How many of us revisit a film, if it didn’t work for us first time around?

This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.

A bit of clickbait avoidance.

The answer to the question posed in the title is: it clearly depends on the film.

But I think theres a bit more to it than that.

Lets start, then, with Stephen Fry.

He ties it into Guy Pearces character inMemento, thus earning a few extra geek points from the jar.

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I confess Im guilty.

The rate I seem to be buying new books to read suggests thats not going to change anytime soon.

The world going to pot?

Politics all looking a bit dodgy?

Plug in someBack To The Future.

Theres a small circle of films Ive watched dozens of times in the last 20 years.

There are precious few books Ive read twice.

Yet thats still just a small circle.

The majority of movies I watch just once.

Life is busy, right?

That we perhaps know that the film in question is strong, just that it did nothing for us.

Now, though, I get where hes coming from.

Movies are no one-size-fits-all commodity, after all.

But also, there are 30,000 who rate it 1/10, and 4,528 whod score it a 4/10.

What IMDB doesnt measure, interestingly, ishow manytimes people have watched a certain movie.

Thats the sub-division of scoring Id be fascinated to see.

Id still not bet againstThe Shawshank Redemption, personally.

Furthermore, just last week, Ryan Lambie ofDen of Geek UKwas mulling over his views ofPersonal Shopper.

I dont think many of us.

There are exceptions, of course, but the world is hardly bereft of other films to watch.

Again, there are exceptions, but I contend thats just what they are.

But in that instance, his reason for his re-examination was the urging of Linda Williams.

Without her, would he have tried?

Its not always just the more divisive films this applies to, either.

I love the film, but confession corner have only seen it once.

Wright, though, argued that there are plenty of movies that you better chew on a bit.

Movies that you return to and see something different in the second time around.

And yet, theres often a lot to reward going back to a favorite film.

And which of those first three watches was his favourite?

Perhaps the most legendary critical reversal of opinion lies at the door ofNewsweeks Joe Morgenstern.

His original review ofBonnie & Clydewas, he would later admit, was pissy.

But then people changing their mind appears not to be the done thing.

And yes, sometimes, if the first date hasnt gone too well, a second chance as well.

You might not discoverThe Godfather Part II.

But you might just find something more interesting than youd previously thought.

And you might make Stephen Fry happy, too.