I just did it. The first twenty minutes didn't ring a bell, then suddenly, one scene hit me. I figured since it was only twenty minutes in and I hardly remember what happens, I might as well finish it. I felt like such an idiot not knowing a movie I had already seen.
shareI do this a fair amount because everything I watch, I watch streaming. Since I like to fall asleep with something on, often I only see the first half hour and was sleepy to begin with, so ...
I do the same thing with suddenly recognising a scene, but then not remembering how the rest of it went, so watch it to the end.
The worst is when you start remembering that you didn't like it the first time, but at that point you're already 50 minutes deep.
Yeah. I was watching a movie yesterday and after 20 minutes, it seemed familiar so I quickly went to IMDb and gave it a 5. I didn't remember a single thing about it other than the vagueness of that one scene.
shareA few times, but what usually happens is that lately, if I'm not "into" a movie within 20 minutes or so, I'll put on something else, or watch nothing. And a few times I thought "Didn't I watch this?" but as it goes along, it'll hit me that I turned it off early, and there's a handful of times where a movie I turned off became something I liked, 8/10's. The only one I can remember is "Death in Venice". I gave it another chance because Luchino Visconti is a Top 5 director ever for me.
shareNo, sometimes I watch movies that I like over and over, but never accidently.
shareThat's happened to me a couple of times in recent years.
I remember thinking it funny when my Dad would rent a movie we'd already seen. Now I'm older and it happens to me.
Guess my brain can only hold so many plots and titles in its memory banks.
How old are you lot? Im 50 and can watch films and boxsets on rotation as my old brain cant retain entertainment information anymore but was wondering if youre all younger and it happpens to you too!
shareI'm 44. When I was younger I never forgot a title of a movie I watched.
shareSo not far behind. Its weird but films i watched when i was younger are etched in my memory scene for scene but it just doesnt happen anymore, not even with really good stuff. But great for me as i can slways find something good to watch as if almost for the first time
shareYeah, there's a silver lining to it.
I just watched Near Dark for the first time in years, and it was like watching it for the first time, almost.
Its weird but films i watched when i was younger are etched in my memory scene for scene but it just doesnt happen anymore
i suffer from finding less meaning in stuff now too, memory too
it worrys me i can't be a creative person and accomplish certain goals
Mulholland Drive but it wasn't by accident
shareI record and watch most of what ID (Investigation Discovery) airs. At times I could swear I’ve seen this murder before, but then I realize the world is made up of murder and mayhem. If you’ve seen one...you’ve seen them all. We watched an episode Saturday about a teenage gal manipulating a sex starved boyfriend into killing her father. Then yesterday another episode with the same plot, different people! It does occur too frequently (the usage of southern descriptive verbiage interspersed here) a “split tail” manipulating a “hornier than a three peckered billy goat in a sheep’s pasture” guy into doing whatever is necessary to satisfy the lust. Whew! 🥵🤭 I just wrote that...didn’t I? 🥴
Same with the news. Go to bed listening to the latest news and when waking it’s as if there’s a time loop! Truth be told my “little gray cells” (Poirot) don’t retain as well as they used to do.
Yes, I did it just a few hours ago. When the opening credits began to roll, I started to feel that subconscious nudge of familiarity. I was however, surprised at how much of the content I had either forgotten or somehow missed and thoroughly enjoyed the rewatch, maybe moreso than the first time. And also yes, I know I've experienced this before.
shareUnless it's a new release I sometimes have to think hard about whether or not I have seen a particular movie already. As much to not waste my time and money as well as to avoid mocking by my wife, who has a tendency to think that every movie I rent I have seen before and to admit she is right is worse than repeating a bad movie.
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