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Originally Posted by John_W
I watch a lot of movies either from HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, or renting from Red Box or going to the theater. I would be lost if I didn't know anything about the movie beforehand. My home page is IMDb (Internet Movie Data Base) You can type in any movie title and learn all about it, read hundreds of reviews, etc. Also Rotten Tomatoes is a website dedicated to reviews from fans and professionals. There's no reason to rent a film and not know what's it's about with these two websites. There is also many others out there but these are the two I use mostly.
This month we've rented from Red Box 'Side Effects, Flight, The Call, Oblivion', watched on TV 'Lincoln, Life of Pi, Hitchcock, Trouble with the Curve', and watched at the theater 'Blue Jasmine, Prisoners' and Gravity in 3D'. All were pretty good, several were outstanding and I had a pretty good idea of what each one was about. Once you have those websites it's not hard to do a little research. |
Thanks. I am familiar with IMDb as my husband's brother is an actor. Actually lives in West Hollywood.
I also have a cousin who is an actor. Ditto. I've looked at all of their "work" on that site.
Usually, it's a boring rainy day and I say to my husband, "Let's rent a movie" and then without the research, he just scrolls down on the Direct TV screen.......of the movies available........without listening to or reading the explanations..........we also just watched one with Robert DiNero who normally would be one of my favorite actors..........and it was just so so. We get all of the other free movie channels as well. Rarely watch them.
We should take your advice.......but these movies aren't really planned out. Just happen.
We are movie buffs......and now, at our age, enjoy watching them from our reclining chairs.
Some do put us to sleep. So, we are literally paying for a "nap". Others are good.