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Movies You Loved the SECOND Time You Saw It?

posted 6 years ago by BillHicksFan (10717)
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Or third, fourth, etc... (I just couldn't fit it all on the subject line)

"La Grande Illusion" is the first one that comes to mind. I think part of it was watching it as such an early time (5am) and on this VHS from the library, it was not only grainy, but the subtitles almost matched the b&w movie itself. I later saw it on TCM and it's a Top 20 of mine.

"Straw Dogs" must have been too dark for me 20 years ago, and even 15 years ago, but I enjoyed it very much a couple of years ago, 8/10.

[–] Stratego (31085) 6 years ago

The Room gave me a headache the first time I watched it, but it got better each time I watched it after that.

I didn't really appreciate The Godfather until I was older. I saw bits and pieces before, but it didn't really interest me enough to sit down and watch the whole thing.

Not exactly the same, but I was sure I wouldn't like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction until I actually saw them. Now they're two favourites of mine.

[–] TandyMan (11355) 6 years ago

It's funny, I loved Res Dogs when I was young but the older I get, the less I care for it.

[–] Stratego (31085) 6 years ago

It's been a while since I last saw it since I don't want to ruin it, but the last time I watched it the love was still there.

[–] TandyMan (11355) 6 years ago

ha I do that too. I haven't seen Pulp in a decade and it's still in quarantine.

[–] Stratego (31085) 6 years ago

Wow, that's really been too long! You need to watch it again.

[–] TandyMan (11355) 6 years ago

No. I've seen it a hundred times. I watched it every week for 7 years straight. I used to want to be filmmaker. Turns out, i'm just a fat loser than women hate.

[–] Stratego (31085) 6 years ago

Ah man, that's what watching too much Pulp Fiction does to you! Let this be a warning to everyone!😁

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Pulp Fiction seems to get better with every viewing.

[–] Stratego (31085) 6 years ago

I totally agree. The Bruce Willis segment was easily the least interesting to me the first time I saw it, but I like it better each time I watch it.

[–] TandyMan (11355) 6 years ago

Underworld. Boy I hated that movie the first time I saw it. Also, Pitch Black. This is when the look of movies started changing gears after the Matrix blew up and all the wonderful warm colors of the 90s got obliterated by bleak color graded ass. These new movies just looked like shitty SyFy channel features. After the shell shock wore off they became some of my favorite movies.

[–] StoneKeeper (28408) 6 years ago

Gangs of New-York

Inglorious Basterds

Leaves of grass

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 6 years ago

The Cabin in the Woods

[–] Bigcat (259) 6 years ago

The Godfather

The Big Lebowski

[–] db20db (17756) 6 years ago

Just finished rewatching Runaway Train (1985) for the second time. Impacted me almost as much as the first viewing during the 80s.

[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

The Watchmen

[–] 123all4me (186) 6 years ago

Hello BillHicksFan,
that's what happened to me with Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey"! When I watched it for the first time -many years ago, on German TV- I was really a bit disappointed, because I had expected a more or less "conventional" science/fiction movie... so I was expecting to get some (more or less) "simple solutions and/or explanations" towards the end. But that's not what Kubrick had on his mind when he made the movie.
Since then I have rewatched the movie several times. I thought, why not just enjoy the sheer beauty of pictures which that movie presents us? When you don't try to find to much "logic" and "sense" in the story but rather concentrate on the pictures, then it's really impressing - especially when you consider that this was made in 1968!!
Kind regards
Andreas (123all4me)

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 6 years ago

I saw it at 17, when I was very inexperienced in movies and life.. I've been meaning to see it again.