Keeping Track of Watchlists

Letterboxd for the win!

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In a literal sense, probably not, but pretty much. Assuming "streaming" means "is available to watch online" and not "is available on a subscription streaming service" (particularly one someone already happens to have). Sometimes they just have to be purchased individually, but basically nobody completely forgoes that revenue stream.

Ok, thanks. Because there are loads of movies that I hope go to streaming eventually.

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I used to write everything down until I discovered Letterboxd and the IMDB check in feature. Never looked back.

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I keep physical notes and text files on my laptop. IMDb doesn't have a complete list of what I watch but my notes do.

Just looking at that gives me the heebie-jeebies. I won't allow my watchlist to exceed one letterboxd page or else I'd be paralyzed with indecision. One of my tricks is to just add one film per director. So maybe I want to see 20 films by so-and-so, but he/she only takes up one slot on the list. Otherwise the utter futility of it all would incapacitate me.


But you do you, of course! 😋

Yeah, at one point I was adding every film that anybody brought up on the show, but it was too much. I now mostly use it to add obscure films I find out about that I probably wouldn't remember any other way.

What do we think about streaming fees of $20? Working my way through my profile, I see that a lot of very recent movies are charging $20 to stream. I can see buying a dvd for $20, but not for a one-off viewing.

I have paid $20 for a couple of movies that I badly wanted to see right now, but it pains me. Rent 5 movies for $20 each & that’s a $100.

Really want to hear what others think.

Meaning?

I just wait until it eventually streams somewhere. With the subscriptions I have, especially between Criterion, Amazon Prime, and Tubi, I’ve been putting a significant dent in my backlog and also the MoFo lists lately.
If one hasn’t shown up yet, I know it eventually will. Even if it may take awhile.

A $20 rental means the movie is still playing in theaters... And so for folks who aren't watching movies by themselves, it's actually a heck of a lot cheaper than what they would pay if they went to the theater to watch it, which depending on the number of people, could easily be $60 or more, not including concessions.

Never thought of that. Long time since I was in a movie theater. I feel slightly better about it now.

Remember that those $20 rental rates are usually only that high for 2 weeks or slightly longer, once the movie leaves theaters they usually drop it to closer to $5-$7 to rent

Good to know. I have no problem with $5-7 prices. I spend a lot streaming.

I do love Letterboxd, but there is one depressing part. Quite a few movies in my profile I see are 1 or 2 or 2 or 3 years old and I can see they are languishing waiting for a streaming company to pick them up, which may or may not ever happen and seems very unlikely. This annoys the heck out of me.

Ugh, this is the worst thing about Letterboxd. So many movies that look really good that I have collected in my profile are not available for streaming right now & perhaps never will be.

For a cinephile this is so frustrating as so many of the movies seem better than the ones that can be streamed.

Have you tried icheckmovies? I love it. And it's fun to complete lists and get "awards".

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You might consider other ways of watching movies. Streaming isn't the only game in town and no I'm not talking about piracy, I'm talking legit ways.