HMV- Not a real shocker, but a good read.

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='jackers' timestamp='1358505280' post='1940325']
I agree to a point,[b] but I would say that it is much easier to listen to an album over and over than it is to watch a film over and over.[/b] To me, watching a film is more of a one off experience, with things I've seen going into a 'films I've seen' category, whereas when I listen to an album it goes onto my iPod and into the 'albums I like' category.

Ofcourse there are exceptions; most pixar films, for example
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To you and me, yes. But I know lots of film geeks who feel the same way about their favourite directors as I do about my favourite bands. Its just horses for courses.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1358505394' post='1940329']
[b]People always said Step Brothers was an amazing film[/b], i thought it was alright. Funny, but not anywhere near a great film.
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I can assure you they didn't

[MiltyG565]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1358507256' post='1940375']
To you and me, yes. But I know lots of film geeks who feel the same way about their favourite directors as I do about my favourite bands. Its just horses for courses.



I can assure you they didn't
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I saw it in the cinema with my friends, and afterwards when we were leaving, they all started saying "That was amazing" and all the film clichés that people come off with, and i said something along the lines of "Yeah, it was alright, i wouldn't go as far as saying all that though", and it was like i had just admitted to being a pedophile or something. Sorry, but being funny does not make a good film.

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1358508573' post='1940409']
I saw it in the cinema with my friends, and afterwards when we were leaving, they all started saying "That was amazing" and all the film clichés that people come off with, and i said something along the lines of "Yeah, it was alright, i wouldn't go as far as saying all that though", and it was like i had just admitted to being a pedophile or something. Sorry, but being funny does not make a good film.
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That says far more about your friends than it does about modern cinema.

[MiltyG565]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1358508944' post='1940416']
That says far more about your friends than it does about modern cinema.
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Yes, i know it does. They like to think they are film buffs, but i find it hard to think of a weekend where they haven't gone to the cinema and posted an incredibly positive review of whatever film they saw on Facebook, with the obvious cliches of "Best film of the year" and such other obvious, meaningless phrases.

[spinynorman]

The bizarre thing is me and Mrs Norman will happily watch a rerun of a favourite film when it comes round on TV, but almost never play the DVDs of the same films, which are gathering dust in a nearby cupboard. We rarely play CDs either, if I listen to music at all its on Youtube, or using my phone as an mp3 player in the car.

While there was a lot wrong with HMV, I don't know that puting it right would have saved them. Years ago I went into a branch of Borders in the US, it was huge, very well laid out, had a coffee shop and comfy chairs and a large music dept with lots of back catalogue stuff I hadn't seen here for years. They went bust in 2011.

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1358504568' post='1940296']


Did it really? My perception of HMV was that it catered to a completely different market to the independents.
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Maybe specific to my area however the two small independent music shops and the secondhand vinyl/cd exchange all closed within months of HMV appearing. The main record shop was a small one man operation that catered for all tastes. HMV did it bigger....and cheaper. Andy's Records also lost out several years ago although they were a 'chain' they sold some pretty obscure stuff.
It's good to know that Electron Records - opened in 1946 - in my old stomping ground of Burnley is still going strong, still family owned and importing all kinds of esoteric records as well as mainstream stuff. Apparently John Lennon bought a few discs from there back in the days before the Beatles got really big.