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Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#1: Sep 17th 2012 at 9:18:48 PM

Zillions and zillions of movies, so many ways to see them.

And yet, not a single one sounds interesting enough to warrant me trying it. What is wrong with me?

JRPictures Since: Nov, 2010
#2: Sep 17th 2012 at 10:25:57 PM

I honestly have no idea. I have the opposite problem there's plenty of movies I'm interested in seeing (yes even bad ones like Battleship or Transformers but not Twilight..no just no) but I just have the chance to see only a couple in theatres and then wait for the DVD for rental or just download.

I'd like to hear which movies you don't have an interest in though.

edited 17th Sep '12 10:26:41 PM by JRPictures

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Sep 17th 2012 at 10:36:46 PM

"Hundreds of Channels and Nothing to Watch" Syndrome?

Dunno. The only solutions I can think of for this are:

  • Don't decide to watch any particular movie. Turn your tv to a random movie channel, let it run, and hope the movie is something that rekindles your interest. Unless it's a movie with a premise I actively dislike (or a movie I've already seen and don't want to see again), this always works for me, but I have to wrestle with the impulse to actively change the channel to something specific.
  • Take a break from movies, tv, etc. After a while, watch something you've always enjoyed. Ease yourself back in. Should bring your interest back.

edited 17th Sep '12 10:37:18 PM by KnownUnknown

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
WarriorEowyn from Victoria Since: Oct, 2010
#4: Sep 17th 2012 at 10:40:12 PM

There's nothing wrong with you. Do something that's not watching a movie.

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#5: Sep 18th 2012 at 2:51:16 AM

I'm not overly interested in watching loads of films either. Not being an obsessive crazy person isn't a bad thing, you know.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#6: Sep 19th 2012 at 8:44:41 PM

That's exactly who I used to be,I'm still picky but I can be swayed a lot easier these days.

Just type a movie in that you get recommended on this site,look at the tropes and reviews,the more appealing,try it out. If it sucks,congratulations one genre taken away

It's how I decided to give No Country For Old Men and It and show wise Digimon Savers

shiro_okami Since: Apr, 2010
#7: Oct 26th 2012 at 1:38:07 PM

@ OP: Absolutely nothing is wrong with you. If Hollywood can't make a movie that can capture your attention, that's their fault, not yours. If you're still bored and want some entertainment, just try something else instead.

Personally, I rarely ever watch TV shows unless I'm watching with someone else.

edited 26th Oct '12 1:39:46 PM by shiro_okami

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#8: Oct 26th 2012 at 2:18:30 PM

@OP - Your face.

In a more serious note, as some already mentioned, I don't see anything particularly wrong with you. For example, there are tons of comics but hardly anything interests me.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#9: Oct 26th 2012 at 6:39:32 PM

@op, I agree with [up][up]

There is nowt at all wrong with you, mate.

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#10: Oct 26th 2012 at 8:50:01 PM

Nowt?

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#11: Oct 27th 2012 at 3:04:33 AM

Nowt is a Yorkshire dialect word for nothing. And since Yorkshire folks are Scots with an identity crisis, (evil grin) I stole it. smile

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#12: Oct 27th 2012 at 11:51:29 AM

Nowt. It definitely goes in my vocab inventory.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#13: Oct 27th 2012 at 9:50:56 PM

As a dumb American, that works for me!

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disruptorfe404 Since: Sep, 2011
#14: Oct 28th 2012 at 1:44:15 PM

Also, it's pronounced 'naught'.

In case anyone makes the same mistake I did and think it was pronounced like it's spelled.

occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#15: Oct 28th 2012 at 3:42:33 PM

I'm much more inclined to watch a TV show then a movie. Like with Netflix I keep going for the TV shows.

I would say it's because I can't keep focused for longer than an hour, but I usually end up watching four episodes of something in a row. I don't know.

Dumbo
johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#16: Oct 28th 2012 at 8:57:02 PM

I usually read books or watch movies if they're referenced in something else I've seen. But I still have quite a backlog.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#17: Oct 28th 2012 at 9:15:25 PM

I don't think Hollywood's coming out with a lot of good movies lately, that's all.

I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
Fiwen9430 Since: Apr, 2010
#18: Oct 29th 2012 at 7:28:31 AM

[up]x4 It really isn't pronounced 'naught'. I live in Lancashire and am assuming it is the same in Yorkshire, but we pronounce it as written, to rhyme with out/shout etc.

Edit: Just looked it up on Wikipedia, apparently it's pronounced differently in the Midlands, so that may be where you're getting your alternative from.

edited 29th Oct '12 7:31:13 AM by Fiwen9430

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#19: Oct 29th 2012 at 10:06:52 AM

Yeah, Midlanders are weird like that, 8-)

In Scotland, Yorkshire and Lancashire, you say it like it is spelled.

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#20: Oct 29th 2012 at 11:29:58 AM

The Midlands? Do they speak English in the Midlands?

What do they make of Hovis, the bread with nowt taken out?

edited 29th Oct '12 11:30:49 AM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
disruptorfe404 Since: Sep, 2011
#21: Oct 30th 2012 at 1:29:19 PM

The Kiwis who say it must have Midland ancestry.

And no, there aren't a whole lot of good movies to watch.

I definitely do watch movies (at the cinemas) for spectacle over plot though. Pretty frequently, at that.

osias from Vitória, Capixabânia Since: Jan, 2001
#22: Oct 30th 2012 at 5:23:26 PM

@op: WMG: tvtropes ruined your life

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