Alex Wentzell
@alexwentzell.bsky.social
Easy going Canadian. Loves movies, TV, hockey, and video games.
created July 24, 2023
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It wasn't easy to make. There were 100 or so I had written in a list and got it down to these 50. Any of those other 50 could have made it, too. I own close to 4000 physical movies and TV shows from all genres from the 1920s to current.
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I've seen it before. It's really good. I've been watching a different physical 4K movie from my collection every day until I've watched them all. I keep track in an app that makes a calendar view with a thumbnail of what I've watched in each day so I don't watch something I've already watched.
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My top 10 favorite movies (excluding animated or franchises). I'm cheating a reposting my top 50 again. Sue me, lol.
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Midsommar will be making an early appearance when I start my October movie watches. I have the watch schedule all filled in for October.
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I feel old every time I'm on campus. The students are mostly 18-22, but look 12 to me, lol.
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I was almost 30 when this came out, lol.
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As a kid? Oh my god, I'm old, lol.
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Me + My comfort movie.
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Apocalypse Now a comfort movie?
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Tonight's movie.
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Die Hard?
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That's the one I got. It pretty nice looking. The 4K transfer is fantastic also. Excellent addition to the collection.
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The Criterion 4K?
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
So good. Criterion did an amazing 4K release for this.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I was expecting Sinners or Nosferatu, lol.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I watched the extended cut. The writing is quite terrible. Kate McKinnon was pretty funny throughout and Chris Hemsworth had some funny moments, but that's about it. The amusing bits seem like they were improvised. I picked it up cheap to complete the Ghostbuster live action 4K set.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything in these pics are 4Ks. The Criterion & Kino Lorber shelves both have more behind. The Arrow shelf has another row behind of more Arrow 4Ks. The ones sitting horizontal on the 2nd shelf in the 2nd pic have more Arrows mixed in. Those are unsorted. I need to sort them. I've been lazy, lol.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I have a lot of Arrow 4Ks. They do great work.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I got the 4K that Arrow released for this. It will be watched in October.
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Completing the Ghostbuster franchise marathon with Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Marathoning the Ghostbuster franchise today. Up next is Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Marathoning the Ghostbuster franchise today. Up next is Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Marathoning the Ghostbuster franchise today. Up next is Ghostbusters 2.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Marathoning the Ghostbuster franchise today. Up first is the original Ghostbusters.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Welcome back!
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Found another one that Jen had never seen before. We fixed that pretty quick.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully. Because Hush has an animated movie.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Does this count the DC animated movies? Or just the live action Batman movies?
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Tonight's movie.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Chewy chocolate chip cookies with strawberry centers? YES PLEASE!
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Oh shit. Jon Stewart is going to go ballistic tonight.
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I found one of them on Facebook. Their posts are public. Mostly recipes, videos of them singing in church, and occasionally an anti LGBTQ meme sprinkled in.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I've lost several friends over it. They either blocked or unfollowed me because I'd comment on their hateful anti LGBTQ posts to let them know that it's hateful and incorrect info they are posting. It was mostly like talking to a brick wall.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I moved away from my home town when I graduated in 2000 and never looked back. There are some great folks there, but there are also a lot of deeply conservative and intolerant folks as well. I see more and more of it on Facebook from people I knew growing up who still live there.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Surprising I learned how to be a good person because of them. I saw how they treated people and learned what not to do.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
They were the type who had no problem telling me as a child that I was going to hell unless I believed what they believed. I finally walked out of the house my senior year of high school and demanded I be given a new foster home. I got into a home with great people that I wished I had all along.
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I grew up in a foster home of a super religious family. I wasn't allowed to read those books. When it came time to read any of thise types in school, she'd complain until they gave me a different book to do instead of what everyone else was reading.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I only thought of it because a buddy of mine in the US uses this method to send me birthday/Christmas presents. No duty and free shipping if it's over $35. Canada Post wanted me to pre-pay the duty with my credit card using some app authorized by US customs. I wasn't giving them my info, lol.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I tried mailing them to him, but it was going to be crazy expensive because of the rule change requiring duties on all incoming packages. I'm in Canada, he's in the US. It was cheaper for me to use my Amazon US account, buy the movies & put in Marks address and have Amazon ship them to him instead.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
And now that I have your address I can send you more classics and underrated gems that you need to see.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
See? I told you it was one you needed to watch.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
It's such an underrated movie.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I have around 4000 physical movies and TV shows in my collection. I have to use every inch of storage space to hold it all.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Plenty of room on that shelf yet. You can put a 2nd row of movies in front of what's there now. And stack movies on top of those movies.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Once you need more than 1 shelf to hold your collection, you gotta adjust your sorting strategy a bit, lol.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
My storage space doesn't work well for alphabetical. I have so many that I have to have a row in behind as well. That and I meed so many shelves that alphabetical is such a pain. All my steels, TV shows, and imported movies each have thier own shelf. The rest are sorted by who released it.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I just noticed that your movies are in alphabetical order, lol.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Fist of Fury.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I haven't seen the Train to Busan sequel, Peninsula, so I don't know how that one is.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Train to Busan is so good. Death Becomes Her is so underrated. Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn together in a dark comedy is 🔥.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
There's hope for you yet, lol.
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinda surprised to see Some Like It Hot in your collection.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that the only horror movie you have gotten lately?
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
America is becoming more and more like North Korea with each passing day.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
All sold flicks. I especially liked The Book of Eli and John Q.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Tonight's movie.
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A 4K of this got released by an Australian company. They only released it in Australia and limited numbered. I paid way more than it's probably worth to have that imported to me in Canada. I had to have it, lol.
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Tonight's movie.
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71% of critics were idiots.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score.
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Tonight's movie. Lost in Space starring Joey Tribbiani.
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Love this movie.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
I feel like I'm being watched.
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Any Sobeys or Superstore grocery store you pass by should have it. There is also a smaller version of this cake. The major downside of the smaller version is having less cake. There are also lots of wonderful candies, chocolate bars and chips up here that aren't down there.
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If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Some of those frozen desserts are deadly. There is a frozen key lime pie that is amazing, too.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Chronologically, it's primarily set during the same time as John Wick 3 but before 4. There are some flashbacks to earlier. So as long as you've watched 1-3 you can watch Ballerina before 4 if you wanted. It won't spoil anything.
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These are dangerous. They are hard to stop eating once you start.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Jen and I are in our 40s and don't have kids.
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Tonight's movie.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup. We found them at the Dollarama in town.
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I cannot support the eating of cheesecake...
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
These home grown sweet orange tomatoes were so good.
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Nom nom nom.
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Gwen chillin in one of her favorite spots.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
I'm not sure what this tastes like, but it's pretty tasty.
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Some clown got really bent out of shape because he wasn't included in Carly's starter pack. bsky.app/profile/carl...
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
Okay, timeline cleanse. ✨ Everyone who sees this post, quote post 5 things that make you happy: . Jen ❤️ . The kitties 🐈 🐈⬛️ . Movies 🎞 . Video Games 🎮 . Pizza 🍕
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Some people are just weird, lol.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I've watched these 4Ks before but that was before I got the OLED. They look so good.
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Finishing my journey through middle earth with The Battle of the Five Armies.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
The funny thing is, he's going to find himself on a lot of lists now. Block Lists.
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Yikes. I was mutuals with that creep. WAS being the key word.
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Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
The John Candy documentary is coming out on Prime next month so I figured she should see it before then.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
My favorite John Candy movie.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social)
A grave injustice has been corrected. Jen had never seen this movie before so I put it on this afternoon for her to watch. She enjoyed it.
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Sinners again? lol
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Watching The Desolation of Smaug. Over the next 6 nights I'm watching all 6 Lord of the Rings & Hobbit movies (extended versions). I've seen them in 4K before but this will be the first time on my OLED TV with a dedicated 4K player and Dolby Vision. As god fucking intended them to be watched.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
It is. I've already played the PS4 version with Frozen Wilds and Forbidden West on the PS5.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
Zero Dawn Remastered is the next game I'm playing.
Alex Wentzell (@alexwentzell.bsky.social) reply parent
I owned one. It made me nauseous and dizzy if I played for very long at a time without a break.