tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post3826567364957661770..comments2024-03-25T10:47:42.656-07:00Comments on Can't Explain: Movie of the Year: IntroductionJeff Pikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-17198509320121413412012-10-12T09:47:52.263-07:002012-10-12T09:47:52.263-07:00Oh geez don't I know that. Every time I add mo...Oh geez don't I know that. Every time I add movies to my queue (which is frequently), I have to remember they're titles I might not actually see for a few years... if I'm lucky, and diligent. But that's a good problem to have, all things considered. And, yes, I have been following the Wonders polls -- great stuff as always in the comments -- and have been particularly amused by the Ben-Hur thread, a pick that did surprise me but maybe shouldn't have. Thanks as always for your comments, Joel!Jeff Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-39543939309217903402012-10-12T09:36:47.097-07:002012-10-12T09:36:47.097-07:00Love this idea, especially the backwards approach ...Love this idea, especially the backwards approach which is a refreshing variation on the theme.<br /><br />You've been following the Wonders polls, right? I feel like I've seen you over there. No write-ups but it's interesting to see what people vote for and discuss each week (the current controversy is how Ben-Hur could have won in '59 over 400 Blows, Pickpocket Hiroshima, North by Northwest etc, and some politics-parsing has concluded the counter-Ben vote divided itself; god, I love that place haha).<br /><br />Anyway, this:<br /><br />"who carry a burden of the chronically overstuffed queue, watching movies most days, and never feeling quite caught up (admittedly not an altogether unpleasant feeling)."<br /><br />I've got displaced discs at the top of some of my queues that have been there since <i>2005</i>! It sometimes frightens me to think that, via Netflix, I've chosen films I will be watching 25 years from now. I prefer to fantasize that someday I will take several months off from everything else and watch like 12 movies a day or something. Somehow this seems less intimidating than knowing that, with probably 1000+ films in all the queues combined, there's no way in hell I'm getting to most of these anytime soon - and by soon I mean, like, a decade.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.com