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12-21-2000, 04:15 AM
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Official Forum Warmonger
"Dial Tone" 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hayward, CA, USA
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How many times have you watched a DVD back-to-back?
Hi! For example, when I first saw "The Insider", I enjoyed it SOOO much that I watched it 1.5 times more (I had to get some sleep that night).
A friend tried watching Fight Club to see the FBI warning and ended up watching it 2.5 times (for a total viewing count of 3.5 times). How many times have you watched a DVD back-to-back and which title was it? Peace..... |
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12-21-2000, 04:46 AM
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Actor
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Location: Tigard, OR, US
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Well, it's funny that you ask, I have a chart that I keep that has tally marks for all the times I've seen "Fight Club". 103 times exactly (it's my favorite movie). The day I got it I watched it 4 times back to back
 ------------------ Cinema is everything to me. I live and breathe films -- I even eat them!" -- Lucio Fulci MGM - I WANT MY "RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD" DVD |
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12-21-2000, 04:47 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2000
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This is a great topic tomdkat
I've often wondered if anyone else has the same DVD viewing habits as me. Let me first say that in the majority of cases, additional immediate viewings for me require commentary tracks or an alternate version. That is to say I don't often sit through the same movie twice or more (at one time) unless something's different.Now, to answer your question: 4! That's right, 4 times in one day. This wasn't your average 90 minute film either..nope, it clocks in at about 2:30:00 and the disc has 3 commentary tracks, hence the 4 viewings. That disc is 'Contact' I believe I bought that disc on the 2nd day I had my player, in the afternoon, and proceeded to spend the next 10 hours watching the film with each audio track. In 2nd place would be 'Angela's Ashes' with 3 viewings back to back (2 commentaries there). In most cases I will try to get all I can out of a disc within a short amount of time, but not always in one sitting. As for 'The Insider', I gotta hand it to ya for sitting through it more than once. Great film but not the type I could watch again for a few years. |
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12-21-2000, 06:58 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Elm Street 123
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I don't think I could make it thru any given movie more than once in a day.
I need some time to digest a movie, to let its impressions take effect. In fact, I think I need at least a couple weeks between viewings. ------------------ Unca Dom dvdfile.com Administrator pfleghaar@dvdfile.com My HT My dvd collection |
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12-21-2000, 04:54 PM
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My dad can beat up your dad.
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mississippi
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12-21-2000, 05:15 PM
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Actor
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: So Cal
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Ordinarily, I'm like Dominik -- I don't like to watch something more than once at a sitting. However, The Usual Suspects was too good to pass up on the same sitting (I had not seen it in the movies). It started with watching just the beginning again to see if there was something I missed, and before I knew it, the movie had run all the way through again! And it was just as enjoyable, although for slightly different reasons.
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12-21-2000, 05:24 PM
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Actor
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Sterling, VA USA
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Ya know, TOP GUN, oldie but goodie is pretty darn good, I watched that twice in a row and SuperSpeedway 3 times, but thats about it, most movies arnt so good i need another 2 hours of it (again)
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12-21-2000, 05:26 PM
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Actor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Tigard, OR, US
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How 'bout The Grinch (original)? Don't they show a marathon for 24 hours on the Superstation every Christmas? I sat through it 3 times last year
------------------ Cinema is everything to me. I live and breathe films -- I even eat them!" -- Lucio Fulci MGM - I WANT MY "RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD" DVD |
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12-21-2000, 06:34 PM
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Actor
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: CEBU: PHILIPPINES
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I watched gladiator 4 times b2b on the 1st nite ive seen it 28 times now.I watched fight club 3 times b2b& se7en s:e 3 times b2b t2 s:e 4 time b2b special version once xtended special version 3 times..
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12-21-2000, 09:53 PM
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Gladiator - Twice. First the film, then the commentary track.
The Perfect Storm - Twice. Same as above. The Matrix - This one I think I watched on a continuing loop for like a day and a half. It was the first disc I got after I got my player. Like the rest of you, I usually only repeat viewings back to back if there is a commentary or something. ------------------ Jeff "I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people, actually it's more of a guideline than a rule." ---------------------- |
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12-22-2000, 05:04 PM
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Unnecessarily Loquacious
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Pickering, Ontario
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I can't say as I've watched too many movies back-to-back, but I often find myself watching a movie once each day for a couple of days in a row (X-Men was one of the last movies that I did this for), right after I get them. Then I wait for a couple weeks or a month before revisiting them, and then I rewatch them every month or so after that.
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12-22-2000, 05:08 PM
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Official Forum Warmonger
"Dial Tone"
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hayward, CA, USA
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I've done the same thing, deepfry. For a while, "Boiler Room" was the DVD of choice for me when I got home from work. I would get home, change into lounge clothes, put on "Boiler Room", get some dinner and watch as much of the movie as I could before I would crash.
I did this for about two weeks (or so). Peace..... |
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12-22-2000, 05:22 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Usa
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There are a few Anime titles that I've watched back-to-back. I can do that with Animation of sorts, but not "live action" films.
------------------ Eye | Co-Moderator | meow@kas.cc | www.kas.cc |
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12-22-2000, 08:07 PM
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Actor
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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I watched The Matrix three times back-to-back, once with the film audio, once with commentary, and once in "follow the white rabbit" mode. I don't normally do this, but I was so damn jazzed to get the disc that I couldn't stop myself. I was out of control...in a good way.
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12-23-2000, 12:46 AM
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Actor
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: CEBU: PHILIPPINES
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actually tomdkat i made a mistake i had watched SE7EN S:E 9 times not 3 as stated but now its 10 (just been watching it at work on my portable)I JUST LOVE A GOOD MOVIE
------------------ If movies be the food of life bring on the buffet |
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12-29-2000, 03:37 AM
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Actor
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Michigan USA
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For me it was Pitch Black, 2.5 times. Once through with DTS track, then 1/2 on DD 5.1, then Audio Commentary.
I want to say 3 times on T2, but I'm confusing versions seen, with how many times I watched it. It comes in at 2 times. Movie seen most often in the shortest time span? A Tie. Army of Darkness, Contact and Silverado, all in at 4 viewings in 72 hours. (i.e. I watched multiple times myself, then had company later that wanted to watch it too). DVDs watched the most, A Bug's Life and Fifth Element, both in at about 10 times. ------------------ Thanks. Paul H. View My DVD Collection |
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12-29-2000, 03:40 AM
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Actor
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Titan A.E. - I ran looped in the background 4 times. I didn't pay great attention to every scene.
Supergirl - I watched the International Cut and then the Director's Cut immediately afterwards to see the differences. |
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12-29-2000, 02:47 PM
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Tenacious "OB" 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Spanaway Washington
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Welcome to the forum JeTmAn
The only one I've watched back to back, was Ransom. It was just so powerfu;, I had to watch it again. ------------------ Co-Moderator Software Forum ~Rather than question the wisdom, question your own lack of understanding!~ My DVD Tracker page - Click Here to help get Say Anything on DVD! |
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01-03-2001, 01:52 PM
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My dad can beat up your dad.
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mississippi
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Agreed. Ransom didn't get as much credit as it deserved. The laserdisk with the extra scenes INCLUDED in the movie, as opposed to being a supplement really added to the story. I really enjoyed this movie. ------------------ "They're us....we're them!" -Damian [This message has been edited by Damian (edited 01-03-2001).] |
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01-04-2001, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Bathurst, NB, Canada
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I watched BOOGIE NIGHTS and MAGNOLIA back to back several times and with friends. Repeated viewings are cooler when you can show it someone who hasn't seen the film. I have recently watched M:I 2 a few times (just the action scenes) and I also watch my Metallica S&M DVD all the time.
But good porn discs like Barely Legal #1 and All Star are worth far more viewings. Both Check out the Adult video nominations at www.dvdempire.com ...it's all very cool. Sorry to those who don't share this passion of mine. Hey, I've got over 300 non-porn films in my collection. It's not like I'm obsessed with smut. Although I do think there should be an adult forum on dvdfile. |
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01-17-2001, 05:36 AM
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Actor
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: miami, Fl.
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I have a collection of a little over 100 DVD's. As all of us that love to collect movies, I love watching them over and over again! With that being said I haven't really watched one back to back or for that matter sat and watched a commentary. Until now...... Last week I went to my local Best Buy and picked up "Dark City" for $14.99. It was kinda a blind purchase considering I had only watched the opening scene on a pay channel. Well I LO |
