My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
I honestly can’t remember the last time I bought a ticket and went to the movies.Gone With the Wind??
And for someone who has an interest in film…that’s pretty pathetic.
You see, I really don't enjoy the experience of going to the movies any more. For me, the whole idea of leaving my home and stepping into a theater, was because I’d be viewing the film on a nice big screen, sitting in a comfortable seat that rocked, and eating twizzlers.
However, this is no longer the case…..
The movie screen has been shrunk to the size of my computer monitor; the seats have turned into a tight, hard torturous body device; and the candy price has gone up so high, that I’m forced to smuggle in store bought candy by shoving it in my underwear, because I REFUSE to pay $4.50 for something that I can get for 99 cents.
Also, I think it’s of form of communism that I'm being forced to watch 25 minutes of coming attractions, which might as well be commercials; when I can stay home and do the same damn thing by watching television (something of which I don‘t do anyway). I can understand showing one or two movie previews…but four or five????
(hell, my friggin' twizzlers are in my stomach before the movie in which I paid $10.00 for even starts!!!)
No sir…I’d much rather rent the DVD and bring it back to the comfort of my own home; sprawled out on the floor with pillows and a blanket, while eating a BIG fat bag of twizzlers.
However…have any of you noticed how the movie companies have cleverly rigged up the DVD so that you’re FORCED to sit through five movie previews as well??
Try hitting the “next button” or the “forward button” and see what happens….
A little stupid-ass icon that looks like a circle with a slash through it, suddenly appears in the top left-hand corner of the screen telling you, “NO CAN DO!
(this makes me want go completely INSANE and fling the remote at the screen!!)
At least with a VHS tape you could fast-forward though all the crap.
Still…a DVD is nice, because I LOVE all the special features which include: bloopers, documentaries on how the film was made, deleted scenes, and the actors film biographies. And for me, quite frankly, sometimes the special features are more interesting than the film!?!
So I think I’ll continue to rent.
And the best part, is that I can take as many “pee-pee breaks” as I want (pause)… and not disturb the person sitting next to me.
Twizzler anyone?
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