Blockbuster Shuffle – Cast Your Vote!
As you might have guessed, there’s a lot of things that change when you have kids. One of the big ones and hardest to get over is the inabilty to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Simple things like just going to an afternoon movie now have to be planned out in advance — and hopefully you can find a sitter to watch the younglings (unless you’re taking them, which is another adventure unto itself).
While I wouldn’t trade the times I’ve had and will have with the kids for anything in the world, I have to admit, I miss going to the theater. So in an attempt to get caught up with the current (or not so current as you will see) movies that have graced the silver screen in recent years, we’ve joined the Blockbuster DVD rental service. We’ve made our queue and we get movies sent to us as soon as we send back the ones that we have.
Small problem though. We aren’t as dedicated to watching the movies as we should be and so we’re pretty much throwing away money. Well, the missus don’t play that but I am loathe to give up the rentals so I’m gonna shake things up by doing a couple of things.
First: We’re going to have a movie night. We have to be committed to it otherwise, we’re back to where we started (about a paragraph ago if you haven’t been paying attention). Side note – we’ve also committed to Wednesday night Gym night so wish us luck with that. I’m tired of weighing as much as a small pony.
Second: I’m going to start reviewing these movies here for my Theater Tuesday posts so: If I don’t watch the movie, I can’t review it. If I can’t review it, I can’t post. If I can’t post, I’ll break the streak. If I break the streak, Jon will hurt me.
Third: I’m leaving the movie that I see up to you. I’ve given you three choices this week but after this week I’m going to need your help in selecting a movie to rent. Also, no p*rn titles please (Mabel, I’m looking at you) cause Blockbuster doesn’t rent them and… well, really, that’s it. Otherwise, we’d have a whole other blog going – and you’d get carded at the door.
So help me out here loyal readers, my fate is in your hands.
This week’s choices:
Once - I heard it was good, so I picked it up. It’s been languishing with us for over a month.
TMNT – Yes, that’s right. The Teenage Mutant Turtles. We got it for the boys… well, Ben mostly. Aaron could care less. Funny thing is, Ben could care less too. Also have had this one for about a month.
Zodiac – This one is actually a bit newer as we finally watched “Stardust” before this one (and we had that one for over a month as well). I know it’s David Fincher and I love David Fincher but for some reason… I’ve not been able to pull myself to it.
So there it is. Cast your votes in the comments and you’ll have your review in two weeks’ time.
