Comments on: Open Forum Friday: What Makes a Movie Rewatchable? http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:42:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Derek http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-519027 Derek Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:49:31 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-519027 Oldboy and Amelie are two of my favorites that I watch every couple of months. They have so much life and energy to them and they are both just insanely refreshing to experience over and over again. Oldboy and Amelie are two of my favorites that I watch every couple of months. They have so much life and energy to them and they are both just insanely refreshing to experience over and over again.

]]> By: Mike http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518937 Mike Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:35:58 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518937 I must add that I try to force any new visitor to my house to join me in watching <strong>Grey Gardens.</strong> For their second visit they are subjected to Scott Prendergast's short film <strong><a href="http://astateof.com/films/delicious/" rel="nofollow">The Delicious.</a></strong> I must add that I try to force any new visitor to my house to join me in watching Grey Gardens. For their second visit they are subjected to Scott Prendergast’s short film The Delicious.

]]> By: Mike http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518935 Mike Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:31:43 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518935 I agree with <a href="http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/#comment-518179" rel="nofollow">Mitch's comment</a> that an "easy" film usually has a higher re-watch value than others. <strong>Napolean Dynamite, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Ghostbusters, Rubin and Ed, Highway 61, Tron</strong> and a few others do that for me. (Like others said, these also have great memorable lines, jokes, scores, colors, and characters.) But some movies that kind of make my head hurt on first viewing become not only my faves to re-watch, but to re-watch two or three times in one sitting. Some are <strong>Primer, Memento, 2001, Hukkle, Mulholland Drive, 12 Monkeys, Being John Malkovich, Vampire's Kiss, Donnie Darko, and Woman in the Dunes,</strong> and <strong>Eraserhead.</strong> A lot of these seem like different films on each viewing. My impression of characters' motivations and what the films are even about changes each time. I agree with Mitch’s comment that an “easy” film usually has a higher re-watch value than others. Napolean Dynamite, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Ghostbusters, Rubin and Ed, Highway 61, Tron and a few others do that for me. (Like others said, these also have great memorable lines, jokes, scores, colors, and characters.)

But some movies that kind of make my head hurt on first viewing become not only my faves to re-watch, but to re-watch two or three times in one sitting. Some are Primer, Memento, 2001, Hukkle, Mulholland Drive, 12 Monkeys, Being John Malkovich, Vampire’s Kiss, Donnie Darko, and Woman in the Dunes, and Eraserhead. A lot of these seem like different films on each viewing. My impression of characters’ motivations and what the films are even about changes each time.

]]> By: Goon http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518889 Goon Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:20:48 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518889 Does anyone have movies that they liked initially, then watched again and actually decided they were completely wrong about and hated? I um... loved K-Pax when it first came out and fell for it hook line and sinker. I guess I was blind to Spacey at the time. First time I re-watched it I was flat out embarrassed. Chaplin doesn't re-watch well, Lars and the Real Girl admittedly didn't seem nearly as good on rewatch... Does anyone have movies that they liked initially, then watched again and actually decided they were completely wrong about and hated?

I um… loved K-Pax when it first came out and fell for it hook line and sinker. I guess I was blind to Spacey at the time. First time I re-watched it I was flat out embarrassed.

Chaplin doesn’t re-watch well, Lars and the Real Girl admittedly didn’t seem nearly as good on rewatch…

]]> By: Goon http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518887 Goon Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:18:30 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518887 "Goon, when you watch Gran Torino again, you’ll realize how much you actually love the film." I actually did rewatch it, like I've said already, I've been showing it to people to see if I'm the crazy one. I've said all along its easy to watch - its like The Wicker Man remake or Showgirls - if everyone only agreed with me I'd probably even buy a used copy to laugh at, but at the rate things are going, the clerk would say "oh, i love this one. don't you?" :P “Goon, when you watch Gran Torino again, you’ll realize how much you actually love the film.”

I actually did rewatch it, like I’ve said already, I’ve been showing it to people to see if I’m the crazy one. I’ve said all along its easy to watch – its like The Wicker Man remake or Showgirls – if everyone only agreed with me I’d probably even buy a used copy to laugh at, but at the rate things are going, the clerk would say “oh, i love this one. don’t you?” :P

]]> By: parkham http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518756 parkham Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:33:31 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518756 for reasons unknown - some of my rewatchable films matchpoint flash gordon there will be blood Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan for reasons unknown – some of my rewatchable films

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]]> By: Reed Farrington http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518736 Reed Farrington Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:55:43 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518736 Goon, when you watch Gran Torino again, you'll realize how much you actually love the film. :-) Goon, when you watch Gran Torino again, you’ll realize how much you actually love the film. :-)

]]> By: Hoopersx http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518695 Hoopersx Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:19:28 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518695 Just about everytime I see Boogie Nights or Magnolia on one of the premium cable channels I'll rewatch them. Especially Boogie Nights for all the great music and the way each song helps frame the mood in those scenes. I still watch Office Space a lot. It never gets old. Casino Royale is getting to be another that I have rewatched a lot too. Just about everytime I see Boogie Nights or Magnolia on one of the premium cable channels I’ll rewatch them. Especially Boogie Nights for all the great music and the way each song helps frame the mood in those scenes. I still watch Office Space a lot. It never gets old. Casino Royale is getting to be another that I have rewatched a lot too.

]]> By: Goon http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518658 Goon Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:35:04 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518658 I like to rewatch almost any comedy i'm so-so on the first time I see it. i wasn't very impressed with either Pineapple Express or Tropic Thunder, but I would absolutely give each of them another chance. There's simply too many cases of comedies I didn't like the first time - Shaun of the Dead is a notorious example for me, and now I'm a pretty big Edgar Wright fan. Even Idiocracy, while still very much flawed, is proving itself to be a GREAT rewatch movie that for me now transcends everything wrong with it. I find I can rewatch anything Mike Judge has done pretty easily actually. Without getting back into the same old arguments the comedies I find I can't rewatch are anything Parker/Stone have done. There's nothing to catch you didn't get the first time. I like to rewatch almost any comedy i’m so-so on the first time I see it.

i wasn’t very impressed with either Pineapple Express or Tropic Thunder, but I would absolutely give each of them another chance. There’s simply too many cases of comedies I didn’t like the first time – Shaun of the Dead is a notorious example for me, and now I’m a pretty big Edgar Wright fan.

Even Idiocracy, while still very much flawed, is proving itself to be a GREAT rewatch movie that for me now transcends everything wrong with it. I find I can rewatch anything Mike Judge has done pretty easily actually.

Without getting back into the same old arguments the comedies I find I can’t rewatch are anything Parker/Stone have done. There’s nothing to catch you didn’t get the first time.

]]> By: Juan Carlo Rodríguez http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518637 Juan Carlo Rodríguez Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:01:43 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518637 Any movie that I know leaves me with a positive feeling is very much worth rewatching, including (yup, I admit) TANGO & CASH. I don't know, it just cracks me up. Any movie that leaves me feeling good with the world will be watched over and over. That's why I can never watch enough THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION or O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, but I haven't rewatched TITANIC, although I liked it quite a lot. Any movie that I know leaves me with a positive feeling is very much worth rewatching, including (yup, I admit) TANGO & CASH. I don’t know, it just cracks me up. Any movie that leaves me feeling good with the world will be watched over and over. That’s why I can never watch enough THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION or O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, but I haven’t rewatched TITANIC, although I liked it quite a lot.

]]> By: Ian http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518421 Ian Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:48:32 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518421 Entertaining scenes (I know I'll even watch a few minutes of something that isn't that good on TV if I know that a particularly entertaining fight scene or joke is coming up) A good but complex story. Something that you can tell you'll probably get more from on repeat viewings. character performances that appeal to you. Entertaining scenes (I know I’ll even watch a few minutes of something that isn’t that good on TV if I know that a particularly entertaining fight scene or joke is coming up)

A good but complex story. Something that you can tell you’ll probably get more from on repeat viewings.

character performances that appeal to you.

]]> By: swarez http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/01/09/open-forum-friday-what-makes-a-movie-rewatchable/comment-page-1/#comment-518407 swarez Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:49:41 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14488#comment-518407 Many years ago I think I watched Evil Dead 2 every day for at least a month. There were number of factors that made this happen, fantastic dialog, great camera moves and actors that delivered their stuff perfectly. Plus a shit load of gore. The film made me happy and it's one of those films that if I put it on I'll watch it till the end. Since I'm working at home now I usually put something on to run in the background. Many years ago I think I watched Evil Dead 2 every day for at least a month. There were number of factors that made this happen, fantastic dialog, great camera moves and actors that delivered their stuff perfectly. Plus a shit load of gore.
The film made me happy and it’s one of those films that if I put it on I’ll watch it till the end.

Since I’m working at home now I usually put something on to run in the background.

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