When I buy something I do it with the intend of watching it. But that doesn't always work out that way. My unwatched pile consists partly of movies which are a supposed must-see and yet I could then never bring myself to actually watch them.

With other movies I originally had an interest of watching them but didn't get round to it immediately and then they kind of fell off my radar. With some I still intend to watch them eventually. With others I just lost interest altogether.

I've always called myself a DVD hobbiest.

I enjoy collecting them, but I could care less what others think of my collection. I rarely buy if it's something I only think that I will like. I see most of the movies through another way before I decide I want it on DVD. If I don't plan on watching it more than three times (low re-watch value) I don't keep it.

Although I have been slacking in watching the movies and especially in getting rid of, they are all neatly separated into their own piles.

I love movies, and the other programs I pick up, so I always think, when I bring it home, that it sounds interesting and I'd like to see it, or it's a film that I've seen and enjoyed and thought I'd like to see again.

But the reality is, I acquire more discs that I can watch.  I did also pick up 2 just because they were Criterion, not because I actually think I'll ever watch them (Salo & Chasing Amy).  Nothing remains unopened, if for no other reason than the vast majority of my DVDs are in binders, but a lot remains unwatched. 

I don't go to the theatre (I saw 2 films in the theatre last year - Pirates Band of Misfits and The Hobbit).  I also don't have any broadcast or cable TV channels.  I only watch stuff on DVD/blu-ray, but unfortunately I just don't have as much time as I wish I did to do it.  To get a movie in at night I need to start it by 7-7:30.  If I can't start it until later, I have to find an hour/1/2 hour program to watch.  That's not hard, but precludes watching a lot of films.  I've been trying to watch Oriana now for about a month, but instead have managed to watch quite a few good nature documentaries.

Quoting TheMadMartian:

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I am "None of the Above."  I used to buy movies/TV shows that I really liked and knew I would watch more than once.  Now, because I don't go to the theater as much as I would like, I buy movies that I wanted to see, but never got the chance.  Basically, I have replaced going to the movies with buying the movies.  I still go to the movies on occasion, but the film must benefit by being seen on the big screen.

I may have wrote about this in a different post.  My wife and I do the same thing.  When we first started dating we went to movies every weekend a date night so to speak.  A quick rundown of get in the car drive 3 miles to theater, have dinner (it is a date after all), Popcorn, Soda Film tickets = 75.00 100.00. Benefit movie on the big screen.  Let downs people who bring their 3 - 5 year old children to a 900 PM movie, sticky floors, teens texting, that ass in the front row who is yelling at the screen or laughing for no reason.  The couple sitting next to me and my wife talking and finally that asshat sitting behind my chair kicking it halfway through the movie until I turn around and tell him if he does it again I am going to beat his ass after the 10th polite, "Sir, would you please stop kicking my chair."  This was replaced by every Tuesday pick up one or two DVD's steaks a bottle of wine and a nice side dish.  Sit on the floor in front of the DVD with a intimate dinner and film in privacy of my own home.

Hmm #2 I guess, I buy them because I want to watch them and it's cheaper and easier then the big screen (plus it's mine forever), I can watch it when I like and the setup here makes a theatre screen look small.... That doesn't mean to say I like everything I buy, I do end up with a number of duds. I don't read reviews or take much notice of them, I buy on instinct.

Quoting Parsec:

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Hmm #2 I guess, I buy them because I want to watch them and it's cheaper and easier then the big screen (plus it's mine forever), I can watch it when I like and the setup here makes a theatre screen look small.... That doesn't mean to say I like everything I buy, I do end up with a number of duds. I don't read reviews or take much notice of them, I buy on instinct.

Oh ouch, so then you must own the majority of the other films from my other post.  I normally read the reviews see the previews and talk to friends that have my taste in films before I lay out the cash.  Sometimes I'll take a chance when Amazon pops something for 3.99 that looks like it may be fun.  Then again since I enjoy bad cinema I only a lot of films that people cringe.  For instance I am a huge Roger Corman fan and have many of his older films that most people cringe when they see them in my collection.

I open most of my movies as soon as I get them because I want to check the discs for damage in case I have to return them (I always buy online). But this is usually just an optical inspection of the disc surface and a quick spin in the computer drive. At the same time I can profile the disc if it isn't in the database.

I have seen most of my films but that doesn't mean that I've actually watched the copy I own. Many are films I've seen previously in the theater, on TV, cable, VHS, LD or whatever and bought because I liked it and (potentially) would like to see it again some time in the future. Simetimes this is a far off future... A few movies I've just bought to have a complete series or filmography by some actor or director but have no great desire to see.

So I'm guess I'm a bit of both.

I always open the packages as well when I get home and quickly get it into profiler and check all absences of profiled contributions .. Then I too will give it a spin  in the dvd-rom to check for playback and menu choices.. BUT....  but ..., I have to admit I don't actually watch the entire movie from cover to cover in one sitting.. I may watch over a couple of days .. or it may get tucked away to never see the light of day for years.. and this happened to me in the last few years where I had two new unopened at time of purchase of two HDDVD titles ( Mutiny on the Bounty/ Phantom of the Opera ) lthat failed to playback certain chapters. ( 6-14  in one and  in then other case-  8-22. no  playback!  just a frozen mess.
Woe is me...  Then I heard about Warner Bros program ( I found on the Net) where I contacted the program director and after explaining the situation or my problem , she sent me a self addressed envelope for UPS and Warners Canada  received and exchanged these  two titles for me... in Blu !! No Charge !