When Harry Met Sally.

This feels like Chansplaining

Yeah I’m trying to force myself too lol. I do enjoy them, they’re just somewhat of a commitment for me.

I’ve already seen some of those that I love! I’ll add the rest and I’ll look into that, thank you so much :)

The opposite is true. If I wanted to watch average men in unimpressive situations, I’d just look out my window.

I have legal subscriptions to Netflix, Disney+, AppleTV, hbomax, Paramount+ (which includes Showtime) and Hulu.

There is also an excellent theater less than 10 minutes from my house which serves food and alcohol to your seat. I can check their web site 15 minutes before showtime to see how many tickets have been sold before deciding to go see a movie. I saw "Cocaine Bear" there Friday after seeing the showing was almost 50% sold. I thought the audience reactions would make the movie even more enjoyable. (I was right; the movie might be a little slow paced to watch at home.)

And only a few years later Star Wars (1977) would be released. It's on Disney+, a short series called "Light & Magic" all about this company https://www.ilm.com/ - If you enjoy 70's movies, very much worth checking out!

ILM changed the game for movies, all the way into the digital age.

Sometimes streaming since not everything is released on physical media now. But Mostly DVD/Bluray or VHS, I'm a film collector

Ah thank you so much!!

One thing id highly recommend is finding and following local non profit organizations which organizes free film screenings. I dont know if you have that kind of thing where you live though, worth checking out. There are some in my area so i can watch free stuff once a week or so on big screen. Other than that film festivals!! They are usually cheaper and a great experience overall.

I’m never one to think something is too sacred or impossible to succeed.

Why? I dismissed Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring prior to release. Ended up loving it. So I’ve always been open to the idea of remakes or adaptations or sequels/prequels, etc. because you never know if they can be good.

Rocky is a classic in my opinion. Would have never guessed I’d think a sequel that focused on a child of Apollo Creed would also make a good movie but it did.

More Lord of the Rings movies can turn out good. Will they be as good as Jackson’s trilogy? Doubtful. But they can still be good movies.

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When I see someone say “I’m not a big fan of De Niro,” I must ask why? Is it a lack of range in characters? Thus, you like his unusually quirky performance in The King of Comedy. Or do you just not believe that he pulls off his usually tough guy character?

I’m not asking because I think your opinion is wrong. Everyone has different tastes. For example, I’m not a fan of Ryan Reynolds because I find his humor to be annoying and feel that he is unable to bring any realism to any of his characters.

Commando when Arnold flips the car back on its wheels.

Combination of methods for me - free stream from library, old DVD service, DVR (mostly TCM), free stream with adds, occasional one month streaming membership to knock out the ones I've wanted to see on that service.

I started a cheap DVDs collection since there’s a sale near me once a month that has them from $2 to $4. Sure they’re not 4K or Blu-ray but for such a low price I’ll settle. Streaming is fine but it’s nice to know I have my favorites in physical form in case my internet is being bad or I can’t find a good stream for a movie.

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I watch roughly 250-300 movies a year, roughly 100 of them in theaters. What allows this:

1. Theater subscription services mean that there is no additional cost to seeing more movies. I occasionally get concessions but I'd say as my theater-going increased my concessions spending did not.

2. I work from home, which means I have no commuting time and can often double dip on chores during work

3. I have no kids or real responsibilities

4. I don't really do much other visual media - I rarely watch TV shows and don't really ever watch YouTube or tiktok or whatever.

Nah, that would be After hours.

And both are well deserved choices.

Tubi is free

Try your library

As for time, not having friends or other hobbies helps.

Also Predator. When they're working as a group to lull that tree down to create their trap.

The Sting

DVDs, Blurays, streaming, movie theaters

How do you feel about more LOTR movies being made?

I buy exploitation movies, mainstream movies, in physical, but not the latest ones. I buy older ones. They rock. I dig in past culture instead. This how I build my collection and knowledge.

The Ultimate Male vs The Ultimate Meatball

His name is Thunderlips