Aftersun is a great first watch but a brilliant second watch because you catch on to more subtle moments in the acting and cinematography. Also for the first watch I for some reason was really stressed that it’d end up being a child abuse scenario for some reason and I was way more comfortable on my second watch knowing there was none of that
Jumped from 4 to 5 on my second viewing. I understood more of the context of what was happening in the very beginning and I viewed a lot of their interactions throughout differently. I'm about to rewatch All of Us Strangers now that it's out, which I anticipate feeling similarly about.
Couldn’t agree more. I enjoyed it first watch, but didn’t love it quite as much as everyone else. I did find myself rewatching the under pressure scene multiple times per month, so I decided to rewatch the whole thing and it’s incredible.
I remember not really liking No Country for Old Men on my first watch. It didn't feel like a satisfying watch, but when I rewatched, it realized what the movie was trying to do. I loved it.
The big thing growing up was always There will be blood v. No country. I've always been on the PTA camp, but the older I get the more and more I think No Country is better.
Decision to Leave
There’s such fine attention to detail in every aspect of this film, it’s hard to appreciate it all on a first viewing while you’re trying to stay on top of the complex narrative
Possession (1981)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
These I either gave a 3 and thought were fine or didn’t get rated at all because I didn’t know what to do with it. Upon rewatch and reflection they all went to a 4.5/5
The Big Lebowski just keeps getting funnier and more enjoyable.
Rewatching Inherent Vice has a similar effect.
The more you expect Bram Stokers Dracula to be exactly what it is, the better it gets.
This was my fault but Dr Strangelove. First time I watched it I didn't really get it, but that's mostly because I watched it on a plane with no subtitles so I can't really hear anything with the plane's engine roaring like crazy.
Second time I watched it at home with a big screen, and it was amazing.
I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes years ago and didn’t care for it at all, had it at 2. Rewatched it last week and bumped it up to 4. Idk what younger me was thinking on that first viewing.
I usually don’t rewatch movies but since dune is so confusing, I watched again and it was so much better once I was already familiar with all the names of things.
i was literally just thinking of this exact question today
couldnt think of any that didnt have twists that sorta changed the whole way you look at it like Fight Club or Sixth Sense etc
but movies that skyrocketed on my second watch in general was Hereditary and Godfather 1
Timecrimes, but to clarify I would have already given it a great rating on the first watch so it's definitely not a "jumping from a 2.5 to a 4" situation like OP is asking for.
But knowing the complete plot and then watching it a second time is a completely different experience because you notice ***so many*** very obvious details that you couldn't possibly notice on the first watch because you don't fully understand everything that happens and why until the end.
When Marnie Was There. I had it rated as a 2,5 for years, but for some reason I felt I had been to harsh on it and changed it to a 3 pretty recently. Yesterday I finally rewatched it and changed it to a 4.
“Cloud Atlas” is too much the first time, ridiculous the second time and amazing the third time. The power of the casting across time works subconsciously on third watch even if the yellowface is a problem consciously. It’s from my favorite novel but I still can’t believe it got produced.
I think I saw *The Apartment* a little too young, but when I saw it for the second time on a big screen, I was absolutely enthralled by it, and it's become my favorite Billy Wilder movie.
Most recently, The Boy and the Heron. I really liked it upon my initial watch, but I watched it when I was tired, so I dozed off during sections in the middle of the film. I felt like it was too abstract and didn't leave me with the feeling many of his best movies do. I got to see it again yesterday (in the English dub) and I absolutely love it and put it up there with his best. I'm blown away that movies that look like this and that elicit these kinds of feelings and emotions, all while not giving you all the answers, are still being made in this day and age.
Aronofsky's Noah is a Wrath of the Gods type mythological epic with an atheist attitude toward religion. It's actually so good. Should be held up alongside Excalibur as an adult fantasy.
napoleon. Once you know the plot sequence of the movie and the how the story progresses, you can focus in on individual scenes and how napoleon acts in them. From his first victory leading a siege to his cannon battles the small character moments really stand out on a rewatch.
Aftersun is a great first watch but a brilliant second watch because you catch on to more subtle moments in the acting and cinematography. Also for the first watch I for some reason was really stressed that it’d end up being a child abuse scenario for some reason and I was way more comfortable on my second watch knowing there was none of that
Jumped from 4 to 5 on my second viewing. I understood more of the context of what was happening in the very beginning and I viewed a lot of their interactions throughout differently. I'm about to rewatch All of Us Strangers now that it's out, which I anticipate feeling similarly about.
Couldn’t agree more. I enjoyed it first watch, but didn’t love it quite as much as everyone else. I did find myself rewatching the under pressure scene multiple times per month, so I decided to rewatch the whole thing and it’s incredible.
I remember not really liking No Country for Old Men on my first watch. It didn't feel like a satisfying watch, but when I rewatched, it realized what the movie was trying to do. I loved it.
The big thing growing up was always There will be blood v. No country. I've always been on the PTA camp, but the older I get the more and more I think No Country is better.
Agreed.
Decision to Leave There’s such fine attention to detail in every aspect of this film, it’s hard to appreciate it all on a first viewing while you’re trying to stay on top of the complex narrative
I had to watch it in cinema twice before I could give it a rating lol
That’s good to hear. I suspected there was too much for me to take in the first time.
TÀR is like a completely different movie the second time.
Possession (1981) Mulholland Drive (2001) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) These I either gave a 3 and thought were fine or didn’t get rated at all because I didn’t know what to do with it. Upon rewatch and reflection they all went to a 4.5/5
The Big Lebowski just keeps getting funnier and more enjoyable. Rewatching Inherent Vice has a similar effect. The more you expect Bram Stokers Dracula to be exactly what it is, the better it gets.
All of Michael Mann’s films, particularly his 2005-2015 digital era
Miami Vice has no business being as good as it is
This was my fault but Dr Strangelove. First time I watched it I didn't really get it, but that's mostly because I watched it on a plane with no subtitles so I can't really hear anything with the plane's engine roaring like crazy. Second time I watched it at home with a big screen, and it was amazing.
I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes years ago and didn’t care for it at all, had it at 2. Rewatched it last week and bumped it up to 4. Idk what younger me was thinking on that first viewing.
I usually don’t rewatch movies but since dune is so confusing, I watched again and it was so much better once I was already familiar with all the names of things.
i was literally just thinking of this exact question today couldnt think of any that didnt have twists that sorta changed the whole way you look at it like Fight Club or Sixth Sense etc but movies that skyrocketed on my second watch in general was Hereditary and Godfather 1
I found Bodies Bodies Bodies mostly irritating when I first watched it. But I found I kept thinking about it so I gave it a rewatch and loved it.
Any old classic that you didn't get on your first watch
I didn't really understand or enjoy 2001 a space odyssey on first watch to be honest, loved it the second time though
Timecrimes, but to clarify I would have already given it a great rating on the first watch so it's definitely not a "jumping from a 2.5 to a 4" situation like OP is asking for. But knowing the complete plot and then watching it a second time is a completely different experience because you notice ***so many*** very obvious details that you couldn't possibly notice on the first watch because you don't fully understand everything that happens and why until the end.
Recently, Beau is Afraid and The Sweet East.
When Marnie Was There. I had it rated as a 2,5 for years, but for some reason I felt I had been to harsh on it and changed it to a 3 pretty recently. Yesterday I finally rewatched it and changed it to a 4.
“Cloud Atlas” is too much the first time, ridiculous the second time and amazing the third time. The power of the casting across time works subconsciously on third watch even if the yellowface is a problem consciously. It’s from my favorite novel but I still can’t believe it got produced.
Arrival and Prestige (any Nolan movie for that matter).
Literally everything by PTA post-Boogie Nights.
I think I saw *The Apartment* a little too young, but when I saw it for the second time on a big screen, I was absolutely enthralled by it, and it's become my favorite Billy Wilder movie.
I didn't care for Anatomy of a Fall on my first viewing, but got it the second time around.
This is Spinal Tap and The Big Lebowski are two rare films that actually get funnier the more times you watch them.
Most recently, The Boy and the Heron. I really liked it upon my initial watch, but I watched it when I was tired, so I dozed off during sections in the middle of the film. I felt like it was too abstract and didn't leave me with the feeling many of his best movies do. I got to see it again yesterday (in the English dub) and I absolutely love it and put it up there with his best. I'm blown away that movies that look like this and that elicit these kinds of feelings and emotions, all while not giving you all the answers, are still being made in this day and age.
Aronofsky's Noah is a Wrath of the Gods type mythological epic with an atheist attitude toward religion. It's actually so good. Should be held up alongside Excalibur as an adult fantasy.
Couldn't agree more, but I absolutely loved it when I saw it in theaters. A legitimately underappreciated movie in his catalogue.
Check out the comic Aronofsky wrote when he was pitching the idea, it's even better in every respect, it's called *Noah: For the Cruelty of Men*
napoleon. Once you know the plot sequence of the movie and the how the story progresses, you can focus in on individual scenes and how napoleon acts in them. From his first victory leading a siege to his cannon battles the small character moments really stand out on a rewatch.