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    Films that changed your opinion in subsequent views/thought

    It happens constantly.

    Let me begin with "Fear and loathing in Las vegas" (Zee studio)

    What a horrible film. I was reasonably impressed the first time. Perhaps I was stoned like the characters. Don't get me wrong, Terry Gilliam is a great filmmaker. Either horrible choice of adaptation or it's just a failed attempt. I needed a coffee to remove the stench caused by over analysis of its pointlessness. For better psychedelic experience with neat performance, I'd better watch Depp in "Dead man" (also quite frequent in Zee studio). Now that's the kind of film to watch, and meditate on. That film had a great technique, and perfect pattern to evolve the genre. This is just old school trying and failing.

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    Clockwork orange - The first time i saw i hated it .. then came to know about its awesomeness :P

    Mulholland Dr.- The first time i saw .. i was like wtf ??

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    Re: Films that changed your opinion in subsequent views/thou

    Quote Originally Posted by thilak4life
    It happens constantly.

    Let me begin with "Fear and loathing in Las vegas" (Zee studio)
    As you suggest best watched under the influence of 'shrooms. Of course, I say this from hearsay and not personal experience. I was in a room surrounded by people who had done shrooms and were doing massive bong hits while watching this movie. I'll just say it was a tough watch. There is an inherent lack of cohesiveness (this might just arise from Hunter Thompson's writing - I'm not sure). But the acting by both Del Toro as well as Depp is spot on. And some of the initial scenes in the bar with the carpet design turning real etc.... are just plain freaky.

    The Hudsucker Proxy was a movie I changed my mind on. I just thought it was a lark the first time I saw it. In fact I didnt even watch it fully. Then HBO played it late one night and I couldn't change the channel. Paul Newman - may he rest in peace.
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    Re: Films that changed your opinion in subsequent views/thou

    Quote Originally Posted by complicateur
    Quote Originally Posted by thilak4life
    It happens constantly.

    Let me begin with "Fear and loathing in Las vegas" (Zee studio)
    As you suggest best watched under the influence of 'shrooms. Of course, I say this from hearsay and not personal experience. I was in a room surrounded by people who had done shrooms and were doing massive bong hits while watching this movie. I'll just say it was a tough watch. There is an inherent lack of cohesiveness (this might just arise from Hunter Thompson's writing - I'm not sure). But the acting by both Del Toro as well as Depp is spot on. And some of the initial scenes in the bar with the carpet design turning real etc.... are just plain freaky..
    Damn right. As you point out, there are scenes which carried me through the first time. Second time, it's quite irritating. The film has no re-watch value IMHO.

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    Matrix.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sid_316
    Clockwork orange - The first time i saw i hated it .. then came to know about its awesomeness :P
    Almost all Kubrick movies.I kinda find them so-so in the first watch,and then in subsequent views they become *the* best.

    Apart from that,
    Fight club.

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    Good pick that Fight club, the desirability kept reduced, and slowly got disinterested (or *uninterested*, I get confused between these words).

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    Fight Club .....I thought I'd outgrow (?) it. Six years and yet to. Still a simmering madness.

    Mostly I see I tend to always like what I liked. But most often the change-of-heart has been about ones I trashed the first time because of haste to categorize it and dismiss.

    Some movies I nearly nodded off when I saw but couldn't stop thinking about later (though I haven't watched them again since)

    Madodoyo
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    2001: A Space Odessey. Second time with some *preparations* worked wonders.

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    Guna among tamil movies
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