Wotcher think?

There is nothing like seeing a much anticipated movie for the first time. Seeing the "Star Wars" logo, hearing the strains of the "Harry Potter" theme music, recognizing a favorite scene from a beloved book. But The Lord of the Rings trilogy made me a re-watcher. Watching a movie over and over, and not just when the DVD comes out. It is when the movie has just been released. My sister saw "The Return of the King" multiple times when it came out, more than I ever did. For one thing, searching for MovieMistakes on re-watching is an incredibly geeky but fun thing to do. It can be continuity mistakes, spotting a crew member or movie equipment or factual errors. I found this blog entry about rewatching movies and she says that re-watching involves a type of love. You can never recreate the feeling you got the first time around but you do find new things, identify with another character, laugh at something you missed or just didn't appreciate on first viewing. (By the way, "Hot Fuzz" is coming out on DVD this Tuesday. I saw it twice in the cinema. It's hilarious.)