[Closed] Music and film - why can you listen again and again but...

I don't know. There are films I could watch over and over. Not many like but some.

That's how I'd define a favourite film, TBH.

scientific explanation
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or put more simply

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there's no "7" on that image maccruiskeen - that's [b]interesting[/b]

That reminds me of the bit in donnie darko where he has to put an x on the lifeline between fear and love. Did patrick swayze make those charts?

there's no "7" on that image maccruiskeen - that's interesting

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that step 7 didn't exist.

It's possible to get bored with a much-loved piece of music, if its played too often. Familiarity breeds, etc.
However, I know what you mean, and I think it's because film being a visual media, it doesn't allow any imagination, but music allows your mind to build up pictures, which may be different each time you listen to a piece because of mood.

Eh? I can't think of a single film I could watch twice and not get bored watching.. I will already know the story, all the way through I will remember what is about to happen and worst of all I will know right from the start how it all ends. I tend to think folk who watch the same film over and over are probably a bit simple

whereas a song just entertains no matter what the are, doesn't really matter what a song is about you'll just either like it or you won't. Although you can obviously grow to love songs you didn't used to like at all or grow to dislike songs you used to love

For me, with music, i can pop on what i want to listen to at that moment. I might listen to more stuff, i might not. I might just have it in background while i do other stuff. It's very down to my mood n stuff anjd i do have a catalogue i can rely on for different moods i may be in. Films don't work like that for me. There's narrative. My eyes have to be in a fixed position. i have to pay attention. There is lots of stuff to take in. I like long gaps. Even years. Between seeing my fav films again.whereas i can play certain music over n over for ages day after day for it to grow. It's a process of being selective and learning to know yourself and what you like. There is music and films i know i will have with me till i die because they mean so much to me. Boredom is not a factor! Dunno if any of that makes sense.

because your ears are on the side of your head.

Damn it I hadn't realised that 🙂

It's probalby something to do with the way you remember images and stories compared to the way you remember tunes and riffs.
The strange thing is the amount of dialogue you can quote from an 1 1/2 movie is more or less the same as the amount of lyrics you can remember from a 4 minute song....

you lot need your eyes checking. Step 7 is clearly a right foot movement over to the left, off screen... but I knew that anyway.

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!
nuff said.

Unless you've seen every film ever made, why do you need to watch the same one numerous times?

Taste changes with the passage of time.

Unless you've seen every film ever made, why do you need to watch the same one numerous times?

I will already know the story, all the way through I will remember what is about to happen and worst of all I will know right from the start how it all ends.

Only if you are watching the kind of film where when you get to the end you know what happened.