Some movies are great (like Braveheart) but not really movies that most people watch over and over.

I own Braveheart, but I only watch it every few years, at most.

So I started thinking (and my brother had the same idea) that some movies are great, but could also lack replay value, so that you might want to rent the movie, but not really buy the movie.

So I propose that movie rating not only rate how good the movie is, but also rate the replay value so that people can judge whether or not to buy the DVD.
-- talldave, Sep 28 2008

Suggested Notation EyeStar_99_20Movie_20Ratings
[phundug, Sep 29 2008]

This might as well be a method of measure on [Vernon]'s Stupidity Quotient.

Of course, if you enjoyed the movie, the replay value (gathered from others that enjoyed the movie) may have some meaning. It may also be that you fall in the subset of people that liked movie x and would not watch it again, in contradiction to the y+ replay score it reflected.

Although, if you are watching movies based on an arbitrary scoring process, this *would* work for you.

PS: Next time you are that stoned, watch "Ed and his dead mother."
-- 4whom, Sep 29 2008


Not a bad idea, but as with all things movie-related it's all down to the taste (or lack thereof) of the viewer. I have friends who've watched Freddy Got Fingered several times. Voluntarily.

Here's an extremely unscientific test to see if the idea has legs, drawn from a quick glance at my DVD collection.

Movies I enjoyed but only warrant one (or very occasional) viewing:

Gladiator

Good Night, and Good Luck

Hellboy

I am Legend

Igby Goes Down

The Last King of Scotland

Lost in Translation

Magnolia

The Majestic

Minority Report

Monster

Munich

Mystic River

Open Water

Philadelphia

Requiem for a Dream

Sideways

Movies I enjoyed that warrant multiple (or regular) viewings:

The Girl Next Door

Good Will Hunting

Grosse Point Blank

Groundhog Day

The Italian Job (original)

Juno

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Knocked Up

Leon

Love Actually

The Life of Brian

Napoleon Dynamite

Reservoir Gods

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Running Man

Rushmore

None of these movies may appeal to any of you, but take a look down the list and see if your judgement of their multiple viewing potential matches my own.
-- sambwiches, Sep 29 2008


This is the reason I own so few movies, to buy I need a movie that has fine details that are missed in a single viewing or whose message is so profound that it bears repetition without loosing weight. Good Will Hunting, Shawshank Redemption, V for Vendetta, Highlander, any of the Monty Python movies, the Naked Gun movies, 40 Year Old Virgin, Spiderman, Dark Knight, Iron Man and Usual Suspects.

Oh and since this is the Halbakery I have to include Real Genius.
-- MisterQED, Sep 29 2008


Watch "The Prestige", then watch it again, then watch it again...
-- 4whom, Sep 29 2008



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