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At The Movies
By JD Bluefield | June 20, 2008
It has been quite a break since my last post and to get back into the swing of things, I’m starting it with something a little different. Now usually I talk about making money, best credit cards and stocks, but last night I watch the worst steaming piece I’ve ever seen in years, so you could say it inspired me. This brings me to my first point.
1) Do not watch The Happening. M. Night Shyamalan has been putting out over-rated stinker after over-rated stinker. Contrary to what I had heard, read and expected, I thought I’d give him a second chance. Boy was I mistaken. It was slow, boring and terribly pretentious. There was one real moment of suspense and I sat there waiting for a huge leftfield surprise, ala Unbreakable or The Village. Unfortunately, it ended with a whimper, as if the directer just got lazy and said, “you know what, lets just cut the turning point short and skip the falling action. Lets go right to dénouement”. What the F! I was actually angry at the movie. More so than when I found out that the aliens that landed on the 75% water planet are killed BY WATER! On the bright side, I watched a downloaded copy that cost me nothing. On the other hand, I’ll never get that hour and a half of my life back. So let me save you $9-15/ticket and again restate, skip The Happening. Two people and some concession snacks, I’d say I just put you about $40 ahead.
2) Now comes the real money saver, before you spend money on any movies in the future, check out RottenTomatoes first. It’s the best review site on the net with a great rating system, the Tomatometer. Just for a reference, The Happening got 19% out of 100%. If you’re looking for a great movie worth watching, check out The Hammer. Its a really funny movie everyone will love, guys, girls and families. It has an R rating, but underservedly (No gore, no nudity, no swearing and little blood). Its a great small film that never got its justice in the theaters, but is out on DVD now.
3) Refuse to pay full price on a Friday and Saturday night. Its the same movie whether you watch it during the day, night or afternoon. For me, matinees are the winner. You might be asking, what about movies on a date? No no no… best movie date is one spent at home with a good DVD (preferably The Hammer) and a bottle of wine… skip the popcorn. No on likes popcorn breath.
4) Get a $9/mo Netflix account, and watch as many movies as you want at home. I have regular movie nights at my house of the newest releases with a bunch of friends and its a blast. No lines, no annoying kids, no punks on cellphones and best of all,… free food and drinks beer. Besides, the only real movies that you really NEED to watch on the big screen are those that make use of the 20ft canvas, contain lifelike visual detail and put out bone jarring surround sound, like Transformers, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Knocked Up, Forgetting Sara Marshall and SuperBad are just as good, if not better, at home with friends.
Netflix also eliminates the need to own, and store all the DVD’s you’ll probably watch only one more time for the rest of your lifetime.
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