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Same is true for movies. I don't remember most movies I watch. Eg. there was this one movie with Morgan Freeman, he worked at a car shop, smoked cigarettes, and
by Maro 16y ago
Same is true for movies. I don't remember most movies I watch. Eg. there was this one movie with Morgan Freeman, he worked at a car shop, smoked cigarettes, and he was diagnosed with cancer, and there was another big name in the movie, and I don't remember much after that. [After looking it up, it was Jack Nicholson and the title is 'Bucket List']. There's probably thousands of movies like this floating around in my head.
- grandalf 16y agoOddly, I don't remember movies if asked to recount the exact plot/scenes, but I seem to have an uncanny ability to remember that stuff when watching it for the second time, to the point where I don't enjoy watching movies more than once. Some people love watching movies multiple times... I wonder if this has anything to do with memory.
- Maro 16y agoSame here. If I were to watch that movie again, I'd start remembering and unless it's an action flick, it wouldn't be interesting.
- icegreentea 16y agoIt's the difference between recall and recognition. In general, everyone is better at recognition than recall. The joy in watching movies over and over again, could be: There is something in the specifics (fine details that typically splits through the gaps of someones recall/recognition) that brings great joy. Others enjoy looking for things they may have missed. Others wait long enough for the recognition to fade enough in between viewings.
- jessriedel 16y agoMaybe, but there a one or two movies I like watching so much I can repeat the lines verbatim. So I don't think its just having bad memory which would allow others to watch and enjoy a movie multiple times.
- jimbokun 16y agoI can recite a quite detailed synopsis of most of the movies I have watched, at least the ones I liked.
- Tichy 16y agoThe content of modern movies is not that deep. There probably was not much more story to the bucket list than the summary you provided.