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Actor
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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How many of your DVDs have you actually watched more than once?
A lot of DVD aficionados spend their time and money building up HUGE collections, and there's nothing wrong with that. But I just wanted to ask -- Honestly, how many of your DVDs have you watched multiple times?
I'm especially interested in hearing from people with collections in the hundreds or even thousands. Does that copy of, say, "Bait," or "Domestic Disturbance," or even "The Last Emperor" REALLY get a lot of use? There's nothing wrong with those flicks (just random titles to prove a point), but most films don't lend themselves to extensive re-watching. Obviously there are films that are classics or that have personal meaning to you that you want to revisit time and again, but what about those so-so action movies or generic star vehicles or even Oscar-bait prestige pics you've bought to bolster your collection -- How many times have you really gone back to them? Do you just like having them as a collector, or do you really re-watch most of your DVDs on a regular basis? |
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Actor
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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The overall question asked what percentage of your collection has actually been watched more than once. |
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Actor
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Where Most "Fogies" Are Discounted & Votes Often Miscounted!
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I own 425 titles. (My collection here: http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.ht...=peter+vincent) Out of that "plethora", the ones that come to mind that have gotten more than one viewing....
Batman & Robin Idle Hands Rush Hour Antz Fantasia 2000 Lion King II Tarzan American Pie Both Austin Powers movies Beverly Hills Ninja Scary Movie Wedding Singer Fight Club Blade Dead Alive Event Horizon Evil Dead Trilogy Fright Night Evita Rocky Horror Picture Show Godzilla (1998) MIB ...That's a total of only 25...out of 425!!! Now if U ask me how many I haven't even SEEN in my collection I'm bettin' its in the triple digits! UGH!!!!!
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Well, I just placed myself on a rewatch moratorium until I get through all the unwatched pile (37 to go!) but several out of my 180+ title collection that I've rewatched include-
Accidental Spy Buckaroo Banzai Big Trouble in Little China Chinatown Clerks Mallrats Chasing Amy Dogma Ghostbusters Blues Brothers Shaolin Soccer Wag The Dog Umbrellas of Cherbourg South Park:BLU Run Lola Run MST3K:The Movie Man On The Moon O Brother, Where Art Thou? Hudsucker Proxy Blazing Saddles All emmensly rewatchable movies in my opinion... |
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Actor
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Washington, DC
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Sure. I rewatch stuff all the time. But I've also usually got a steady stack of new stuff to watch.... so I don't do it *that* often.
but.... .... the whole point of having a DVD collection,.... is to have such-n-such a movie,... there, permanently on my shelf.... just in case I ever get the urge to watch it. Or... if a friend wants to watch something.... I can just say "here... pick something!" Or... if someone posts a thread about such-n-such a movie.... I can just reach for it and see whatever they're talking about. Sure .... there are probably things that I own that I might never stick in the player again,..... but at least they're there in case the mood strikes me.
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My dad can beat up your dad.
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mississippi
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All of my 400 or so movies have been watched at LEAST twice. Most more then others. I've bought several movies blindly that are still sitting in my collection that I didn't really enjoy. Every now and then I put a few on EBay to thin the collection out a bit. You can only have so many DVD racks in a room before it just starts to look tacky.
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Producer/Admin
NSFW Off 'the list' Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Sacto, Ca --Near Galt, home of LeVar Burton
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In my collection of around 1000 titles I've probably watched around 20% more than once. I collect for the same reasons outlined above by Pd. I find I watch silly comedys more often than dramatic presentations. So sure I've watched Cadyshack probably over 10 times, but that doesn't mean films like The Godfather collection (that I haven't even gotten around to watching yet) are any less deserving.
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Actor
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD-USA
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I have over 120 DVDs and these are the ones I've watched more than once:
1. The Owl and The Pussycat 2. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3. Groundhog Day 4. Ghost World - Accentuate the negative. 5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch - I actually watch this again right after the first viewing. 6. A Bug's Life 7. Airplane 8. The Pillow Book 9. Shrek 10. Edward Scissorhands 11. Ben Hur 12. Batman Returns 13. Gladiator 14. Erin Brockovich 15. Starship Troopers 16. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 17. Austin Powers International Man of Mystery 18. Pee Wee's Big Adventure 19. Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me 20. Flash Gordon - go Flash GO!!! 21. Bullets Over Broadway 22. Planet of the Apes (Original with Charleston Heston) 23. Pretty Woman 24. Fargo 25. The Talented Mr. Ripley 26. Outrageous Fortune 27. Brazil 28. Fantasia 29. The Emperor's New Groove 30. Sense and Sensibility 31. Elizabeth 32. X-Men 33. The Matrix 34. Alice in Wonderland (Disney) 35. The Sound of Music 36. Clue 37. Terms of Endearment 38. Cleopatra 39. The Witches of Eastwick 40. Charade - love this movie. 41. Breakfast at Tiffany's 42. My Fair Lady 43. Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace 44. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - What a beautiful film! 45. The Fifth Element 46. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 47. And last but certainly not least the most watched DVD from my collection at 12th viewing to date is Donnie Darko
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Actor
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Massachewsets
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I know everything I've had for a year or more has been watched a minumum of 2 times each - probably 50% of my collection. Maybe 1/2 the stuff I've bought in the last year has been watched twice - so 70-75% in total
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Actor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Charleston SC
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I bought Contact and Star Wars I last week, so they haven't been watched more than once. Otherwise, the rest of my collection I have watched at least two times:
Die Hard Trilogy Godfather Trilogy El Mariachi / Desperado Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Jerry Maguire SE Say Anything SE Terminator 2 UE Terminator SE Forrest Gump Citizen Kane Dogma SE Chasing Amy Matrix Bound I need to get more DVDs! Not enough yet! ![]()
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Actor
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Raging Bull,
Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Salems Lot, Evil Dead, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Manhunter, Casino, Se7en, Assault on Precinct 13, The Terminator, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and many more And ones I've watched once and will definately watch again: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (yep, the 227 min version), MULHOLLAND DRIVE (when it arrives), THE WARRIORS, hell, there are loads, but at least my list of movies I've not seen is short: Apocolypse Now Redux, Gangster No. 1, The Insider, Bringing Out The Dead, Dogma.... only 5 (Apoc. Now is one of my fave. movies, but I haven't seen REDUX yet, although I do own it)... And while I'm here: ON ORDER: Mulholland Dr., The Wild Bunch, The Usual Suspects SE
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Moderator Emeritus
Geezer Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Somewhere Between Hell and Hill Valley
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You'll notice I don't have many discs. The reason? I only buy movies I know I'll watch over and over again. If I had the funds, I'd do it like PD and Seamonkey do. But in my financial situation, why would I throw out $20 for a flick I'll watch once or not at all?
I do know for a fact that the DVD that gets the most play in my collection is Ghostbusters, which I've watched well over 25 times.
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Actor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
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The most watched DVDs are:
"Blue Streak" has been watched about 15 times. The Kevin Smith Moives - five times plus for each of his movies. "Clerks" "Mallrats" "Chasing Amy" "Dogma" "Jay and Silent Bob Stirke Back" "Clreks:Uncensored" (cartoon). "High Fildelity" - 10 times. "Fight Club" - 30 times. |
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Actor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
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Unwatched DVDs
Now, a word on un-watched DVDs in my collection. Well I have to say probly about 50. But see I am one of those people who buys the DVDs just to have them. Say I'm in the mood for it once a year, that's enough for me. So then every year I don't have to pay $4.00 to rent it. I do have some movies in my collection that I don't even like! I just own them to own them. I probly have 400 if not more.
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Actor
Join Date: Dec 2001
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In my collection (127), I've rewatched: 43
12 Monkeys Aliens American Beauty American History X Army of Darkness Blues Brothers CKY2K & CKY3 Charlie's Angels Chasing Amy Clerks Clerks - Uncensored Donnie Darko Dr. Strangelove Emperor's New Groove Evil Dead 2 Face Off Fight Club Gangster No. 1 Ghostbusters Gladiator Hannibal Hard Boiled Heat Iron Giant Jaws Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Leon: The Professional Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Mallrats Matrix Princess Bride Ronin Rushmore Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie Saving Private Ryan Se7en Session 9 Simpsons, The: The Complete 01st Season Snatch Star Wars: Episode 1 Thin Red Line Tigerland Transformers |
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Actor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Long Beach, California
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my most re-watched:
Annie Hall Defending your Life Housesitter (dont ask me why, just a favorite romantic comedy of mine) Moulin Rouge the silence of the lambs Tootsie Best in Show The Game Fight Club Being John Malkovich Boogie Nights Magnolia |
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Actor
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: St. Louis Area
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Out of my somewhere around 150+ titles, of which trading is making my brain hurt with #'s going up-down-up down, anywayz, here's titles that have had at least 3 viewings:
15 Minutes 3000 Miles To Graceland A Home Of Our Own Charlie's Angels Double Take The Dress Code Empire Records The Faculty Friday Jeepers Creepers Lady & The Tramp Legally Blonde Meet The Parents The Mummy The Mummy Returns Newsies Next Friday Osmosis Jones Pay It Forward Road Trip Rush Hour Save The Last Dance Scary Movie Scary Movie 2 Shrek The Sixth Sense Sugar & Spice Terminator 2: Judgement Day Toy Story Toy Story 2 and soon to have many repeat viewings is: The Others!
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Actor
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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i think iv'e got a few hundred discs as well... of those i haven't watched... maybe 50 or so... which isn't too bad, i've sorta caught up... but that doesn't include extras. honestly, i don't think i've touched ANY extras on about 100 of those at least... i think earlier when i only had a few discs is when stuff got replayed... then the usual things like a bug's life, toy story 1 and 2, matrix to show off the system...
as for me re-visiting movies, in full, not just to sample off of... not many. sadly... a bug's life + CE, office space (WAY too many times), willy wonka and the chocolate factory + SE, toy story box, and maybe 10-20 more? |
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Official Forum Warmonger
"Dial Tone" Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hayward, CA, USA
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I've watched 98% of my DVDs more than once and I watch about 10% of them very regularly.....
Peace....
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Administrator Emeritus
Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!
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I've got lots that I haven't watched, and lots that I've watched over and over:
Princess Bride Ladyhawke Labyrinth Batman Willy Wonka Addams Family Addams Family Values Blade Blade Runner City of Angels Dangerous Beauty Edward Scissorhands Nightmare Before Christmas The Matrix The Sixth Sense Sleepy Hollow Young Frankenstein X-Men Homicidal (probably most notable for being seen twice in a 6-week period!) I've been trying to watch the 'unwatched' DVDs, but sometimes you just gotta see a particular movie again! Most of my DVDs I've seen in the theatre, so it's not like I've never seen that movie.
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Actor
Join Date: May 2002
Location: gta|brampton
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the latest dvd i purchased was Not Another Teen Movie, this is my 327th and i watched it over a dozen times...
sometimes it depends on the mood...here are some of the dvds ive watched a few times this past month... Not Another Teen Movie Jerry Maguire (SE) Clerks Training Day Zoolander Eye for an Eye (with Sally Field...) Friday Enemy of the State Maverick Good Will Hunting My Cousin Vinny
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The Freshmaker!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: In the Land of the Ice and Snow, eh!
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I probably watch 50% of my movies more than twice. I'm like some of the others. I collect them to have them on hand because a) they are classics, b) I likem alot, or 3) to have a balance collection with a smattering of movies in each genre. But mostly B
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Do not trade with this user
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Columbus, GA
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Every movie in my collection has been watched at least 4 times. I don't buy DVDs just to own them.
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Actor
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD-USA
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The only reason why I haven't watched the others in my collection is because I keep buying new ones and haven't had a chance to go back to all of them. Of course, very often, I'll get hooked on a new purchase and will watch it over and over. For example:
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace The Matrix Groundhog Day Outrageous Fortune Donnie Darko etc..... The one DVD that I've watched numerous times, on a constant, is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and The Sound of Music. Its just a coincidence that these two just happened to be musical but they are fun to watch and its seems when I can't decide on anything I will watch one of these. They are almost like comfort food...............ummmm..............yumm........That's why I like to eat ice cream while watching these. |