We’re big fans of the random rules at our place. Nothing better than making up a rule and then forcing yourself to follow it.
One of the many rules that must be followed for no better reason than because we said so is the necessity of purchasing at least one movie from the $5 bin at Wal-Mart.
It has become painfully obvious to ME and me that our movie collections leave much to be desired. Mine contains mostly animated Disney films, while she is a connoisseur of the horror genre—and she’d like it to be known for the record that really, it’s the thriller horrors she likes; there is no need for unnecessary gross violence (we’re looking at you Saws 1–3).
This means that when we feel like a movie outside of these genres, our collections are woefully inadequate. It’s been a long time since I actively added to my movie collection. Previously, if I ever felt the need to buy a movie, I didn’t because I knew my ex had probably purchased it months ago. I stopped adding to my collection because I could just borrow from him.
Since the breakup, I have been slowly adding movies I love to my collection. The qualification for purchase is I must have seen the movie before, and like it enough that I didn’t attempt to change the channel on a second watch-through.
The $5 bin is perfect for this, as it is filled with movies that I have seen before. Granted, they are not often the cream of the movie crop. After all, the bins are filled with Panic Room and Crimson Tide.
But good movies can be found, if you dig deep enough into the bin. So far, I’ve come away with Ultra Violet, Bewitched, and X-Men 2. Eventually I’ll get around to picking up all of the Adam Sandler flicks that have made it into the bin, and Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions.
Also, pretty much any film that contains Keanu Reeves. I don’t know why, but I somehow love everything he’s in—and yes, I realize this is as bad as saying I love everything Pauly Shore has done. But I can’t help it. I’m a huge Keanu Reeves fan. I’m still holding out hopes that and Ted’s Bogus Journey will be unearthed in the bin during excavations.
Wal-Mart trips are few and far between around here. It requires a car and the freeway and bad radio stations, and drivers that don’t understand traffic rules when not on a normal street. Also, we rarely have reason to pop over to the far side of town.
But when we do make it all the way over there, there is no excuses for not spending ten minutes digging through the movie bin to find a movie we haven’t seen in a while—or watched last weekend on cable—and bring home for our very own.
It’s not a trip to Wal-Mart if you don’t come home with a movie or two to add to the collection.
I still think buying “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” from the bin was good choice, even though I hadn’t seen it. You may like everything Keanu Reeves is in, same goes for me with Eddie Izzard. Although I don’t think Ocean’s 12 and 13 will be in the $5 bin soon
that was a good choice. and sometimes i’ll pick up a movie that i haven’t seen yet but want to.
however, a lot of the time that leads me to a movie like saving silverman that looked like it would be good but turns out that it’s crap. and then you can’t sell it back because you get a scratch on one side of a dual-sided disk. sigh.
that’s mostly why i attempt to stick with movies i’ve already seen. it’s books that i want to have not read before
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