Movies where Drinking is Required

[Bedlam]

Some movies just suck, no matter what. There are movies that whoever came up with the original idea or screenplay or whatever should just set fire to their computer and save us all a world of pain and lost bones.

But some movies...a very few, I think...suck large on a regular viewing, but take on some kind of subtle change if you watch while drinking. Not sure how the dynamics of that work, but it's kind of elusive. And it's different with varying genres: comedy vs. action vs. drama vs. romantic.

I'm interested in the experiences of others regarding this, and a list of movies that fit this category. Remember, I'm not talking about movies that are good, then get better when drinking...I'm talking about movies that are bad sober, but seem okay or maybe even great after a few brewskis.

Okay....go!

 

[xamers]

Alright! It's own thread.


"The Rock." Very watchable when drinking heavily.

 

[the_bird]

I have to admit........... and please don't kick me out of the club for admitting this.....








The first time I watched BeerFest - stone sobor and with The Wife peering at me disdainfully - I kinda thought it sucked.

Watched it again with a beer in my hand and a couple in my belly - OUTSTANDING!

 

[Orfy]

The goonies?

 

[Brewtopia]

The Prince movie, Under the Cherry Moon is horrible. But, becomes and instant classic when you're 3 sheets to the wind.

Originally posted by the_bird
The first time I watched BeerFest - stone sobor and with The Wife peering at me disdainfully - I kinda thought it sucked.

Watched it again with a beer in my hand and a couple in my belly - OUTSTANDING!

I completely agree.

 

[k1v1116]

The simpsons movie was at best mediocre until I had a few homebrews then it was actually very good.

 

[c.n.budz]

Dazed and Confused. I can't sit through it sober to save my life, but laugh pretty hard if I see it while having a few. It also makes a good drinking game, you have to take a drink every time Mitch touches his nose

 

[Professor Frink]

I don't have to drink to watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but I've never seen it sober.

 

[seanhagerty]

"*******: The Movie"

 

[Milhouse]

Kung Fu Hustle!

 

[RICLARK]

anything with steven segal

 

[Evan!]

Not a movie, but I have seen the most incredible drunk transformation with WWF/WWE. I don't watch it anymore, but back in college we used to get a bunch of 40oz's and get all f*cked up and watch WWF, and it was so damn good. Kurt Angle was after McMahon's daughter, the Rock was doin his thing, and Mankind was still around. It was like a man's soap opera.

Then, after college, I tried watching it sober a couple times. I felt like I was watching sesame street. Jesus effing kryst! Seriously, there is nothing that a good drunk transforms like pro wrastlin.

 

[Bedlam]

Along the same lines as Pro Wrasslin'...I vote that the Dukes of Hazzard fits this category.

 

[Buford]

Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

"Sue-mee-mah-sehn!"

 

[brauhaus]

Ed Wood .

 

[surfbrewer]

C'mon Dazed and Confused is a classic whether you're drunk, stoned, or sober...Great Movie! For me anyway.....

How about Bob and Doug "Strange Brew". When you're sober it gets pretty dry after awhile but with a few homebrews in ya', its a movie masterpiece. Did you know that it is based on Shakespearse's Hamlet, with Bob and Doug playing the roles of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? It's true although very loosely.

 

[NitrouStang96]

The first time I watched BeerFest - stone sobor and with The Wife peering at me disdainfully - I kinda thought it sucked.

Watched it again with a beer in my hand and a couple in my belly - OUTSTANDING!

I'm with you 100%, man.

 

[xamers]

Speed.

Keanu is better under the influence

 

[k1v1116]

everything with keanu needs alcohol, I understand now that he has a name for himself it gets him roles but how the hell did he get any roles in the first place?

team america world police, I watched it sober and it sucked!!!! then my friends convinced me to give it a second chance and after 10 or 15 beers it was kind of funny.

 

[uwjester]

Idiocracy. Nothing goes along with the theme of that movie like killing some brain cells. It also has enough off-humor that a beer really enhances.

 

[barroomhero1234]

beerfest handsdown

 

[arturo7]

Scarface drinking game:

Every time Tony says the f-word you take a drink.

Nearly impossible to watch the whole movie.

OT: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

Same game only drink on the word "Grinch." Good way to start a gift exchange party during the holidays.

 

[Chris_Dog]

Same deal with Jaws only with the word "Cheif" bet ya can't watch the whole movie!

 

[PeteOz77]

Dazed and Confused. I can't sit through it sober to save my life, but laugh pretty hard if I see it while having a few. It also makes a good drinking game, you have to take a drink every time Mitch touches his nose

"Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packin' right here, alright. We got 411 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper Edelbrock intakes, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some ****en muscle."

 

[PeteOz77]

I get older, they stay the same age...

 

[SourHopHead]

"Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packin' right here, alright. We got 411 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper Edelbrock intakes, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some ****en muscle."

Awesome line and flick!

 

[Evan!]

If you need booze to get through Dazed & Confused, then something is seriously wrong with you.

hey, another one: Dark Crystal FTW.

 

[EdWort]

Harold & Kumar go to White Castle.

 

[Liquidicem]

Big Trouble in Little China. This movie rocked my world with a few drinks in me but I could never watch it sober.

 

[Sherpa FE]

Clerks
Clerks 2
All the Red vs. Blue Movies
Monty Python
Army of Darkness
Any Jay & Silent Bob Movie
Rocky Horror Picture show