I can’t imagine anyone not having Netflix…well my mother-in-law doesn’t have it, but that shouldn’t count. She doesn’t have a computer, so she just takes my movies when we’re done with them. But if you have a computer and enjoy movies, it’s Nirvana. Choose 3 movies, keep them for six years if you like, and then return them. There’s never a late fee. Do it from the privacy of your home in your underwear, which is how I usually pick mine.
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We have about 12 billion movies in our queue, so if we watched 3 movies every day for 200 years, we still wouldn’t make a dent in our ever expanding list.
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The problem is our family of three and the vast diversity of genres. Take me for example. My criterion for a great movie is simple - Tits and blood. Give me an action thriller where people die and a great pair of tits and I’m halfway there. Throw in some wings or a cheesesteak and you’ve got my attention for days at a time. Corey’s criteria is similar…tits and comedy; he’s not big on the blood and guts. Terri…well forget it; if it’s a tear-jerker she’s in. She does like some blood and guts, and she’ll watch the occasional horror film, to her credit.
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What happens is this…When I get on the computer I put all my favorites at the top of the queue. Then Terri will replace them with all of her dramas…and of course, Corey does the same the next time he uses the computer. So if I’m lucky I get a final chance and will then mix up the goddamn queue so each of us has a film. How very democratic.
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This weeks Netflix 3 are:
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Me – Lucky Number Slevin
Terri – The World’s Fastest Indian
Corey - Caddyshack
My parents liked World's Fastest Indian. I enjoy Caddyshack.
My queue right now is Door to Door, the Apartment, and the shitty UCB film "Blackballed, the Bobby Dukes Story".
Posted by: Ethan | October 04, 2006 at 09:46 AM