Quantity vs quality

[Leah]

Bad movies of course, you get more with your $50!

[the ghoul]

That's cuz yer special, angel.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_szGb2V-8sc

aw, shucks.

[3mnkids]

Without a doubt, 5 bad movies.    

[RCMerchant]

That's cuz yer special, angel.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_szGb2V-8sc

aw, shucks.

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.

[Allhallowsday]

That's cuz yer special, angel.

aw, shucks.

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.     

[Mofo Rising]

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.

[meQal]

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.  

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.

[JaseSF]

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.

[joejoeherron]

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 .

[Jack]

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.

[AndyC]

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.