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JohnT's random thoughts about the movies thread...
Originally posted by Sava
3. I don't use Netflix, but Blockbuster has a deal now where you spend $14.99 a month, and you get unlimited rentals. Now that I have a DVD Burner, I shall be renting a lot more movies.
I have a blockbuster card but I didnt know about this deal. Of course I havent rented in like a month. It sounds like a cool deal.
Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh
Originally posted by Sprayber
I have a question for everyone. What movie have they rented that they wished they had taken the time to see at the theaters?
Cidade De Deus -- Saw it just last week: brilliant movie, a bit like a Latino Godfather, only different I actually don't know why I didn't see this in the cinema, I probably just never noticed it (if it ever ran in my local cinema at all, until recently they weren't great with 'small' movies).
IMO getting the wrong tape is actually one of the best things that can happen when renting movies -- I like to be taken by surprise from time to time (though if it's a bad movie I'll still want my money back )
Shaolin Soccer -- I actually got the DVD for this one while on vacation in Asia (yes it was a *legal* DVD, at least as far as I could tell ), about a year before it came out in European (and American) cinemas. Hilarious movie I considered seeing it again when it came out in the cinemas here but in the end I was too busy with other things and was low on cash.
Mystic River -- I had read only 1 review about this movie when it came out in cinemas and it was a bad review (probably the only bad review this movie ever got too ). After it went out of rotation, I started reading good reviews and in the end it proved to be one of the best movies of 2003 Incidentally, this movie also marked the last time I ever relied on press reviews to judge a movie (except for Jonathan Ross reviews)
Cruel Intentions -- I thought this was your typical chick-flick (what with winning the MTV award for Best Kiss and almost the entire cast being female and all), but I couldn't have been more wrong. Well, it probably was still a chick flick, but one that men can (thoroughly) enjoy as well. Oh, and that MTV award for Best Kiss? That was well-deserved
3) Groundhog day is a great movie but it's a guy movie that chicks like.
I have a blockbuster card but I didnt know about this deal. Of course I havent rented in like a month. It sounds like a cool deal.
Yeah it's pretty new. I just found out about it not too long ago. I haven't gotten it yet, but once I get around to buying some writable DVD's, I'll start adding to my DVD library.
The more I rent, the ratio of amount spent per rental goes down.
Yes, Kucinich, there was a time when there were plenty of local mom&pop video stores around who would rent you the things for $1 for 3 days, maybe going to $2 for new releases. What really killed the places, imho, was not Blockbuster (they've never beaten the locals on prices) but the advent of the DVD. All these small places had great selections of a clearly second-rate technology, and people quickly switched over - IIRC, at one time people were trumpeting that the DVD was the quickest-accepted new consumer product in history*. And while the small stores quickly switched over to DVD on their new releases, they still had a massive stock of quickly aging merchandise.
Also, DVD pricing didn't help either. For the past 5+ years there has been a pricing controversy between Wal-Mart and Blockbuster Video. BBV was helped in the VHS days by the typically high price for the tapes - usually new releases were priced in the $40-100 range, slowly coming down in price over the years. However when DVD's came out, Wal-Mart, using their newly found ability to play 800 pound gorilla wanting a seat, demanded that DVD's be priced to sell, including new releases. At first, BBV thought that, since they were already the leading home distribution outlet for films, they would be able to handle the upstart Wal-Mart at a time of their choosing. Alas, this didn't happen as DVD's soared in popularity, and Wal-Mart came to dominate the home movie market on a scale not even dreamed of by BBV - iirc, 1 of every 5 DVD sales occur at Wal-Mart or Sams Club, in contrast to BBV's hold of 8% of the DVD sales market.
The studios are unwilling to go with the higher pricing model anymore either, as they are now counting on the tens, hundreds of millions earned from DVD sales to put their films in the black. I'm pretty sure that Spider-Man 2, a film that has yet to earn back it's $250,000,000 price tag, was financed to the amount it was because the studio had an eye towards DVD sales as a means to offset the total cost of the film.
they had a greater selection, although you could not be sure that a just released movie was in (more different videos, less copies)
Really?
and it was $2 for a new movie, and $1 for an older one, instead of this 4.50 ****
inflation
yes, they had way more movies than all 4 local HVs and BBs (just VHS, like JohnT said)
It's still $2 (well, was last year), I just no longer live there (nor visit)
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-I rent VHS if they are out of DVD. Sometimes, for movies that are out for a while I try to get the VHS. Nothing is worse than getting home, got the popcorn popped, and settle down in front of the TV with the sweetie and my wife to watch a movie only to find that the idiots who rented the DVD before you had some stupid kid that thought the DVD was a coaster, or even worse, an art medium for finger paints.
-My wife hates widescreen. She agrees that if we had a bigger TV (we have a 27inch) or a letterbox TV than it would be fine. I don't mind, but Last of the Mohicians looks awful on widescreen. All movies should come with the choice.
-Never used netflix, probably never will. Going to the video store is fun, half the time I end up renting something I never would of otherwised only to find out it wasn't that bad; i.e. The Peacemaker.
-Groundhog day is a romantic comedy, but is probably the most manly of all of them.
-I haven't really seen a whole lot of movies at the theater this year. The last movie I saw was Hellboy, and before that Big Fish... I normally rent as wifey and I don't feel the need to drop $40/movie (most have my popcorn!!!)...
However, I really want to see Spiderman 2 on the big screen.
Graduated from the University. Went to HS in Oklahoma, couldn't wait to leave.
It's not that bad compared to Oklahoma is it
Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh
Last movie I saw in theater was RotK. I wanted to see Master and Commander with my Dad, but it never came to the local theater!
I plan to see Shrek2 in the cheap theater.
I have watched letterbox movies on my 13" TV. I hate pan and scan that much.
I've only been to 6 movies this year, and only 1 of those actually was a 2004 movie, but I'll list all 6 anyway:
1. Zatôichi - I can't help it, I love Takeshi Kitano, and this is yet another masterpiece. I love how rhythm/music permeates the movie.
2. Kill Bill Vol. 2 -
3. 21 Grams
4. Kops
5. Once Upon a Time in Mexico - , Johnny Depp
6. Lord of the Rings 3 - Possibly the worst of the three, oh well...
Striker, I scoff at your choice when Smokey & The Bandit 3 is clearly the standard of excellence for the past 25 years of cinematic effort.
On to the actual questions...
I prefer widescreen greatly, and have been known to laugh deliriously and unrepentantly at friends who tell me "I just always feel like I'm missing part of the movie that way." That said, I'm not so hung up on it that I'll let it ruin an otherwise good movie. I guess that's a product of at one point in life having to build my movie collection through bad copies of TBS theater and USA Up All Night.
My top movies of the year? King Arthur.
Groundhog Day? As someone said earlier, it's a Bill Murray comedy. That's all we really need to know.
Kuciwalker, the mom & pop video stores back in the day tended to have more B-movie cult classic stuff that you may never have heard of than Blockbuster, Hollywood or Movie Gallery, rather than just 9 million copies of Independence Day. Although I did find a copy of G.I. Bro, starring Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, at MG's warehouse in my hometown.
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), about a year before it came out in European (and American) cinemas. Hilarious movie 
). After it went out of rotation, I started reading good reviews and in the end it proved to be one of the best movies of 2003 
, Johnny Depp 
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