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New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
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Handyman
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Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
2001 sucked...I never got why everyone had such reverence for it. I am sure it is a generational thing but minus "Dr. Strangelove" I have yet to see a good flick Kubrick made. (I have not seen Spartacus) Christ Eyes Wide Shut was so horrid he should burn in hell for it.
2001 sucked...I never got why everyone had such reverence for it. I am sure it is a generational thing but minus "Dr. Strangelove" I have yet to see a good flick Kubrick made. (I have not seen Spartacus) Christ Eyes Wide Shut was so horrid he should burn in hell for it.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Foxton
Banned
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
One of many reasons why we can't have nice things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mommas:_Like_Father,_Like_Son
One of many reasons why we can't have nice things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mommas:_Like_Father,_Like_Son
Foxton
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Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
They just keep coming 
Hence "one of many"Little Fockers already proved that.
They just keep coming
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And people wonder why the theaters are struggling.
1. Crap like Big Momma and Little Fockers.
2. Netflix/Redbox. For the same price as attending two non-matinee-priced movies in a theater, I can have 3 movies at once, unlimited movies per month. Yes, I have to wait 28 days (IIRC) for new releases, but if the movie was that awesome, chances are I'd have seen it in the theater.
3. Point #2 ties into Point #3: unless it's a movie I can't avoid hearing about (Dark Knight, Inception, Public Enemies) or is a visual must-see on the big screen (300, Matrix trilogy), I can wait for the DVD.
And people wonder why the theaters are struggling.
1. Crap like Big Momma and Little Fockers.
2. Netflix/Redbox. For the same price as attending two non-matinee-priced movies in a theater, I can have 3 movies at once, unlimited movies per month. Yes, I have to wait 28 days (IIRC) for new releases, but if the movie was that awesome, chances are I'd have seen it in the theater.
3. Point #2 ties into Point #3: unless it's a movie I can't avoid hearing about (Dark Knight, Inception, Public Enemies) or is a visual must-see on the big screen (300, Matrix trilogy), I can wait for the DVD.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
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You bring up a good point. Although, I think I've only bought pop, and smuggled the rest in, as long as I can remember. And sometimes I've forgone buying the pop, and smuggled that in, too.
You bring up a good point. Although, I think I've only bought pop, and smuggled the rest in, as long as I can remember. And sometimes I've forgone buying the pop, and smuggled that in, too.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
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The thing about the popcorn prices, besides various other, real pricing considerations, is that the concessions stand is the place where are theater makes its money. Almost the whole price of your movie ticket gets sent back to the movie studio that produced the film.
It's not like this really matters to the end consumer, but that's one of the reasons big reasons why a theater will go under - it's concessions stand isn't bringing in the dough even if the theater itself is packed.
The thing about the popcorn prices, besides various other, real pricing considerations, is that the concessions stand is the place where are theater makes its money. Almost the whole price of your movie ticket gets sent back to the movie studio that produced the film.
It's not like this really matters to the end consumer, but that's one of the reasons big reasons why a theater will go under - it's concessions stand isn't bringing in the dough even if the theater itself is packed.
bigblue_dl
Armed
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I watched Rear Window on Friday night, I haven't seen many Hitchcock movies, so now that I have the Netflix account I've sprinkled some in among the queue. I thought it started slow, but that didn't last long, and before I knew it I was really into the movie. It was obviously very good, I'm looking forward to more Hitchcock movies.
I watched Rear Window on Friday night, I haven't seen many Hitchcock movies, so now that I have the Netflix account I've sprinkled some in among the queue. I thought it started slow, but that didn't last long, and before I knew it I was really into the movie. It was obviously very good, I'm looking forward to more Hitchcock movies.
Right. Especially the opening week of the movies run. The studios get the biggest cut then, and then the theaters get to keep a little more each week it stays in the theater.
JF_Gophers
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But they don't seem to think like that. They think lets jack up the price so even if less people buy we still make something.
That means their price point isn't at its optimum. If they lowered the price of items by say $0.50 and that gets 1.5x as many people to buy then they will be making more money.
But they don't seem to think like that. They think lets jack up the price so even if less people buy we still make something.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
Here's 13 of his films that I consider can't miss. He directed 53 total. These are in no particular order.
1. Dial "M" For Murder
2. Rear Window
3. Notorious
4. Frenzy
5. Psycho
6. North By Northwest
7. Vertigo
8. Lifeboat
9. Strangers on a Train
10. Shadow of a Doubt
11. The 39 Steps
12. Rebecca
13. The Birds
Here's 13 of his films that I consider can't miss. He directed 53 total. These are in no particular order.
1. Dial "M" For Murder
2. Rear Window
3. Notorious
4. Frenzy
5. Psycho
6. North By Northwest
7. Vertigo
8. Lifeboat
9. Strangers on a Train
10. Shadow of a Doubt
11. The 39 Steps
12. Rebecca
13. The Birds
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
I highly recommend The Lady Vanishes, The Trouble with Harry, To Catch a Thief, Spellbound, The Paradine Case, Sabotage, Suspicion, and Foreign Correspondent as well.
bigblue_dl, definitely watch North By Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, and To Catch a Thief. They are the four Hitch movies I would recommend to anyone starting out with him -- they aren't just brilliant film-making, they are GREAT entertainment -- four of the best movies for balancing everything from action to romance to mystery to fascinating characters ever made!
It's really amazing how much range there is in that list of films. As well as great mysteries, Hitchcock made arguably one of the top 10 romance (Rebecca), horror (Psycho), "claustrophobic" (Lifeboat), "dark" (Marnie), "art" (Spellbound), heist (To Catch a Thief), road trip (North by Northwest), and comedy (The Trouble with Harry) films. I don't think anybody had as much versatility, at least in English language movies. And nobody does movies that subversive anymore, maybe because there's nothing left to subvert after Hitchcock.
I highly recommend The Lady Vanishes, The Trouble with Harry, To Catch a Thief, Spellbound, The Paradine Case, Sabotage, Suspicion, and Foreign Correspondent as well.
bigblue_dl, definitely watch North By Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, and To Catch a Thief. They are the four Hitch movies I would recommend to anyone starting out with him -- they aren't just brilliant film-making, they are GREAT entertainment -- four of the best movies for balancing everything from action to romance to mystery to fascinating characters ever made!
It's really amazing how much range there is in that list of films. As well as great mysteries, Hitchcock made arguably one of the top 10 romance (Rebecca), horror (Psycho), "claustrophobic" (Lifeboat), "dark" (Marnie), "art" (Spellbound), heist (To Catch a Thief), road trip (North by Northwest), and comedy (The Trouble with Harry) films. I don't think anybody had as much versatility, at least in English language movies. And nobody does movies that subversive anymore, maybe because there's nothing left to subvert after Hitchcock.
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ScoobyDoo
NPC
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Hard to argue with The Lady Vanishes.
The Trouble with Harry is "different" and will either be loved or hated.
To Catch a Thief personally I found to be a lot of fluff. Notorious is the better spy romance.
The Paradine Case proved that Hitchcock never made a great courtroom drama. It's good I guess but kind of dull.
Sabotage suffers from no star power. It's a decent action/spy movie but North By Northwest blows it out of the water.
Suspicion has a horrible ending. They couldn't do the "real" ending to the movie cause of the code. Ruined the movie for me.
Foreign Correspondent, see Sabotage. And Topaz has the problem as well. Torn Curtain has star power but the writing was horrible.
Anyway, my reasoning for why I didn't list those.
Hard to argue with The Lady Vanishes.
The Trouble with Harry is "different" and will either be loved or hated.
To Catch a Thief personally I found to be a lot of fluff. Notorious is the better spy romance.
The Paradine Case proved that Hitchcock never made a great courtroom drama. It's good I guess but kind of dull.
Sabotage suffers from no star power. It's a decent action/spy movie but North By Northwest blows it out of the water.
Suspicion has a horrible ending. They couldn't do the "real" ending to the movie cause of the code. Ruined the movie for me.
Foreign Correspondent, see Sabotage. And Topaz has the problem as well. Torn Curtain has star power but the writing was horrible.
Anyway, my reasoning for why I didn't list those.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Well, we all have our likes and dislikes. "Star power" for instance -- that's just the way they fill the theatres -- in retrospect, who cares? And personally I think Frenzy is a terrible waste of a good cast and The Birds, while OK, is one of the most overrated movies ever made. (Also, if you don't think Paradine is a great courtroom drama, I'm not sure what color the sun is on your world
). I made the "big four" list trying to be completely without controversy and also not too "challenging," in the way say the early Hitchs, particularly the silents, are. If it wasn't for that proviso I'd have included The 39 Steps, my personal favorite.
Since you know your Hitch, what do you think of Jamaica Inn? For me it's one of the all-time great disappointments in film. It should have all the elements of a great Hitchcock, including a riveting backstory (one remade dozens of times in the 1890's through 1920's) and it has the classic "jam everyone together in a tight space and watch them interact" bottle episode formula that he really knew how to work.
Also in passing, if you know the Murder in the Red Barn story, another mainstay of late 19thC penny dreadfuls and yellowbacks, I always wish Hitch had, in his early period when he was doing those genre pieces, had explicitly done it (there are elements in lots of his films, but never a the real crux of the story). He should have loved it, to, with all the twisted sexual overtones and the infamy and social pressure that came from the crime, the trial, the execution, etc, etc...
Well, we all have our likes and dislikes. "Star power" for instance -- that's just the way they fill the theatres -- in retrospect, who cares? And personally I think Frenzy is a terrible waste of a good cast and The Birds, while OK, is one of the most overrated movies ever made. (Also, if you don't think Paradine is a great courtroom drama, I'm not sure what color the sun is on your world
). I made the "big four" list trying to be completely without controversy and also not too "challenging," in the way say the early Hitchs, particularly the silents, are. If it wasn't for that proviso I'd have included The 39 Steps, my personal favorite.Since you know your Hitch, what do you think of Jamaica Inn? For me it's one of the all-time great disappointments in film. It should have all the elements of a great Hitchcock, including a riveting backstory (one remade dozens of times in the 1890's through 1920's) and it has the classic "jam everyone together in a tight space and watch them interact" bottle episode formula that he really knew how to work.
Also in passing, if you know the Murder in the Red Barn story, another mainstay of late 19thC penny dreadfuls and yellowbacks, I always wish Hitch had, in his early period when he was doing those genre pieces, had explicitly done it (there are elements in lots of his films, but never a the real crux of the story). He should have loved it, to, with all the twisted sexual overtones and the infamy and social pressure that came from the crime, the trial, the execution, etc, etc...
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