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Movies that change each time?

posted 3 years ago by SoapboxQuantez08 (646)
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Well, not change, per se.
What movies are you familiar with, that show scenes you don't remember from previous times? Criminal Xing (2007) for me. I just saw it for about the 30th time, and there was a good 12 minutes I hadn't remembered, and it's only 84 minutes. Not sure if this is a sign of a good film or not, but I believe it is. It tells me that it's talky, but throws action/suspense at you from out of nowhere. Hence, the good stuff catches you off guard well.

[–] samoanjoes (50963) 3 years ago

I saw Minority Report for the 5th time and honestly didn't remember that Tom Cruise's character had a drug problem.

[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 3 years ago

👍

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

There are some movies I can watch multiple times and always pick out something new. It's usually a simple nuance in the dialogue or the facial expressions of the actors that I missed in previous viewings.

Amadeus (in spite of the biographical inaccuracies) and Titanic are historical or period dramas I enjoy because of the attention to details in the sets and costuming. I can watch horror/suspense films like Psycho and The Shining repeatedly because of the subtleties in the dialogue and the multi-layered quirky portrayal of the characters.

That's what makes these my favorite movies.

[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 3 years ago

Psycho and The Shining, for sure. ✋

[–] DoctorThirteen (10226) 3 years ago

I can watch horror/suspense films like Psycho and The Shining repeatedly because of the subtleties in the dialogue and the multi-layered quirky portrayal of the characters.

Y'know, my favourite scene of all in Psycho is when Janet Leigh gets pulled over by the traffic cop. The tension from the dialogue is fantastic. I mean, nothing really happens, but it gets me on the edge of my seat every time.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

That's a great example. "Marion" wakes up and is startled by the appearance of the cop. Her first impulse is to start the car and make a run for it, but she quickly comes to her senses and realizes this would be futile and would generate more suspicion. It would have led to an inevitable arrest plus additional charges. The ensuing dialogue is indeed intense. You just know she's going to slip up and say something incriminating and you wait for it... but she is able to maintain enough composure to convince the cop to let her go. And you can tell he's not totally buying her story, which is why he continues to tail her for a bit longer.

For a scene in which "nothing really happens" it is certainly packed with so many subtleties and "what-ifs."

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

The Thing 1982