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Watching something over and over

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Think of a movie, TV show, or book that you consume over and over again. What do you like about it?

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It’s been a very long time since I found a movie that I could watch over and over again.

Until some time near the beginning of the year when I decided to take a chance and watch Bullet Train on Netflix. After that first watch, I sat and let my mind digest it for probably a week before I decided to watch it again because it’s just such a fun ride of a movie (although, warning, it has lots of action and some gore/blood…maybe this warning should have come up earlier in the post but oh well) and then I watched it a few more times over the coming months. I also pestered friends and family to watch it so I could actually TALK to someone about how much I enjoyed it.

I might have to go watch it again later tonight.

Watching on repeat

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What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times?

Aside from a couple of anime series (Trigun and Hellsing) there aren’t many shows I’ve watched more than 5 times. My Netflix watch history would disagree, but that’s because my roommate and I used to leave Netflix playing all day for his dog while we were at work. (I had requested account history and learned that his dog had been subjected to watching every season of Parks & Rec, The Office, and Trailer Park Boys nearly a dozen times each.)

Looking at movies I can probably only name a few that have reached the same level of rewatching. McHale’s Navy (the 1997 movie with Tim Curry and Tom Arnold), and Clue (also with Tim Curry) are the two that come to mind as I’ve probably watched both a couple dozen times since I was a kid. I’m fairly certain that while growing up my siblings have each had their turn to subject me to their favorite movies nearly as many times, but I’ve put a mental block on that time. Teetering close to the 5 time threshold is Scott Pilgrim, though I don’t recall if that’s more or less.

I’m sure there are others, I just don’t care enough to recall them because more often than not they just get put on in the background and aren’t really “watched” while I’m doing something else.