Poll
Question:
What would you rather buy for $50?
Option 1: 2 very good movies
votes: 0
Option 2: 5 bad movies
votes: 17
What's always amazed me is how, unlike averyone else, I look at quantity more than quality. This applies to everything in my life, example: for the same amount of money I can buy 100 grams of very delicious chocolate cookies or 250 grams of intergrain cookies that don't taste as good, and I always buy the intergrain ones.
This also applies to movies, because I'm happier having more bad movies than a few good ones.
Post your opinions on what matters more to you.
This is a dubious topic. I chose 10 bad movies because there are so many great bad movies to choose from, moreso than good movies, anyway.
I'd have to change the number of bad movies to make it tougher
Perhaps, but the concept is solid.
Thinking of buying Clownhouse and/or Link soon... take that for what you will, I haven't seen 'em yet myself :P
5 Bad Movies.
NO movie is good enough to pay $50 for, unless your getting one of those releasethat have a ton of extra stuff with them.
I have never found a good movie worth $50. However you give me $50 on a gift card and send me to amazon.com and I can come away with far more than 5 bad movies. Thank goodness for Mill Creek 50 and 100 packs.
Defintly quanity. I just bought ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS,The MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, and IT CONQUERE D THE WORLD on dvd for 15 dollars. I guess I coulda bought the GODFATHER or some crap like that. Course,I guess that depends on yer definition of quality. I could never sit through the GODFATHER....to boring.
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 07:52:52 PM
Defintly quanity. I just bought ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS,The MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, and IT CONQUERE D THE WORLD on dvd for 15 dollars. I guess I coulda bought the GODFATHER or some crap like that. Course,I guess that depends on yer definition of quality. I could never sit through the GODFATHER....to boring.
What a shame. I think
THE GODFATHER is a great movie.
Hmmm... I think for $50 I could get at least two
great movies... I'd have to go with 5 bad movies, too. 'Course, no one else may appreciate what I buy, but at least I'll get maybe 10 hours of horrible movie pleasure. :smile:
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2010, 09:28:36 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 07:52:52 PM
Defintly quanity. I just bought ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS,The MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, and IT CONQUERE D THE WORLD on dvd for 15 dollars. I guess I coulda bought the GODFATHER or some crap like that. Course,I guess that depends on yer definition of quality. I could never sit through the GODFATHER....to boring.
What a shame. I think THE GODFATHER is a great movie.
Whaaaa? You cut me tothe quick,John! :buggedout: I s ok..I guess some people like that movie....meh!Meh! I say! Meh!
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 09:32:55 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2010, 09:28:36 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 07:52:52 PM
Defintly quanity. I just bought ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS,The MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, and IT CONQUERE D THE WORLD on dvd for 15 dollars. I guess I coulda bought the GODFATHER or some crap like that. Course,I guess that depends on yer definition of quality. I could never sit through the GODFATHER....to boring.
What a shame. I think THE GODFATHER is a great movie.
Whaaaa? You cut me tothe quick,John! :buggedout: I s ok..I guess some people like that movie....meh!Meh! I say! Meh!
Hey I'm still writing and editing here! And you don' know sh!t from shinola... :thumbup: :wink: :thumbup:
Wait a minute! Shinola is black-s**t is brown! :buggedout:
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 09:40:00 PM
Wait a minute! Shinola is black-s**t is brown! :buggedout:
And what the hell that has to do with the price of eggs in China is the most ridiculous thing I ever hoid!
Since I like "bad movies" better than so-called "good movies," of course I would rather get 5 of those. I'd take the 5 "bad movies" even if I could get 50 "good movies" for the same price!
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 09:40:00 PM
Wait a minute! Shinola is black-s**t is brown! :buggedout:
Not if you've had a lot of red wine...
Quote from: the ghoul on January 29, 2010, 09:47:34 PM
Since I like "bad movies" better than so-called "good movies," of course I would rather get 5 of those. I'd take the 5 "bad movies" even if I could get 50 "good movies" for the same price!
That's cuz yer special, angel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_szGb2V-8sc
Bad movies of course, you get more with your $50! :teddyr:
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2010, 10:05:03 PM
That's cuz yer special, angel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_szGb2V-8sc
aw, shucks. :bouncegiggle:
Without a doubt, 5 bad movies. :thumbup:
Quote from: the ghoul on January 29, 2010, 10:33:12 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2010, 10:05:03 PM
That's cuz yer special, angel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_szGb2V-8sc
aw, shucks. :bouncegiggle:
ds
nothing lasts forever-but the moon and the sky.
I will not be there.
I will rise and pass.
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
I have no clue what this has to do with the subject at hand. I just know that I wanna go on record that
Tara Sue is Cherokee.
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2010, 11:08:50 PM
Quote from: the ghoul on January 29, 2010, 10:33:12 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2010, 10:05:03 PM
That's cuz yer special, angel.
aw, shucks. :bouncegiggle:
ds
nothing lasts forever-but the moon and the sky.
I will not be there.
I will rise and pass.
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
I have no clue what this has to do with the subject at hand. I just know that I wanna go on record that
Tara Sue is Cherokee.
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. My brother's ashes will be buried or interred or scattered with his dog, Buck, dead these many years...but, my brother wanted that. :smile: :bouncegiggle: :bluesad:
A different way to look at it.
I've been at many different restaurants, ordering high-sodium, high-fat food. You always get somebody who says, "You know, that stuff will kill you."
Life. It's quality over quantity, my friend.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2010, 09:28:36 PM
I think THE GODFATHER is a great movie.
Hmmm... I think for $50 I could get at least two great movies... I'd have to go with 5 bad movies, too. 'Course, no one else may appreciate what I buy, but at least I'll get maybe 10 hours of horrible movie pleasure. :smile:
Funny you mention "The Godfather" then mention you could get at least two good movies for $50. A few months ago I got the Francis Ford Coppola box set edition of "The Godfather Triology" which contains two good movies, one bad movie, and two DVDs of extras for well under $50. I even had enough to spare that I got a box set of fifteen Blaxploitation films and still never crossed the $50 mark.
Hmm that's a tough question. I guess it would depend upon one's definition of bad movie. I will admit to having spent around 50 bucks each for the Criterion DVDs of FIEND WITHOUT A FACE and the Russian classic SOLARIS. Now I consider both those films to be classics and very good. Others mind well think of FIEND as a cheesy B-movie and I'm sure many more find SOLARIS boring but hey I love both films enough I just had to have them even if it meant shilling out serious bucks. Now I wouldn't feel that way about some other films I have to admit and truthfully I'd rather get all my movies under the ten bucks range if at all possible. But still it's hard to say really...guess it would depend upon how the mood struck me at the time and the comparable "coolness" of the movies which I might be considering.
What are you willing to spend ? My father would ask me that . Is the "Ultimate dvd,or blue ray, copy" of a film worth more than 5-20 decent movies on dvd for less money. The question is; What are you willing to spend for a flick? Five years ago, I spent $15 bucks per VHS for some old car chase flicks. Now that I look at Amazon.com,and the same flicks are not even availble.
Supply and Demand.
I'm not a computer guy(j.h.c., I still listen to 8 tracks), but from what I've read on the net, if you wonder about a movie, 2 minutes of surfing will tell you if it is worth buying on a multi collection or by it'self .
I can't really answer that because I buy everything used, and the so-called "good" movies are out there in the millions and supply vs. demand means they're usually cheaper than the "bad" movies, which weren't produced in such quantities. I don't like Hollywood movies anyway, so obviously I'd choose several "bad" movies. It's part of my evil genius you see - I can pick up a copy of some Asylum film for $5 and get just as much enjoyment out of it as someone else who spends $50 on a brand new restored Blu ray version of the Godfather trilogy. If I spend $50, it'll be on some video game that will keep me entertained for a month or more.
Quote from: Jack on January 31, 2010, 08:13:58 AM
I can't really answer that because I buy everything used, and the so-called "good" movies are out there in the millions and supply vs. demand means they're usually cheaper than the "bad" movies, which weren't produced in such quantities.
Good point. If you want to buy good movies, there are plenty to be found in second-hand music stores and pawn shops. Of course, I think the question is not about how many good or bad movies I can buy for a given amount of money, but whether I'd spend X amount of money on one good movie or an equal amount on several bad ones. All things being equal - that is to say, new DVDs, same store, one movie per disc - I'd also go for the bad movies.
My reasons are similar to what has been said already. You get more hours of enjoyment for your money, and good movies (hits, classics, new releases) are easier to come by. The discs worth buying are the more obscure ones, that I can't just go out and rent when I feel like watching them. And those ones also have the benefit of sometimes being cheaper to buy than they would be to rent. A new release selling for $20 or more, even if it's good enough to be worth that, can be rented five or six times for the same money. Unless you see yourself watching it more than five or six times, it's not worth buying if you can rent it.