What Do You Call "Those" Movies?
At lunch today, I brought up the observation that I always seem to like movies more a few days after I see them. For example, I saw the third “Lord of the Rings” movie on Wednesday. I thought it was good, but I was also kind of disappointed by the fact that it took ten hours to watch what seems to be a four hour movie in hindsight (this means that I think they could have made a single movie instead of three). Today, however, I keep thinking about how much I liked the movie, although I remember being bored when watching it the other day. As I thought more about this change of heart, I've realized this is fairly consistently across other movies I've seen.
One example is the first “Austin Powers” movie. When I was in college, a group of friends found out that I had never seen it, so they tied me to a couch and made me watch the entire thing. They laughed at every line, but I just didn't find it funny in general. I'll admit that there were a few scenes that I found funny, but I certainly didn't enjoy it as much as they had expected. A few days later, however, I found myself quoting it and started “getting” references to the movie used in everyday culture. My opinion had changed.
Now I'm also reminded of all the times I'm able to convince people to watch “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. I've found that every time I'm able to convince a first timer to watch it, they just don't enjoy it as much as I would expect. A few days later, of course, they're quoting the black knight or the knights who say “ni” or any of a hundred other quotable characters.
My question, in a long-winded way, is “what do you call those kind of movies”?