Another Monday, another weekend behind us. Have not come around to watching any movies this weekend myself, which does not happen a lot, but other things simply kept me from doing so. A great source for watching movies can be your TV. Every day a lot of movies are being shown, but I was wondering:
Do you ever watch movies when they are broadcast on TV?
For me the answer is pretty simple: If they are being shown on a commercial station where there will be tons of commercial breaks I will not watch and rather find the DVD of the movie if I have it or else just skip it. I can not stand wasting time looking at commercials and being taken out of the movie. If a movie is shown on the BBC or the dutch version of that I will probably watch as they will show the whole movie without any breaks. Interested in your viewing habits when it comes to movies shown on TV.
It depends on what is on yet I usually rely on DVRs to record the film and find the appropriate time to watch it.
Yeah, that is a good option too, did not even think about that as I don’t own one. Then again I already have way too many unwatched DVD’s so that is probably a good thing.
Hi, Nostra:
I’m a fan of Turner Classic Movies. Two good ones tonight!
The Outfit with Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan in a low budgeted revenge flick. Followed by Roy Scheider and Tony Lo Bianco in The Seven Ups . A very The French Connection kind of film with superb NYC on-location photography and a decent chase scene.
Haven’t got that channel anymore (think we did), but never really checked out that channel.
Agree with you on The French Connection, awesome film. Have not seen The Outfit or The Seven Ups.
Hi, Nostra:
I’ve seen The Outfit several times dating back to its big screen opening in 1973. I also reviewed it and The French Connection for Ruth about two years ago.
The Outfit :
http://flixchatter.net/2012/02/15/classic-flix-review-the-outfit-1973/
The French Connection :
http://flixchatter.net/2012/04/26/classic-flix-review-the-french-connection-1971/
The Seven Ups had its first premiere airing on TCM the other night. Boasting the same locales, director, camera men, stunt people and drivers as The French Connection . And well worth the time!
Thanks for those links!
In general, I won’t watch a movie on a channel that shows commercials. I can’t stand all the breaks and the cutting they do to get it fit for broadcast. If I know, or have a reasonably good idea, I’ll be uninterrupted I might check something out on Turner Classic, though. Haven’t had HBO, Showtime, or any of the premium channels for years so that’s not an option for me.
Yeah, it can make watching a movie that is normally an hour and a half at least half an hour longer. If I can I avoid it as much as possible.
yeaaaahhhhh Nope. Not a chance. The age of DVD, bro!
Mind you, if it’s some obscure, never-gonna-get-the-DVD film that I figure might be worth a shot, late at night and after the football, I might tune in, but I won’t make an effort. It has to come to me.
This is even more so if it’s a commercial channel. I can’t stand “commercial breaks”….
I’m with you man…plus Netflix 🙂
I sometimes watch movies on TV, primarily because my family does the same (so if our television’s not on for our local channels, it’s usually on one of the movie channels – HBO, Cinemax, etc.). The only problem I have with that is that it usually has the same line up of movies on particular days (though the order does change) so when there’s nothing else on TV, I’m forced to watch the same thing over again.
Shame that those movies repeat. Does give you a chance to study the details 😉
Unless it’s on HBO or other movie channels, I don’t watch movies on television, with the main reasons being the ad breaks and censorship.
Did not even think about censorship (as the Dutch channels don’t do that), but that can be an issue too!