List movies that must be seen on a big screen to be fully appreciated.

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"Lawrence of Arabia" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" are the most obvious answers, but what other films can only be truly appreciated when watched on a large screen in a theater?

[Richard Steele]

1. LOTR, all 3. And The Matrix- Just the 1st one, of course.

The other 2 are CRAP at any size.

[Broken_Hero]

2. Return of the King

King Arthur(Clive Owen version)

Star Wars

Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

Revenge of the Sith

Superman Returns

Braveheart(MG, I know, i know, don't flame me!)

Patriot(MG version, don't flame me)

Quite a few films actually....for most up tier action flicks/drama's the big screen is a must...

[astonamous]

3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. n/t

[swag]

4. "Goodfellas" "Apocalypse Now" "Until the End of the World"

[Elidor]

5. I second 2001

I saw it on a fantastic screen in Denver many years ago (can't remember the name of the theater, but it was the best in town). Being 9 or 10 at the time, I was immensely bored through most of it, but the spectacle was very impressive in places.

I would add Apocalypse Now, which was absolutely riveting the first time I saw it.

Alien was also a theater-only experience, especially during the first week of its release, when many moviegoers didn't suspect they'd see a creature burst through a man's chest during dinner.

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7. I was lucky to get to see "2001" at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood,

about 1972 or so. They did the whole thing, the overture with the curtains closed, the intermission, etc.

I saw both Apocalypse Now and Alien at the same theater (by chance) in Phoenix, a large-screen one that is now gone I think. I think I was slightly disappointed in A.N. on the first viewing, or confused by the ending. Alien was a shocker.

[GCP]

23. I also saw 2001 in Cinerama

That system rocked. If only they still had some cmovie theaters around now with that option.

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24. The Cinerama Dome is still in operation, as part of the Arclight Cinemas

Interesting facts about it here:

http://www.arclightcinemas.com/dome.jsp?path=about

[martymar64]

42. I love the Cinerama Dome

I saw "The Doors " there. Last Temptation of Christ was much better on the big screen.

[Duer 157099]

43. Hey, me too. I think that was me kicking the back of your chair

I bet you also saw It's a mad, mad mad mad world there too. I did.

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47. Oh, so that was YOU. Give me your parents' name and phone number.

Actually the only movie I ever saw there was "2001." We drove all the way from Orange to Hollywood to see it. I would have loved to see other movies there, but we lived too far away. I'm just glad to know that they never tore it down.

[pitohui]

6. eraserhead EOM

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8. Why on a big screen?

[SteppingRazor]

34. I find that movie impossible to appreciate on ANY screen n/t

[Left Is Write]

9. Star Wars.

[bertha katzenengel]

51. Damn right!

I switched the TV to Star Wars III the other night - not because I cared to watch it, but so that I could turn the stereo way up just to hear the overture. I cried. Great memories.

[Vidar]

10. Dr. Zhivago, Reds

[meegbear]

11. The Matrix ...

saw it there the first time and it definitely lost something on the tele.

[rbnyc]

12. Alien

War of the Worlds
OH boy, I know there are so many more. I'll be back.

[SteppingRazor]

13. big-screen must sees, for me means lots of special effects and huge casts

So, the LotR movies are great examples. Especially Return of the King, for its huge battle scenes.

Some of the Star Wars picks as well.

[begin_within]

28. but not Titanic

[caty]

14. Jaws, Jurrasic Park, and Twister.

[Cannikin]

15. Twister barely worked in the theater. Sucks at home.

[deutsey]

16. "Ben Hur" believe it or not

I find it boring on TV and over-the-top campy, but I was completely drawn into it when I saw a special 70 mm viewing of it. The chariot race is phenomenol...

[sarge43]

21. Yup and not a computer in sight n/t

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25. That is a great scene - wish I could have seen it on a big screen

[bleedingheart]

30. Gone with the Wind...whether you like it or not

saw it on a big screen as a kid...it is better that way.

[kwassa]

38. Saw it on the big screen ...... Frankly, my dear ..... still sucked.

[bif]

17. A River Runs Through It

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26. That had beautiful scenery of Montana, which inspired my sister and her

boyfriend to buy a plot of land in Idaho and build a log cabin there.

[LynneSin]

18. The Abyss

Small Screen does it no justice. I loved that movie

[azmouse]

19. Amadeus

[sarge43]

20. Mine

Star Wars (That Imperial battleship filling the screen :wow:)

Ben Hur (The chariot race)

LOTR (the signal fire scene. Some things can only be done on the wide screen)

[ohiosmith]

22. Anything with John Holmes

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27. Is the feature full-length and uncut?

[lost-in-nj]

29. Last of the Mohican's

The Abyss
Armageddon
Jaws
Jurassic Park
I'm lucky because my husband decided to turn my plain old TV room into a home theater.
So we have a huge screen on one wall and surround sound so when we watch any movie it sounds like your right there.
And we don't even watch sports! He did it all for his movies.
I forgot one- March of the Penguins cause you have to feel cold to watch that

:silly:

lost

[tjwash]

31. Silence of the lambs.

That last scene especially, with the night vision goggles, inches away from agent Starling :scared:

[terrya]

32. "Chicago"

Or any other big screen musical. :-)

[tjwash]

33. The live one on stage was the best.

nt

[dback]

35. "Brokeback Mountain"

Visually just beyond stunning. Looks great on DVD, but loses some of the grandeur.

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39. I'll buy that, I didn't watch it until it came out on DVD and I could tell

that it was a "big-screen" movie with the sweeping mountain panoramas. That made me sorry that I didn't go to see it while it was in theaters.

[malmapus]

36. Gladiator, The Messenger

Gladiator just for the first battle scene as well as the fights in the Colosseum with the roar of the spectators.

The Messenger for it's battle scenes as well, like when they were storming that one small keep outside of Leons?

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

40. While OT, We get to watch Gladiator for our World Culture class

Somehow Russel beating the shit out of people is enlightening

[Deja Q]

37. Star Trek I - III, For Your Eyes Only, Superman II

[Ron Green]

41. How the West Was Won

[blondeatlast]

46. Absolutely. nt

[FILAM23]

44. An easy one

Every movie ever made

[blondeatlast]

45. Blazing Saddles.

The toll-booth scene in BS was soooo much better at the local drive-in!

That goes for nearly any decently made Western, actually.

[Rosco T.]

48. Blade Runner

[CBHagman]

49. The Mission.

[bertha katzenengel]

50. Raiders of the Lost Ark

I saw that in the Cineramadome in Hollywood a few years after it came out. That theater has a giGANtic screen that wraps around so that one has to turn one's head left or right to see what goes on in the corners. It was fantastic.

[sakabatou]

52. Akira, Mononoke Hime, Howl's Moving Castle

Lupin III films, GitS, and others.