Saturday, August 6, 2011

I love this.

From time to time, I get into a conversation with an older movie aficionado. I bring up a certain movie, and they admit they've never seen it. And I'm like, you're older than me, have seen more movies than me, but you haven't seen that one and I have?

I'm not referring to just the classics, mind you. (Or maybe I am. Who knows?) I always get a small sense of triumph if I've seen a movie that a professed movie lover hasn't. I still get taken aback by their confession.

This is has been another pointless rambling by me.

3 comments:

  1. Heh. Well, part of it is that there's only been movies on home video-tape since 1980 (tape? TAPE?), so some titles that aren't blockbusters and "fern" releases have been slow in creeping into the Mainstream (30 years...tch!), as well. Can you imagine a time when the only way you could see movies was a theater or broadcast (censored, pan-and-scanned, and full of commercials)TV?

    Right now, there is a rennaissance of good movie viewing. There are very few impediments to seeing any movie you want. Many triumphant moments to you.

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  2. That's a very insightful comment, actually. It's hard to think of a time when there was no other way of watching films at home, than watching TV, if I can't even really remember the time when there were tapes.
    However, I'm not joining the bluRAY-trend.

    Okay, back to your post: I personally don't experience moments like that very often, also because I don't meet many movie lovers. But it's a great feeling.

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  3. You've probably seen more movies than I have. Growing up. I never found the time. It wasn't till after university that I started to dig into movies and become obsessed. And most of the movies I watch nowadays are foreign ones, anyway. Probably something like seven out of every ten movies I watch are subtitled, because that's just a preference of mine. I don't watch as many mainstream movies as I should, which is why I haven't seen so many films I need to see. I work at my own pace, and if I feel like watching an American or mainstream movie I'll do that. It's all they ever play on New Zealand TV anyway.

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