07/2023 21:54

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Darklane · 08/07/2023 22:06

Brassed Off
The Commitments
Four Weddings & a Funeral
Some Like it Hot
Hello Dolly

Cheeseplantt · 08/07/2023 23:47

My best friends wedding
Goonies
Con air
Chorus Line
Clue
Annie (original)
Sweetest thing
American Pie
Legally blonde
Any late 90s/early 2000s rom com

JohnnysSoLongAtTheFair · 08/07/2023 23:59

John Hughes films.

James Bond.

’70s disaster movies.

CountingMareep · 09/07/2023 00:01

Classic singalong musicals, not the recent rubbishy dancey ones - My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, The King & I, West Side Story. Also partial to Lloyd Webber ones especially Phantom.

OhcantthInkofaname · 09/07/2023 00:02

I go back to child raising days and watch the early Disney movies. I watch the original Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Pete's Dragon and similar.

OhcantthInkofaname · 09/07/2023 00:06

Add on: When I want a good cry I go for Steel Magnolias.

goingback · 09/07/2023 00:12

50s scifi
Mindless action- the kind of videos that ripped off the Arnie/Stallone/VanDamme movies back in the Blockbuster days
Speed

DrFoxtrot · 09/07/2023 00:54

I only watch films that allow me to leave my brain at the door. I do not want to have to think. Most films have been mentioned already - the earlier James Bond films, Serendipity, Jurassic Park, Disney, Titanic, Harry Potter, Leap Year 😳😂.

DrFoxtrot · 09/07/2023 00:55

Also Ghost and Pretty Woman.

Growlybear83 · 09/07/2023 01:58

WhatADrabCarpet · 08/07/2023 20:02

Embarrassed to say, ' Carry On ' films.

I know they're dated and stereotypical but they make me giggle and I don't have to think about my woes.

Oh I agree with you - I love carry on films. I've also watched the two Inbetweeners films many many times. I never get bored of them.

Growlybear83 · 09/07/2023 02:06

And Norman Wisdom films 😆

LordSalem · 09/07/2023 02:09

The Hostel series, Terrifier films, the Saw series. Familiar for comfort but don't need brain engagement.

HomeSeck · 09/07/2023 02:33

Cheesy action comedies for me:

Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle
Red Notice
The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Lost City
etc.

No thinking required!

JohnnysSoLongAtTheFair · 09/07/2023 08:22

Growlybear83 · 09/07/2023 02:06

And Norman Wisdom films 😆

“Mr Grimsdale!”

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