How many scenes do you remember in a movie?

I would say 4 to 5 tops.

Depending on the movie and how many times i have seen it. Movies like The Mummy and Stargate, pretty much the whole movie.

I can't say that about any movie.

Oh The Mummy with Rachel Weisz and Brandon Fraiser is a go to movie. I have seen it far more than other films.

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It depends on a handful of factors, like how many times I've seen the film, when I last watched it, and how engaged I was by the film. There's not a one-size-fits-all answer I can give.

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Same - going by the Framed game, some I have little memory of at all, while others, every frame was "that movie", even the first, more difficult or obscure shots. Also, there are some where I see the frame and a quote will pop up.

Some of them are just burned into mind, a few even from only 1 viewing (Bergman is like that, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Persona - it's scene after scene after scene after scene)

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Everytime I rewatch a movie, I am amazed at how much I don't remember.

I think of you are 100% vested in a movie, you tend to remember more. Even with current movies like Abigail and Deadpool and Wolverine, I could probably do scene after scene.

As I get older, my memory seems to be getting worse.

Last week, I watched two movies for the current Noir Movies HoF, but by the time I sat down the next day to write something about them, I could barely remember what the movies were about.

Sometimes it comes back to me when I read the synopsis on IMDB, but sometimes it takes a rewatch to remember the movies.


But on the other hand, I seem to have no trouble remembering the movies that I've seen several times over the years.

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I get surprised how much does come back to me. I haven't seen Paint Your Wagon since way, waaay back, at the drive-in, with the family, and I don't think I thought much of it as a youth. I recently gave it another go, since I'd only seen it that one time - and every little scene is coming back to me as it plays, dialogue as well. I thought I wouldn't remember much, and it would be like seeing it with new eyes, but nope. You'd have thought I'd only watched it a few months ago, not decades.

I can't count how many times I've watched a movie, and about 3/4 into the movie, I realize that I've seen it before.

Zero.


Remembering is for sissies.

The universal answer: It depends. Among my favorite "rewatchable" movies, such as Sleepless in Seattle or Pride and Prejudice (the Ang Lee/Emma Thompson version), if it was a game and I had to sit and concentrate I could probably spout off scenes in order for a good chunk of the movie. How many? Not sure I could count, but maybe ... hmm ... 40% or the film? Then, there's forgettable stuff where I actually have to watch the first 10 minutes until it begins to click and I realize I've already seen it (and in some cases could watch again because I have no idea what's coming next).

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A typical film? A typical viewing? A typical film is a disposable consumer product. In terms of memory, I tend to treat it as a disposable consumer product.

It's like popular music. I couldn't name, let alone remember half of the pop songs on the chart today. They all sound like the same autotuned concoctions, almost mathematically perfect in their hookiness, but also their banality.

It's like a toy in a happy meal when you're a kid. Initially, an object of interest, but quickly discarded as a simple and uninspired toy.

That stated, as forgettable as the vast majority may be, there are some tunes we know by heart, some films we know scene-by-scene, and some toys are cherished like Andy in Toy Story.

Ditto. For me some films are very engaging and while watching it I'm in the movie's world. Those films, especially if I've seen them several times, I can recall well.

Ditto. So many times I'll put on a movie and get to almost the entire end until just one or two memorable scenes seem vaguely familiar. I consider that a blessing as it's a whole new experience each time.

Ditto. There are some movies that I can recall better than others and rewatching films many times over really helps, though I don't rewatch films very often myself.

Ditto. So many movies are assembly line constructed, dumb down for the masses and cliched up the ying-yang...Those movies never engage me so I turn my little brain off and the movie floats in and floats out my left ear.

How many scenes do you remember in a movie?


It depends on how you view a movie. I would guess that people who play with their phones while watching a movie or otherwise multi-task while watching a film, don't get as much out of the movie as someone who sets back in a quiet darkened room and watches the entire movie start to finish without distractions....Kids, they got make it hard to watch a serious film as they get bored so easily and complain loudly.

between 0 and 3 probably

not even one?

there are definitely times where the only thing i remember about a film is rating it on letterboxd