ANYONE ELSE go through PHASES of movie watching?

ANYONE ELSE go through PHASES of movie watching? Dec 19, 2017 2:29:13 GMT mikef6 likes this

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Post by kijii on Dec 19, 2017 2:29:13 GMT

I often think about binge watches of certain actors, directors, or genres, but don’t usually go through with it. For example, when you asked me on the weekly thread this week about four Fritz Lang noirs, I thought that maybe it was time to see them again. I had seen “Human Desire” back in 2010 and remembered it clearly enough, but it has been decades since my last viewing of the others and I would need a refresher before answering your question. However, as usual, my Netflix queue is a mile long and my DVR capacity is over 75% full. My first priority is to spend some quality time with my TV to reduce both those overloads. That is what usually happens when I try to plan a private film festival. I have a feeling I am not alone in this predicament.

Yep, I never thought that I would have 3 ways (4 ways if you add my computer for watching) to keep and watch movies or TV series, but I have a queue in my DVR too--mostly recorded from TCM here in the States.Then I have two streaming channels--Netflix and Amazon Prime (where I can rent a movie for about $3 but have to watch it within a certain amount of time--or lose it). Then, I am still ordering some DVDs just to fill out some of the binges that I can't get elsewhere.

But, I am really starting to hate DVDs (of all things) because I don't know how to scan them quickly (or start, pause, and restart where I had left off.) I can foresee a day when DVDs go the same direction as VHS tapes have gone.

BTW, as I try to watch one director or actor, I notice that even the best had some bad movies. So, unless one is doing a comparative analysis of which movies were good and which ones were bad (within a category), it is best not to be a try to be completist. While I am into Gary Cooper right now, it was hard to compare something as bad as The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with a truly humorous movie like Along Came Jones (1945). While I am not an out loud laugher, this movie sure made me smile. It is so well-timed that it is hard not to love it.