# Do you watch movies more than once? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225 "2013-04-20T16:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/21 "2013-04-20T23:02:36Z")
Another vote for watching movies repeatedly. In fact there are times when I watch a movie on DVD and if I enjoyed it, I’ll immediately watch it a second time. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/22 "2013-04-20T23:40:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Another vote for watching movies repeatedly. In fact there are times when I watch a movie on DVD and if I enjoyed it, I’ll immediately watch it a second time. When I saw **Singin’ in the Rain** for the first time, I watched it twice in a row each day for six days straight. The only reason I didn’t keep going is because I had to return the video to the rental store. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/23 "2013-04-21T00:15:50Z")
I’ve watched the LotR trilogy and the Harry Potter movies more times than I can count, because they’re shown on TV so often I can practically recite the dialogue. Same with The Matrix and Tremors. Movies we’ve watched on DVD the most are The Lion King, Finding Nemo, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, and any of a number of MST3K movies. I will watch one of those Star Wars prequels any time they are on because they are just so, so awful, I marvel at all that time, effort and money and can’t look away… There aren’t really any movies I just MUST watch again and again. I really prefer older classics and musicals, and TCM fills that need nicely, I’m embarrassed at how excited I am when I see the TCM montly schedule show up in my mailbox. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/24 "2013-04-21T01:06:24Z")
Any movie I really like I will actively seek out and watch many times. It, and the characters, become like old friends. If a movie I don’t hate is on and I don’t have anything better planned, I’ll leave it on, but probably will leave it as background noise, just looking at it occasionally. I re-watch a lot of things. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/25 "2013-04-21T01:10:11Z")
I have a number of favorites that I watch over and over. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve seen _Die Hard_, _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ or any of the great Christmas films. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/26 "2013-04-21T01:12:12Z")
Vary rarely. Only my favorite movies ever get rewatched. There’s just so many films made every year, and some of the best ones never get any attention, so I like to get through as many as possible to find them. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/27 "2013-04-21T02:10:56Z")
Even my very favorite movies I can only watch every so often. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/28 "2013-04-21T02:19:22Z")
Funny story, I am not sure if it is a memory issue or just my lack of attention span, but I can watch the same movie several times and still be excited, surprised, or confused by what is going to happen. I forget key plot points, characters, and twists. It makes watching movies fun no matter how many times I watch the same film. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/29 "2013-04-21T02:22:29Z")
_Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ I know I have seen it more than 20 times. _Usual Suspects_ I saw twice, and it made a lot more sense the second time around. ---
**Author:** ![DaisyOlive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DaisyOlive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyOlive)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/30 "2013-04-21T02:23:28Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Normally, after I see a movie, I am over it. Don’t care to see it again. But there have been a few that I have seen over and over. Like, > > “2001, A Space Odyssey”. Probably have seen it 12 times. Many times on the big screen. Seventy-five percent of it was without dialog. A visual masterpiece! > > “Planes, Trains, Automobiles”. Maybe six times. I still laugh each time. > > “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou”. Maybe six times. It’s still funny. And the music, wow! > > “Matrix”. Probably 5 times. I am a slow learner. Still not sure I understand it. > > Do you have movies that you never get tired of? How can you laugh after seeing the end? 😕 It’s such a sad movie. I enjoy watching a movie I like over and over. On the other hand, I can’t watch a movie through completion if I don’t like it. Too many to list. I’ve seen all the movies I like more than once. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/31 "2013-04-21T02:45:23Z")
Juliet of the Spirits and Mystery Train, several times, magic! Oh yeah and the Bad Santa, but only once a year. This scene from the B.S. just kills! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dUPCQ-Q_8Zk/hqdefault.jpg "santa beat some kids") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUPCQ-Q_8Zk) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/32 "2013-04-21T02:59:05Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > All the time. Watching a movie I haven’t seen before is risky because I don’t know if I like it or not Have you seen _Catch 22_? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/33 "2013-04-21T03:02:56Z")
The older I get, the less tolerance I seem to have for watching movies more than once. It just seems too challenging to keep my interest. A movie pretty much has to be on my personal Top Ten Movies Ever list before I’ll watch it again. There are some, for example holiday movies (Christmas Vacation, that sort of thing), that we watch every year. I enjoy this, but tend to see them as background entertainment. I’ll check emails, fold laundry, etc. This drives my husband crazy, he expects me to sit down and WATCH THEM. On the other hand, we also have a toddler, so I have seen Snow White maybe 80 million times _this week_. This could be factoring into my inability to watch movies repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/34 "2013-04-21T03:26:01Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > The older I get, the less tolerance I seem to have for watching movies more than once. This is me too. I went to the movies yesterday with my son and we were discussing plot holes. He mentioned _Looper_ and I couldn’t remember it as well as he did. I remarked that I hadn’t seen it since we saw it together at the movies. I realised then that I haven’t watched anything again that I have seen in the last several years. I used to happily watch again, on DVD or TV, movies I had enjoyed at the cinema. But I used to religously watch whole TV series too and now I can’t be bothered with nearly all of them. There are, however, lots of movies I have seen lots of times and some of them I have rewatched in the last few years, but much how you do, like listening to a Beatles album. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/35 "2013-04-21T03:40:32Z")
Only a very few outstanding ones such as _Casablanca_, _Apocalypse Now_ or _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_. (And _Groundhog Day_ and _It’s a Wonderful Life_ once a year, of course.) Otherwise, we consider it time wasted when we could be watching another film we’ve not yet seen. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/36 "2013-04-21T04:14:07Z")
There are a ton of movies that I’ve re-watched many times. Some of the ones with the most views are: (no particular order) Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Comrades, Almost a Love Story A Tale of Two Sisters Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Mullholland Dr. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Hudsucker Proxy No Blood, No Tears Pulp Fiction Raiders of the Lost Ark Sin City Kill Bill Die Hard ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/37 "2013-04-21T05:04:01Z")
I haven’t seen Catch 22 but I read the book. it’s odd about The Usual Suspects. I thought I would like it more the second time but I couldn’t even finish it the second time. It just seemed really boring once I knew the ending ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/38 "2013-04-21T05:16:41Z")
I’ve seen some of my favourite movies 15 to 20 times. I see most movies I like at least four or five times. There are a lot of movies I’ve never seen a second time. I thought this kind of frequency was common, but judging by this thread it would appear not. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/39 "2013-04-21T05:32:49Z")
I re-watch movies a lot. I don’t understand why more don’t. People think nothing of listen to the same music over and over. They see the same operas again and again. My sister wouldn’t think of missing the local production of Le Mis every year. Plenty of folks read good books over and over. And Shakespeare. Why not movies? For me it’s not just about the story or how it ends. It’s the beauty of the way it’s shot or the skill of the actors. The beauty of the drama. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225/40 "2013-04-21T13:47:41Z")
I’ll only watch something again if it’s been long enough that I don’t remember it well. Or if I can watch it with commentary. That way, I can catch what I missed the first time, but not be bored during the parts I remember. I don’t understand how anyone can watch a movie enough times to be able to actually quote it. At least, I can’t imagine still liking that film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-movies-more-than-once/656225.md?page=3)