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On Repeat: Why People Watch Movies and Shows Over and Over
Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:31 pm
The glory of old films, memories, and the existential therapy of nostalgia
Good article, read it!
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The millisecond that Dumb and Dumber clicks into focus on the television screen, something magical happens to me. It can be a terrible day, a stressful day, or a sick day, but within seconds of seeing Jim Carrey's bowl cut, I'm 10 years old again. The number of movies I have once memorized is small (The Lion King, A Few Good Men, and, inexplicably, While You Were Sleeping), but Dumb and Dumber is perhaps the only one where I have reasonably thought, "I could perform this entire film from start to finish, on my own." On multiple occasions in college, I think I tried.
Good article, read it!
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Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:43 pm to Cole Beer
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If this explanation sounds too unsophisticated for you, feel free to use intensely multi-syllabic names for the phenomenon, like “reconstructive consumption." That's the term Russell and Levy use to describe interviewees who re-watched episodes of Battlestar Galactica
Guilty.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:47 pm to Freauxzen
Does watching Mad Men and then staying on AMC to watch the same episode a second time count?
Because I do that every Sunday there's a new episode.
Because I do that every Sunday there's a new episode.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:49 pm to Cole Beer
I think it is the simple reason. Nostalgia is why we love crappy movies but the Simple Reason is why we have a need to rewatch movies every time they appear on TV.
My top 3 most watched movies:
T2
Dumb and Dumber
Groundhog Day
I could probably put these in the
My top 3 most watched movies:
T2
Dumb and Dumber
Groundhog Day
I could probably put these in the
quote:category
I have reasonably thought, "I could perform this entire film from start to finish, on my own." On multiple occasions in college, I think I tried.
This post was edited on 9/10/14 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 9/10/14 at 2:51 pm to saintsfan92612
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My top 3 most watched movies:
Top Gun
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Star Wars
Posted on 9/10/14 at 3:01 pm to Freauxzen
Hot Fuzz
Armageddon
Christmas Vacation
Armageddon
Christmas Vacation
Posted on 9/10/14 at 3:22 pm to Cole Beer
I think it ultimately boils down to this:
We rewatch things because, for lack of a better word, it's easy. It's easy to have a movie on that you know by heart and don't have to pay attention to. I find myself looking for something to put on the TV even when I know I'm gonna up and around the house doing shite...I still like to have something going in the background, and often times I like for that something to be familiar.
My old roommate used to do this a lot. No matter what we were doing, we'd always have one of several movies on the TV. It was almost always one of the following:
Friday
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Dumb and Dumber
Dazed and Confused
Saving Silverman
Half-Baked
And maybe one or two more that I am forgetting. And noticeably so, they were all comedies ("stupid comedies" at that). And I can just about quote them all backwards and forwards. That's because unless we were specifically watching something as it aired, we almost always had one of them on, whether we were chilling and shooting the shite, playing our lifelong Rummy game, whatever.
Other movies fall into this with me as well...and not just comedies. Some movies, if I see them on TV, I will always watch at least a little bit of them, and sometimes the whole thing, even though I've seen if a hundred times and own it on DVD (i.e. can watch it whenever I want).
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Watching something again and again seems like it would make entertainment lose its initial appeal. But psychologists have found that repetition breeds affection. Familiar fare requires less mental energy to process, and when something is easy to think about, we tend to consider it good. A movie we've seen seven times before is blissfully easy to process.
We rewatch things because, for lack of a better word, it's easy. It's easy to have a movie on that you know by heart and don't have to pay attention to. I find myself looking for something to put on the TV even when I know I'm gonna up and around the house doing shite...I still like to have something going in the background, and often times I like for that something to be familiar.
My old roommate used to do this a lot. No matter what we were doing, we'd always have one of several movies on the TV. It was almost always one of the following:
Friday
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Dumb and Dumber
Dazed and Confused
Saving Silverman
Half-Baked
And maybe one or two more that I am forgetting. And noticeably so, they were all comedies ("stupid comedies" at that). And I can just about quote them all backwards and forwards. That's because unless we were specifically watching something as it aired, we almost always had one of them on, whether we were chilling and shooting the shite, playing our lifelong Rummy game, whatever.
Other movies fall into this with me as well...and not just comedies. Some movies, if I see them on TV, I will always watch at least a little bit of them, and sometimes the whole thing, even though I've seen if a hundred times and own it on DVD (i.e. can watch it whenever I want).
Posted on 9/10/14 at 3:38 pm to CocomoLSU
I will watch these movies whenever they are on (which is all the time), regardless of how much time is left:
Predator
Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
Dumb and Dumber
The Sands of Iwo Jima
Shane
Predator
Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
Dumb and Dumber
The Sands of Iwo Jima
Shane
Posted on 9/10/14 at 3:55 pm to CocomoLSU
I could watch the end of Shawshank Redemption every day.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 4:01 pm to Cole Beer
Dazed and Confused
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Shrek
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Shrek
Posted on 9/10/14 at 4:01 pm to Cole Beer
Shooter. Watch it every single time. Don't know why.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 5:17 pm to Cole Beer
I rewatch South Park, Futurama, Family Guy, and American Dad all the time.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 7:40 pm to Cole Beer
I rewatch episodes of Doctor Who allllllll the time. And I cry at the sad ones every time.
I rewatch Firefly all the time, too.
Movies I can constantly rewatch:
Back to the Future 1-3
90s TMNT 1 and 2
Tropic Thunder
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Life
Moulin Rouge (can probably quote this one start to finish)
Romeo and Juliet
I rewatch Firefly all the time, too.
Movies I can constantly rewatch:
Back to the Future 1-3
90s TMNT 1 and 2
Tropic Thunder
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Life
Moulin Rouge (can probably quote this one start to finish)
Romeo and Juliet
Posted on 9/10/14 at 8:18 pm to Wanderin Reb
I enjoy reading people's list of movies they can rewatch. Thanks for the thread
Posted on 9/10/14 at 8:36 pm to Freauxzen
Wall Street
Trading Places
Vacation
I used to dislike Wall Street...now, I can put it on in the background and it's like an old friend.
Trading Places is liquor.
Vacation is just loads of beer. "Bet you can use a cool one."
"Now you're talking."
Trading Places
Vacation
I used to dislike Wall Street...now, I can put it on in the background and it's like an old friend.
Trading Places is liquor.
Vacation is just loads of beer. "Bet you can use a cool one."
"Now you're talking."
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:29 pm to Zamoro10
Office Space
Pulp Fiction (can you just watch it once???)
Better Off Dead
Pulp Fiction (can you just watch it once???)
Better Off Dead
Posted on 9/10/14 at 11:44 pm to Cole Beer
quote:
I could watch the end of Shawshank Redemption every day.
I'm that way about Antwone Fisher. The rest of the movie kind of plods along, but the ending is fantastic.
I'm that way about the beginning of Flight!
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:04 am to CocomoLSU
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Watching something again and again seems like it would make entertainment lose its initial appeal. But psychologists have found that repetition breeds affection. Familiar fare requires less mental energy to process, and when something is easy to think about, we tend to consider it good. A movie we've seen seven times before is blissfully easy to process.
We rewatch things because, for lack of a better word, it's easy. It's easy to have a movie on that you know by heart and don't have to pay attention to. I find myself looking for something to put on the TV even when I know I'm gonna up and around the house doing shite...I still like to have something going in the background, and often times I like for that something to be familiar.
Good point and I agree. Cleaning the house, sometimes even sleeping, just put something on that I've seen Usually I"m aware enough for the really good parts and I know when and if I can just relax and watch a longer part of the film.
It sounds bad, that maybe peace and quiet is underrated now, but I enjoy having something on even if it's for the 20th time.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:01 am to mt1
quote:
Better Off Dead
Two dollars, I want my two dollars!
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:15 am to mt1
Saving Private Ryan
Home Alone
Christmas Vacation
Hard Target (lol)
Air Force One
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Braveheart
Gladiator
Memphis Belle
Legends of the Fall
Commando (lol, I know)
300
Mystic River
Harry and the Hendersons
Jurassic Park
Caddyshack
Dances with Wolves
American Psycho
I have seen all of these at least 10 times.
Home Alone
Christmas Vacation
Hard Target (lol)
Air Force One
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Braveheart
Gladiator
Memphis Belle
Legends of the Fall
Commando (lol, I know)
300
Mystic River
Harry and the Hendersons
Jurassic Park
Caddyshack
Dances with Wolves
American Psycho
I have seen all of these at least 10 times.
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