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roosta
07-30-2008, 08:50 AM
Some films will always (to me) seem best on their first viewing, whilst others seem to get better the more I watch them. I was thinking of this when I came home from The Dark Knight for the second time; it was still thrilling and all, but it lost a wee bit of magic from the first time.

A few years ago I got to watch Psycho with my sister who had no idea of the plot and it was a hoot to see her react to it for the first time. For some reason, I've always known the "twist" in Psycho...I must have picked it up by osmosis by reading stuff as a kid or saw it for the first time when I was very young...I don't know which. I'd love to be able to watch Psycho for the first time and see what my reaction would be...

And not just films with a twist either. John Carpenter's Halloween is probably my all time favourite film, and I must have watched it a zillion times but I'd love to be able to see it 'fresh'. Again, because I was young and used to watch it repeatedly I can't remember the first time I saw it.

Anyone else have any films they like to see "a new"?
Lyman Zerga
07-30-2008, 08:52 AM
not really, lol
roosta
07-30-2008, 08:54 AM
not really, lol

(y)
mate_spawn_die
07-30-2008, 08:56 AM
sucks about the psycho thing. i've never seen it. but i already know what happens. i wish i could watch it fresh.
funk63
07-30-2008, 12:50 PM
hell yea. dumb and dumber, star wars series,
AceFace
07-30-2008, 01:00 PM
hell yea. dumb and dumber

dude, i was seriously gonna post that.

i remember the first time i saw that movie... matt and i were maybe dating 3 weeks and we watched it on VHS. i remember him rolling out of the sofa and onto the floor laughing. i love that memory.
TAL
07-30-2008, 01:33 PM
I wish I could wipe my memory so I wouldn't remember anything about Dumb & Dumber. And then never watch it again.
funk63
07-30-2008, 03:19 PM
I wish I could wipe my memory so I wouldn't remember anything about Dumb & Dumber. And then never watch it again.

Blasphemy!
funk63
07-30-2008, 03:21 PM
dude, i was seriously gonna post that.

i remember the first time i saw that movie... matt and i were maybe dating 3 weeks and we watched it on VHS. i remember him rolling out of the sofa and onto the floor laughing. i love that memory.

lol the most annoying sound in the world is still the funniest shit I've seen in a movie.
jabumbo
07-30-2008, 05:04 PM
i think anything that contains crazy special effects would be cool. any movie that relies on that sort of stuff loses its appeal once you know how this or that goes.
TurdBerglar
07-30-2008, 05:10 PM
jurassic park

i remember going to see this movie for the first time when i was about ten. completely wide-eyed the whole time.

same thing with terminator 2
TurdBerglar
07-30-2008, 05:11 PM
lol the most annoying sound in the world is still the funniest shit I've seen in a movie.

nah


when he squirts the ketchup and mustard into his mouth after eathing the peppers
AceFace
07-31-2008, 09:00 AM
^ agreed!
camo
07-31-2008, 09:16 AM
The Never Ending Story. That way it will exactly be that.
adam_f
07-31-2008, 09:27 AM
Not gonna lie, Deep Blue Sea because when Samuel L got eaten by the shark I about shit myself.
abcdefz
07-31-2008, 04:41 PM
I love the movies that I didn't know the essential plot elements and they just knocked me out.

Most awesome first viewings, probably:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tootsie
Alien
Memento
Almost Famous
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Blood Simple
Birdy
Citizen Kane
After Hours
Fargo
Hail, the Conquering Hero
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
sex, lies, and videotape



Those are movies that had a serious rush of surprise, a real thrill of film, and I was so glad to be there.
BangkokB
08-01-2008, 02:18 PM
Angel Heart
Heat
To Live & Die in LA
Full Metal Jacket
Se7en
Fight Club
Boiler Room
Sin City
The Shining
saz
08-01-2008, 03:01 PM
To Live & Die in LA


who could ask for anything more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtgWDtGjPRU) (y)
Junker
08-01-2008, 04:07 PM
not really, lol

(y);)
abcdefz
08-03-2008, 04:03 PM
The Shining


I almost put this one on my list -- the first time I saw it was incredibly powerful. But it was more disturbing than thrilling or anything
(kind of like requiem for a Dream), so now as I rewatch it, I'm kind of glad I've got some cushion.

I went to see it the weekend it opened, so I must've been about 13 or 14. I walked out and was trying to be cool about it, but as
soon as I saw mom and dad's car there to pick me up I sprinted.