Had to own the Blu-ray, but now have no desire to watch it.

[rgs80074]

while not a blu ray i only have a few of them

have watched everything i bought on blu ray except for the battlestar galacitca complete series set, not watched anything of it.

but on dvd i have a lot i bought becasue they was cheap but just have not gotten around to them.

the following series are still wrapped

lois and clark bought like 5 years ago
hercules the legendary journeys bought 7 years ago
half of psi factor bought like 2-3 years ago

[legendAA93]

Back to the Future trilogy and Avatar extended edition both are still sealed. I do plan on watching them soon. I also have a lot of Disney movies I still haven't watched on blu ray.

[GuitarHeroForHire]

Sometimes, I'll buy so many blu-ray's and file them in my collection and forget they're there until much later

[lateralspin]

I upgraded a lot of my DVDs to Blu-ray, but I have no time to watch the Blu-ray. There were even a few DVDs that I never got to watch, and I had to discard them when I replaced them with the upgraded blu-ray edition.

If I had a rule to watch everything that I buy, then that would take years to complete.

[mdonovan]

I have watched every blu I have purchased ... I do have some that I wonder if I will watch again .. even though I really liked the film ... Pale flower comes to mind.

[DerpTrollington]

I'm not sure I understand the topic. Is this about films we've purchased but just haven't gotten around to watching yet, or, like the one guy said, films we bought that we thought we'd like but found we couldn't stay awake while watching them?

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by DerpTrollington

I'm not sure I understand the topic. Is this about films we've purchased but just haven't gotten around to watching yet, or, like the one guy said, films we bought that we thought we'd like but found we couldn't stay awake while watching them?

It's simple. You bought it, but you have no desire to watch it. A good example would be if you bought "The Godfather Trilogy" a couple of years ago and still haven't gotten around to watching it. I'd say in that example, your desire to watch The Godfather is pretty low.

[BobbyMcGee]

Made that mistake back when I collected DVDs. I am pretty selective now when it comes to what I add to my collection. Surprisingly, now that I am more selective the majority of my collection is made up of classic/older films.

[GentleGiant]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

For example, I had that Complete Star Wars Saga - I watched the Original Trilogy deleted scenes then never watched the rest.

Ever feel like you had to own something, but when you finally got it home you never wanted to play it?

It happens, of course. See? You can't get around human psychology - sometimes people buy things they don't really want and then wind up wondering why they bought them in the first place. Heck, sometimes people buy things they do want and have always wanted and still are not able to enjoy them as much as they expected. But...

There's nothing to worry about. Just save that kind of stuff for a later date, and one day, when suddenly you find it lying around somewhere gathering dust, you'll go, "Hey I need to watch this". It'll come as a nice little surprise for you.

[Spire]

I've bought a few that I've already seen and know I like, but I have a handful of ones I've never seen, and want to, yet still sit on the shelf.

Solaris, The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp, The Devils Backbone, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Godzilla, Le Cercle Rouge.

[JimDiGriz]

I think this thread is for Criterion collectors?

Certain films I might put off until Im in the right mood to watch them but Id never leave something unwatched lying around for months as it would prove you dont really want it.

Right now I have no unwatched films in my collection which is quite good going given the amount of football and American football Ive had to watch as well as everything else!

[DerpTrollington]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

It's simple. You bought it, but you have no desire to watch it. A good example would be if you bought "The Godfather Trilogy" a couple of years ago and still haven't gotten around to watching it. I'd say in that example, your desire to watch The Godfather is pretty low.

Then why would I buy it?

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Sounds like people are buying their Blu-rays for all the wrong reasons.

If I buy it, I'm going to watch it within a week or 2 of it arriving. Otherwise, I would consider myself a little bit .

+1. I certainly watch it within a month. Whats the point otherwise?

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by jetjaguar4

Taxi Driver digipack. Got it for $5 during U&S. I've heard how good it is but I have yet to watch it. I'll get to it eventually.

Get it watched! Its almost certainly better than whatever else youre watching!

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by Hellraiserfan

Pretty much.

After posting here for awhile, I notice that a lot of the posters here are "collectors" that buy just about anything to beef up their collection and are not actual hardcore film fans/buffs. There are a good amount of posters here that actually care more about the movies than worry about how big their collection is but we seem to be in the minority.

+1. Got to collect all those spine numbers and have them matching! Who are they 'impressing' though? Some people on the net? Who cares apart from you really? Awkward questions hmmm?

Its like those annoying people with book collections who havent read hardly any of the books on show of course.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Sounds like people are buying their Blu-rays for all the wrong reasons.

Don't you just hate when people spend their own money the wrong way?

[DCW]

Really wanted to pick up World War Z, finally did on Black Friday, now have no desire to watch it. It's getting regifted next week.

[mastadge]

I occasionally buy a movie when I have the urge to watch it, only to find the urge has subsided by the time the movie's arrived. I'll be back in the mood someday!

[honeylatte]

That happens to me more often than I'd like.

Or after I watch the BD once, I don't feel that I would want to watch it again.

So I regularly sell off discs like those.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by DerpTrollington

Then why would I buy it?

Good question.