Do you ever feel overwhelmed thinking about all the films you haven't seen?

[Aeolienne]

Or do you sometimes feel that people are giving you a hard time because you haven't got around to seeing a certain film? Thoughts.

 

[Forest Cat]

Films I haven't seen, no, I haven't really thought about that. I don't think anyone cares about what films I have watched. But if I mention that I still haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies, sometimes someone shouts "you haven't watched Star Wars!??"

 

[Neonatal RRT]

No. Rarely a topic of discussion. Even if it was, it wouldn't be that important to become overwhelmed or to give anyone a hard time about it.

 

[Gerontius]

Nope. Movies are neat but I don't weigh that kind of fun by other people's opinions.

 

[TBRS1]

The majority of movies I've seen were pretty lousy. Missing more of the same doesn't bother me.

Good movies generally stick around, so it's usually possible to catch them, sooner or later, so no, not a problem missing them when they are new.

 

[Misery]

Last time I watched a movie was probably like 15 years ago.

I get a lot of "WHAT THE HECK HOW HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THAT" from people.

And an inexplicable amount of people trying to convince me to go to the theater with them over and over again... I dont understand that part. What's the definition of insanity again?

I have at least often HEARD of various movies before. Not very often, mind you, but sometimes.

Beyond that I dont care much.

 

[Outdated]

But if I mention that I still haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies, sometimes someone shouts "you haven't watched Star Wars!??"

Our class went to the cinema to see a pre-release copy of the first one for an English lesson in 1977, our English teacher was a sci-fi nut, but I've never seen any of the others.

I much prefer books to films.

 

[Judge]

That strikes me as a rather bizarre form of peer pressure!

But nope...never gave it a thought an no one has ever suggested it. Most of the time it's just the usual, "Have you seen _____?"

Wouldn't work on me anyways...I stopped physically going to movie theaters years ago.

 

[FayetheAspie]

Films I haven't seen, no, I haven't really thought about that. I don't think anyone cares about what films I have watched. But if I mention that I still haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies, sometimes someone shouts "you haven't watched Star Wars!??"

Don't worry. I have not watched those either. I'm not really into those outerspace type of shows.

 

[FayetheAspie]

That strikes me as a rather bizarre form of peer pressure!

But nope...never gave it a thought an no one has ever suggested it. Most of the time it's just the usual, "Have you seen _____?"

Wouldn't work on me anyways...I stopped physically going to movie theaters years ago.

I have only been to a theater once in my life. I have generally watched shows/films on the tv at home instead. In recent years I sometimes watch a movie on my phone as well.

 

[Shevek]

Absolutely no regrets. I've seen a couple real stinkers from trying for variety. I wouldn't want to lumber my memories with even 0.1% of the possibilities. My only regret is not understanding references to red and blue pills.

 

[Raggamuffin]

Nope.

In fact, I'd argue the people who do get overwhelmed are my friends who enthusiastically say in shocked tones "How have you not seen [insert movie title]."

I also have a strong aversion to popular culture. So there's every chance I will never watch things that people have an interest in.

Ed

 

[Misty Avich]

No but I get depressed when I think of all the movies and TV shows I can't see because they won't release them on DVD and I don't have Disney Plus or Netflix or any other streaming services.

 

[FayetheAspie]

Absolutely no regrets. I've seen a couple real stinkers from trying for variety. I wouldn't want to lumber my memories with even 0.1% of the possibilities. My only regret is not understanding references to red and blue pills.

I don't know what those refer to either. I hear the saying at times but do not know what people mean by it.

 

[Metalhead]

If you have not seen Plan 9 From Outer Space, you cannot be my friend.

Sorry, I have to apply the peer pressure in here.

J/k

 

[Jumpinbare]

I have not.

 

[Forest Cat]

Back in 2001 or something, when the Lord of the Rings was new, a friend of mine could not stop talking about it. For him, it was the best thing that had ever happened I think. And when he heard I had not watched it yet, he said I had to watch it. I had to. And I had to watch it right away. He wanted to bring the movie to my place and watch it with me, because that movie was the greatest thing that had ever happened. I knew him well and I knew it would annoy him terribly if I didn't watch it. So I didn't watch it just to annoy him. It was funnier than it sounds.

 

[Outdated]

Back in 2001 or something, when the Lord of the Rings was new...

I've seen bits of it. I read the books when I was 11 or 12 and loved them, in the films it took less than 5 minutes to deviate from the books and that turned me off, never watched the rest of it. I saw adverts for what they did to The Hobbit, basically turned it in to a Disney cartoon sort of somehow maybe perhaps related to a story by Tolkein.

Same deal with Game of Thrones, watched 5 minutes and got frustrated with deviation from the story and poor casting. The only one they got right was the dwarf Tyrion. To date I've only ever seen one movie that follows the book as the story was written, The Chronicles of Riddick.

 

[Jumpinbare]

I've seen bits of it. I read the books when I was 11 or 12 and loved them, in the films it took less than 5 minutes to deviate from the books and that turned me off, never watched the rest of it.

That always bothered me as a kid, and now decades later, bothers me just as much - even though I understand they are not producing movies to appeal to the readers, they are producing it for the far greater numbers of people who didn't read it. But still, they are butchering the story, and that's just wrong.

I know the man who wrote the book Dropzone, and he was so angry when he read the screenplay that he told the production company to disassociate his name with the movie entirely because they had mangeled the story so badly. When the movie came out, he was listed in the credits as Technical Consultant, which was a horrible irony because they specifically turned very realistic elements of the story into pure fantasy directly against his advice.