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Is there such a thing as overwatching?

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serious crayons:

--- Quote from: Elle-Effen'-Meno on June 22, 2006, 09:52:30 pm ---You shut up about overwatching.  This here ain't it's fault.  :)

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*responds with Jacklike glower*  >:(

I sure don't blame IT! I want to protect IT from predator loss.  :-\

Then again, I guess that's what Ennis said, and look what happened ...  :'(

Penthesilea:
For me personally, I think there could be such a thing as overwatching if I would see it every day or three times a week.

So far, I've seen it 8 or 9 times completely and 2 or 3 times the first part (one time I stopped when they got down the mountain, the other time at the divorce-scene in the court room, couldn't bear to see the post-divorce scene).
Since I know BBM for three months now, it makes an averarge of less than once a week.

I never FF any scenes and I can't bring myself to put in the DVD just to check one or two scenes for details. I think this would wear it out to me. If I want to check certain details, I search screencaps on my PC.

I'm still totally blown away with every viewing and I want it to stay like this.


--- Quote ---Sometimes I watch it and say- okay I'm going to focus on symbolism and all that, but I just end up being a mess again
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Replace "sometimes" with "every time" and that's me  :)

dly64:
Okay guys ... I am beyond crazy. I have literally watched this film at least once a day since it came out on DVD. I am still not tired of it. I keep trying to quit my addiction ... it's not working. Someone asked me today to try to go one day without watching it. I nearly hyperventilated! I'm pathetic, I know.

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: dly64 on June 23, 2006, 10:38:31 am ---I'm pathetic, I know.

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No more so than the rest of us. Our viewing habits may vary, but we are all more or less equally obsessed.

nic:
I am something of a novelty as I haven't watched the film part yet of the DVD *gasp*  I am one of those people that has to have the right circumstances & one of those is to be alone in the house as I have decided at least for my first couple of viewings.  This is rare, so also gives me a good excuse to put it off! But when it did occur a while back I had it all planned out but then got into the extra features & had enough of a reaction from those I just couldn't face the film.  On one hand I have wanted to watch it lots & been curious to check out the symbolism etc but on the other I have been fearful of another episode of post-viewing trauma.  Y'all seem to have survived & now my desire to see it & curiosity is outweighing the trepidation so it will be soon!

In fact, it may be this w/e. Of course I have made a big thing of it now so am anticipating all kinds of angsty reactions & will need to ensure I have plenty of red wine & chocs available!  I also have my loooooong mental list of things to look out for but have not yet decided whether to watch straight through or stop & pause.  Probably would have to be the former or I would be for days on end.  I would love to have the support of a fellow Brokie to watch with but alas I don't see that happening so I'll rely on the red wine & chocs instead!  I might come running on here for cyber support afterwards though!

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