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Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

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Originally Posted by Hendersonfan (Post 9968537)

I guess I could have worded the answers to the poll a little different. Oh well.

The lists could open you up to films you may not know of would have never given a chance. I'm not saying the people that make them are the absolute authority on what is good, but they point me in the right direction and open me up to films that were before my time.

You don't have to buy everything on the list, but do you use lists as a guideline of movies to look for?

It kind of went in a cycle with me. Back when I was in college, I used lists as guides to find movies I might enjoy, and then once I got into the habit of renting and buying a lot, I kind of made up my own mind about what to buy, and now that I've seen a lot of movies, I find myself starting to use lists again as a guide to help me decide what's worth my time (because I'm poor and less interested in "blind buying" than I used to be). As a horror fan, I find a lot of "top 10 scariest movie" lists to have the same 10 movies recycled over and over again, but sometimes I'll find a gem of a list with a lot of movies I've never seen and that gives me a lot of ideas for movies I want to track down and check out.

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

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Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 9967130)

With DVDs/films, the only actual list I can think of is that I've bought every Oscar Best Picture Winner.

Not Cavalcade!

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23 (Post 9965646)

I think there's a difference between collecting some magazine or website's top 100 or whatever and a list that has some sort of specific significance to the collector. Collecting the Best Picture winners sort of blurs the lines between both, but you don't necessarily collect them because someone said they are the best pictures, rather because of the significance of them winning the oscar.

Film buffs/film students would find it most instructive to see every Best Picture winner from 1927 on. You may not like every film, but you'll get something out of it. I tend to consider Best Picture winners from the 1930s and '40s to be the best of these films. I confess, though, to not having seen CAVALCADE from 1933. And I confess I still haven't caught up with certain 1980s winners. (e.g. DRIVING MISS DAISY, which I have resisted steadfastly for the past 20 years).

Actually, for many years, the other Best Picture nominees would be even better viewing choices (1952 and 1956, for instance).

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

No. I rarely even read those lists. I buy what I like or what I know I'll enjoy.

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

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Originally Posted by MR Round (Post 9964848)

I normally buy what I want, but sometimes I get ideas from lists that I read

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Originally Posted by dtcarson (Post 9965133)

I don't buy lists.
I'll check out a list for ideas, but if I don't think I will enjoy it, I don't waste my money on it. I did use some of those lists to fill up my Netflix queue.

These comments describe me pretty well.

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23 (Post 9969871)

Not Cavalcade!

No, I own that one. There are a lot more regions than R1 you now.

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

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Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 9975631)

No, I own that one. There are a lot more regions than R1 you now.

I didn't know it was available elsewhere, though I knew Wings was. Good to know.

Re: Anybody Else Collect "Lists"?

For you list junkies out there, you should look into ICheckMovies.com. They compile all kinds of movie lists, from Best Picture winners to top grossing, from Ebert's great movies list to IMDb top voted. You sign up (free and quick) and then start perusing the lists, checking off movies you've seen. They update weekly, so lists that evolve (like when Ebert adds something, or the IMDb voting changes), the lists reflect the current status. Movies that drop off lists remain in the system; they just don't count as part of the list anymore.

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I only buy the DVDs that I know I'll like or that I remember being entertaining. I don't like lists because everyone's ideas of what's good/entertaining and mine usually differ. Critics don't like what I like and I don't like what the critics like. The only time I'll ever consult any kind of a list would be customer reviews. If everyone thought the movie sucked, then it probably did. -kd5-

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The Sight & Sound poll is interesting, particularly when you go back to previous polls and see the changes in rankings over time, or when you look at the longer list with the films that placed lower. Seeing the lists of individual critics and directors is even more interesting, as always.