• stinerman [Ohio]@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    The concept of rewatching a movie is almost foreign to me now given that I have access to a library of tens of thousands of movies. It would have to be very good and something that whoever I’m with hasn’t seen it.

    Of course I used to watch the same movie about month or so back when I was growing up in the 90s.

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      That’s curious because I find I rewatch more movies than ever before, since it’s so easy to find them, and I already know whether I like them or not.

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      Movies/shows I can still see many times today:

      • Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - it’s just so nicely structured, you always notice something new
      • Glengarry Glen Ross - I finished watching it for the first time and I thought go myself “fuck, I could watch it again” and I did, watch the whole movie again straight away. I can still just go back and watch it. The acting is so amazing it never gets boring
      • Veep - best show ever, I’ve seen every episode probably over 10 times and I still watch it all the time, like when I’m cooking or something. It’s just soooo fucking perfect
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        1 year ago

        I actually listen to Futurama to help me sleep. I’ve added some other shows I know just as well. They are in that genre of extraordinary media that I can watch/listen to/etc. over and over again.

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      1 year ago

      I used to watch the same movie about every month or so back when I was growing up

      I don’t think this is a technical limitation, I think young children really like repetition because their brains are still learning how to predict things

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        To the chagrin of parents who endure Cocomelon or Caillou rerun marathons.

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      I have a daughter I enjoy showing movies I’ve already watched to. So I’ve been doing mostly rewatching, but with someone who has never seen, for example, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off before.

      The best was her reaction to Repo Man. We got to the end and she said, “all of that for a flying car?”

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        This is so sweet. Getting to show cool stuff you like to your kids must be one of the best things about being a parent. If I ever end up becoming one I’ll show my kids all the great Pixar movies and also the Emperor’s New Groove cause that one is a classic.