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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on October 31, 2007, 12:30:07 pm ---I think the problem financially is that serious adults rarely see a movie more than once or twice (BBM aside ;D), whereas kids are more likely to see movies several times.
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So if I like a movie so much I'll take every friend I have to go see it, I"m not a serious adult?
Last, I saw, I have a full time job that I treat as important, I still vote, pay my taxes and involve myself in enviro-socio-political issues but I'm not a serious adult because I like to watch a movie more than twice?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 31, 2007, 07:24:49 pm --- ??? ??? ???
So if I like a movie so much I'll take every friend I have to go see it, I"m not a serious adult?
Last, I saw, I have a full time job that I treat as important, I still vote, pay my taxes and involve myself in enviro-socio-political issues but I'm not a serious adult because I like to watch a movie more than twice?
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I hope you're teasing, Del. Obviously I didn't mean that no serious adult on the face of the earth ever sees a movie more than twice. I meant in general, compared to kids.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on October 31, 2007, 07:56:55 pm ---I hope you're teasing, Del. Obviously I didn't mean that no serious adult on the face of the earth ever sees a movie more than twice. I meant in general, compared to kids.
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Heh, I know lots of serious adults who see movies more than once. They're usually fans of a series - Harry Potter any one? - so I think in genera' is not so much a true statement any more.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 31, 2007, 08:36:16 pm ---Heh, I know lots of serious adults who see movies more than once. They're usually fans of a series - Harry Potter any one? - so I think in genera' is not so much a true statement any more.
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I don't know any adults who see movies more than once or, rarely, twice. My kids, now older, limit most viewings to three or four times, but used to watch the same movies 15 times. But obviously both your and my experiences are anecdotal, and I don't have any hard data readily available, nor am I willing to scour the web for statistics. So I'll admit my earlier statement was my impression based on observation and things I've read in the past, not on recent extensive research.
And to clarify my earlier statement, the phrase "serious adults" in the sentence "... serious adults rarely see movies more than once or twice ..." stemmed from the fact that we were talking about "serious adult movies" (movies like Michael Clayton, apparently, as opposed to Harry Potter). It wasn't a judgment of gravitas, not did it imply anything about the employment history, political involvement, etc., of specific moviegoers.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on October 31, 2007, 10:24:46 pm ---I don't know any adults who see movies more than once or, rarely, twice. My kids, now older, limit most viewings to three or four times, but used to watch the same movies 15 times. But obviously both your and my experiences are anecdotal, and I don't have any hard data readily available, nor am I willing to scour the web for statistics. So I'll admit my earlier statement was my impression based on observation and things I've read in the past, not on recent extensive research.
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Is multiple viewings something that would normally come up in a conversation? It's not something people normally talk about at work or at most places people gather. But it's a lot more common than one would think. Take a poll on this board. How many have seen BBM more than once? How many told their friends/family each and every time they went to go see it? I'm willing to bet - not many. That's likely one reason why we're here. We've found someone else with whom we can talk about this movie and our fandom worship of it without fear of being thought of as wierd.
So I'm quite sure that happens with other movies as well.
After all, people buy DVDs in droves. Why do they if they're not going to watch them again?
Why do people buy CDs or books? Why listen to a CD or read a book more than once?
Ask someone if they've seen a certain Xmas movie more than once. You'll find people who've watched the same Xmas movies every single year since they were kids.
[shrug]
--- Quote ---And to clarify my earlier statement, the phrase "serious adults" in the sentence "... serious adults rarely see movies more than once or twice ..." stemmed from the fact that we were talking about "serious adult movies" (movies like Michael Clayton, apparently, as opposed to Harry Potter). It wasn't a judgment of gravitas, not did it imply anything about the employment history, political involvement, etc., of specific moviegoers.
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I was thinking perhaps you might have meant "Adults rarely see serious movies more than once."
But I don't know what you meant, I can only read what you put down.
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