Re-watching good Cinema & TV

[PalazioVecchio]

If its shyte, abandon it after ten minutes. Movies like John Carter.....utter dirge.

If its good , watch it again and again. It never fails to shock me how much detail, of a good movie, i can forget over ten years. Or what subtle nuances you pickup the second time. A case in point, Breaking Bad. On the first viewing, i was so keen to follow the main plot that i failed to notice how entertaining the loser-friends of Jesse Pinkman were.

ditto anything by Stanley Kubrick or Ridley Scott.

Surely nobody on here has watched Fawlty Towers only once ?

Another interesting angle is that you watch something in your youth, and again when much older.......and you notice much different stuff about the same programme. Star Wars being a good example. I had never noticed the absence of blood whenever a whole crew of Soldiers were carved up with light sabers.

Watch a title twenty or thirty years later and its yourself that has changed, not the title.

What titles would you happily watch more than once ?

 

[ASCPFC]

Recently, I've been watching Tales of the unexpected. My missus gets fed up with it though.
I also bought BBC DVDs of Alex Guinness as George Smiley. But haven't rewatched them yet. Literally a few pounds on Amazon.
I never tire of the original Star Trek, films I watched recently include the original Halloween and Bridge over the River Kwai. Which made me think of the Alec Guinness DVDs. Will watch Oliver! at Christmas.

 

[eritheagle]

If its shyte, abandon it after ten minutes. Movies like John Carter.....utter dirge.

If its good , watch it again and again. It never fails to shock me how much detail, of a good movie, i can forget over ten years. Or what subtle nuances you pickup the second time. A case in point, Breaking Bad. On the first viewing, i was so keen to follow the main plot that i failed to notice how entertaining the loser-friends of Jesse Pinkman were.

ditto anything by Stanley Kubrick or Ridley Scott.

Surely nobody on here has watched Fawlty Towers only once ?


What titles would you happily watch more than once ?

I just bought Ridley Scott's director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven today from a charity shop. It's said to be much better than the original one.

I used to watch Fawlty Towers and Blackadder over and over again but nowdays I enjoy the repeats of Big Bang or Frasier.

When it comes to films, I have watched Star Wars, Marvel and Jaws multiple times. Also like re watching the old war films or some of the Bond ones.

 

[Lanzo-Ad]

Series i have rewatched lately, all four Slow Horses, both the Capture (my favorite) Strike and film wise, Once upon a time in the west, Get Carter (14th time) Leon, High plains drifter, and The Sweeny (film)

 

[BromleyMonkey]

I’ve got all seven series of Johnny Vegas comedy ‘ideal’ it was a bit of a cult following, but I loved it and have watched them over and over again.

I can watch peep show over and over until the cows come home, same with the inbetweeners, men behaving badly and a Jack Dee comedy called lead balloon

 

[Rudi Hedman]

I’ve got all seven series of Johnny Vegas comedy ‘ideal’ it was a bit of a cult following, but I loved it and have watched them over and over again.

I can watch peep show over and over until the cows come home, same with the inbetweeners, men behaving badly and a Jack Dee comedy called lead balloon

Bunk Off and Work Experience are classics. The 2 of them laughing when Simon graffiti’s the drive is great acting.

 

[Daddyorc]

Movies I flip through channels and watch whenever they come on:
The Dark Knight, Forest Gump, LOTR (just the originals, the Hobbit series stinks), Star Wars (any of the 9, even the crappy ones), Usual Suspects, Terminator 2.

TV Series to watch again: Cheers, Parks and Recreation, Benny Hill, Everybody Loves Raymond

Surprisingly I have hundreds of channels, and almost none of the above are ever on. Just trash. The only ones that are on (and are always watchable) are The Simpsons and Family Guy.

I'm sure there's probably more.

As an FYI, if you're looking to watch something good, I recently watched the Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary on Netflix. It's 3 hour long parts (body building, acting, as a politician). It was surprisingly very good, and my wife actually enjoyed it too.

 

[beak]

Recently, I've been watching Tales of the unexpected. My missus gets fed up with it though.
I also bought BBC DVDs of Alex Guinness as George Smiley. But haven't rewatched them yet. Literally a few pounds on Amazon.
I never tire of the original Star Trek, films I watched recently include the original Halloween and Bridge over the River Kwai. Which made me think of the Alec Guinness DVDs. Will watch Oliver! at Christmas.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is really good.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Bunk Off and Work Experience are classics. The 2 of them laughing when Simon graffiti’s the drive is great acting.

I know it’s gross and childish sort of humour and I’m an old fcuker, but it makes me laugh, what can I say? 😁

 

[Palace Old Geezer]

There aren't many films made in recent times that I want to watch again, but a number that I never tire of:
- Casablanca
- Now Voyager
- The Big Sleep
- most Clint Eastwood films, but specially the Dirty Harry and Fistfull of Dollars trilogy.
- The Longest Day
- Gladiator
to name a few.

As for TV programmes, same applies, most modern productions are crap, but
- Peaky Blinders
- Luther
- Porridge
- Yes Minister
- The Human Jungle
- Midsomer Murders
- Miss Marple, Poirot and other Agathe Christie progs
are all worth a re-watch

Mrs POG is a big fan of Murder She Wrote, which seems to be on TV nearly all the time.

 

[doi209]

Fawlty Towers - watched it once years ago and thought it was rubbish. Never watched it again.

Big Bang Theory - I have watched this all the way through twice. Maybe again in 5 years.
The Office (US) - just finishing for the second time. The last two episodes of series 9 to go. Then I'll start watching...
..Young Sheldon again.

Everybody Loves Raymond - the trailers make me want to switch off.

I'm not a fan of 'slapstick' comedy. Benny Hill has not aged well. Dick Emery - absolute crud.
Porridge - excellent.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Porridge is a good call POG, I watch them a lot as well, the Xmas episodes definitely get a viewing every year

Steptoe and Son for me as well, mainly the colour early 70’s ones, can’t be doing with the poor quality and black and white of the 60’s episodes

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Fawlty Towers - watched it once years ago and thought it was rubbish. Never watched it again.

Big Bang Theory - I have watched this all the way through twice. Maybe again in 5 years.
The Office (US) - just finishing for the second time. The last two episodes of series 9 to go. Then I'll start watching...
..Young Sheldon again.

Everybody Loves Raymond - the trailers make me want to switch off.

I'm not a fan of 'slapstick' comedy. Benny Hill has not aged well. Dick Emery - absolute crud.
Porridge - excellent.

Loved them both as a kid in the 70’s, but you’re right Benny Hill seems quite painful to watch now. Dick Emery’s characters though I still find quite amusing when I seen them in recent years on YouTube

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I can watch Veep any time. American politics over the past decade make the rise of Jonah Ryan look very prescient.

 

[Hrolf The Ganger]

I'm currently re watching 'Lost' for the third time. Possibly the best TV show of its kind ever made.
I'm also rewatching 'Big Bang Theory' whilst doing some cardio in the morning. Very funny.

I've done 'Breaking Bad' and 'The Sopranos' twice already.
I've watched 'Waking the Dead' probably three times, The first series of 'Rebus' maybe four times.
'Life on Mars/ Ashes To Ashes' half a dozen times.
'Star Trek TOS' more times than I can possibly remember. 'The Next Generation' all of it several times and some episodes more than others.
'Robinson Crusoe' at least half a dozen times over the years.
'Fawlty Towers' too many times to count.

After Lost, I will probably do 'Line Of Duty' again.

Old shows I recently watched or am currently watching again. Budgie, Shelly, What Ever Happened To The Likely Lads, Porridge, The Kenny Everett Show, Thriller, The Saint, The New Avengers, Department S, UFO, old Doctor Who, Lost In Space, The Time Tunnel, Six Million Dollar Man. I had to stop, it was awful. The same with Charlie's Angels, the girls are nice but the show is terrible. It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Starsky And Hutch, On The Buses, Monty Python.

I have watched all my favourite films so many times that some of them are now becoming difficult to watch again. One I still really enjoy is Gladiator which I watched yet again the other night. Last year we went to see 'Aliens, Special Edition' at the cinema. I've seen that at least ten times already.
At Christmas, we always watch 'The Family Man' with Nick Cage. My wife always insists on watching 'White Christmas' to my dismay.
There are always some Clint Eastwood films I can rewatch, but I've seen most of them so many times already that they are too familiar.

Well that post waffled on longer that I expected.

 

[NEILLO]

I've lost count of the number of times I've watched The Sopranos. A close second is The Wire.

Films I re-watch tend to be comedies - The Producers, Play It Again Sam and Spinal Tap being the most watched.

And I didn't get where I am today without watching the re-run of the original Reggie Perrin

 

[Hrolf The Ganger]

I've lost count of the number of times I've watched The Sopranos. A close second is The Wire.

Films I re-watch tend to be comedies - The Producers, Play It Again Sam and Spinal Tap being the most watched.

And I didn't get where I am today without watching the re-run of the original Reggie Perrin

Forgot that one. I watched it a couple of years back.

I remember seeing Spinal Tap at the cinema somewhere in London when it came out. It never gets old.

And I also forgot 'Hammer House of Horror'. Seen that loads of times.
I also recently tried watching Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, but it is pretty awful.
I do watch the odd old Hammer and Amicus films but quite a few are a bit rubbish.
Plague of the Zombies is fun. Curse Of Frankenstein is decent. Tales from the Crypt is a classic.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

i will confess to having watched 'Amadeus' so many times that i find myself prompting the actors whenever they hesitate on their lines.

And i will also confess to liking Saleiri the mediocre anti-hero. I would bet there are people like him playing at every football club. Playing football, not piano of course.

 

[Hrolf The Ganger]

i will confess to having watched 'Amadeus' so many times that i find myself prompting the actors whenever they hesitate on their lines.

And i will also confess to liking Saleiri the mediocre anti-hero. I would bet there are people like him playing at every football club. Playing football, not piano of course.

A shame none of it is true.

 

[Badger11]

i will confess to having watched 'Amadeus' so many times that i find myself prompting the actors whenever they hesitate on their lines.

And i will also confess to liking Saleiri the mediocre anti-hero. I would bet there are people like him playing at every football club. Playing football, not piano of course.

I know how he felt. Many a time I worked hard on something and felt quite proud only to realise that others could do it better and without even breaking sweat.