List Films You've Watched More Than Once

Another Stakeout. I watch the shit out of it every-time it's on TV if not just for the dinner table scene with Rosie Odonnel

Pee-wee's big adventure was easily my most watched movie as a kid, probably seen it at least 50 times maybe more

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:37 AM, StephenG said:

Well I'm not going to list movies I've seen several times (Sorry Troon), mostly because I don't re-watch movies. Most of the fun is gone for me if I know exactly what is going to happen next.

 

I don't understand the fun in watching a movie when you know exactly what's about to happen... =(

Do you listen to songs more than once?

For me surprise isn't the primary pleasure of watching a movie. It's not even a criterion for me liking it at all, really.

I re-watch movies for the same reason I re-listen to songs and albums.

yeah, I read an interview with the (normally very pretentious sounding) Shane Curath about the making of Upstream Color and he said he watches movies all the time like he listens to music, even sometimes having a movie play on loop in the background while he does other stuff. I've never gone to this extreme but having on a good familiar movie can be comforting even if not fully immersed in it.

Also, multiple viewings will lead to new discoveries if it is a good film.

Waynes World (500+ times....zaaaaaang)

Right. I watch Blade Runner whenever I want to be absorbed into its dark drab neon drone-y futuristic mood. The fact that I know everything that happens doesn't at all diminish the pleasure of watching it.

Babe the Pig 1

I think I must have watched this movie at least 100 times as a kid

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:44 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

Pee-wee's big adventure was easily my most watched movie as a kid, probably seen it at least 50 times maybe more

paul has plans for another

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:50 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

Also, multiple viewings will lead to new discoveries if it is a good film.

right, also with new experience and age we develop new perspective and with it we then can learn new things from a film which may have eluded us the first goround. we notice inner things; many really good films will have complex plots and hidden messages encoded within them which we may not be able to understand until we've realized something else or had a certain experience irl. some films; comedies make good examples, r simply just good fun to watch multiple times. the really good ones u want to share with others so of course u watch again with them. there r so many reasons really..

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:46 AM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:37 AM, StephenG said:

Well I'm not going to list movies I've seen several times (Sorry Troon), mostly because I don't re-watch movies. Most of the fun is gone for me if I know exactly what is going to happen next.

 

I don't understand the fun in watching a movie when you know exactly what's about to happen... =(

 

Do you listen to songs more than once?

 

For me surprise isn't the primary pleasure of watching a movie. It's not even a criterion for me liking it at all, really.

 

I re-watch movies for the same reason I re-listen to songs and albums.

 

huh? Music and movies are two completely different things that rely on far different mechanisms from which most people derive enjoyment.

Music is generally enjoyed for it's musicality which do not change no matter how many times you listen.

Movies rely on plot devices etc to create suspense, drama, fear, etc. How can a movie be scary if you know "oh, the killer is behind the door and is going to kill him". Thus the intended effect is highly diminished on repeat views.

At least for me.

Remember, everyone is different you know.

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:37 AM, StephenG said:

Well I'm not going to list movies I've seen several times (Sorry Troon), mostly because I don't re-watch movies. Most of the fun is gone for me if I know exactly what is going to happen next.

 

I don't understand the fun in watching a movie when you know exactly what's about to happen... =(

same here .. what is the point

movies arent complex troon .. a decade or more later it can be fun to revisit a place .. plot has fallen away ..

I always thought people watched TV and movies to 'see what happens next'... If you know already, I don't understand why you're watching =S

  On 10/1/2013 at 4:03 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:46 AM, LimpyLoo said:

 

 

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:37 AM, StephenG said:

 

Well I'm not going to list movies I've seen several times (Sorry Troon), mostly because I don't re-watch movies. Most of the fun is gone for me if I know exactly what is going to happen next.

 

I don't understand the fun in watching a movie when you know exactly what's about to happen... =(

Do you listen to songs more than once?

 

For me surprise isn't the primary pleasure of watching a movie. It's not even a criterion for me liking it at all, really.

 

I re-watch movies for the same reason I re-listen to songs and albums.

huh? Music and movies are two completely different things that rely on far different mechanisms from which most people derive enjoyment.

 

Music is generally enjoyed for it's musicality which do not change no matter how many times you listen.

 

Movies rely on plot devices etc to create suspense, drama, fear, etc. How can a movie be scary if you know "oh, the killer is behind the door and is going to kill him". Thus the intended effect is highly diminished on repeat views.

 

At least for me.

 

Remember, everyone is different you know.

again i agree .. and probably eould habe typed out something similar .. but not on a ph .. -sigh-

  On 10/1/2013 at 4:39 AM, StephenG said:

I always thought people watched TV and movies to 'see what happens next'... If you know already, I don't understand why you're watching =S

i understand they like visiting yhe place .. the characters and dialogue are like old friends .. perhaps too they were the kids that babysat by videos/dvds .. so are used to the repetition ..

i don't agree with that at all

for me the emotional resonance that comes along with movies rarely if ever is as strong when i first watch something. I find that almost every movie that emotionally effects me on a deep level does so even more on a 2nd or 3rd viewing. Not sure why that is. For a long time I enjoyed watching Jackie Browne as a sort of casual viewing experience, watched it about 5 times before I 'felt' something deep from the movie, as if I hadn't been paying attention all those previous times.

i agree with that

the life aquatic is probably my most watched movie. it gets me every time.

could be age and nostalgia too though, that I end up welling up with tears on something that I saw when I was 15 I wouldn't have given a shit about. Like for example the very last scene in Fargo I thought was almost comedic and quaint when I saw it the first 10 times, when I watch it now I start to get all emo. Probably the happiest ending in any coen brother movie. Even that ridiculous ending to Raising Arizona gets me a little emotional when i watch it.

Dude, The Big Lebowski. I've probably re-watched Coen bros films the most. Barton Fink, Fargo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Miller's Crossing.

I remember when people said the Sixth Sense was unwatchable a 2nd time because once you know the ending there isn't any reason to watch the movie. Well I disagree, that scene with Toni Collette in the car still gets me every time. In fact her acting in that movie is superb and worth watching for it alone *runs*

  On 10/1/2013 at 4:39 AM, StephenG said:

I always thought people watched TV and movies to 'see what happens next'... If you know already, I don't understand why you're watching =S

Plot is just one element among many. I don't even think it's the most important. Many great movies could end several different ways and it wouldn't change a thing.

The movies that I watch multiple times, I watch for the pace and the mood and the poetry of the dialogue and the general ambiance. I brought up Blade Runner before because it's a perfect example of a mood piece, where you don't watch it to find out the protagonist's fate, you watch it to hang out in the world it presents.

IMO YMMV etc

Oh, I've also watched the Big Lebowski numerous times. It has to be one of my favorites. I've actually watched True Grit many times as well. The dialogue in both movies entertains me a great deal.

One of my favorite experiences is when you watch a movie and you have actually more or less lived a scene as a moment in your life. That is when I truly identify with something.

Some examples for me would be:

Requiem for a Dream

Darjeeling Limited

Igby Goes Down

  On 10/1/2013 at 2:44 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

Pee-wee's big adventure was easily my most watched movie as a kid, probably seen it at least 50 times maybe more

Same here. I am also quite sure I've seen the following 50-100+ times:

Raising Arizona

A Christmas Story

Star Wars IV, V, VI

On the other end, I've probably only seen my absolute favorite films, Empire of the Sun and The Right Stuff only a dozen times at the very most.