Now this is a great idea for a discussion, started a couple weeks ago by miss jesus — what film have you watched the most times?

In a short amount of time, this topic has really taken off, and already has 40 replies and thousands of views. Interestingly, the films we’ve seen the most frequently aren’t necessarily our “favorites”. A lot of it depends on a serendipitous union of TV scheduling and apathy.

Fact: 90% of humanity can recite at least 4 quotes from The Princess Bride

There are a lot of great responses, but no one quite matches the comprehensiveness of hopscotch’s answer which, read aloud, is curiously poetic:

Personally, the film I’ve seen the most times must be The Dark Knight. But only because, last summer, I watched it in Spanish over and over and over in order to learn the language. The main consequence has been that I now speak Spanish in a deep, aggressive growl.

What films have you seen most frequently? Why not go join the conversation?

Here’s a timely topic for the holiday season! Melvin Smif has started a popular thread asking about everyone’s favorite and most hated Christmas movies. Some classic gems like It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story show up frequently in the posts, which currently number over 40 (though they take a weird turn for the political midway through). Die Hard is another film which appears on a huge number of lists — not the most traditional seasonal fare, but a great movie nonetheless.

John McClane spreads the holiday cheer

Will 2008’s A Christmas Tale one day make lists like this? This French film starring Catherine Deneuve is widely loved by Criticker Users, and might make a good choice for those getting tired of the old standards.

My personal fave, though it’s not awfully unique, is A Christmas Story — I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it. What’s yours? Go join the forum and share!

Amazon: It’s a Wonderful Life / Die Hard / A Christmas Tale / A Christmas Story

One of the most surprising hits of the summer has inspired a lot of discussion at the Criticker Forums. District 9 came out of nowhere with a bunch of unknown actors and immediately landed on the tentative versions of many Best Of 2009 lists. At Criticker, it’s gotten even more traffic than Tarantino’s long-awaited Inglourious Basterds.

The District 9 forum thread was started by user frederic_g54 at the beginning of July. From the very beginning, it’s a pretty contentious discussion and quickly dives into ideas like, “Is it valid to defend or rip films you’ve not yet seen?” (My response to that is definitely yes).

So whether or not you’ve seen the movie, feel free to join the discussion and contribute! The Criticker Forums can always use some fresh insights.

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Whenever Quentin Tarantino has a new project coming out, film fans work themselves into a tizzy, praising and/or bashing it well in advance of its release date.

At least that’s what we’re seeing with Inglourious Basterds — Tarantino’s new and confusingly misspelled war project with Brad Pitt. Criticker’s forum community seems split on whether it’s going to suck or rule, though modest optimism seems to be the prevailing mood.

User brandt64 dug up the following French trailer, which (in our opinion) seems promising.

Inglourious Basterds opens on August 21st… are you excited? Why not go join the discussion in the forum?

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