Its completely normal to own a lot of movies.

The reason Im out of space is just because Im storing them wrong.

Ive put effort into trimming down the collection, incidentally.

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Ive already gone through all the difficult questions like Do I need four different versions ofThe Thing?

and Ive accepted the answers are no.

And how do other people do it?

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This is me.

I keep my films on IKEA bookcases because theyre cheap and big.

The Billy bookcase, in particular, is massive but clearly not designed for DVDs.

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Aesthetically this looks pretty messy.

The Billys are also at least two DVDs deep so Ive ended up double stacking mine.

You want guests eyes to be drawn to it.

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There are other downsides to boxing too.

Frankly, when I read people saying theyd done this, I turned pale with horror.

Throwing part of it away seems so merciless and renders it a lot less useful to future generations.

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I want the artefact.

I wonder if there will be an equivalent of a me in 30 years time looking for old DVDs?

If there is, I bet they wont want disc only.

We live in the 21st century now.

People like me are dinosaurs.

And I get it.

It makes perfect sense to digitize films.

We cant take things with us so why bother owning anything?

But some would argue theres something a little soulless about streaming endless content into your eyes on tap.

It makes it less special.

Less of an event.

Its almost a ritual and this is lost if everythings there at the touch of a button.

I like my privacy.

I feel judged whenever Netflix recommends films with phrases like Because you watchedHostel III.

At least the bored teenager who works at HMV doesnt remember me from one visit to the next.

Finally, on the opposite end of the spectrum, some people arent even interested in films.

They make their own entertainment with crafts.

But these people are strange and we dont talk to them.