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I think I felt as you did when I first watched it; but then I watched it a few more times and it's grown on me. Sometimes I have to do that with films - watch it more than once to really decide how I feel about it. I remember the first time I watched Casablanca. I was singularly unimpressed. I didn't know what all the fuss was about. Granted, I watched it when I was in high school, but still. So years later, I watched it a couple of times and finally "got" it.
Definitely. "Gone With the Wind" did not work for me until at least the third viewing. Even "Double Indemnity" took a few watchings 'till I really "got it." Same with "Citizen Kane." To be fair, part of the problem is that I had heard that these were such great movies, that my expectations were set too high. Then, after being disappointed, when I watched these same movies later with low expectations, I started to get it.
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