Now you are just being silly by parsing your definition of "most" vs "average."
Who said most people watch ALL movies multiple times?
I'm saying a LOT of people do watch their favorites more than once and presumably if you are buying a movie - unless you are a silly collector like me, who has over 2,000 movies, you are buying movies that you are going to watch more than once. You are using an oversimplified and obvious generalization when you say "People don't always stop to watch them." Of course not everyone stop to watch them, I never said that.
Yes you did:
Oh, I don't know, because people will almost always stop and watch them?
I'd argue most people are MORE likely to REWATCH movies they already know they love than to give something NEW a try.
I didn't say that they don't see movies more than once. I said that the number of times people watch the same exact movie is far, far less then the number of movies they only see once.
Why do you think sequels and franchises are so popular and completely new films aren't?
You do realize, I hope, that sequels are new movies. Superman isn't the same as Superman 2.
Or new TV shows fail? Some people have limited time or patience and do like to spend it watching something familiar. Especially when there's a lot of bad films out there now.
Not to mention spending $15 - $25 to own a movie is still cheaper than taking a family out to the theater and if you like it, you'll most likely watch it a few more times.
And if you don't like it, well, you still own it! So $20 to buy a movie, that costs $5 to rent in the first month, $1.99 six months later, and $0.99 from then on. What a deal. It pays for itself after only the 15th viewing! But most people won't get to 15 views and they will end up spending more to get the newest release of the film.
"People confuse the number times they watch It's a Wonderful Life?"
Yes.
What does that have to do with the cost of tea in China? Do you really think you can convince someone they didn't watch a film the number of times they said they did?
No, they do that on their own.
You are just making stuff up to "support" your original statement. I didn't say anything about the number of times someone watches something, I said they watch it multiple times.
And I disagree. The number of times people see the same movie, when you consider the number of movies people watch over their life, is so close to 1 it might as well be. Sure, some people might watch some movies more than once, but those people likely see other movies too, and it washes out to 1 in the end.
And that wasn't really my point anyway. The chances that you will watch a movie you bought enough times before a higher resolution copy feels necessary makes the cost of the movie seem overprices. For most people it is cheaper to rent a couple of times than to buy a new copy every few years. If you read my whole post you would know that THAT is the whole point.
To use your "debating" technique almost everyone I know has that one or two movies that they will almost ALWAYS stop and watch when it's on TV. I would bet most of the people on this thread
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So you are saying it again... lol... Every time you watch a show on TV you are paying for it again. You are renting it. Which is exactly the point I was trying to make. It's better to rent a movie than to buy it.
has several movies that they've seen multiple times. I bet YOU do as well. You'd be lying if you said you don't or you just simply don't like movies. So what are you trying to "argue?" We could probably start an off topic debate about people's fav films and the number of times they've watched it.
I like movies, but I won't buy them. If I want to see something again I will rent it again either streaming or via ads when it's on TV. That's because the number of times I, or most people, see something it will never get high enough that it was cost effective to buy it.
And before you even think about using "kids" as "evidence" please understand that kids don't watch movies. It's a pacifier. Mom or Dad didn't buy entertainment for their kids they bought a tool to distract them.
