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Anyone else's DC watch a film over and over again on a loop?

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Spotsbeforemyeyes · 05/03/2019 19:45

My DD is almost 8, she likes to watch the same film on a loop over and over again. Then she'll watch her favourite bits then learn the words and act it out. Then watches it and looks out for bits in the background that she might have missed.

Anyone else?

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OpposableThumbs2 · 05/03/2019 19:48

Until she was 7.5 my dd wouldn't watch films, now she's nearly eight we are watching the first three Harry Potter films back to back for the 847th time.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 05/03/2019 19:48

Not my DC but I did as a child. I had quite a few favourites and would watch them through and then rewind the VHS back to the start to watch again.

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Spotsbeforemyeyes · 05/03/2019 19:50

My DD thinks she is a witch. With this in mind and to give us something else to watch we suggested Harry Potter at the weekend.

Could we heck find the sodding DVD, had everyone except the first film. Not on Sky cinema, Sky box office, Netflix. Grr

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picklemepopcorn · 05/03/2019 19:51

DS2 watched chittychitty bang bang repeatedly for a while.

gubbsywubbsy · 05/03/2019 19:53

I used to as a child !

MitziK · 05/03/2019 19:58

Sounds like my DP.

He knows some films like that.

It got so annoying after a while, as I couldn't hear the films themselves over his doing it (his father's no better, either) that I used my superpowers gained from being a skint single Mum with exactly three videos and shit TV reception.

I Lion Kinged him from start to finish, then mentioned that, funnily enough, I could also do it with the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the original Disney Sing-a-long: Heigh Ho video.

Somewhat incomprehensibly, he stopped doing it and now, I could (if I ever wanted to) watch The Terminator, Terminator 2, Back to the Future I, II and III, Young Frankenstein & Blazin' Saddles without a raving loon bellowing out the dialogue a second before it's said onscreen.

Yes, yes, I am evil.

FantailsFly · 05/03/2019 19:59

Yip! DS watched Mamma Mia a million times when he was about five. Now (9 years later) it's Friends on Netflix.

Allyg1185 · 05/03/2019 20:01

Yes!! At the moment it's The Greatest Showman. Over and over again

ILoveMaxiBondi · 05/03/2019 20:02

Oh my son says all the lines from the Big Bang theory a split second before the character says it. So annoying!!!

gingajewel · 05/03/2019 20:40

Trolls, feckin trolls! I can repeat it word for word!!

Supergrassyknoll · 05/03/2019 20:53

My 3 year old DS watches Over The Hedge on loop!

fblake · 05/03/2019 20:57

My DS keeps on watching Despicable Me 3 ..... I can't stand the minions 😫

Freshprincess · 05/03/2019 20:58

Ours was High School Musical 2. I feel like Zac Efron is my third child.

They do grow out of it. Mind you we always have to watch Harry Potter when it's on and once we've watched one, we usually do the full set on consecutive nights.

Tbf, I've seen Dirty Dancing more times than is necessary.

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Spotsbeforemyeyes · 05/03/2019 21:11

Glad to hear were in good company. I'll have to have a look at that I can encourage her to watch next.

Do you think almost 8 is too young for Pretty Woman? 😂

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thenightsky · 05/03/2019 21:14

oh god. When now adult DD was 4 to 8 she watched the Little Mermaid at least 3 times a day! She's 30 now and still can remember every word! We joke that she could understudy for every part.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 05/03/2019 22:09

thenightsky the little mermaid was in my top 3!! Grin

AlecTrevelyan006 · 05/03/2019 22:44

My son used to watch Toy Story over and over again when he was little - we had on VHS and he literally wore it out. One day the tape snapped and he cried his eyes out poor fella

so we bought a dvd player :)

toomuchtooold · 06/03/2019 05:56

DD2 watched Wreck-It Ralph I reckon 100 times when she was 3/4. We moved house and country twice in 6 months and I reckon it was her way of coping. I can recite the entire film from start to end now (it was actually quite a good film - if it had been The Little Mermaid or one of those crap Disney sequels from the 90s I'd have gone out of my mind I think).

Pluckedpencil · 06/03/2019 06:14

I knew my little pony inside out, still remember specific scenes in the movie. DD aged 3 thinks Hocus Pocus and movie are synonymous words, although to be fair to her, she will watch anything she thinks is "spooky". She always chooses the scariest image she can find on the Netflix screen. Weirdo!

Mmmhmmokdear · 06/03/2019 09:41

Oh yes, my 2 do it. They seem to have a rotation of films though, so it's not just the one.

I did it as well with a certain film at about that age. I could recite the whole film word for word from memory including the songs!

Nanasueathome · 06/03/2019 09:47

After spending time with my eldest grandson I am almost word perfect with Madagascar

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Spotsbeforemyeyes · 06/03/2019 10:28

KIds really great aren’t they?

My Dd has obsessions, so at the moment she’s watching a particular film, this one has been a couple of weeks, she must have watched it 15 times, every spare moment she watching it or quoting it.

Maybe next week she’ll pick up a different film and do the same all over again. Good to hear everyone else’s dc are similar.

We do do other things by the way. 😂

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SpanishTiles · 06/03/2019 10:37

Beauty and the bleeding beast here 😫😫😫

outpinked · 06/03/2019 10:38

My DC don’t but my brother definitely did growing up. He’s a fair bit younger than me and I can’t tell you how much of my childhood was spent watching Power rangers movies and The Iron Giant...

Imperfectsusan · 06/03/2019 10:39

I knew someone who owned a video shop back in the day, and apparently this is very common.

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