Watching A Film Only Once?
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I was talking to someone about Schindlers List the other day and they said 'i watched it once and i never could again,it was an amazing powerful film but once is enough' and while i do understand this view point that some films you only need to see once i can also see why watching again could sometimes be a good idea.
I have seen schindlers list about 4 times, the last one was last week and all 3 other times when it gets to the bit at the end when Schindler breaksdown and the jewish woman picks up his jacket and begins to undo the buttons i swear every single time i wondered why she was doing it! it was only this most recent time i finally realised that Schindler is wearing the jacket when he climbs in the car so it means the jewish woman took the jacket and undid the buttons so they could put his jacket on him. it was an act of kindness because he was in such an emotional state And its taken me 4 viewings to realise it!
So that tells me that you can still pick up on things you missed the first time with any film, even after numerous rewatchs.
I have seen schindlers list about 4 times, the last one was last week and all 3 other times when it gets to the bit at the end when Schindler breaksdown and the jewish woman picks up his jacket and begins to undo the buttons i swear every single time i wondered why she was doing it! it was only this most recent time i finally realised that Schindler is wearing the jacket when he climbs in the car so it means the jewish woman took the jacket and undid the buttons so they could put his jacket on him. it was an act of kindness because he was in such an emotional state And its taken me 4 viewings to realise it!
So that tells me that you can still pick up on things you missed the first time with any film, even after numerous rewatchs.
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Most recent example I can think of is Senna.
I'm the same with TV shows, onc I know whats happend I don't bother with them again unless I really like them, the one I watch over and over is Sliders and Babylon 5.
I've never seen Schindler's List.
Thanks for spoiling it.
To be fair, the film did come out in 1993. People can't be expected to assume that they can't talk about a film that is that old.
the film is about 3 hours long and came out in 1993. i post a brief description of ONE scene in the film and i get attacked for 'spoiling' it
do get a life dear!!
There are numerous films that I've only seen once, and will never watch (endure) again.
I bought Senna for my dad, thinking he might like it. I put it on and I think he made a real effort to keep watching it, but it was dull beyond belief. All the drivers featured seemed to have had a personality bypass and it was without doubt the dullest thing I have ever tried to watch of any genre. I'm sure that if they forced it upon inmates of Guantanamo Bay, they would have been begging to be waterboarded instead.
I can't watch The Ring again, it scared the ever living **** out of me
I've never watched The Usual Suspects again since I first saw it. Fantastic film, great twist - but once you know the twist I see no point in a re-watch.
I think films like The Usual Suspects are great for multiple viewings. You pick up on things second and third time around that you won't have when you first watched it. You can really appreciate the subtleties then.
But that's because they are terrible films, surely?
BW - The most tediously boring film I've ever seen.
GE - Anything written and directed by anyone calling themselves The Vicious Brothers should be and should have been, dismissed out of hand by the studio at the start.
"Who are you?"
"We're The Vicious Brothers."
[sound of door slamming]
Agree on Lincoln. I like historical stuff but it was more of a chore than informative entertainment.
Usual Suspects is one I could watch again and again. Probably seen it 10 times so far, even though I know what's coming. Excellent film.
I was like this with Hot Fuzz. There is so much in there that gets missed on the first viewing.
Neither have I, so I just didn't read his post once he got to plot details, pretty straightforward really.
Stunning film, you missed out