Movies better the second time around
 

What movies have you watched that are better the second time. Mine would have to be Fight Club and Butterfly Effect...

What are yours?

Fight club definitely, Ronin was another. The Game with Michael Douglas was good for #2 but tapered off from there. Memento and Stigmata, too.

donnie darko...

i've even heard they are going to rerelease the movie to theaters with additional footage.

Pulp Fiction. The first time through I was kinda confused by the way the timeline jumped around. It was much clearer to me the second time around.

The Matrix Reloaded is definitely a winner here. I thought it was ok the first time, but after I watched it a second time, I was obsessed. I saw it four times in the theaters and once in IMAX after that. :)

-Lasereth

The Royal Tenenbaums. A great movie the first time round, but then you can peel away at all the different layers in the characters and their histories and relationships on your next ten-or-so views and it really enriches the experience. A really underrated film.

Same for me, I got SO much more out of it the second time.

Another one for Donnie Darko. The first time i was like "what the fuck" second time i loved it.

All these serious movies...I'm going to go with Monty Python & the Holy Grail :D The first time I saw it, I was laughing so hard I missed a lot.

Of course, the fifth or sixth time is even better, since by then you can go along line for line (which seems to annoy other people...damn...)

Super Troopers was better the second time around.

All the LOTR movies are better the second time around for me, especially if that second time is an extended cut where I can take piss breaks. Also, all the Matrix movies were much more enjoyable for me the second time around. You just pick shit up that you never noticed before.

lock, stock & 2 smoking barrels. kill bill.

Sixth Sense... it was an eye opener

and ones already mentioned:

fight club, matrix: reloaded

The original Dawn of the Dead
I hated it upon my first viewing. I Liked it alot more the second time.

Dogma

...it gets better everytime. :D

i sooooo agree

such a dope movie

I'll add Kill Bill and the Royal Tenenbaums, both already mentioned. The first Kill Bill really has this effect. Same with the Royal Tenenbaums. The Royal Tenenbaums is probably in my top 10 favorite movie list.

-Lasereth

American Born Killer

Up in smoke.

The Big Lebowski

I hated it the first time I saw it, but found it funny the second (and third, fourth...) viewings. I guess it's because I knew the story, so I could concentrate on all the verbal banter going on.

agreed with the royal tenenbaums... It seems as if the same term gets used over and over again "Underated"... Do you think this is becasue people see it and are like "WTF" and everyones like "Crappy film"... Maybe thats why people should give a second chance for alot of films.

Another one for me is Mr. Hollonds Opus... The film is amazing, it's got great character growth. But the first time you watch it you kind of get tired of watching the guy whine about his life but the second time you really see the story.

The Usual Suspects

I've got to say I got Momento the first tme but the second time I caught all the subtle nuances missed while concentrating on the plot the first time.

The Big Lebowski, as mentioned above.
I enjoyed it first time, second time round I loved it. Third time.....best movie ever made!

Mulholland Drive. There is just so much of that movie that you won't catch first time round. Second and third viewing mandatory!

half baked......nuff said

but seriously Eternal Sunshine
Fight Club
Donnie Darko

i know their are more, but i cant think of them yet.

Definitely true!!

Donnie Darko and Angel Heart spring to mind.

Ditto. I hated it the first time, but loved it the second time. Too bad the third one becomes worse after each viewing. That one just stinks.

--jaded

Memento is especially awesome when watched forwards, then backwards, then forwards again. One of the best films ever made. EVER.

Donnie Darko
Memento
My personal favorite movie, Gladiator.
Old School
Office Space

Totally agree there. When I first saw it, I was a little let down from the reviews my friends had given it. But then a week later I felt the need to watch it again, and it was hilarious. Love it now.

Yes, Super Troopers, followed closely by "Lone Start State of Mind"

Bizarre undertones in both make them pleasurable everytime.

I would have to say The Ninth Gate was definately better the 2nd time and also Murder by Numbers

spinal tap

Natural Born Killers

28 Days Later comes to mind first and foremost for me.

It has to be "Thrill Bill Vol. 1" 'cause it couldn't have been any worse the first time around. If I want cartoon fight scenes I'll watch Nickelodeon.

I know everyone's said it, but Fight Club man, fucking Fight Club. Hands down great!

Fight club
Old school
SLC Punk!
The Boondock saints