When you're down, what TV show or movie lifts you up?

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  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    Goldie1 said:

    One of my very favorite movies is...

    Shaun of the Dead!  Never get tired of watching it over and over with my daughter.  Looking forward to seeing "The World's End" when it comes out in August.  

    I have to admit, I am addicted to many HGTV shows, like House Hunters and Love it or List it.  Patrick and I like to watch Shark Tank together and say, we didn't we think of that?   Of course we love our Philly sports teams, baseball in the summer, ice hockey in the winter.  And Downton Abbey is greatly missed at the moment, can't wait for the new season.

    Have to say that watching a bit of TV does not make us "couch potatoes", it just takes us away for a time, and there is nothing wrong with that!

    Ellen

    Heh...

    Pete may not really appreciate me making a thread off of his snarky comments, but oh well!

    How old is your daughter?  Because SOTD is such a family fave with me and my older kids (adults, more or less), my 9 year old keeps agitating to see it.  He loves zombies and wants to watch zombie movie, but I haven't been able to find one that seems suitable.  Who knew it would be so hard to find a family-friendly movie involving people-eating monsters?

  • Chelsea71
    Chelsea71 Member Posts: 1,169 Member

    Dexter?

    Do you ever watch that?  One of my personal favorites.  Kind of a double dose of serial killers, since the hero is one too...

    Love Dexter.  Such a clever

    Love Dexter.  Such a clever show.  Who knew a serial killer could be such a good guy.

  • Goldie1
    Goldie1 Member Posts: 264 Member

    I love me some Mad Men and

    I love me some Mad Men and last night was the finale!  Love to watch any reality cooking show too.  One of my all time favorite movies is Office Space.  It's hysterical!

    Office Space...

    another great movie that never fails to make me smile!

    Ellen

  • Goldie1
    Goldie1 Member Posts: 264 Member

    Heh...

    Pete may not really appreciate me making a thread off of his snarky comments, but oh well!

    How old is your daughter?  Because SOTD is such a family fave with me and my older kids (adults, more or less), my 9 year old keeps agitating to see it.  He loves zombies and wants to watch zombie movie, but I haven't been able to find one that seems suitable.  Who knew it would be so hard to find a family-friendly movie involving people-eating monsters?

    Saw SOTD together...

    when it first came out and daughter was 16 at the time.  Now she is 25 and it still is one of our all time faves! We also enjoyed "Hot Fuzz" but it didn't quite reach the love we have for SOTD. And while it is a very funny movie, it still has a lot of blood and gore so it's a tough call for you on letting your son watch. 

    And my daughter and I both loved the book "World War Z" but she refuses to see the movie because she read that they changed it drastically for the big screen and that made her angry...lol.  

  • barbebarb
    barbebarb Member Posts: 464

    NCIS!!!!

    I need me some Gibbs!  That's my therapy. I like arrested development, too but havent seen the new Netflix episodes yet. Love me some Star Trek also - all except original. 

    movies- best in show, the national treasure franchise, and I've started to watch film noir - some are really good and some are awful! I love the princess bride also, and yes, the Harry potters.  downton abbey? Oh yeah!

     

     

    Great thread

    This is a great thread!

    Now I have an extensive list of movies, etc., I need to check out!

    Thanks all.

     

  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    Mostly Disposable TV....(at this juncture)

    Pawn Stars......American Pickers......Swamp People.....Duck Dynasty.....Toy Hunter.....Cajun Pawn Stars....Storage Wars....even checked out Shipping Wars

    Those are easy and disposable when they are over...you can simply forget 'em. 

    It doesn't provide the escape you mention....but it's a temporary diversion during the week and something you can blow through in less than a 1/2 hour that doesn't require any big mental or emotional committment.

    Waiting on the last few episodes this summer for the conclusion of Breaking Bad.....this is not good television and doesn't make you feel particulary good when you're done with it.....I can only watch one episode at a time, because you sort of walk away feeling dirty, you know?  The Shield was sort of like that too, but it was a train wreck and hard to avert your eyes....I check out the occasional Sopranos rerun too.

    As for movies, we don't get to watch very many...we finally wanted to see a comedy last week, so the first time in years we rented a movie..."Identify Theft."

    It was entertaining in a painful kind of way....the gal that plays the thief (Melissa McCarthy) is so good - in a bad kind of way:)  It's interesting to read what everyone is looking at.

    Nice post, Ann:)

     

  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    Goldie1 said:

    Office Space...

    another great movie that never fails to make me smile!

    Ellen

    Office Space

    Sums up my job perfectly...

    Shot here in Dallas btw....and when you look at that movie, it's a period time piece of what Dallas buildings (work and apartments and restaurants) looked like...our first one looked like that:)

     

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    I love laughter

    So I tend to watch comedies or amusing shows.  The Big Bang Theory is one of my favorites because my husband is an electrical engineer, he doesn't see the humor in the show at all, but I guarantee I get a lot of laughs.

    my second is Duck Dynasty, a bunch of wonderful family hanging together and happy happy happy.  And a lot of laughter and smiles watching that show.  Everyone but Uncle Si has a college degree, and they have a wonderful sense of humor towards one another.

    Winter Marie

  • marbleotis
    marbleotis Member Posts: 720 Member
    Don't laugh

    During my entire chemo time I watched all of the Walton's re-runs.

    Good tv is hard to find now.

  • lauragb
    lauragb Member Posts: 370 Member
    Through treatment I watched

    Through treatment I watched episodes of the Office.  Made me laugh.  I also enjoyed Mad Men and Big Love.  A movie I really liked is "Jeff Who Lives at Home."

    I think the Father of the Bride movies are always fun. 

    We have no cable so I just watch Netflix.  When I've been in the hospital, I've gotten into some HGTV.  (and I'll admit, "Say Yes to the Dress")

    Currently I am watching Call the Midwife and episodes of the Dog Whisperer.  I recently watched Nurse Jackie which I like but didn't want to watch when I was

    in active treatment. 

    Last weekend I saw Identity Thief which was funny and naughty. 

    I enjoyed reading other people's responses.  What a fun thread.

  • Chelsea71
    Chelsea71 Member Posts: 1,169 Member
    Sundanceh said:

    Mostly Disposable TV....(at this juncture)

    Pawn Stars......American Pickers......Swamp People.....Duck Dynasty.....Toy Hunter.....Cajun Pawn Stars....Storage Wars....even checked out Shipping Wars

    Those are easy and disposable when they are over...you can simply forget 'em. 

    It doesn't provide the escape you mention....but it's a temporary diversion during the week and something you can blow through in less than a 1/2 hour that doesn't require any big mental or emotional committment.

    Waiting on the last few episodes this summer for the conclusion of Breaking Bad.....this is not good television and doesn't make you feel particulary good when you're done with it.....I can only watch one episode at a time, because you sort of walk away feeling dirty, you know?  The Shield was sort of like that too, but it was a train wreck and hard to avert your eyes....I check out the occasional Sopranos rerun too.

    As for movies, we don't get to watch very many...we finally wanted to see a comedy last week, so the first time in years we rented a movie..."Identify Theft."

    It was entertaining in a painful kind of way....the gal that plays the thief (Melissa McCarthy) is so good - in a bad kind of way:)  It's interesting to read what everyone is looking at.

    Nice post, Ann:)

     

    Oh yeah, you and Steve would
    Oh yeah, you and Steve would get along well. He loves all those shows. There is one that follows a tow truck company and the whole show seems to be about people going crazy when their car is towed. There is a similar show that seems to involve people getting parking tickets and then going berserk. Isn't that one on TLC terrible. The one with all those little girls dressed up like hookers "Toddlers and Tiarras". Steve doesn't watch it, but the commercials kind of jump out at me.
  • thingy45
    thingy45 Member Posts: 632 Member
    Grumpy old man

    O I so love Grumpy old man, I have all three of them, funny,

    Then  I watch on Tv, Crimin al minds, Castle, NCIS,Crossing borders is a new show that just started and I like it.

    Duck Dynasty sometimes I loike it sometimes no patience for it. Anothet funny one is RV with Robin Williams and then ofcourse I love Survivor, the drama etc etc.

    I have on demand so what I miss I can go back and see later. My daughter has netflix and maybe this winter I wil order it en see.

    Hugs to you all.

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member

    I love laughter

    So I tend to watch comedies or amusing shows.  The Big Bang Theory is one of my favorites because my husband is an electrical engineer, he doesn't see the humor in the show at all, but I guarantee I get a lot of laughs.

    my second is Duck Dynasty, a bunch of wonderful family hanging together and happy happy happy.  And a lot of laughter and smiles watching that show.  Everyone but Uncle Si has a college degree, and they have a wonderful sense of humor towards one another.

    Winter Marie

    You are the third person to mention Duck Dynasty...

    guess I'm going to have to check that show out!

  • Matta
    Matta Member Posts: 39
    Breaking bad

    TV series Breaking Bad, love it, every episode, black humor, I forget about everthing while I´m watching, my jaws drops down down down ... Tongue Out

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    barbebarb said:

    Tommy Boy
    Love Chris Farley!
    Movies are a great distraction.

    TV Ellen at 3 pm CST....very funny....

    Movies: Hangover I II and III
    Admissions Counselor - Tina Fey and Lilly Tomlin

    Netflix has very funny French subtitle movies....some are romantic comedy

    Kinky Red Boots....very good and heartwarming -the name is something like that. I believe it was on Broadway
    recently?

    Netflix - Call the Midwife- may be off due to summer. Set in England working district. Three young nurses deliver babies with the help of nuns. Their lives and patients.

    I love a great movie

    Love Call the Midwife!

    The first season is on Netflix.  Totally recommend it.  For some reason, historical stuff like that, Downton Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, etc, really helps distract me when my mood goes south.  Not quite sure why that is.  After my first surgery, I was on the couch for a month, super depressed, and that seemed to be all I could handle.  Watched a lot of historical movies too, like The Lion in Winter and A Man for All Seasons.

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    traci43 said:

    Harry Potter

    I watch the movies over and over again.  I've read the books at least three times.  I started reading the books while undergoing chemo after my initial diagnosis.  Another great movie is Moonstruck with Cher and Nicolas Cage. 

    Classic!

    Best three years of my family's life may have been those when HP and LOTR movies were coming out within a few months of each other every winter.  Now we own them and they are well worth rewatching.  And I'm reading the books for the 3rd or 4th time to my youngest.  There's nothing quite like a good fantasy to take you out of yourself and away from the hardships of treatment.

    ETA this comment is for Traci.  Kind of irritating these comments don't always go where you want them to...

  • LivinginNH
    LivinginNH Member Posts: 1,456 Member
     Wow!  I  feel as if I've

     

    Wow!  I  feel as if I've been living on another planet!  I've never heard of 90% of those shows and movies!!  Where have I been???  :D

    My current TV favorites are the Big Bang Theory, Elementary, NCIS and Hell's Kitchen.  Except for the original series, I loved all of the Star Trek shows, including the spin-offs, and I always hit the theatre on opening day of the Start Trek movies.  (Although I've never dressed the costume like a few of my co-workers did last month - and while at work too!!)  ;D

    Have a good night everyone, this is fun thread.  :)

    Cyn

     

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    Goldie1 said:

    Saw SOTD together...

    when it first came out and daughter was 16 at the time.  Now she is 25 and it still is one of our all time faves! We also enjoyed "Hot Fuzz" but it didn't quite reach the love we have for SOTD. And while it is a very funny movie, it still has a lot of blood and gore so it's a tough call for you on letting your son watch. 

    And my daughter and I both loved the book "World War Z" but she refuses to see the movie because she read that they changed it drastically for the big screen and that made her angry...lol.  

    Both of my girls (18 and 21)

    love all things zombie.  We all read World War Z and loved it.

    I have a feeling that the Brad Pitt version won't do it justice, but we'll probably go see it anyway.

    We recently watched "Warm Bodies".  That was pretty decent.

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member

    Don't laugh

    During my entire chemo time I watched all of the Walton's re-runs.

    Good tv is hard to find now.

    Wow, the Waltons...

    haven't thought of that show in a long time.  I remember watching it every week when I was a kid.  It was a sweet show, and I'll bet it was very comforting to watch it while going through tx (so not laughing at all!).  

    Weird to think how limited our viewing options used to be.  Just this thread alone shows how many different shows there are now, and we've only just scratched the surface.  A far cry from the days when pretty much everybody tuned into Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley every week without exception.

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member

     Wow!  I  feel as if I've

     

    Wow!  I  feel as if I've been living on another planet!  I've never heard of 90% of those shows and movies!!  Where have I been???  :D

    My current TV favorites are the Big Bang Theory, Elementary, NCIS and Hell's Kitchen.  Except for the original series, I loved all of the Star Trek shows, including the spin-offs, and I always hit the theatre on opening day of the Start Trek movies.  (Although I've never dressed the costume like a few of my co-workers did last month - and while at work too!!)  ;D

    Have a good night everyone, this is fun thread.  :)

    Cyn

     

    Love Star Trek, esp the movies...

    my late sister and I used to go with our husbands to opening night for all the ST movies, usually in the front of the line, even if it meant a long wait.  I was too young for the original series, but she was six years older and made sure I knew all about it and watched it in reruns when we were kids. 

    I even once made a homemade Tribble, which was basically nothing but a piece of furry material filled with stuffing.

    I was a weird kid.