I have probably not watched more than one or two of them more than once.
I can rent movies from Netflix for about seventy-five cents apiece.
Why would I buy any more movies?
My wife and I use Netflix. Mighty hard to find a movie worth ordering. Most of it is drivel.
I’m home with the flu, so I went to Blockbuster yesterday to rent some movies. I walked up and down the New Release wall, hoping to find something that would be entertaining. With the exception of a few that I had already seen, they were all crap.
Forget buying...there are very few movies out there worth the $5 rental.
I have to somewhat agree - I haven’t seen a recent movie in years. Ive bought several DVD’s over the last several years but they are old movies. Cary Grants, John Wayne’s and some of the old tv shows that are now boxed. I just bought Green acres, Hogans Hero’s and As Time goes by from England.
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. - Jack Nicholson
Haven’t been to too many movies at the theaters or bought DVDs with movies, lately. Some DVDs I bought recently were stuff like old Underdog cartoons, and an edition of “Cinematic Titanic” (with cast members of Mystery Science Theater spoofing Santa Conquers the Martians). But, new?
I got a couple movie passes won off a radio show; admittedly some of the theatres of the chain are slightly far from me but I can’t think of any movies I want to use the passes for.
I do remember seeing what I think was an indie release last Feb., at a theatre down the street from me (an old time theatre that features weekly magic shows, too)—it was
Cadillac Records, loosely based on the story of Chess
Records. It was okay...but not enough to make me want to buy the DVD.
It’s getting to the point that I’ve not seen any of the lead actor/actress movies put up for an Oscar.
Have to get down to the Special Affects to find at least one movie I’ve seen.
Hollywood and I don’t see eye to eye on what a good movie is.
P/C Red Dawn? Just say - No!
This year has been dreadful really for movies. The last good ones were The Dark Knight and No Country for Old Men. However, I was really happy with Paranormal Activity, probably the best movie of 2009 so far.
I turn on my TV and I see "The Bachelorette" and shows like that, and I see endless re-runs of "The Andy Griffith Show". That's about it.
Al Martino just passed.
Where’s The Godfather’s of this century?
Y’know, movies with plot, character development, intrigue ... not just flashy special effects ....
Netflix.
And market saturation at home. People now have sizeable libraries of movies and tv shows in boxed sets that they still need to pour over.
Plus economy.
And I can buy “remaindered” titles new at Half Price Books for a fraction of the retail price ($50 4 disc King Kong/Son of Kong/Mighty Joe Young boxed set is available new and unopened for $10).
When you calculate the number of DVD’s (and VHS tapes) that are out there, wouldn’t a logical conclusion be that we’ve started to reach a saturation point?
I mean, how many more copies of “Grand Prix” and “Bringing Up Baby” do I need? Do I really need more Disney movies in anticipation of coming grand kids, since I still have the entire collection from when my kids were young?
I also suspect that there was some confusion as the whole BlueRay DVD war thingy was fought out.
Hollywood is a lot like Washington.
They tell what you should like instead of listening to the people.
They act surprised when movies like Fireproof or the Passion of Christ are successes and can’t believe it when 100+ million dollar action flicks flop.
All directors should be forced to watch a dozen or so Hitchcock films before they attempt to make a movie. Sometimes, less is more when it comes to explosion, violence, etc., etc., etc.
Maybe PPV? Actually i think movies the past few years have actually gotten better.
This is something I have been saying for a LONG time. Every week, my family sits down and we decide on the new movies that are going to be in the Theaters. We have four ratings: want to see in theater, want to see on DVD, don’t care if see it and NO! More often than not, it is NO, or wait till it is on DVD; I can’t remember the last time I went to the theater.
Once we watch a movie, we have a ratings system: bad, good and get a copy. Now, other than some kid-rated movies for the grand-kids and my youngest daughter, the last few DVD movies that we purchased were “Full Metal Jacket,” “Road to Rio” and “The Quiet Man.” All of these were purchased in the last six months.
The only recent movie that we have even thought about purchasing was “Gran Torino” while the rest of the stuff coming out is simply not “epic” nor “impressive” enough to warrant a home copy.
Newer technology (like Blu Ray, NetFlix though, is the big reason. Why spend $7 to $30 on DVD when you can rent it for less than a buck?
Cable one our provider has pay per view but there has to be almost 20 channels of adult pay per view.........I asked if I could have them removed from the que and the tech laughed and said nope, one of our biggest money makers.
Hows that for a comment on our state of society?
Hollywood has nothing to worry about. The federal government will eventually just bail it out.
“We cannot allow the entertainment business to fail!”