I have about 1000 movies, but I didn’t buy most of them. 
And most of the time, the ones I do buy are ones I’ve never seen, like Flesh Feast, which was $5 or so.
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Regardless of the publisher’s deception to the contrary, Ninja Resurrection is not Ninja Scroll 2. (Lousy misleading bastards. :mad: )
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Personally, I have a habit of buying movies I haven’t seen before. Some of them are movies that I wanted to see in theaters that never did, some of them are movies that were recommended to me by friends who have similar tastes, and the rest are “best picture” nominees that sound interesting.
And damn near all of them are either Target discount/clearance movies, or Blockbuster pre-viewed.
I did the exact same thing, Cervaise– I bought Say Anything without having seen it. I bought it a couple months ago, and I still haven’t watched it. I’ll probably get around to it when I declare a Cusack movie night.
Almost all of my DVD collection were bought because I had seen them, and wanted to watch them again, with the included extras and the directors commentary also.
I have bought only one DVD (Final Destination) before seeing it, and it is the only one I would never watch again due to it being absolutley awful.
I try now to buy mainly classic comedy series, as I seem to get the most mileage from them, even as half-hour fillers between regular TV.
If I can find a dvd that I’ve heard good things about on sale, I’ll buy it. That’s mainly because I will watch good movies up to ten times before I get tired of them. Also, I am a very forgetful person when it comes to the little things, so half the time I end up paying late fees at the local Blockbuster anyway.
I only buy misic videos, and I haven’t seen them before I buy them. So far I
The only DVD I’ve bought without seeing first was “High Fidelity.” It was on clearance, at a store that was going out of business, and I’d wanted to see it for a while, so I figured it wouldn’t be a bad buy. I ended up loving it.
I used to buy a lot of videos without seeing them, especially when the videostores were starting to phase out VHS for DVD and you could get movies for $1.99 or so.
A DVD is $20. If I’d have seen the movie first run in a theatre with my huband and hired a sitter, we’d have spent way more than that. So I have no problem buying DVDs I’ve never seen. And we have a pretty big TV and a pretty nice set up for watching movies, so it isn’t like watching them on a 13" screen.
With two young kids we don’t get to the theatre often.
We have a pretty large DVD collection. Lots of stuff for the kids, my husbands extensive colletion of Hong Kong action fliks and anime, my classics and modern romantic comedies.
The only time I’ll buy a movie that I haven’t seen (and when I do that I always do so on VHS) is when I really want to see it but can’t find it at the video store or anywhere else. The only movies I have done this is if… and Magic. I haven’t been disapointed, as I found that I like these two movies enogh to watch them more than once.
I do occasionally. I don’t get to the theatre very often, too expensive when you consider babysitting on top of the price of the movie. I usually rent if I’m not sure if I will like it, but I’ve bought Amelie, Harry Potter, and Snatch recently without seeing them.
Mr Sea does very often with anime, as there isn’t a way to see it otherwise.
I’ll buy a movie sight unseen, given one or more of the following criteria:[ul][li]It’s marked down near or below rental price.[/li][li]It’s by a director I really like.[/li][li]I’ve heard enough about–good or bad–to raise my curiosity level above the price threshold.[/li][li]I have a job.[/ul][/li]I recently bought a buttload of videos, some of which I was mildly curious, because someone in my building was moving out or something and was selling them all for fifty cents apiece. Yes, a couple of them were garbage, but I didn’t have to rent them at $2.50 or more a pop to find that out.
OTOH, I think that the psychological disorder known by the euphemism of “collecting” can come into play for some people. I’m a recovering collector myself, and I remember the days when filling up those shelves with CDs (or books, or Redwing pottery, or aquarium ornaments made in Occupied Japan) then putting up more shelves, then filling THEM up, was as much motivation for buying them as was any real benefit I’d achieve by owning them.
(Aside to Cervaise: I think Dancer in the Dark’s subtext has more in common with that of Hollow Man than Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Would be happy to elaborate if curious.)
Oik. I’ve really got to get back in the habit of previewing. It’s just that when the board is slow, that makes it take TWICE as long.