# In which Idle Thoughts watches popular movies most have seen already but that he hasn't. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318 "2015-10-02T23:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/61 "2015-11-18T18:31:56Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Damn it! I want an update! I think he’s moved on to the task of watching Doctor Who in it’s entirety. From 1963 -\> present. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/62 "2015-11-18T20:18:19Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I envy you, getting to watch Pulp Fiction for the first time. After you watch it, have a think about what the real order of vignettes would have been over the course of events shown in the movie… 🙂 Guess what! [We discussed this once!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352023) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/63 "2015-11-18T21:01:08Z")
Let me know when you have watched _Sin City_ so I can slobber all over your shirt telling you how much I loved it. Other recommendations: [ul][li]_Memento_. Don’t watch it too soon before or after you watch _Pulp Fiction_, because the plot device needs to be approached with a fresh mind. [/ul][/li][ul][li]Watch _Angel Heart_, with Mickey Rourke. One review expressed it very well - “an elegant, stylish nightmare”.[/ul][/li][ul][li]Watch the first _Star Wars_ movie (from 1977). Then stop. They get progressively worse as they go along.[/ul][/li][ul][li]I envy you the experience of watching _Fargo_ for the first time. [/ul][/li][ul][li]Have not seen _Donnie Darko_. Saw but did not care for _Inglorious Basterds_. Saw and liked, mildly, _Django Unchained_ mostly for the fun of watching Leonard Dicaprio being Eeeeevil. [/ul][/li][ul][li]I have seen two _Predator_ movies, but both times I had been drinking. That’s the best recommendation I can give.[/ul][/li]Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/64 "2015-11-19T04:28:40Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Let me know when you have watched _Sin City_ so I can slobber all over your shirt telling you how much I loved it. > > Other recommendations: > [ul][li]_Memento_. Don’t watch it too soon before or after you watch \*Pulp [/li] > . . .[/ul] > > Regards, > Shodan I read today that they are working on a remake of Memento. There’s a great baader-meinhoff joke in here somewhere. Or maybe deja-vu? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/65 "2015-11-19T11:44:59Z")
Looks as if he’s pretty Idle about his updates as well… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/66 "2015-11-19T13:20:40Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I read today that they are working on a remake of Memento. There’s a great baader-meinhoff joke in here somewhere. Or maybe deja-vu? First they would have to decide if it was a prequel or a sequel. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/67 "2015-11-19T13:39:48Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > First they would have to decide if it was a prequel or a sequel. > > Regards, > Shodan Yes, it is! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/68 "2015-11-19T15:44:00Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Looks as if he’s pretty Idle about his updates as well… Maybe he’s busy banning people? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/69 "2015-11-24T04:35:12Z")
I haven’t seen any more movies that I’ve listed in the OP yet, but when I do, I’ll revive this thread. I have [four](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774267) [other](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=765514) [ongoing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759446) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=716208) (besides this one) about things I’m doing too, which I will sometimes do many times a week to as long as once or twice every six months…so, yeah, updating may come scarcely at times. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/70 "2015-11-24T06:39:46Z")
NM. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/71 "2015-11-24T09:40:45Z")
So you don’t like binge watching, I take it? I don’t actually, either, but I can never resist. The problem is, I get so caught up that everything feels weird after I’m done. Like I completely lose track of time and the world around me. I have this compulsion to finish things. It’s why I don’t read books as often as I would like. I find it very hard to read just a little bit at a time. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/72 "2015-12-23T23:26:14Z")
I’m not going to put up with this much longer, **Idle Thoughts**. If you don’t start watching and posting about these movies soon, then you’re going to see just how “Idle” my threats are.\* \*They’re 100% idle. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/73 "2015-12-24T01:26:26Z")
Idle Threats would be a great User Name. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318/74 "2015-12-24T01:42:13Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I think he’s moved on to the task of watching Doctor Who in it’s entirety. From 1963 -\> present. 😃 There’s not been much activity on this either. I post as someone who once resolved to read Proust in the original, as a bit of a project to improve my language skills, so I know how these things can go, heh [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-idle-thoughts-watches-popular-movies-most-have-seen-already-but-that-he-hasnt/733318.md?page=3)