What movie(s) did you watch 10+ times and offered something new with each view?
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I watched idiocracy at home a year or 2 after it came out, and I hated it because i felt like it beat you over the head with the message, like yeah I get it, I don't need to watch an hour more of this!
..then I rewatched it after our handling of covid and January 6 insurrection.. Thought to myself "yep... Thats how the future plays out.."
If you watched it now for the first time? In 2025? Fucking hell. I hate this timeline.
One can only hope we end up with a president like Camacho. Dudes an idiot, but at least he put in the effort to help his constituents by finding the smartest dude he could and have him solve their problems.
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What ? Do people do that ?
I have nevwr watched a.moive even twice let alone 10 times. How in hell.do you find the time ? I retired at age 35 and am now 60 and always struggle to find time to do things.
Growing up in a small town, movie selections were slim, so I watched a lot of movies back them multiple times. I don't get to watch movies as often as I'd like and when I do I usually choose gaming over movies. So when I do watch something I want it to be new. However there is at least 10 movies I will rewatch at least once every couple of years.
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Buffalo 66, Bringing Out the Dead, Rear Window…
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Other than what everyone else has said (great taste in film, lemmings) I'll throw out...
In the Mouth of Madness. People tend to rank The Thing as his best movie, but the other two parts of the "Apocalypse Trilogy" are also excellent. Prince of Darkness has plenty to reccomend it, but I actually have watched IMM at least 10 times. The practical effects hold up well, and I feel like I catch new little details or acting quirks on each watch. Sam Neill and Julie Carmen are both really on their game and amazingly bring a lot of both subtlety and camp to the roles. The soundtrack is really banging too, if you're a fan of Carpenter's synth-rock.
And for something completely different, but still an "at least 10 views" favorite: Rian Johnson's Brick. You'll probably need at least 2 viewings just to catch all the dialogue, which is very fast and uses a weird made up slang. The main victim makes a phone call in the first act that basically reveals everything if you understand what she's saying, but it takes the whole movie for that to happen. It's just a fun, good mystery story too. Great sense of style, great (slightly off kilter) acting choices all around. Its one of those movies that's a little like poetry or a great album, just fun to watch and enjoy for itself.
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By the end of the film I'm always so shocked by how things have developed over the last few hours. Seeing the light change into morning is very sobering
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I know what you mean. I feel like I’ve lived through an experience. Actually, I hadn’t thought of the light until you said it just now. They did time it perfectly to include that. I must watch it again!
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I’ve passed through Everything Everywhere All At Once approximately eighty times now, because on every single viewing, I’m discovering one or two tiny fragments of interrelationship that I’ve never seen before.
It’s a marvelous, marvelous movie.
I'm one of the few that hated that movie. Started strong, got weird in a fun funny way, got weirder to the point where I'm in just to see where it's going, then idk it just lost me and I was out
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Buffalo 66, Bringing Out the Dead, Rear Window…
Princess bride
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I watched a bit of Dark when it came out, will look into its status as I'm not inclined to watch (NF) shows that slowly die. Not sure if that's what happened here.
What is interesting tho, is that I have Paper Moon (1973) scheduled to watch tomorrow night. Never seen it before.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Hah, I randomdly picked this screen name, never seen paper moon either! Just looked it up, seems Interesting, added it to the queue.
Dark had a planned ending, it was 3 seasons and then done.
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I'm one of the few that hated that movie. Started strong, got weird in a fun funny way, got weirder to the point where I'm in just to see where it's going, then idk it just lost me and I was out
I think it speaks to me cause I have unmedicated ADHD.
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The Matrix.
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Other than what everyone else has said (great taste in film, lemmings) I'll throw out...
In the Mouth of Madness. People tend to rank The Thing as his best movie, but the other two parts of the "Apocalypse Trilogy" are also excellent. Prince of Darkness has plenty to reccomend it, but I actually have watched IMM at least 10 times. The practical effects hold up well, and I feel like I catch new little details or acting quirks on each watch. Sam Neill and Julie Carmen are both really on their game and amazingly bring a lot of both subtlety and camp to the roles. The soundtrack is really banging too, if you're a fan of Carpenter's synth-rock.
And for something completely different, but still an "at least 10 views" favorite: Rian Johnson's Brick. You'll probably need at least 2 viewings just to catch all the dialogue, which is very fast and uses a weird made up slang. The main victim makes a phone call in the first act that basically reveals everything if you understand what she's saying, but it takes the whole movie for that to happen. It's just a fun, good mystery story too. Great sense of style, great (slightly off kilter) acting choices all around. Its one of those movies that's a little like poetry or a great album, just fun to watch and enjoy for itself.
I also recommended In the Mouth of Madness for the same reasons!
Prince of Darkness needs a high budget modern remake. Such killer ideas held back by budgetary constraints and practical effects limitations. It doesn't have quite as many new details to notice on repeat watches though.
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The Princess Bride
Shawshank Redemption
Penguins (of Madagascar): The Movie
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Memento. Upon the 10th re-watch I actually managed to follow the story.
Jokes aside, I love that movie. It just takes a lot of effort to actually learn wtf is happening.
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What ? Do people do that ?
I have nevwr watched a.moive even twice let alone 10 times. How in hell.do you find the time ? I retired at age 35 and am now 60 and always struggle to find time to do things.
It's a show, not a movie, but I have been watching Fleabag at least 20 times on repeat within half a year (November to April). I do a lot of housework and it often plays in the background while I cook or clean. I know every line. I know every shot and smile and can basically watch it in my head.
When I was 11, I was watching the VHS tape with Pirates of the Caribbean daily for about 1.5 months.
Movies and series are just one of my favorite things in the world. I do want to make time for that. Are there more important and wholesome things to do? Absolutely. But I also feel like I should be allowed to do something not meaningful or important every now and then. I've been thinking about it a lot throughout my life, whether, on my deathbed, I will regret having watched so much stuff, thinking I should have spent that time differently. I don't think I will. Because I love stories. I think it is one (possible) meaning of life, to listen to as many stories as you can. I listen to people's stories, to things that are actually happening, and TV and movies are another medium that also tells stories. I understand that a lot of people prefer books, maybe that's objectively the better, healthier choice, but I am fine with choosing the former. I once fancied a career in that field, but after a year I realized that it killed any joy I got out of it, and fucked up my health (99.9% of people are smokers). But at the end of the day, thinking of something from scratch and conveying this idea of events to someone else is fantastic. It is amazing. I feel like I have lived a thousand lives, and I want to live another thousand.
And I reevaluate that question and my answer to it often, on a regular basis. So far, I am very d'accord with it.
Also, just to make it clear, of course I do other stuff. I go outside with my kid every day, we play, we are being creative, I meet a lot of people and always have. I just don't see less value in watching a movie than in woodwork, gardening, sewing. Also, to be fair, a lot of times when I watch something, it's because I can't do anything else, "more productive", in that moment. I'm not gonna go turn on the sewing machine at midnight. The realistic choice is between watching tiktoks, shorts, etc, or hanging at lemmy for an hour, or watch a movie. I think watching a movie (or half) is time better spent than on social media clicking through short videos.
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Not exactly 10+ times for... Probably any of these. But enough times that I'm certain I'd still discover more on another rewatch
- Airplane!
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Longlegs
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Stay - great acting by Ewan Mcgreger, Ryan Gosling and Naomi watts. Super trippy, hard to understand completely in first tries and a great watch.
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Life of Brian.
I've watched that probably a dozen times just for my favorite part... "Alright, I AM the messiah..."
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I've watched that probably a dozen times just for my favorite part... "Alright, I AM the messiah..."
The thing is, a lot of the humor in that movie is like not that funny when you first see it, but then a couple days later out of nowhere you suddenly think: "He has a wife, you know..." And you're like: why did I think that? Oh yeah it's from the Life of Brian! That was hilarious!
"Blessed be the Cheesemakers...?"
"All I said was: that halibut was good enough for Jehovah!"
"Worse? How could I be making it any worse?"
"you are ALL INDIVIDUALS!!!"
"He's not the messiah! He's a very naughty boy!"
fml I'm dead....
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I’ve passed through Everything Everywhere All At Once approximately eighty times now, because on every single viewing, I’m discovering one or two tiny fragments of interrelationship that I’ve never seen before.
It’s a marvelous, marvelous movie.
The YouTube videos and analysis is also so fascinating. Everyone finds something different!
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Longlegs was deffo one of those films where you get a better understanding of it the more times you watch
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I've watched that probably a dozen times just for my favorite part... "Alright, I AM the messiah..."
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Mine is, "but you are the Messiah my lord and I should know I've followed a few".
