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Movies I have watched so many times I may now be embarassing myself

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Wow, it's been almost six weeks since I've posted here - but I have a good reason, and I'll write about that another time. Right now, I'm thinking about (as I put one of them into the DVD player) 10 movies I have watched so many times I begin to think I am demented. What is it about certain movies that makes you want to watch them over and over - when there are surely plenty of other movies you've never seen once that are worth seeing? Why would I invest yet another 2 hours in watching one I've already seen when there are both well-known and undiscovered masterpieces unviewed? I will ponder these questions as I make this list of ten (representative but not comprehensive) and maybe an answer will define itself. 1. O Brother Where Art Thou? Coen Brothers. George Clooney's funniest role ever. Kickass soundtrack. Who wouldn't want to watch it 17 times? Or 117 times? Enough said. 2. The Wizard of Oz OK so sure, I watched it a dozen times before I was 18 but