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Quality of current movie releases poor overall

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I think the overall quality of the movies released this holiday season is well below average. Casino Royale was above average but you can keep the rest. Do others here agree that someow we are in a low spot in new releases? Generally this happens AFTER the holidays in most years. Now we will need to wait till the summer movies show up starting in May.

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I can get to the cinema 2 or 3 times a week... - dave c 20:33:22 12/03/06 (0)
... and see good films.
Obviously release dates are different around the world, but I have posted a few here for the past couple of weeks and I have another 2 films to see before they change on Thursday.
Who cares? Netflix is alive and well! Good opportunity to whittle down the list. nt - tinear 15:22:35 12/03/06 (7)
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- I have one more month to go in the Hold i put on my Netflix - ArdRi 16:19:57 12/03/06 (6)
  membership.Three months fast.I had run out of movies.It was bound to happen.
  - Run out of movies? I could live to be 200 and not run out.. You're - tinear 10:50:38 12/06/06 (5)
    kidding, right?
    - No,I'm not kidding. See, i have what you call - ArdRi 18:02:44 12/06/06 (4)
      taste....also known as standards or discernment.Merely having been released on DVD doesn't, for me automatically qualify some visual arts compilation as worth watching.Why don't you make some suggestions for me?
      - Gee... I dunno... I keep adding more films to the queue, faster than I can see them - Victor Khomenko 20:02:18 12/08/06 (3)
        
        In Reply to: No,I'm not kidding. See, i have what you call posted by ArdRi on December 6, 2006 at 18:02:44:
        
        And I have been doing this for close to four decades.
        With the number of good new films coming up there's not enough time to revisit the classics. Four to six films a week is not enough to keep the pace.
        
        I don't eschew films in languages other than English - ArdRi 20:12:26 12/08/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Gee... I dunno... I keep adding more films to the queue, faster than I can see them posted by Victor Khomenko on December 8, 2006 at 20:02:18:
        
        so this is not a problem though my knowledge of the existence of such films is limited.Honestly,as interesting as They Drive by Night with Bogey was i felt it was near the bottom of the barrel.I really felt stumped in finding anything appearing interesting and i didn't want to just start reviewing old standbys. Maybe the three months fast will show me some of these new movies Netflix has added and I'll have a pleasant surprise in store for the rest of the Winter which after all is the time of year you need good movies to enjoy inside.I hope what i meant as a teasing jest to Tinear wasn't given any serious weight.. Its evident in reading his posts he doesn't lack good insight into quality films.
        
        No, he doesn't, and neither do many other posters here - Victor Khomenko 20:18:07 12/08/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: I don't eschew films in languages other than English posted by ArdRi on December 8, 2006 at 20:12:26:
        
        But I guess we all have our roads... I am just mightily surprised at what you are saying.
        
        Well I am 43 Victor .I've been a Movieholic for years - ArdRi 20:45:07 12/08/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: No, he doesn't, and neither do many other posters here posted by Victor Khomenko on December 8, 2006 at 20:18:07:
        
        I didn't mean my statement to be some kind of declaration that I have seen all there is to see by any means only that I wasn't finding any when i needed to refill my queue that looked terribly appealing.
        I've been a Netflix member for a several years,pretty much since they began.I suppose i am rather conservative and am hesitant to simply add anything to the queue just to check it out.One area i haven't explored at all is Asian films i think because the Culture is so very foreign to mine here in the US that i fear lacking any reference points will make it a wasted effort.I can relate with Bergman's films though they be in Swedish and some French and Polish films, Solaris was the only Russian film i rented but Netflix will automatically reactivate on January 1st so i am hunting for Films to add to the list.

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