Poor Weekend for Film
Not a single film out this week that was worth spending money for. I mean, I can wait for Netflix or even HBO.
Yes, Yes… It’s true. My name is Pat, and I’m a movieholic.
I can watch some films every time they’re on the telly, I swear. My Netflix queue is quite long and growing daily, and I love it! It took me a while to get into the Netflix thing. To me, it was wait for a movie to arrive… watch it… drive to mail it back… wait again. And I was thinking in “normal” mail time. Well, jeeeeezzzzzzzzzzz…. I wan’t thinking in Netflix mail time. They’re amazing!
I watch a movie on day 1. Send it back on day 2. On day 3, it arrives back at Netflix, and on day 4, I have another flick. I was nearly shocked the first time ’round, but I watch movies much faster than that, so I had to upgrade my account, but when it’s all said and done… it’s totally worth the extra money.
Blockbuster was breaking the bank. I bought a membership 10 years ago, and the first year, they awarded us a gold membership straightaway. (That’s how many movies we watch.) I never had to pay for a membership again! So, that’s like 100 movies a year and then some. At $4 a pop, that’s $400 a year in movie fees. Wow. When you think about it, that’s nuts!
With Netflix, for two movies out at a time, it’s like $15 a month. Way cheaper, and I’m getting just as many movies there.
Other folks must have figured that out, too. Our Blockbusters closed and we only have kiosks in Publix (the local supermarket chain) now, which I don’t particularly want to stand in line to figure out how to work. Ha!
Anyway, looking foward to another great Gerard Butler movie next week — Bounty Hunter with Jennifer Aniston. There’s just something about that Butler guy that makes him totally charming and fun to watch. If you haven’t seen The Ugly Truth yet, and you like “chick flicks,” which I often don’t, it’s funny and charming and a real hoot. Worth checking out, especially if you’re a woman. 
Ah, the movies. I flirted with the idea of writing one someday, and who knows? Someday, I just might.
It would be totally and completely ridiculous, bordering in Terry Prachett-esqueness. In fact, today, my daughter and I were just discussing that she was tired of waiting for the flying car. I mentioned that it would be great, except the way people drive road cars, you’d have to hope that one didn’t land squarely on you. Walking down the street, SPLAT! Road kill. That would be so bad.
But what about flying carpets? I mean, really… think how cool that would be. Instead of the roads being concrete, they could be like puffy gym mats. Shannon suggests the pads like used to be at Discovery Zone, which I thought brilliant. I mean, if you got hit with a flying carpet, it wouldn’t do much damage right? Maybe a fringe in the eye, but those small carpets wouldn’t hurt that badly. And if it happened…
“I’m sorry, Tellman,” I would say. “I’m late for the meeting because I was hit by a carpet.”
Works, eh?
