Even though my wife isn't a film buff by any stretch of the imagination, and I suspect the number of subtitled films she's seen in total barely scrapes double figures (and most of those were with me), this isn't a problem at all.davidhare wrote:Not exactly - I have often wondered how some others here deal with partners who, for instance will never watch a movie again after a single viewing. Or similar idiosyncrasies which either spring from their indifference, or disinterest, or perhaps resentment of the time one takes with films. Or is this simply not an issue for others?
Most weekday evenings she'll be crashed out on the sofa having online arguments with the TV on in the background while I'll be in another room reviewing DVDs - but this is fine with both of us, as I'd rather watch something alone than with someone who might not appreciate it (as she points out, I do the culture in our family, while she does the science), and in any case she appreciates the extra income. And she also totally accepts that I have a professional need to keep up to speed.
She does have one rather endearing idiosyncrasy, though, which is that she'll often watch a film on TV even though she knows that we have it on DVD - and probably a superior copy in the correct aspect ratio with no commercial breaks. Apparently it's important for her to watch it "with the rest of the nation", even though the last time "the nation" sat down en masse to watch anything less exceptional than a World Cup final or Princess Diana's funeral was some time in the 1970s. (I did once substitute Criterion's Spartacus DVD for an unwatchable pan-and-scan version when she was out of the room, and it took her some time to notice!)
