How many movies/films do you "own"?

deb25 · Jul 13, 2005

I have about 50 movie titles on DVD, 1 season of Star Trek: TNG, 2 seasons of Sex and the City, and 4 seasons of Seinfeld. I couldn't even begin to remember how many VHS titles I had with pruchased movies and those taped off premium channels.

I am jealous of those of you with the 300+ collections. It's such a pain to rebuild a collection when there is a format change. And I have already done it 4 times in my life with music: albums - 8 track - cassette - CD.

sofiecusion · Jul 13, 2005

Around 60 VHS and around 30 DVD. We would have a lot more if we had a DVD burner since Scott's uncle and my mom have a ton we could copy, but we feel that there are just a lot of movies out there that aren't worth seeing twice. Scott will very rarely watch a movie twice....only if it was a great movie that he hasn't seen in awhile. Borrowing is our game.

okeefecl · Jul 13, 2005

I have 46 DVDs-counting multi-disk sets like the LotR Extended versions and the full run of the PBS show "Cosmos" as one DVD. As for VHS-easily over 100.

valanhb · Jul 13, 2005

Originally Posted by yasmine

I have a total of 87 DVD's...all in alphabetical order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ours are in alphabetical order too! But with over 350, if they aren't organized you'll never find what you're looking for.

crazy4cats28 · Jul 13, 2005

I have atleast 400 DVD's and probably about 200 VHS tapes. I had a bunch more but an ex boyfriend stole them. As far as CD's I have 6 of those black zippered cases that hold between 100 and 150 and then another box of CD's that I really don't listen to anymore in storage.

twofatcats · Jul 13, 2005

None. Zip. My stepdaughter gave me her old VCR a couple of months ago, and I haven't even taken it out of the box yet. My husband and I had been married 37 years before we even bought a television set. Whenever we saw TV in a motel or at someone else's house, we never saw anything we wanted to spend our time watching at home, so we said, "Why bother?" The only reason I finally did buy a TV was after my husband had a major stroke, he wasn't able to participate in his former interests (bicycling, playing musical instruments, painting, etc.) and all he did was sleep all the time. I thought it would be better for him to at least be up watching TV than in bed all day, so I bought one in spite of his objections. He did finally watch it a lot. But since I lost him, I only watch it maybe one hour a month. Consequently, I can't get too excited about buying films, either. Too many other things to do.

jcat · Jul 14, 2005

I definitely don't feel so guilty about buying movies now, especially since most of ours were "used" when I bought them (I always check out the "previously viewed" ones at the video stores when I'm in the U.S.). I gave the class the list today, and am going to be carting in a lot of videos and DVDs next week. I guess next weekend would be a good time to clean shelves and cabinets! What really surprised me - an awful lot of the kids wanted to borrow "The Ghost and the Darkness" - so many, that I told them they could all watch it in class next Thursday. I like that film (lions!; maybe I should see if "Born Free" is available on DVD), but I wonder why it's so popular among teenagers? I can't imagine that they find Michael Douglas or Val Kilmer all that interesting (too "old"). The next three favorites were "Garfield", "Black Hawk Down", and the "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" series. The first season of that is finally being shown on German TV, so a lot of the kids want to see the undubbed version.

hobbester · Jul 14, 2005

This is our whole list.
http://www.intervocative.com/dvdcollection.aspx/jleon

Johnny started it...

i believe it's not entirely updated. So i guess 119? That includes the box sets that i have as well.

hobbester · Jul 14, 2005

Oh...i forgot to mention the list doesn't include the many other Hong Kong and Korean dvds that we own. Speaking of which, since you like chinese movies, have you watched the Internal Affairs? It's one of my favorites!!!

jcat · Jul 14, 2005

Originally Posted by Hobbester

Oh...i forgot to mention the list doesn't include the many other Hong Kong and Korean dvds that we own. Speaking of which, since you like chinese movies, have you watched the Internal Affairs? It's one of my favorites!!!

Yes! Tony Leung and Andy Lau are two of my favorite actors. (I still can't believe that Leslie Cheung committed suicide). I have the DVD in Mandarin (aren't they both from Hong Kong? I would've expected Cantonese), with German subtitles. Leung's character is very similar to the one he played in "Hard Boiled". My favorite starring him is "Bullet in the Head", directed by John Woo.

milopixie · Jul 14, 2005

I own about 20-30 dvds and 4 or 5 vhs movies. But I have this deal through hollywood video for unlimited rentals for $10 a month so I rent about 20 or more movies a month. That way I can buy only the ones I really, really want!

valanhb · Jul 14, 2005

Originally Posted by jcat

I definitely don't feel so guilty about buying movies now, especially since most of ours were "used" when I bought them (I always check out the "previously viewed" ones at the video stores when I'm in the U.S.). I gave the class the list today, and am going to be carting in a lot of videos and DVDs next week. I guess next weekend would be a good time to clean shelves and cabinets! What really surprised me - an awful lot of the kids wanted to borrow "The Ghost and the Darkness" - so many, that I told them they could all watch it in class next Thursday. I like that film (lions!; maybe I should see if "Born Free" is available on DVD), but I wonder why it's so popular among teenagers? I can't imagine that they find Michael Douglas or Val Kilmer all that interesting (too "old"). The next three favorites were "Garfield", "Black Hawk Down", and the "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" series. The first season of that is finally being shown on German TV, so a lot of the kids want to see the undubbed version.

Oh I LOVE The Ghost and the Darkness!! Fabulous movie, even if there were quite a few liberties taken with the story, which was quite interesting enough without them. My father always wanted to go to Africa, so we had a lot of safari books around the house, the most interesting by a Bwana (White Hunter or guide) named Peter Hathaway Capstick. He wrote about The Lions of Tsavo, which I read when I was about 12. Nasty lions.

When we went to Chicago a couple years ago, my only "must see" was the Natural History Museum because they have the real Lions of Tsavo there (mounted, and behind glass, of course), having been donated to them in the 1920s, I believe. I have lots of pictures of them, if you would like some for your class to see what they really looked like, just let me know.

jcat · Jul 15, 2005

Originally Posted by valanhb

Oh I LOVE The Ghost and the Darkness!! Fabulous movie, even if there were quite a few liberties taken with the story, which was quite interesting enough without them. My father always wanted to go to Africa, so we had a lot of safari books around the house, the most interesting by a Bwana (White Hunter or guide) named Peter Hathaway Capstick. He wrote about The Lions of Tsavo, which I read when I was about 12. Nasty lions.

When we went to Chicago a couple years ago, my only "must see" was the Natural History Museum because they have the real Lions of Tsavo there (mounted, and behind glass, of course), having been donated to them in the 1920s, I believe. I have lots of pictures of them, if you would like some for your class to see what they really looked like, just let me know.

I might take you up on that offer, Heidi - it'll be interesting to see how the class reacts to the movie. I assume many of them have heard the story of the lions of Tsavo, because Kenya is a popular vacation spot for Europeans.
It's hard to picture lions hunting humans for "sport", as Elizabeth Marshall Thomas described that particular episode (The Tribe of Tiger).

eburgess · Jul 15, 2005

I have about 30... maybe more. I actully thought I lost a box of movies and started to buy them again. A year later I found that box, go figure i find it when I move, again.

How many movies/films do you "own"?

deb25

TCS Member

sofiecusion

TCS Member

okeefecl

TCS Member

valanhb

TCS Member

crazy4cats28

TCS Member

twofatcats

TCS Member

jcat

Mo(w)gli's can opener

Thread starter

hobbester

TCS Member

hobbester

TCS Member

jcat

Mo(w)gli's can opener

Thread starter

milopixie

TCS Member

valanhb

TCS Member

jcat

Mo(w)gli's can opener

Thread starter

eburgess

TCS Member

Latest Posts

Connect with us