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Originally Posted by Fat Abe
I would hardly say that movies are a form of disposable art, whatever medium they are captured on. The Godfather bears repeat watching. The same applies to Woman in the Dunes, The Thirty Nine Steps, My Man Godfrey, etc. Thus, I could easily name 1001 movies you should watch before you die, and which you would probably not mind watching twice if you were to live long enough.
Others have compiled lists of 1001 books of significance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Bo...Before_You_Die
Now, the challenge in life is finding the time to acquire the movies or books in these lists. I'd say that the former category (movies) is more difficult to do than the latter (books), whether or not one resorts to the Darknet. Even though it is easier to find ebooks, servers going down and torrents disappearing does not always make it so. As a collector, I would rather pursue legal channels of obtaining books. This invariably points to used pbooks. To me, rare ebooks are too elusive, and a waste of my search time. |
Everyone has their own tastes; in my opinion there are many more forgettable movies than memorable ones. That isn't to say the latter does not exist; I would posit there are many more memorable books worth re-reading than films worthy of a first glance let alone second one. For every Godfather I could point out literally anything with Adam Sandler or Julia Roberts in them; airplane ride fodder at best, only useful for drowning out screaming babies.
By the same token I could point out several Isaac Asimov stories that I have enjoyed many times over. This doesn't even begin to take into account books that started out as fantastic stories and became drivel once up on the silver screen..