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[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 104 points 8 months ago

Hot fuzz. Because the first watch is enjoyable, but every subsequent rewatch makes you appreciate Edgar Wright more and more. He is just the most incredibly meticulous story teller with the most dense movies.

[-] not_so_handsome_jack@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago

And then you gotta go watch the breakdowns and side by sides on YouTube to fully appreciate it on another watch. Hot fuzz is one of my favorites.

[-] Mesophar@lemm.ee 21 points 8 months ago

Definitely Hot Fuzz! Every single throw-away line early in the film is a callback later on. It's incredible trying to notice them all!

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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 83 points 8 months ago

Memento.

Though, being real, I would say that it's a movie that gets more interesting on second watch rather than being one out need to watch twice to get. I honestly haven't ever run across a movie like that.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 26 points 8 months ago

Along the same lines: Inception. There's tons of little details that you don't pick up in your first watch.

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[-] Ageroth@reddthat.com 74 points 8 months ago

I like primer, but I'm not sure I really understand it even with all the charts and diagrams that are out there

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 38 points 8 months ago
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[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 69 points 8 months ago

Okay this isnt a movie but a show, but arrested development (especially the early seasons) are filled with situations, puns, innuendos and jokes that are set up over several episodes, sometimes even seasons. It is impossible to catch and appreciate them all on first watch. I have seen the show probably a half dozen times over the years and i still stumble over the occasional thing i missed.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

I love aaall the claw jokes that show the seal gag was planned from the very beginning. "I'm a monster!"

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago

There are even some jokes where they were seeding foreshadowing, but were never able to actually have it come to fruition because the show was cancelled. My favorite of these is that Tobias is actually a black man

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[-] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 8 months ago

Everything Everywhere All At Once.

It's just... really good.

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 8 months ago

I love how it makes just enough sense to hold the plot together. It was a lot of fun to watch.

Also, it’s the lead of the class of millennial parental apology fantasy films, one of my favorite genres ;)

https://www.vox.com/culture/23025832/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-parental-apology-fantasy-turning-red-oscars

[-] SelfHigh5@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Millennial parental apology fantasy… oh man I really love this.

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago

Good movie but how does it require multiple viewings to understand?

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[-] nullPointer@programming.dev 56 points 8 months ago

not so much for understanding but, fight club is a different movie the second time around.

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[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 52 points 8 months ago

Groundhog Day. It gets better with subsequent watches.

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Watching Groundhog Day once is already like watching Groundhog Day five times

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 52 points 8 months ago

Donnie Darko. Besides being confusing, it’s just a great story. Plus, it’s remarkably well cast.

If you have the opportunity to watch the deleted scenes, I highly recommend it - especially the one with the dad. His role in the cinematic version is pretty small, but there’s a deleted scene where he has a quiet chat with Donnie, and tells Donnie about his past mental problems. It’s fantastic, and rounds out his character perfectly.

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[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 49 points 8 months ago

The Big Lebowski. I've never seen another movie gain so much value over time and rewatches

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[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago
[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 27 points 8 months ago

SPOILER ALERT-- do not read further if you haven't seen the movie.


When my husband is being a jerk, I tell him I want the other brother back, the one who loves me.

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago

Snatch.

There's like 15 main characters. Every scene is important but it is impossible for it all to be apparent on a first watch.

It's really brilliant storytelling. Watching Lock To k & Two Smoking barrels, you realize that guy Ritchie might be a one trick pony. But that's okay, it's a great trick.

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[-] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 45 points 8 months ago

The Big Lebowski. You pick up on stuff with each watch, and it just gets funnier when you do.

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago

Perfect example. Almost all of the dude's lines are things he heard a scene or two before.

There's so many things foreshadowed in the movie that you'd only catch the second or third time around.

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The Sixth Sense, if you can go into it blind. I'm usually pretty good at figuring out a movie's plot twist, but this one caught me completely by surprise. Then when you watch it again you pick up on all the dropped hints.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

I was fortunate enough to see this one in theaters. Had no clues. Great reveal. It would really ruin it to know the twist going in.

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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Mulholland Drive. I get... angry at myself when i don't understand a film that i know has a hidden meaning i can't grasp so i watched it 4 times until i finally understood it. Now i am complete

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago

Basically every Lynch movie.

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[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago

Akira. It's weird and confusing. Goes from cyberpunk eye candy to bizarre metaphysical reality warp real quick.

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[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

Shutter island watches completely differently on the second watch, same with Primer, The usual suspects, and Moon (2009).

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[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 35 points 8 months ago

2001: A Space Odyssey

It's my favorite because of the cinematography and atmosphere. It's my favorite because of the themes and philosophy. It's my favorite because space and psychedelia are cool.

It's just an all around great movie if you can appreciate the slow pacing and intentionally jarring or tense aspects that drag on. 30 minutes of monkeys fucking around for seemingly no reason (at least, at first). Discordant wailing that lasts so long it nearly leaves your ears ringing. Space shots with no sound at all, or just the hissing of the space suit, which linger on the slow drift of a character moving from one location to the next. A character begging for his life as another dismantles his brain bit-by-bit.

To me, this movie always flys by, and it always feels like i was there in it, fully immersed. To my friends, it lasts a week and has one cool part that took an eon to get to.

Also it begs for multiple watchings to develop a theory of what the fuck is happening at the end and what the obelisk is and where it comes from.

It also raises philosophical questions that are interesting to come up with and grapple with in new ways with each viewing. Is HAL alive? Whats the next leap in evolution? can uncomfortable art be good? Who owns the moon? How did consciousness evolve? What's happening to Dave?

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[-] Hupf@feddit.de 33 points 8 months ago

Primer. Gotta watch that one a dozen times and still not understand it fully.

[-] shrodes@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

And read essays and visual representations of the timelines and… still not understand it fully

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[-] BadWolf@kbin.social 29 points 8 months ago
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[-] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Shaun of the dead has so many jokes in that its hard to catch them all. There is some good YouTube videos that also explain them in case you missed any.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 14 points 8 months ago

Hot Fuzz for me. Similar reasons, but I think it's funnier. Like they took the lessons of Shawn and refined it. I know not everyone agrees though.

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[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Predestination. I did understand the first time but there are so many little details that I had to watch a second time, now knowing the plot, to absorb everything.

Ps: Please, don't ask what it is about. if someone explains you will lose a very cool crazy movie. just go warch it.

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[-] nayminlwin@lemmy.ml 22 points 8 months ago
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[-] max641@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

The matrix and Fight club ( both released in 1999 )

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 months ago

Triangle HORROR/BLOOD

I absolutely PROMISE you a fulfilling time, and this is a movie that could be discussed at length for a long time and still have more to say. Please don't research or you'll spoil it some, but there's more than just that. I love this move with EVANGELICAL passion.

Timecrimes on steroids.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/

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[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

L.A. Confidential

There are multiple investigations/cases and multiple character arcs, and it all comes together so beautifully. The [REDACTED] reveal is amazing.

Edited to remove potential spoiler.

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[-] aCosmicWave@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

Vanilla Sky! It’s a truly mind bending movie, with an absolutely perfect soundtrack. I’ve probably seen this movie more than any other. I still find personal meaning in it 20+ years after my first watch as a kid when my older brother decided to see it in the theaters and took me along. I was confused but moved by it and I didn’t know why. Love came after the second watch.

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[-] TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago
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[-] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago

Satohi Kon's "Paprika" is still my favourite movie, and there is a lot to discover and reflect on, on second and third and umpteenth watches.

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