What Movies Have You Watched More Than Once?

#35
Jurassic Park (all of them), as well as Star Wars.

I really love John Williams score for those movies. Makes it so much better.
 
#44
My Naprapathic massage practitioner said that one of his patients has tinnitus, and every night he actually watches an episode from the Three Stooges to distract him so that he can sleep.
 
#45
Agrajag364 said:
Rewatched a lot of films since I got tinnitus as it's good to have the noise on the evening... used to prefer books.
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Tinnitus can make reading difficult. As an avid reader I was unable to read a book for two years due to the tinnitus being so severe. It has improved which has allowed me to return to reading but it hasn't been easy. It still fluctuates in intensity and can reach severe levels, only then does it prevent me from reading. I don't know what I would do if I was unable to read my Kindle. Movies are good and I have plenty on DVD. 1940s to 1960s are my preferred era, not the rubbish that is on offer today. Although I have a few 80s and 90s films that I like.

The Big Sleep: Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall. 1946
The Long Hot Summer. Paul Newman & Joanne Woodard. 1958
The Magnificent Seven: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen. 1960
Strangers When We Meet: Kirk Douglas & Kim Novak. 1960
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof: Elizabeth Taylor & Paul Newman. 1958
Trapeze: Bert Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. 1956
The Maltese Falcon: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, 1941
All That Heaven Allows: Rock Hudson & Jane Wyman. 1955

As good as movies are and I wouldn't want a world without them, they still cannot match a good book in my opinion.

Michael
 
#47
Michael Leigh said:
Tinnitus can make reading difficult. As an avid reader I was unable to read a book for two years due to the tinnitus being so severe. It has improved which has allowed me to return to reading but it hasn't been easy. It still fluctuates in intensity and can reach severe levels, only then does it prevent me from reading. I don't know what I would do if I was unable to read my Kindle. Movies are good and I have plenty on DVD. 1940s to 1960s are my preferred era, not the rubbish that is on offer today. Although I have a few 80s and 90s films that I like.

The Big Sleep: Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall. 1946
The Long Hot Summer. Paul Newman & Joanne Woodard. 1958
The Magnificent Seven: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen. 1960
Strangers When We Meet: Kirk Douglas & Kim Novak. 1960
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof: Elizabeth Taylor & Paul Newman. 1958
Trapeze: Bert Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. 1956
The Maltese Falcon: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, 1941
All That Heaven Allows: Rock Hudson & Jane Wyman. 1955

As good as movies are and I wouldn't want a world without them, they still cannot match a good book in my opinion.

Michael
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How do you read with tinnitus and still enjoy it?

I haven't read a book since the onset of mine as I just don't feel it will be the same.
 
#48
all to gain said:
How do you read with tinnitus and still enjoy it?

I haven't read a book since the onset of mine as I just don't feel it will be the same.
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@all to gain

You are new to tinnitus and have a lot to learn. I say this respectively and not to undermine or be in any way condescending towards you. It is a learning curve that takes time so please try to be patient. I have had this condition for 23 years. At the end of this post please click on the link: My experience with tinnitus, which covers the most difficult period of my life living with it. It took 4 years for me to habituate the 2nd time and for two years I was unable to read.

I have fluctuating tinnitus which can be: completely silent, mild, moderate, severe and can reach very severe levels. A lot of people habituate to tinnitus within the first 6 to 18 months of onset. This may or may not require specialist treatment, with a Hearing Therapist or Audiologist.

To answer your question more specifically. In time hopefully you will habituate but this takes time. You have lived your life up to now without tinnitus. Suddenly, it is upon you and your Brain sees it as a threat and latches onto it and never wants to let it go. With time it will learn not to see the tinnitus as a threat and will slowly push it into the background where it becomes less noticeable: Habituation. When a person habituates to tinnitus it will enable them to do many things, that previously they were unable to do due to the tinnitus being so intrusive.

I am able to read and fully concentrate when my tinnitus is: silent, mild or moderate. Concentration does become more difficult when it's severe and intrusive. I am still able to read but it's not so enjoyable so I tend to leave it until the tinnitus subsides to a more tolerable level. Sometimes I have to take clonazepam to calms things down but haven't had to take this medication for quite a while. I think it's because I have started taking magnesium tablets. My post: The habituation process, you might find helpful in the link below.

All the best
Michael

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/the-habituation-process.20767/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/my-experience-with-tinnitus.12076/
 
#49
Michael Leigh said:
@all to gain

You are new to tinnitus and have a lot to learn. I say this respectively and not to undermine or be in any way condescending towards you. It is a learning curve that takes time so please try to be patient. I have had this condition for 23 years. At the end of this post please click on the link: My experience with tinnitus, which covers the most difficult period of my life living with it. It took 4 years for me to habituate the 2nd time and for two years I was unable to read.

I have fluctuating tinnitus which can be: completely silent, mild, moderate, severe and can reach very severe levels. A lot of people habituate to tinnitus within the first 6 to 18 months of onset. This may or may not require specialist treatment, with a Hearing Therapist or Audiologist.

To answer your question more specifically. In time hopefully you will habituate but this takes time. You have lived your life up to now without tinnitus. Suddenly, it is upon you and your Brain sees it as a threat and latches onto it and never wants to let it go. With time it will learn not to see the tinnitus as a threat and will slowly push it into the background where it becomes less noticeable: Habituation. When a person habituates to tinnitus it will enable them to do many things, that previously they were unable to do due to the tinnitus being so intrusive.

I am able to read and fully concentrate when my tinnitus is: silent, mild or moderate. Concentration does become more difficult when it's severe and intrusive. I am still able to read but it's not so enjoyable so I tend to leave it until the tinnitus subsides to a more tolerable level. Sometimes I have to take clonazepam to calms things down but haven't had to take this medication for quite a while. I think it's because I have started taking magnesium tablets. My post: The habituation process, you might find helpful in the link below.

All the best
Michael

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/the-habituation-process.20767/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/my-experience-with-tinnitus.12076/
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Thanks. I really hope that with time I can push it into the background, but I think it's going to be much harder for me due to anxiety conditions I have. I have catastrophic thinking.

I've not tired any supplements yet, but I may try magnesium.
 
#50
all to gain said:
Thanks. I really hope that with time I can push it into the background, but I think it's going to be much harder for me due to anxiety conditions I have. I have catastrophic thinking.

I've not tired any supplements yet, but I may try magnesium.
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Due to the anxiety conditions that you describe. You might want to consider tinnitus counselling with a Hearing Therapist or Audiologist that specialises in tinnitus treatment and management.
 
#51
Everybody's Fine - is my favorite Robert De Niro movie. I though the lasts scenes of the movie were very touching.
 
#52
all to gain said:
Thanks. I really hope that with time I can push it into the background, but I think it's going to be much harder for me due to anxiety conditions I have. I have catastrophic thinking.

I've not tired any supplements yet, but I may try magnesium.
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Get Magnesium, Zinc, vitamin Bs and NAC... eat salmon... no junk food... exercise. Homemade ginger tea with garlic... lots of water... lf you don't have cash, just pound magnesium, green veg, fruit, and fish.
Diet is arguably more important than supplements, but many swear by turmeric etc.
I just had a bowl of fish soup and veg. When I am broke, I'll pound hard boiled eggs. Fruit everyday... water... exercise.
It may take a month, but you should experience positive changes. Avoid sugar... which is hard. Avoid salt... which is very hard... but you can do it.

Post note... movie... LEGO Batman, family matters.
 
#53
I've watched the Lord of the Rings several times. It's quite strange but it comforts me somehow whilst I'm watching it.
 
#54
all to gain said:
How do you read with tinnitus and still enjoy it?

I haven't read a book since the onset of mine as I just don't feel it will be the same.
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I read all the time and I also write. It will come back to you with time. Have you tried listening to books on cd??? On low volume, of course.
 
#55
Major League, Down Periscope, The Nut Job
 
#57
Here's my list in no order of only the movies that people probably have not seen. I have other movies that I like, but they are well known and seen... Enjoy!

Catch Me If You Can
At Close Range
The Color of Money
Drag Me to Hell
The Wrestler
Behind Enemy Lines
Don't Tell Mom the Baby Sitter's Dead
New Jack City
The Gambler
We're the Millers
Stir of Echoes
The Last Castle
Rescue Dawn
The Jackal
Confidence
Sleepwalkers
Alpha Dog
The Ice Harvest
To Die For
 
#60
Starthrower said:
An older movie that makes me laugh.

Overboard with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel
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Me too.

I have watched this movie about 20 times. It's definitely not a "good" movie but it's the perfect "in the background"/"beyond easy to follow without paying any attention" movie.

Django Unchained might be the most watched good movie I have seen though.
 

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