What are you watching?

Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:54 am

If it's anything like our local library, there's a vast selection of obscure and popular releases on vhs and dvd that are up for free rental. Usually stuff like "Anne of Green Gables" or something, but every once in a while, they have some of those "omg, I totally forgot about that movie !!" selections. Not sure how they can do this, but they do it.

Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:45 pm

topshot rhit wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Good, I just ordered both of them from my library.

Does your library have a Netflix sub or something? They seem to be able to get obscure movies pretty easy.

Unfortunately, Netflix does not have some movies like Livgren's Imposter.

It is a bit hit or miss at my library, but I'm not checking my physical branch (it is just too small). I go online and have access to anything that my entire county has at any of it's branches (over 20). It can take quite a while to get them in, especially if they are new (and popular). But just for example, my library has ordered about 40 copies of the new Sherwood film "Courageous". I plan to buy it, but I put it on hold just to see how many people have reserved it. 299 people have it on hold, and you get the movie for a week. So it could be a month or more before the later people get to see it. It can be great for older films because there is almost no wait, but some of the more recent obscure/indie stuff doesn't always get picked up. Nice thing is that anything I order gets sent to my local branch and I stop by every saturday morning to turn in the old stuff and pick up the new (I just got an e-mail telling me "No Greater Love" has shipped to my branch). And sadly my library system doesn't have Livgren's Imposter either.

And yes G/F there is a ton of current block-buster stuff, and tons of "Anne of Green Gables" type stuff just sitting on the shelves.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:47 pm

Oh yes, and it is not at all uncommon for the discs to be badly damaged by the patrons. On a few occasions the movies can be totally unwatchable, with little or no recourse if it is an older film with no other copies.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:56 pm

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Oh yes, and it is not at all uncommon for the discs to be badly damaged by the patrons. On a few occasions the movies can be totally unwatchable, with little or no recourse if it is an older film with no other copies.

Ain't THAT the truth !

Subject: Re: What are you watching? Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:35 am

Staybrite wrote:

I go online and have access to anything that my entire county has at any of it's branches (over 20).

Wow. I assume county taxes pay for that. Impressive they have the library at such high priority. Our county library closed all but one satellite branch with the down economy in 2008. We have maybe 100K people in the county. Lowest per capita income in the state. I honestly would never have guessed that.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:53 pm

Well, we do have a very democrat-heavy state that pushes some serious property and sales taxes. The region of the county where we live in has us paying the highest property taxes allowed by our state law, and we pay about 10% in sales tax. So it's good to seem them use the tax money for something we can actually use.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:53 pm

Oh yes, and we watched Courageous last night.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:35 am

I haven't been to a local library in ages. Maybe I should check them out again.

Just finished watching Real Steel.

Subject: Re: What are you watching? Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:42 pm

Hardkore wrote:

I haven't been to a local library in ages. Maybe I should check them out again.

Just finished watching Real Steel.

I saw the trailer for that, looks like it might be really good. Is it out on video yet or did you go to the theater?

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:06 pm

Maria Goretti - Italian film dubbed in English. Highly Catholic in nature but a good plot based on a true story. Have tissues on hand.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:36 pm

The Proposal. I found the partial (heck almost compelte) nudity a little too risky for my sinful nature, but other than that it was a funny movie

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:24 pm

You talking about the scene with Sandra Bullock? I have to agree.

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Cowboys and Aliens

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:51 pm

alldatndensum wrote:

You talking about the scene with Sandra Bullock? I have to agree.

Yep, that's it.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:32 am

Staybrite wrote:

Hardkore wrote:

I haven't been to a local library in ages. Maybe I should check them out again.

Just finished watching Real Steel.

I saw the trailer for that, looks like it might be really good. Is it out on video yet or did you go to the theater?

I got it thru Netflix so yeah,it is out on DVD/Blu-ray.

Subject: Re: What are you watching? Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:27 pm

Great, thanks Hardkore.

Watched "Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Roderick Rules" (it was the sequel) good for a few laughs....some of the dad's facial expressions were just hilarious.

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:47 pm

Watching the Superbowl and just saw the commercial for "The Avengers" !!

That looks coooool !

Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:24 pm

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:39 pm

The Man in the Iron Mask

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Subject: Re: What are you watching? Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:58 pm

Watched "Real Steel". Pretty good !

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