Kevin's Watch

High Lord Tolkien wrote:

Murrin wrote:I've seen 79 of them. Only two of them at the cinema--others mostly TV, some DVD, some Other.

Edit: that's from the first hundred.

Technically then, you've seen only 2 of them.

We're only "lemmings" if we go out to the movie theater to see them.
It means we're following the "must see" hype.

Not at all. If you've spent the time watching the film it only matters in the gross box office take whether you saw it at the theater or not.
If you are wandering though Blockbuster and then say "Hey that movie must have been pretty good. I hear it did well at the box office. Let's rent it!"
Then you are a lemming.

aTOMiC wrote: Not at all. If you've spent the time watching the film it only matters in the gross box office take whether you saw it at the theater or not.
If you are wandering though Blockbuster and then say "Hey that movie must have been pretty good. I hear it did well at the box office. Let's rent it!"
Then you are a lemming.

I think in that case you'd be more of a groundhog that pops it's head up every once in a while and determines what to see based on the reported lemming body count.

High Lord Tolkien wrote:

aTOMiC wrote: Not at all. If you've spent the time watching the film it only matters in the gross box office take whether you saw it at the theater or not.
If you are wandering though Blockbuster and then say "Hey that movie must have been pretty good. I hear it did well at the box office. Let's rent it!"
Then you are a lemming.

I think in that case you'd be more of a groundhog that pops it's head up every once in a while and determines what to see based on the reported lemming body count.

Now how can I argue with that?

DukkhaWaynhim wrote:Great Merciful Crap! I've seen all but fourteen of these movies - and for several of them, I wish I had those hours of life back to use in better ways.

dw

That about sums it up! Except for me it's 13. (Bearing in mind, that I have so far only read the top 100) And of those 13, the only one I want to see is Ratatouille which has been purchased. So perhaps I'm tied I'm Tom?

For the following, I want my time and my money back. I want emotinal damages, too!

Titanic
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Spider-Man
Jurassic Park
Spider-Man 3
The Lion King
Meet the Fockers
The Incredibles
Batman
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
War Of The Worlds
Armageddon
Pearl Harbor
The Day After Tomorrow

68 of the first 100

Only 43 on the last bit...

Aarrgh...aTOMiC and HLT, you two are making me work here! Lemmings and groundhogs? Sheesh!

And yet, this brings out the stats geek in me. Anyway, my numbers:

Lemmings (movies seen at theatre)
41 out of Top 100
30 out of Top 101-200
25 out of Top 201-300
17 out of Top 301-386

Groundhogs (movies seen only on TV/DVD)
10 out of Top 100
6 out of Top 101-200
10 out of Top 201-300
6 out of Top 301-386

I guess this means I don't qualify as a champion lemming or groundhog. I'm strangely relieved.

I've seen 91. I want to see five of those nine.

Balon wrote:I've seen 91. I want to see five of those nine.

We have a new champion!

Matrixman wrote:

Balon wrote:I've seen 91. I want to see five of those nine.

We have a new champion!

Yes. I bow to the new king. Long live King Balon!

87 of 100 here, pretty good, considering I'm only 21. (No reason for me to see Ghost, for example)

84 out of 100 (first list). Not many that I regret not seeing.

For someone who many have called a film-buff, I have seen a mere 39 of that list. Some I wish I hadn't seen

Of all those, if I had to pick a favourite, I'd go for The Exorcist. Many strong contenders, however.

I've seen 95 of the top 100. (no passion of the Christ, transformers, pearl harbor, da vinci code, or the new national treasure). I've seen 67 in the theatre.

Syl wrote:I've seen 95 of the top 100. (no passion of the Christ, transformers, pearl harbor, da vinci code, or the new national treasure). I've seen 67 in the theatre.

King Balon has been dethroned!

Syl, I don't know if I should applaud or be appalled.

Heh. I'm a little surprised myself. Especially since I didn't see all that many movies as a kid. But about half way through high school I decided to start making up for that. Helped that I worked in a video store. In my heyday (oh, to be young and single), I'd go see about three movies a week. I mean, I saw Trainspotting twice in the theater, the Matrix at least three, and Fight Club seven and a half times. And for a couple of years, one of my friends was a manager at a movie theater, so... And now that I have a kid, I really have to pick and choose which movies I can go see. Gone are all the indie films and usually anything over a PG rating. So the movies I see are the ones where you pretty much have to see on the big screen or they're not worth it. Sadly, not even my DVD player has seen much use since I quit working part time at Hollywood Video a few years ago.

103 The Perfect Storm WB $182,618,434 2000
129 Wild Hogs BV $168,273,550 2007
131 Casino Royale Sony $167,445,960 2006
134 Hannibal MGM $165,092,268 2001
145 The Longest Yard Par. $158,119,460 2005
150 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973
151 What Lies Beneath DW $155,464,351 2000
154 Fantastic Four Fox $154,696,080 2005
159 Runaway Bride Par. $152,257,509 1999
160 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985
162 Knocked Up Uni. $148,768,917 2007
164 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $148,213,377 2006
170 The Santa Clause BV $144,833,357 1994
177 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^
185 Stuart Little Sony $140,035,367 1999
186 Sister Act BV $139,605,150 1992
188 The Santa Clause 2 BV $139,236,327 2002
189 Cheaper by the Dozen Fox $138,614,544 2003
190 Bad Boys II Sony $138,608,444 2003
194 Click SonR $137,355,633 2006
198 101 Dalmatians (1996) BV $136,189,294 1996
200 Chicken Little BV $135,386,665 2005

Not so good on the second list. Only 78. And most of the ones I have seen weren't in the theatre.

From a film buff's point of view, Syl, it looks having a family is one of the best ways to wreck one's moviegoing independence.

aTOMiC wrote:

Null you gave it a good try. You managed to hang with me through the first 100 but you just don't have the commitment level to compete in the long run.

i like too many independent films. damn my commitment to quality!

Seen all but maybe 20 of the first group; didn't bother lookin at 2nd, but I imagine I saw a vast majority of em, too. Very few I regret; you need to see some of the bad to appreciate the good and to have a good conversation of both good and bad flicks. Also, what is so bad about claiming to see most these movies? Why call us lemmings? I wish I saw all 100 (or 200) of them. It's part of the shared culturual experience to see all varieties of flicks.