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.
Of course I used to watch the same movie about every month or so back when I was growing up in the 90s.
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
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.
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
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.
That does prevent you from finding new movies you like though.
The first thing I do when Return of the King ends is put on Fellowship of the Ring.
The obscure movie for me was… Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. I still know every line of dialog from beginning to end any time I happen to see it on.
Ha. My dad’s copy of star wars was just star wars, no episode, no hope. I’m old.
I thought the “Episode IV” was always there? I’m talking the early 80s. I’m not exactly young either…
No, when Star Wars first came out in 1977 and the first home video releases (including the laserdisc transfer that was included with the 2006 DVD release as a bonus feature) it was just Star Wars.
Same but Phantom Menace for me
Say what you will about the prequels, at least they’re not the sequels.
Someone in 20 years: Say what you will about the sequels, at least they’re not the threquels.
Maybe not. I don’t think the prequels are good movies, but there’s no denying they’re some dumb fun that certainly appeals to a lot of people. The sequels don’t even have that going for them. I can’t imagine anyone being nostalgic about the return of Palpatine.
What I’m getting at is that the way you’re talking about the sequels is exactly the way people spoke about the prequels when they came out.
I hated the prequels when they came out, I still think they’re basically unwatchable. But they weren’t aimed at me, and a whole new generation of SW fans grew up with a deep fondness for them.
I expect we’ll see the same thing with the sequels.
My aunt had a big cabinet full of home recorded tapes, our most favourites were the ones with BTTF, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the one with one and only episode of The Adventures of Sinbad.
Idk how obscure, but “Puff the Magic Dragon” was definitely a weird one for me. Kinda glad it got lost (probably thrown out, who knows). Almost feels like a fever dream, so much so, that I had to double check the movie even existed
For me it was a CD, not a tape, but I watched the hell out of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, dubbed in a monotone voice by a grand total of like three people.
Tell that to my daughter watching that soviet cartoon about penguins I had as a video tape over and over again on youtube
I lived in an in-between, I have a lot of dvds (even 2 blu-rays I think) but they’re not shitty at all, 90% were Disney films when original content was still a thing but we have rewatched them so many times, nowadays my little sister, born in the era of streaming can’t handle not choosing what to watch on tv or not having a new film out every 2 months
Ah yes, bootleg Harry and the Hendersons.
My movie was princess and the goblin. I watched it on a 10x10 in monitor that had the VHS in while I worked at my family’s business where I did labor at 10 years of age 30+ hours a week. Good times
I lived overseas when I was a kid and my grandma used to tape Saturday morning cartoons and mail them to me
Ours was The Ugly Dachshund.
Even though it was from 1966, I think the youngest person in it was Mako.
I couldn’t find a single person from it who is still alive.
It’s on Disney+. It’s not great, but it was on a tape my parents used to put on for me so they could be undisturbed for an hour. I didn’t even like the film that much, but there were two Chip and Dale cartoons at the end, so I watched it to get to them.
My mom liked that movie a lot. I also ran across it on Disney+ a while back and watched it with my kids. I watched a lot of those 60s and 70s Disney movies as a kid in the 80s… Herbie, etc.
Mine was some weird fairy tale cartoon where a mom goat fills a wolf with rocks and they drown in a well.
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Oh noo, kids have it less shitty today, how horrible for them.
Goooooooood morning Vietnammmmmm
Today’s childhoods will be defined by watching some semi-obscure streamer or meme video on YouTube that only your friends understand.