tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post973424826958689341..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Which movie...NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43055406318381326732010-09-27T06:50:32.272-04:002010-09-27T06:50:32.272-04:00I have borrowed 'The Constant Gardener' fr...I have borrowed 'The Constant Gardener' from the local library more times than I can count. I love Rachel Weisz and the I've always wanted to watch the film but something always gets in the way (or I just can't be bothered).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-46297908075010852082010-09-26T12:46:28.709-04:002010-09-26T12:46:28.709-04:00I borrowed Day for Night and My Own Private Idaho ...I borrowed Day for Night and My Own Private Idaho from a friend 2 years ago and I still haven't seen it. Its still on my shelf somewhere.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103799957837722199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28619612613202112722010-09-25T10:57:26.265-04:002010-09-25T10:57:26.265-04:00I've had my co-worker's copy of "Amaz...I've had my co-worker's copy of "Amazing Grace" for nearly a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35599052590045983982010-09-25T10:17:57.905-04:002010-09-25T10:17:57.905-04:00one of the craziest things about this thread is th...one of the craziest things about this thread is that so many of the movies are very good ones. Is it just easier to watch junk and get it over with ? ;)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55907381577766086422010-09-25T08:17:07.548-04:002010-09-25T08:17:07.548-04:00Sunshine. I've had it since Christmas and stil...<i>Sunshine</i>. I've had it since Christmas and still haven't watched...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589693420562503403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72721811237548030562010-09-24T22:57:22.724-04:002010-09-24T22:57:22.724-04:00This is so bad, but I borrowed "Gone With the...This is so bad, but I borrowed "Gone With the Wind" from a friend and literally had it for a year, before it coincidentally played at a local arthouse theater and I watched it there instead. So, technically, even though I returned it after that long year, I never did "watch" the dvd she lent me...haha!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228551523749418972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-90477541697169701252010-09-24T22:25:21.813-04:002010-09-24T22:25:21.813-04:00Great topic.
For reasons in this thread, I tend...Great topic.<br /><br /> For reasons in this thread, I tend not to borrow films from people, and I don't have netflix. The scary corollary is the number of films I OWN without having seen. That approaches triple digits.Arkaannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24143056005997795472010-09-24T21:46:42.280-04:002010-09-24T21:46:42.280-04:00I just returned The White Countess to a friend to...I just returned The White Countess to a friend today after about 3 months. I watched the first part but just could NOT make it through it. The women were great (Natasha Richardson, Lynne & Vanessa Redgrave) but Ralph Fiennes just drives me crazy, insisting that the part be changed to a BLIND person (so he doesn't have to interact with the other actors), using that extremely patronizing American accent some English actors do, as if their IQ drops 30 points with the accent. And sorry, Ralph Fiennes is the worst movie boyfriend ever. You just KNOW the woman is going to die. <br /><br />I didn't say this to my friend, but I felt that I'd done my best because the OTHER movie she lent me was Evening. (Some of the worst reviews of the year, and not entirely unmerited). I like it that people lend me things, but... well, at least they're returned. (I gave her one in exchange though, so maybe she's now looking at that one with dismay...)adrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51702655567477332292010-09-24T21:25:19.924-04:002010-09-24T21:25:19.924-04:00I borrowed 'Holocaust' from my Mom years a...I borrowed 'Holocaust' from my Mom years and years ago. I still haven't watched it yet. This was first Lead Actress Emmy for Meryl Streep way back in 1978/79.brandznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36907653593375997422010-09-24T19:40:34.342-04:002010-09-24T19:40:34.342-04:00Midnight Express --- can never bring myself to fin...Midnight Express --- can never bring myself to finish. I rarely get the desire to watch it and when I do it’s usually late at night and defeats the point of watching it when I know it’ll put me fast to sleep. <br /><br />Off Topic: I finally saw Broken Embraces! The best movie of 2009 wasn’t even nominated. Add-on Where the Wild Things Are (which I had the luxury of seeing theatrically)./3rtfu11noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9807446999436290282010-09-24T19:11:00.522-04:002010-09-24T19:11:00.522-04:00Brazil. I still haven't seen it, actually. Sha...Brazil. I still haven't seen it, actually. Shamefultessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-86675215374899359372010-09-24T18:24:26.181-04:002010-09-24T18:24:26.181-04:00"Time of the Wolf" by Haneke. I just co..."Time of the Wolf" by Haneke. I just couldn't get around to watching it for months, then sent it back unseen. Years later, just recently really, I got a random opportunity to watch it (the person I was housesitting for happened to own it) and I did and now I feel so dumb for putting it off. It's great, like a version of <i>The Road</i> that feels like an apocalypse rather than an apocalyptically-themed Hallmark card (okay okay, The Road wasn't that bad.....but it did feel somehow <i>studied</i> in its "rawness," which ended up distancing in its beauty, right? And the ending? You know what I mean.). Anyway, it's great, Isabelle Huppert is great in it blah blah why couldn't I make myself see it? Just see it.BeRightBackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386424531104200511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-8316121944191504252010-09-24T16:23:35.174-04:002010-09-24T16:23:35.174-04:00I borrowed "Good Will Hunting" from a fr...I borrowed "Good Will Hunting" from a friend. I had it for several months and had to return it before she moved away. Still haven't seen it, and I'm not that sad about it.grburbankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820327580810794508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87013749191890984352010-09-24T15:17:00.687-04:002010-09-24T15:17:00.687-04:00I don't remember any movie I borrowed and didn...I don't remember any movie I borrowed and didn't watch in ages, that happens quite often to me with books though, and if there ever was one, it must have been something my father insisted I watch. Because he always thinks he can force his taste in movies upon me. <br />But I have four or more things I recorded from TV on my DVD recorders hard-disk, that I wanted to watch, was not at home when it aired, and never watched until today, including Michael Moore's "Sicko", Marcus H. Rosemüller's "Beste Zeit" and "Beste Gegend", and some documentary about how money rules the world.<br />It reminds me of two other experiences. I rented "Babel" from my local video store, wanted to bring it back after watching it, but the videostore was closed. So I forgot it in the car. Some weeks later the video store called me that I still didn't return it, and I had to pay some 120 euros. Another time I rented "Der Baader-Meinhoff Komplex" and tried to (illegally *coff*) copy it with some computer program, but it didn't work. It copied it only the pictures, not the sound. I tried every day for a week, than I gave up and returned it. I paid as much that I might as well have bought the DVD.Dominiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-27102451392398461602010-09-24T15:08:40.668-04:002010-09-24T15:08:40.668-04:00I borrowed Mildred Pierce from a coworker. It took...I borrowed Mildred Pierce from a coworker. It took me a year to get around to watching it.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124650394163844306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25050520355802487022010-09-24T14:54:01.079-04:002010-09-24T14:54:01.079-04:00dave -- oh i've lost some too. but i also acci...dave -- oh i've lost some too. but i also accidently won a vhs tape of a Judy Davis movie in a friend's breakup. never saw the boyfriend of friend again to return it.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-79974897802573814072010-09-24T14:39:21.705-04:002010-09-24T14:39:21.705-04:00I think I borrowed my sister's copy of Rohmer&...I think I borrowed my sister's copy of Rohmer's 'The Green Ray' about a year ago, and I've still not watched it. I blogged about this unfortunate habit of mine once: http://victimofthetime.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-have-finally-climbed-my-movie-everest.html<br /><br />All that said, films I've <i>lost</i> to people over the years include Blue Velvet, A Star Is Born ('54) and Shadow of a Vampire, so my sister's getting off easy.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825700768032126915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25224240562935879312010-09-24T14:33:19.316-04:002010-09-24T14:33:19.316-04:00everyone -- some of these answers. haha remind me ...everyone -- some of these answers. haha remind me never to lend movies to any of you ;)<br /><br />Trey --- trey, trey, trey,... how can we convince you? Step away from the Sandra Bullock.<br /><br />Leo -- but its so good!<br /><br />Ryan T -- i've had that with several movies. I like to keep the queue in motion and if that means sending back without watching... currently though my queue is clogged with stuff i promised to write about here that i still haven't. argh.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61252953201607212732010-09-24T14:31:05.835-04:002010-09-24T14:31:05.835-04:00I've been sitting on a library copy of Tender ...I've been sitting on a library copy of Tender Mercies since January. Eventually, maybe.Walter L. Hollmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636732594078157905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81331297179729401652010-09-24T14:16:41.361-04:002010-09-24T14:16:41.361-04:00My best friend let me borrow her boyfriend's c...My best friend let me borrow her boyfriend's copy of a direct to DVD horror comedy called Otis that I never watched. I think it's about a guy who kidnapped a girl from prom and her parents decided to take matters into their own hands? All I remember was that Illeana Douglas was one of the leads according to the DVD case, but I never watched it in the year-ish that I had it. <br /><br />According to my DVD activity on Netflix I had Gone With the Wind for almost two months, but I watched it two times.<br /><br />In the REVERSE situation, I lent a friend Eternal Sunshine and Fight Club, and he had them for over eight months and then LOST them when I asked for them back. He bought me another copy of Eternal Sunshine but said he couldn't find Fight Club. Still don't have a new copy of it...Seeking Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9073773317762993192010-09-24T14:00:42.505-04:002010-09-24T14:00:42.505-04:00A History of Violence has sat atop my Netflix queu...A History of Violence has sat atop my Netflix queue ever since its release in DVD a gazillion years back. Despite the promise of good performances and unconventional storytelling, I always manage to suffle it down the list. I can't bring myself to erasing it. I know I must, and I will, in maybe another five years.Leonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24896819640604973112010-09-24T13:59:20.719-04:002010-09-24T13:59:20.719-04:00I have a copy of SEXY BEAST that's been impati...I have a copy of SEXY BEAST that's been impatiently calling me back for years, at least 4 now.<br /><br />I also have a copy of the extended version of LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING that cost me about $60. i've never quite understood why that movie should be extended!!! When I saw it in the theatre, i thought it should have been edited more. Now they sell it for $5.<br /><br />I recently watched the 1933 and 2005 KING KONG and it comfirms my thought about Peter Jackson's need for a stronger editor. Those folks at Weta are creative and fabulous, but they like their own stuff too much. King Kong 2005 could have been at least an hour shorter. The original KONG still rocks.chris na Tarajanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-73393544793961592132010-09-24T13:13:05.571-04:002010-09-24T13:13:05.571-04:00Have to say, I have had David Cronenberg's Spi...Have to say, I have had David Cronenberg's Spider for years and it looks at me saying: Watch me, watch me! almost everyday when I open my drawer.Deus Ex Machinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698364458317869705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55097140272584288512010-09-24T12:53:07.989-04:002010-09-24T12:53:07.989-04:00I still have Hard Candy in my damn desk drawer!I still have Hard Candy in my damn desk drawer!E Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092167817913017197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-76347665601465617792010-09-24T12:45:22.510-04:002010-09-24T12:45:22.510-04:00My aunt borrowed me about 15 vhs 10 years ago or s...My aunt borrowed me about 15 vhs 10 years ago or so...<br />I lost them 5 years ago, and found them last week!<br />The funny thing is that I've seen some of the films she borrowed me, but on other formats. I've never touched the vhs'. <br />The funniest thing, though, every time I see her for my bday she asks for them again. I should surprise her this year.Agustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322367636443279027noreply@blogger.com