Do you catalogue your movies?

[AndyC]

I've outgrown so much shelving, it's ridiculous. My collection was split between some wall shelvesm, an old bookshelf, top of the dresser, etc.

Buying a house last year, I finally got to do what I've wanted to do for a while. I'm a pretty fair carpenter, so I bought a bunch of pine and molding and stain, etc., and built a built-in bookcase in the rec room. It runs floor to ceiling, covering one wall. It's divided up the middle, with half the shelves spaced wider for books and half spaced just enough for video boxes. With our combined collections, Lori and I easily filled the book half (after making some tough choices), and the video half is about 80% full, with room to grow.

No catalogue, but they're all in one place, and somewhat organized by genre, star, franchise, etc.



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[Damien01]

I live with almost 800 movies in the basement, and they are listed by action, horror, SF, comedy, drama, and other... and they are numbered...

My DVD collection is only 10 movies and I dont need to worrie about them as of yet

[The Burgomaster]

ANDYC wrote:

"I've outgrown so much shelving, it's ridiculous."

I feel your pain. I used to have DVDs and CDs on my bookcases. Now, the DVDs are taking over and I have been slowly removing the CDs to free up some more space!

I have 5 bookcases lined up along the wall. Each one holds approximately 300 DVDs. Right now, about 3 1/3 of them are full of DVDs and 1 2/3 are full of CDs. If I move all of the CDs out, I will be able to store about 500 more DVDs. At my current buying pace, I will need another bookcase in 2 years or less.

The problem is, where the hell do I put my CDs?

The only answer is to buy a bigger house.



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[Susan]

I'm really the biggest loser, i have a  webpage listing all my movies with poster images and comments. But only I access it, it's sort of how i browse through and pick out what i feel liek watching vs. actually getting up and going over to the shelf.

;-)

[Neon Noodle]

I used to try and catalogue by genre, but that all changed when I got married and we had a child. Alphabetical is the only way to go because when we had people visit, they could never find anything. I have about 1/2 of the collection on DVD now and I am phasing out my vhs (but not the original Star Wars, that's in the collection forever).

When someone asks for Army of Darkness, I have to explain that it isn't next to Evil Dead 1 and 2 because I don't organize by genre anymore.
I also can't break up certain sets (Memento, Se7en, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter) because the box sets are really nice and it would be confusing as hell to the layperson. For instance, guests would attempt to grab disc 2 and pick up the supplementary disc instead, which makes me nuts.....


Short answer, I group alphabetically. Someday genre will come back into play, but not for a while....

[The Burgomaster]

Neon Noodle wrote:

"Short answer, I group alphabetically. Someday genre will come back into play, but not for a while...."

I struggle so much with this, but my collection is (and will probably always be) organized alphabetically.

Genres are sometimes hard to pin down. For instance, would KELLY'S HEROES be grouped with "war movies" or "comedies?" Would AMERICAN GRAFFITI be grouped with "dramas" or "comedies?" Would JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH be "sci-fi," "drama," or "adventure?"

If you alphabetize, there should be no question where to find the movie.

Of course, that also causes problems. I have the entire TWILIGHT ZONE collection (which is in with my "T" movies). But I also have MORE TREASURES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE, which should be alphabetized under "M," but logically belongs with the rest of the TWILIGHT ZONES.

I guess I'll be frustrated no matter what I do . . .

[raj]

I'd just stick More Twilight next to the regular Twilight.  Generally I place part IIs and such right next to the first.  You're right genres are much tougher.  Is Alien a sci-fi or horror (yes, it is.)

What I find frustrating is alphabetizing my records.  Do The Hassles and Attila go next to Billy Joel (his earlier groups) and what about The Beatles' solo stuff?

[Pete B6K]

I've got a word file with an alphabetical list of my films, then a 'to buy' list of films with prices next to them.

[The Burgomaster]

Since I originally posted this thread, I have entered about 99% of my DVDs into an Excel spreadsheet, which is sorted alphabetically by title. Right now, I only have the titles listed. My next step will be to add the actors, genres, MPAA ratings, running times, release years, etc.