Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've seen it too many times now for me to know if it's really as good as I find it, but I think I'd really like it all over again if I could forget it.
I came to say this. We watch it most times it's on. So good! But also so emotionally exhausting!
Lord of the Rings. In cinema, but the extended cut.
I'd love that, but I don't know if my butt could handle being in a theater seat that long.
The extended editions do have intermissions built in, at least.
I watched the CinemaWins (on youtube) videos for LOTR and it motivated me to watch them again but with my mind sort of turned off and focused on the present moment, so that, for example, I can focus on the greatness of the Moria scene instead of thinking "here comes the Balrog". It made me appreciate the greatness, emotion and impact of some scenes again.
Clue, it is awesome knowing what's coming but it's so fucking wild the first time.
Princess Mononoke.
I was maybe 10 years old when I first watched it on a pirated DVD copy.
The best way to watch any movie
Spirited Away. I first watched it on cable (with ad breaks!) on my parent’s tiny crt, definitely not ideal
Annihilation is a good one 🐻
My friend pulled a cool move once where he threw a pear to a wall. I would like to see that move again.
Fixed it thank you
Now that I've read the book, 2001 a space odyssey
Its so good the first time. Way too slow the second.
Probably Contact. I cried at the line:
::: spoiler spoiler
"They should have sent a poet."
:::
I'm rewatching cosmos rn, and am gonna watch contact again when I'm finished. Such a good movie.
Jurassic Park
Primer
Cube
The matrix
Hackers
To kill a mockingbird
So many.....
Do people actually enjoy Primer?
Yes.
It is a really cool take on time travel, really mind bending on the first watch. Once you have seen it a few times and understand the way things work, it kind of loses some of the entertainment value.
I think the issue for me is twofold: a) I couldn't connect with the characters-they felt like Asimov plot devices for carrying the story forward and b) too much emphasis on the time traveling paradox riddle. What I mean by the latter was that watching the movie felt more like trying to solve a Rubik's cube but through charts and diagrams. I get that some people enjoy that kind of stuff but I prefer having a solid story line. But I watched it a long time ago, maybe I need to rewatch it with fresh eyes.
I haven't seen hackers. How is it?
Great!
The early over the top hacker aesthetic, the ridiculous adversarial hacker battle, the complete misunderstanding of what hacking actually involved (the world has changed). It is all awesome.
Some of the stuff they got right is also cool, the social engineering is still a thing.
Also because of my age when it came out (1995)....I would have seen it in 96/97, I was in my late teens.
Trainspotting
Your Name
The Matrix
Saw it in the theatre knowing nothing about it other than that the poster looked fun.
Was not expecting a philosophical mind fuck.
Just rewatched the matrix a few days ago. I swear I forget all the main details until I watch it every 6 years or so haha. It's good, some effects are really showing their age now though.
Same, the “what is the Matrix” marketing was so mysterious and effective.
Vanilla Sky. That movie is a bizarre trip even when you do know what's going on. But when you don't, it's a positively surreal experience.
Saving Private Ryan or The Shawshank Redemption.
Both outstanding movies and heavy hitters as far as the visuals and storyline go. Getting to experience the landing in France, the terror of the knife fight, the satisfaction as the warden and Hadley got their comeuppance… yeah, that would be fantastic to experience again.
If you need to be stoned, then that, Interstellar, Solaris (2002), Sunshine or Sphere.
Yaaaas 2002 Solaris Team.
I do like both adaptations, but I really love how the 2002 version was handled and scored.
Harry Potter. All of them. I’m currently reading the books, and I know that when I’m done I’m going to be so disappointed that there’s nothing left to experience the first time.
If you haven't listened to Jim Dale's audiobook version, it's a great way to have a third way of revisiting that story!
Hmm, that’s a great option. Although, I’m not a big audiobook/podcast fan because I feel I need to concentrate on it to understand what’s going on, and that’s not particularly useful when driving/working/etc, but I may give it a shot in the future!
Recently rewatched all these. They're so good.
I'd redo breaking bad.
Tarsem Singhs “The Fall”
It is still to this day the most powerful piece of art I’ve seen. I wish I could recreate that experience. I still remember thinking, at about a quarter of the movie through, that this was the best movie I’ve ever seen, and it got better and better. The theater was packed, everyone there was completely drawn into the movie and you could feel the room sharing emotions, it was powerful enough, here almost 20 years later, I can still feel that connection.
Memento
Predestination
How to Train Your Dragon
I still get that knot on my throat in the first flight sequence, that movie is perfect for me. I want to feel it like it was the first time.
In terms of being able to enjoy that massive reveal behind the whole plot, The Sixth Sense or The Usual Suspects.
In terms of being able to just enjoy the whole storyline without any prior knowledge, The Godfather (parts 1 and 2) or Se7en.
Interstellar
Lord of the rings
The lure awe and wonder of the first watch when I was young
A high that just cant be beat
For me, it would be Heat. It was released before people really had the internet, so I had no idea about the movie and just wandered past an afternoon showing with a friend, thinking well why not, let’s give it a shot.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've seen it too many times now for me to know if it's really as good as I find it, but I think I'd really like it all over again if I could forget it.
I came to say this. We watch it most times it's on. So good! But also so emotionally exhausting!
Lord of the Rings. In cinema, but the extended cut.
I'd love that, but I don't know if my butt could handle being in a theater seat that long.
The extended editions do have intermissions built in, at least.
I watched the CinemaWins (on youtube) videos for LOTR and it motivated me to watch them again but with my mind sort of turned off and focused on the present moment, so that, for example, I can focus on the greatness of the Moria scene instead of thinking "here comes the Balrog". It made me appreciate the greatness, emotion and impact of some scenes again.
Clue, it is awesome knowing what's coming but it's so fucking wild the first time.
Princess Mononoke.
I was maybe 10 years old when I first watched it on a pirated DVD copy.
The best way to watch any movie
Spirited Away. I first watched it on cable (with ad breaks!) on my parent’s tiny crt, definitely not ideal
Annihilation is a good one 🐻
My friend pulled a cool move once where he threw a pear to a wall. I would like to see that move again.
Fixed it thank you
Now that I've read the book, 2001 a space odyssey
Its so good the first time. Way too slow the second.
Probably Contact. I cried at the line: ::: spoiler spoiler "They should have sent a poet." :::
I'm rewatching cosmos rn, and am gonna watch contact again when I'm finished. Such a good movie.
Jurassic Park
Primer
Cube
The matrix
Hackers
To kill a mockingbird
So many.....
Do people actually enjoy Primer?
Yes.
It is a really cool take on time travel, really mind bending on the first watch. Once you have seen it a few times and understand the way things work, it kind of loses some of the entertainment value.
I think the issue for me is twofold: a) I couldn't connect with the characters-they felt like Asimov plot devices for carrying the story forward and b) too much emphasis on the time traveling paradox riddle. What I mean by the latter was that watching the movie felt more like trying to solve a Rubik's cube but through charts and diagrams. I get that some people enjoy that kind of stuff but I prefer having a solid story line. But I watched it a long time ago, maybe I need to rewatch it with fresh eyes.
I haven't seen hackers. How is it?
Great!
The early over the top hacker aesthetic, the ridiculous adversarial hacker battle, the complete misunderstanding of what hacking actually involved (the world has changed). It is all awesome.
Some of the stuff they got right is also cool, the social engineering is still a thing.
Also because of my age when it came out (1995)....I would have seen it in 96/97, I was in my late teens.
Trainspotting
Your Name
The Matrix
Saw it in the theatre knowing nothing about it other than that the poster looked fun.
Was not expecting a philosophical mind fuck.
Just rewatched the matrix a few days ago. I swear I forget all the main details until I watch it every 6 years or so haha. It's good, some effects are really showing their age now though.
Same, the “what is the Matrix” marketing was so mysterious and effective.
Vanilla Sky. That movie is a bizarre trip even when you do know what's going on. But when you don't, it's a positively surreal experience.
Saving Private Ryan or The Shawshank Redemption.
Both outstanding movies and heavy hitters as far as the visuals and storyline go. Getting to experience the landing in France, the terror of the knife fight, the satisfaction as the warden and Hadley got their comeuppance… yeah, that would be fantastic to experience again.
If you need to be stoned, then that, Interstellar, Solaris (2002), Sunshine or Sphere.
Yaaaas 2002 Solaris Team.
I do like both adaptations, but I really love how the 2002 version was handled and scored.
Harry Potter. All of them. I’m currently reading the books, and I know that when I’m done I’m going to be so disappointed that there’s nothing left to experience the first time.
If you haven't listened to Jim Dale's audiobook version, it's a great way to have a third way of revisiting that story!
Hmm, that’s a great option. Although, I’m not a big audiobook/podcast fan because I feel I need to concentrate on it to understand what’s going on, and that’s not particularly useful when driving/working/etc, but I may give it a shot in the future!
Recently rewatched all these. They're so good.
I'd redo breaking bad.
Tarsem Singhs “The Fall”
It is still to this day the most powerful piece of art I’ve seen. I wish I could recreate that experience. I still remember thinking, at about a quarter of the movie through, that this was the best movie I’ve ever seen, and it got better and better. The theater was packed, everyone there was completely drawn into the movie and you could feel the room sharing emotions, it was powerful enough, here almost 20 years later, I can still feel that connection.
Memento
Predestination
How to Train Your Dragon
I still get that knot on my throat in the first flight sequence, that movie is perfect for me. I want to feel it like it was the first time.
In terms of being able to enjoy that massive reveal behind the whole plot, The Sixth Sense or The Usual Suspects.
In terms of being able to just enjoy the whole storyline without any prior knowledge, The Godfather (parts 1 and 2) or Se7en.
Interstellar
Lord of the rings The lure awe and wonder of the first watch when I was young
A high that just cant be beat
For me, it would be Heat. It was released before people really had the internet, so I had no idea about the movie and just wandered past an afternoon showing with a friend, thinking well why not, let’s give it a shot.
Came out wanting to immediately see it again.