I’m usually a one-off kind of person.
I don’t usually read books more than once or see movies more than once. With today’s streaming services, it’s a little easier to watch the same thing many times. I find myself doing that not so much because I loved the movie, but because after searching for thrity minutes for something to watch, I still haven’t found something that looks interesting.
These are the exceptions.
The Wizard of Oz
If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve watched this a hundred times. I don’t go looking for it, but if it shows up on my home screens or on my cable service, I might just watch it again.
It’s a Wonderful Life
I find that people are either Scrooge or It’s a Wonderful Life types for the classic holiday movie. Am I right? And everyone watches Charlie Brown. Right? The Hallmark channel has created a whole genre around Christmas - like the old Harlaquin romances. Remember them? I just googled them. There’re still around. 76 years! Who knew?
Princess Bride
I’ve always loved this move. Imagine my surprise when I saw it listed as a cult movie. I watched the twenty-fifth anniversary showing in the park in St. Peterburg, Florida, with a few hundren of my peeps.
Field of Dreams
What can I say? Don’t judge me.
Things I’ve never seen -
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Any of the friday the thirteeth or Halloween franchises
Most of the superhero genre. I’ve seen Wonder Woman and the first Superman, you know, with Christopher Reeves.
Series I love to binge - more than once. Because everything is streaming now, I can watch whatever, whenever. So eventually even the ones I like get old. These have stood the test of time.
Eureka
Psych
Mom
The Big Bang Theory
I’m currently watching Supernatural. Again.