re: Movies You Love, but Can’t Rewatch

Only the Brave. Great movie very sad ending.

The Sixth Sense

Yeah, a lot of Japanese movies devastate you emotionally which makes it ideal for one-time viewings. It either won’t have the same affect or kill you emotionally again on repeat viewings. Felt that way about Millennium Actress and Sansho The Bailiff. Both movies were great but have no desire of ever watching those movies again.

Im surely in the minority here, but Im not a fan of rewatching most movies. If it’s on cable and im strolling through, sure ill watch something ive seen. As far as going to a streaming service and picking something to rewatch would probably not happen.

(Of course there are awesome movies ive seen many, many times).

I will never watch the boy in the striped pajamas again

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Never watched Million Dollar Baby a second time, but I thought it was a good movie

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This. frick that movie.

United 93 - refuse to watch it a first time.
Old Yeller - yep
Where the Red Fern Grows - yep
Marley and Me - refuse to watch it a first time.

Hell, as I get older I can't even hardly watch nature shows anymore. At first I'm pulling for the wolf because she's hungry and needs to feed her pups. Then, I'm pulling for the caribou because he's fighting for his life.

I end up just changing the channels because I'm becoming a pussy in my old age.

12 Years a Slave
The Passion of the Christ
Million Dollar Baby
Requiem for a Dream
The Wrestler

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Dunkirk and 1917 were great experiences in the theater but I doubt I ever watch either again

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Thought this too, but I've watched Dunkirk probably 10 times since release (after saying I have no interest in watching it again).

I think it's partly the score and several scenes I really like. I don't think that'll happen with 1917. I'm sure I'll watch it again, but it doesn't have a lot of rewatch value for me.