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Author Topic: How many movies have you seen in the past 12 months? Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-11-2007 01:47 AM                     In a theater: Zero (last one was "Cars" on 6/10/06) Netflix: 133 + whatever my roommate had that was interesting  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-11-2007 02:25 AM                        Probably between 8 and 10 on DVD.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-11-2007 05:06 AM                        482, including some repeats, but not including shorts.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2007 06:04 AM                        55, including some repeats and some films that I watched from the booth while showing them  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2007 10:25 AM                        Actually sitting down and watching, vs. just periodically checking: In my own theatre, probably about 20 to 30. In other theatres, maybe three or four. At conventions - one. (The Wicker Man, what a crap-fest.) On DVD - probably 10 to 15. It takes me several days to watch a whole movie on DVD because I never have time to just sit for two hours.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2007 12:08 PM                     Six or seven in a theater... two of them at Mike's theater and two at the America Theater in Casper, the rest in varying places at least two at other locations because I had to sit there due to bad digital tracks or CD ROMS. Generally I only actually sit and watch an entire film at either Mikes place or at the America. Any other theaters in this area are nothing but a dissapointment. I have probably watched a couple dozen off DVD at home. Mark  |  IP: Logged Ray Faultless Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Amington, Tamworth, England Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-11-2007 06:26 PM                     At least one movie per day either dvd or Sky movies and at least one cinema visit per week but usually two.If ever a day goes by when I saw no movie I feel like I missed something. O shit, as I read this back I see how sad it is. Ray.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-11-2007 07:13 PM                    In A Theater Seen: A handful. Maybe half a dozen. Liked: A somewhat smaller handful. Paid to see: zero. On DVD Seen: Quite a few more. Several dozen or so, mostly chosen by my fiancé. On VHS Seen: One... "Saturday The 14th" On Monsters HD Seen: A few good (and/or funny) horror movies... "Them!", "Poltergeist", "Jaws", "Friday the 13th", "Halloween", "Prince Of Space", etc. On Broadcast TV Seen: Zero.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-11-2007 08:01 PM                     Y'know, I was all but sure I only saw maybe a handful of movies in the theater over the past year. To double check, I went through the Film Handler's Movie Reviews section to back track. I watched quite a few more movies in the theater in the last 12 months than I thought. There's at least 19 movies I remember watching here in Lawton or at theaters elsewhere, such as a couple up in Colorado: Mission Impossible III Cars Superman Returns IMAX & 35mm Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest Talladega Nights Snakes on a Motherf**king Plane The Wicker Man -only the first 10 minutes of it. Crank The Departed Jackass II Flushed Away Borat Casino Royale Rocky Balboa (seen 2nd run) 300 Blades of Glory Meet the Robinsons Grindhouse Spiderman 3 I know I've rented a decent number of movies on DVD, but don't recall all of the rentals from memory. A few of the ones I saw first as DVD rentals include: This Film Is Not Yet Rated United 93 Children of Men Little Miss Sunshine Inside Man Thank You For Smoking The Aristocrats Movies on DVD I have purchased in the last year: A History of Violence Cars United 93 The Departed Apocalypse Now: The Secret Dossier Casino Royale  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 06-12-2007 02:06 AM                     About 1 per month at the cinema; and probably about the same number on DVD. 3 on Laserdisc during the year. One each on 16mm and 8mm at home. I don't think I've seen any on VHS during the last year, though I still have some. I never try to watch a film while running it, other than to check the quality every 5five minutes or so or for other 'technical' purposes, e.g. where the subtitles are printed all over the place and I have to adjust the framing during the film. If I'm running something that looks worth seeing, which is the way I 'discover' many of the films I watch, then I'll go back later in the week and buy a ticket. Watching through a port, with the noise of the projectors, and a pair of small mono monitor speakers is no way to see a film. If I can't get back that week then we may well bring the film back a few weeks later; if we don't then I'll try to find it at another cinema, or buy the DVD. quote: Bobby Henderson The Wicker Man -only the first 10 minutes of it. Was this the original, or the recent re-make? I've heard that the re-make was pretty bad, but I haven't seen it.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-12-2007 08:42 AM                     I saw the beginning of the recent remake. Joe Redifer and I checked out the show at the new Harkins theater on the east side of Denver, specifically its Cine Capris screen. We didn't stay long because the auditorium's sound system was out of whack. The EQ was wrong. Bass was soggy on the movie trailers. The Dolby Digital "Stomp" trailer played in analog. When the feature was playing it just sounded weak in the opening sequences. Not exactly the kind of performance I would expect from a brand new movie theater, especially when another Cine Capris 600 miles away in Oklahoma City puts on a better quality show. We didn't stay long enough to see Nicholas Cage running around in a bear suit or some of the other odd ball stuff in the movie.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-17-2007 09:47 AM                     From 7th June last year (my birthday) to the same time this year according to my log I watched 102 films in a cinema. (add to that what ever i've seen on TV and DVD)  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 06-17-2007 07:55 PM                        Best guess: 35 in theatres, and one on DVD that I didn't see in theatres first.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-18-2007 10:41 AM                     240  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-18-2007 12:43 PM                        I'm guessing 30-35 a year in theaters, rarely on DVD.  |  IP: Logged

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