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> I've never had a desire to watch it a second time Is that a good criteria for whether a film is good or not. There are plenty of films I never want to watch

• unfocussed_mike 5y ago
  > Is that a good criteria for whether a film is good or not. I don't rewatch films as a rule but I do sometimes rewatch films with people who have not seen that film. There are films like Dancer In The Dark, Grave Of The Fireflies, or Dogville that I simply cannot watch a second time because of the precise, agonising emotional turmoil they create. I will recommend this experience to everyone, and they too will watch it only once and recommend it to others. Then there are films like Taken that I would never watch because they are dreadful, hateful trash. I would consider the former list to be beautiful, painful exceptions to the idea that a film that can be watched endlessly is a great work. And even then I might be persuaded to watch them with someone I really loved. Perhaps. Though I'd have to love someone a lot to willingly watch through the end of Dancer again. I would not be so enthusiastic about spending time with anyone who joyfully rewatches Taken.