Reading 5 books a year would be a significant improvement for a lot of people. 5 movies is nothing.
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Broaden your horizons, watch more than 5 movies a year.
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Or Goodreads for books, but yeah, its a great resource, especially for finding new things to watch OR making lists (I enjoy that aspect)
No thanks OP, these days I hardly have enough time for the hobbies I'm actually interested in.
Agreed, aside from the subtitles dig they just don't sound interested in movies. And that's okay.
Agreed, aside from the subtitles dig they just don't sound interested in movies. And that's okay.
How young are your kids, I find if they are super young, you can do it while they nap. But you are right, hard to manage movies while kids are around. I basically have to watch movies while I'm on the treadmill lol
I'm just not into movies or TV for that matter. Mainly just play Video games or read comics for entertainment while having something on YouTube I the background. Only movies I watch in theaters with regularity are superhero movies and Star Wars cause I already enjoy the franchises.
You can't force people to be into whatever movies you are into.
If they want to watch blockbuster films or only marvel films thats their choice.
I don't expect people to enjoy what I watch, as I tend to watch a lot of horror / thriller movies and that's about it (although I do tend to watch 10+ movies a week).
If they want to watch blockbuster films or only marvel films thats their choice.
I don't expect people to enjoy what I watch, as I tend to watch a lot of horror / thriller movies and that's about it (although I do tend to watch 10+ movies a week).
There are plenty of ways one can broaden their horizons and a lot of ways anyone can spend their time! I don't think it's just a matter of living under a rock or being boring. I see about 1 or 2 movies a year if that and my movie knowledge is pretty limited as a result. I just never have had much interest in movies or TV. I get bored sitting and watching anything pretty quickly. People are often super condensing to me because of this which is annoying, but Ive learned how to deal with it. I think it's better to focus on people that already watch plenty movies than those who do casually or not at all. Also try to play into their interests as well and not just recommend random stuff just because you like it.
I would like to watch more movies, but it can be a struggle to find the time when there's also so many books, comics, games (video and tabletop), and TV I also am interested in. I think I watched about 10 films in the theater this year, and maybe about 10 films at home.
I use Letterboxd sporadically, so some movies don't end up getting logged, but here's mine: https://letterboxd.com/DevinH/
I'll go through and follow some more people from this thread soon.
I use Letterboxd sporadically, so some movies don't end up getting logged, but here's mine: https://letterboxd.com/DevinH/
I'll go through and follow some more people from this thread soon.
I don't know how many movies I watched last year, but it felt like it was about the right amount. It's the time commitment that limits my viewing.
During any week, taking 2 hours for a movie is a lot of commitment and one we usually avoid unless we planned for it. Work, commute, dinner, relax, repeat. And I'm kind of tired of these 2+ hour movies that I need to start by 7pm on a Friday night or facing the major risk of falling asleep on it after a long work week.
During any week, taking 2 hours for a movie is a lot of commitment and one we usually avoid unless we planned for it. Work, commute, dinner, relax, repeat. And I'm kind of tired of these 2+ hour movies that I need to start by 7pm on a Friday night or facing the major risk of falling asleep on it after a long work week.
I do find that if you see more than 1 movie every 2 months or so then you'll be referred to by friends or colleagues as someone who sees so many movies! It's weird how there are so many people even on here who will be like I saw 3 movies in the theater this year. I'm like whuuuuuuu?
From March on until the end of last year I saw 84 movies (one twice) according to Trakt.tv which I use to catalog the TV and movies I've watched.
From March on until the end of last year I saw 84 movies (one twice) according to Trakt.tv which I use to catalog the TV and movies I've watched.
I think it's fine if people don't watch movies a lot to be honest. As someone who views the medium as an art form and goes out of my way to go to film festivals and such, I also get that serious film watching is a huge time sink and you don't really need to watch more than a handful a year to stay on top of the social trends regarding the blockbusters.
Like, television has become so much more of a serious medium where a lot of shows now have huge budgets and stories that outclass films just due to their longer running times, so I get why some people might be drawn to an easy one hour a day commitment over a movie which can be multiple hours, plus travel time and cost of a theater if they go out.
Do I wish more people have watched Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, Kubrick and Lynch? Sure, because I think they make great works of art. But I won't kid myself and say I dove right into them and got it. It took hundreds of hours of watching movies before I actually appreciated the artistic element of filmmaking and understood what about those long, slow movies was so good. I didn't make the switch from thinking movies are just an entertainment thing to thinking they're serious art overnight.
And I don't expect most people who are busy with shit going on to devote hundreds of hours to watching movies. It's why I appreciate the folks who are interested in movies and do watch a lot of them; it's not for everyone, even though it can be a bit irritating to my own senses when all I hear in my day to day is how amazing the latest blockbuster is. At least they're engaging with movies in some way, I can appreciate that at the very least.
Like, television has become so much more of a serious medium where a lot of shows now have huge budgets and stories that outclass films just due to their longer running times, so I get why some people might be drawn to an easy one hour a day commitment over a movie which can be multiple hours, plus travel time and cost of a theater if they go out.
Do I wish more people have watched Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, Kubrick and Lynch? Sure, because I think they make great works of art. But I won't kid myself and say I dove right into them and got it. It took hundreds of hours of watching movies before I actually appreciated the artistic element of filmmaking and understood what about those long, slow movies was so good. I didn't make the switch from thinking movies are just an entertainment thing to thinking they're serious art overnight.
And I don't expect most people who are busy with shit going on to devote hundreds of hours to watching movies. It's why I appreciate the folks who are interested in movies and do watch a lot of them; it's not for everyone, even though it can be a bit irritating to my own senses when all I hear in my day to day is how amazing the latest blockbuster is. At least they're engaging with movies in some way, I can appreciate that at the very least.
I watch like 2-3 movies a week and my boss is constantly impressed by that.
When I was in school I'd watch maybe 6 every weekend.
edit: According to Letterboxd, I watched 215 films last year, but I go to film festivals and movie marathons, which shoot the numbers up.
When I was in school I'd watch maybe 6 every weekend.
edit: According to Letterboxd, I watched 215 films last year, but I go to film festivals and movie marathons, which shoot the numbers up.
My new years' resolution is to beat Gregg Turkington's Guinness world record.
I think exploring foreign cinema, helps us have a different perspective with different cultures/thoughts around the world.
The major local one is NZIFF Auckland. The timing in the year usually works out to get a few movies hot off of Cannes. The tickets aren't much more expensive than regular movies too (or more expensive at all these days.)
One cool thing is that the Civic theater opens up to movies in those two weeks. It's the one Peter Jackson used in King Kong.
Doing ratings, sometimes writing a blurb of a review and sometimes writing a full-blown review. Quite fun to do so actually!
