It should be apparent that I am a movie fan.... but I am not a fan of standing in line at the theater. The last film Pam and I went to see in the theater was Road To Perdition with Paul Newman and Tom Hanks six years ago.......then i saw Napoleon Dynamite a couple of years later on vacation in Florida with my kids... but I do watch alot of films on dvd in a pretty good media room. I viewed 21 films on dvd in the past month. That may be a record for me.
I get fatigued by the box office data in the media which seems to have replaced reviews. Just because a film brings in big bucks doesnt make it a classic. Quite the reverse 99 cents of every dollar to effects and maybe a star or two and a penny to the plot. Citzen Kane and Duck Soup both died at the box office. I love film's ability to tell a story without words. I intend to see Avatar in a quality 3D theater but most films translate satisfactorily on my home system.
My intent is to point out some films you may have overlooked.... and to continue frequenting the pile of dvd's in the cut out bin until the last Blockbuster goes the way of Sam Goody and Tower Records. Movies and music are getting tougher to find on dvd or cd..It's all about the intellectual property now , not the package. I enjoy keeping a library of film. When retail music and movies cease to come in packages my family will have nowhere to park me at the mall.
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