# Movies, TV shows, books, or plays that grew on you \[original title: Movies that grew on you\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 8, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737 "2021-12-08T21:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737/41 "2021-12-10T17:37:41Z")
_Feeling 7-Up, I’m feeling 7-Up It’s a crisp refreshing feeling…_ I admit I liked **Repo Man** from the get-go, but it has improved with repeated viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737/42 "2021-12-10T21:38:39Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Llewellyn Jones Okay, is that the movie about the publishing house, the law firm, the motivational speaker, or the actor (_Picnic at Hanging Rock_)? The film, _Inside Llewyn Davis_, was okay the first time, but did get better on subsequent watchings. 🙃 The ballad “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me” is excellent. “Shoals of Herring”, to his dying father, is touching. The novelty astronaut song, with Justin Timberlake, is a charming performance. The cat episodes are good, and revealed Llewyn’s personality and circumstances nicely: he was good, but not great, and tried hard but was ultimately overwhelmed. Dealing with the suicide of his singing partner, and a questionable paternity conflict does not make his life easier. Not a bad film at all, but it helps to have fondness for the folk music of the early 1960s. The Coens have said that it was hard to find someone who had the necessary chops as both an actor and a musician. Oscar Isaacs did a very good job. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737/43 "2021-12-10T22:57:52Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > FWIW, _Llewellyn Jones_ is the only Coen film I’ve flat out hated. Evidently you’re confusing the movie _Inside Llewyn Davis_ with one of the people named Llewellyn Jones, and there are three of them famous enough to have a Wikipedia entry. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737/44 "2021-12-11T01:08:23Z")
How about music? I bought Soft Machine’s _Volume 2_ on the recommendation of a friend. It didn’t impress me. But I would revisit it from time to time and realized I liked the medley on the first side. Then I realized I liked the entire album. When their next album, _Third_, came out, they were one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737/45 "2021-12-13T11:07:05Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Evidently you’re confusing the movie _Inside Llewyn Davis_ with one of the people named Llewellyn Jones Seems llikelly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-books-or-plays-that-grew-on-you-original-title-movies-that-grew-on-you/955737.md?page=2)