Quality Video Stores?
Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flwydGreetings, everyone. I'm a Boulder transplant, so I grew up with The Video Station, the most awesome place to rent movies for a thousand miles at least. Now I live in Golden and I'd like to find a place that won't look at me funny if I mention D. W. Griffiths or (if I'm lucky) Yasujiro Ozu.
Westword gave The Bohemian Bean a rave review, but it's almost as far as The Video Station, and sixty miles (30 round trip for pickup and dropoff) seems a bit of a silly drive for a movie. Are there any stores I should check out in the west metro area? I'd like to avoid Blockbuster's ploy to get me to watch the same hit movies as everyone else.
Be seeing you.
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denver. In response to the two lovely folks who've commented so far, I dislike Netflix for a few reasons. First, at my recent cinematic rate, buying used DVDs might be more cost-effective than a regular Netflix subscription. Second, and more fundamentally, I like to choose exactly what movie I want to watch. Despite the glorious selection of NetFlix, you can't use it to plan a movie night. You can't say "Hey, let's have a Versions of Dracula night next Friday!" or "Hey, wanna come to my Tuesday Hitchcock night?" So while it's a cool way to go through the classics or check out some recommendations, it's a far cry from a replacement for a good video store or library. (Hmm. I wonder what kind of movie selection the Denver Public Library has...)
Westword gave The Bohemian Bean a rave review, but it's almost as far as The Video Station, and sixty miles (30 round trip for pickup and dropoff) seems a bit of a silly drive for a movie. Are there any stores I should check out in the west metro area? I'd like to avoid Blockbuster's ploy to get me to watch the same hit movies as everyone else.
Be seeing you.
Edit: Oops. This was supposed to go to
denver. In response to the two lovely folks who've commented so far, I dislike Netflix for a few reasons. First, at my recent cinematic rate, buying used DVDs might be more cost-effective than a regular Netflix subscription. Second, and more fundamentally, I like to choose exactly what movie I want to watch. Despite the glorious selection of NetFlix, you can't use it to plan a movie night. You can't say "Hey, let's have a Versions of Dracula night next Friday!" or "Hey, wanna come to my Tuesday Hitchcock night?" So while it's a cool way to go through the classics or check out some recommendations, it's a far cry from a replacement for a good video store or library. (Hmm. I wonder what kind of movie selection the Denver Public Library has...)
