I try to see at least one movie a week. Sometimes I see several in a week, but since I have cable tv I don't see as many films as I used to. Until recently, if I really enjoyed a movie I would see it a number of times before it went to home video. I have seen "Raiders of the Lost Ark" about 15 times, I have seen the "Planet of the Apes" movies at least a dozen times. I have seen "Goodfellas" about 8 times, I'm not exactly proud of it, but I have seen the notorious "Showgirls" about 5 times. These days certain movies I really want to see I never get to see in theaters because if a movie isn't popular in its opening week it may get pulled a week or so later to make way for other films. For instance, I never got to see the superhero movie "Kickass" in a local theater because it got pulled so fast. Most recently, I really wanted to see the vampire movie "Let Me In" but in the week it was there I saw "The Social Network" and "Case 39" on my only days off from work. Chances are, "The Social Network" will be playing at least 4 weeks at my local theater, while if I wanted to see "Let Me In" the only place it was playing in my area was thirty some-odd miles away with one show at 11:50 p.m. when I'm very likely to fall asleep during some or much of the movie. In fact, I originally planned to go but I was too tired to make it. I suppose I'll settle for when its on home video or cable, but I shouldn't have to. Fortunately, most movies are just about as good on the small screen, except for epics such as "Lawrence of Arabia" or certain big action films. If a movie nut like myself can't see all the films I would like to, perhaps movie distributor's should slow down with how many films are out there to see.
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