I don't own the DVD of BBM. For several reasons, the main one being, I'm afraid I'd watch it constantly and get desensitized to it. I went two months after it left theaters without seeing it. Then when I finally rented it, it was soooo great. Not to sound too sappy, but it felt like coming home again after a long absense -- like I was with old beloved friends, like I was where I was supposed to be. I stayed breathlessly glued to the screen, rewinding here and there, riveted. (I'll confess, though, that in the interim I had watched certain scenes so many times on YouTube I'm surprised that some videos -- 4 Nights in 20 years, especially -- didn't get worn out.)
I watched the movie about five or six more times over the next few weeks. By the end I was getting ... not sick of it --
oh my god, never! -- but maybe slightly less attentive than I had been, not quite as absorbed, wanting to FF through certain parts (ie, the wife parts). (Though that's when I started really zeroing in on some of those almost indiscernible little details, so there were benefits to that approach, too.)
Don't get me wrong, I still find it thrilling, stunning, breathtaking -- in some ways even more so as time goes on. But I want to preserve that reaction and, for me, it seems best to keep my doses regulated. I'm not great at self-discipline, and Blockbuster imposes its own discipline. (Besides, I'm waiting for that Deluxe Edition that includes footage of all the rest of the time Jack and Ennis spent together over 20 years!
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But I have seen several posters just in the past few days mention that they watch the DVD every day, and I know there are others who do the same, or have done the same in the past.
So how do you all feel about this? How often do you want/need/crave to watch it? Do you impose restrictions on yourself? And if you're one of those frequent-flyer watchers, how do you keep the magic going? Do you ever feel yourself becoming desensitized? If so, what do you do about it?