I honestly believe there is only one movie that I’ve watched more than five times. There aren’t any television series which I’ve watched that often.
There are many television series which I enjoy but many don’t age well as I watch them again. I know them too well and their tricks and surprises fade. Even series such as Seinfeld, The Expanse, Red Dwarf, Justified, Bosch, Deadwood, Game of Thrones, Slow Horses, and The Line of Duty, which I have thoroughly enjoyed, haven’t been watched more than three times.
As for movies, I have watched several Clint Eastwood movies several times. Like Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, and Unforgiven. Movies such as Field of Dreams, This is Spinal Tap, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Elf, The Godfather, The Abyss, Predator, Alien, Romancing The Stone, and Bladerunner have been seen more than once, along with The Conversation, The French Connection, Toy Story, and Strange Brew.
As far as watching any movies more than five times, there is one. Wasn’t like my niece, though. She’s a total Titanic head. Born two years after the 1997 movie about the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, she has seen that movie 51 times. Owns a DVD of it, of course. Also a book about the movie. Or three. And a model of the RMS Titanic.
Yeah, I’ve never gone that far. I have watched A Christmas Story more than five times. I need to sort of couch that, though. I have deliberately watched it at least four times over the years, but illness one year put me over the top. Sick with the flu, I turned on the television and tuned it to TBS. They happened to be doing a 24-hour marathon showing of A Christmas Story. So I had it on as I zoned in and out of sleep.
I guess that counts.
Is this a guy thing? Someone else wrote on this and provided a sizeable amount of movies he has watched SEVERAL times. Personally, the only time I re-watch a movie is by accident in that I don’t recall the title and then get caught up in the storyline, but never by “choice.” And you could not pay me to watch A Christmas Story. Ugh. Too cheesy.
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It might be sexist of us, but it might be a guy thing. My wife, like you, doesn’t want to watch a movie again. And she agrees with you about A Christmas Story. But the cheese is the fun!
I will mention that I will put on a movie I’ve seen before as background or use it as a distraction to release my thinking. I know, probably sounds strange, but it helps. Cheers
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I’ve seen many movies more than once. Same with listening to music, and looking at art. I used to head over to the Art Institute every year or so just to see Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks.” If one finds a film or musical piece or work of art enriching, or thought-provoking, or merely pleasing, why limit those experiences to only once? I say, happy viewing!
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