Writer's Block: Time after time

[author_by_night]

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Oh, I'm a firm believer in re-reads and re-watches.

Here's how I see it. The first time you visit a certain location, you look for the big picture stuff, the main attractions. You don't know enough about that area to get far beyond the very basics, and anyhow, that's not what you're looking for. It's only when you go back that you discover the beautiful park, the museum that actually teaches you things you never knew, the store where you buy something that makes you feel different, the elderly couple you meet with a most interesting story.

That's how movies and books are. When you see or watch the first time, the little  things aren't going to seem as important. It's only later that you might go back and realize you missed some interesting details.

There's often a limit, though. When the first Pirates of the Carribean movie came out, that's all anyone wanted to see; I loved it the first ten times, but then I got sick of it. Of course, now I really want to re-watch, but I have no idea where the DVD is. :(

Comments

[linda-lupos.livejournal.com]

This is exactly why I love rewatching. :D And why I don't get people who don't get rewatching. "But... you can't see everything the first time!"
There's also a sense of going back to that happy place. You can't cross the same river twice, but you can revisit that wonderful movie world. :)

There is a limit, yes. I mean, I've seen TDH.1 two times now, and that's enough for now. On the other hand, there are movies I could rewatch again and again. With books, I used to reread PoA all the time, and right now I have Lolita and Terry Pratchett's Going Postal on pretty much a continuous reread. I still get something new from them. :)

[blpurdom.livejournal.com]

When I truly love something I just read it or watch it whenever I feel like it--I don't understand having some random upper limit on doing this, where you cut yourself off and say, "No more." I've read or watched my favorites so many times during my lifetime, without counting, that I'd only be guessing anyone if I tried to say how many times I'd done this with each beloved book, TV show or movie. I probably only know how many times I've watched or read something if it's NOT one of my favorites.

[acoustics1220.livejournal.com]

WORD. *fist pump*