Dan

For me, Natural Born Killers.

I remember seeing the movie when I was a young teen (would have been 13 or 14 I guess?), and thinking it was terrible. I saw it again, and still wasn't a fan. I think I just found it to be too violent for me, as I hadn't been exposed to much violence quite yet. BUT, when the director's cut came out, I was compelled to pick it up (mostly because of the Burn music video on the second tape), and lo and behold... I thought the movie was brilliant. Obviously, I was less than half the age I am now, so I was impressionable and just starting to see R-rated flicks, but I'm not sure how I hated it so much at first, but ended up coming to love it that third time around. Maybe it was because Oliver Stone explained the absurdity of it all in his intro or whatever, but somehow it clicked with me from that point forward. I watched it again a few years ago, and I still think it's a great film, but maybe not as great as I did at that point. I definitely don't hate it as much as I did on the first viewing though.

Anyway, have YOU ever seen a movie, didn't like it, saw it again, still didn't like it, but after three or four viewings, somehow ended up liking or even loving it?

RichC2

"Movies that took a few viewings to appreciate" would probably also work.

jeffkjoe

For me, it wasn't because I didn't LIKE it, but because I was so traumatized by it when I first saw it.


I saw Jaws in 1979 as an 8-year old during a 2nd run showing.

That movie traumatized me so much that every time it was on ABC, or even saw a commercial, I would run out of the room.

It took me til the 4th opportunity that I could watch it (on ABC or HBO or VHS) again.

Ever since that 4th opportunity in 1984, I've loved it ever since. It's my 3rd favorite movie behind Star Wars and Empire.

Groucho

None. Why would I rematch a movie I didn't like?

Dan

Yeah, but... my title is more fun...

I don't know the intricacies of how such things are determined, but I imagine if you got along well, then a rematch would not be required, and you'd just call it a draw.

RichC2

Pride. I hate losing too, but I'll take on a rematch anytime.

Cardsfan111

I've given some films a 2nd chance. Don't think I've ever given one another opportunity after that.

inri222

If I decide to give a movie a second chance and I didn't like it by then, there is no way in hell I will watch it ever again.

RichC2

It took me a few tries to get into 28 Days Later, rather enjoyed it after that.

HN

Austin Powers
Friday

GoldenJCJ

I watched Pirates of the Caribbean several times before I came to really like it.

I fell asleep the first several times I tried watching Silence of the Lambs. I still don't find it terribly scary but it's a damn fine movie.

Thanks to DVDTalk, there have been many instances where I saw a movie once or twice, didn't care for it, and then gave it yet another watch on the recommendation of fellow DVDTalkers.

superdeluxe

I've never had a movie that I watched twice that I hated, only to watch again. I don't have the time to watch a movie 3 times that I did not like.

EddieMoney

Movies I tried to watch, then passed out drunk, tried to watch again, passed out drunk again, and finally finished years later while sober...a long list.

RichC2

It must be nice, every movie is the neverending story.

d2cheer

This...If after 2 viewings I "still" don't like it there is no third times a charm. I just don't have time.

I can relate to this as well.

Shazam

The Matrix. Hated it the first time. I like it a lot more now, still don't love it though.

Mondo Kane

Apocalypse Now

hbilly

Detention (2011)

I hated it on my first viewing. Thought it was pretty good for what it is on my second viewing. Either way, itīs a very special kind of film.

Shannon Nutt

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Unforgiven

Fargo

Goldberg74

What is now my favorite movie ever... The Fifth Element... and all three times were in the theater. Third time was the charm.

Norm de Plume

hanshotfirst1138

I can imagine a film by someone really esoteric and difficult which I admire much more than I like, and could therefore find myself revisiting out of intellectual interest, especially if a particular review or analysis told me to look for something specific on another viewing. But if that were the case, even if I didn't "like" the film, there'd have to be something in it which I responded to to get me to come back.

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Hazel Motes

When I first discovered horror movies as a kid at 10 or 11, and secretly started watching them behind my parents back, I was burning through every movie in the horror section of my local videostore. I was hooked. The Halloween films, Friday The 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Exorcist I loved it all. Anyhow as I was going through the horror section title by title, for WHATEVER reason this video store had decided to put A Clockwork Orange in the horror section. When you're a kid and all you're looking for is to be scared by the boogeyman, Alex DeLarge is not that boogeyman. He's more of an adult boogeyman. Anyhow, I hated it when I saw it, and for a time I called it the worst movie I'd ever seen. That all changed when I watched it again some years later. I watched it again with some friends and even though I maintained througout the film that I didn't like it and even tried convincely myself of this, I realized after that I actually sort of dug it. And it just kept getting better and better after every repeated viewing.

Troy Stiffler

After becoming more familiar with David Lynch (somewhere around the Mulholland Drive's release) I revisited Blue Velvet. Much better.