Yesterday (Saturday), I rented three movies from RedBox: Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (Can't believe I'm admitting that), City of Ember, and The Wackness.
Balls Out has virtually no redeeming qualities. It's not too often you see a movie about tennis; at times, it is roll-on-the-floor funny, but so much of it is potty humor, the cussing is horrendous, and there are many cringe-inducing moments. I don't recommend this at all.
City of Ember was decent. The basic plot is that a city was established underground due to some global calamity. After 200 years, the people would come back up to the surface. Only, the box being used to track the countdown has been stuck in a closet, and no one knows what's supposed to be happening. Food is running short (except for the foodstuffs horded by the mayor), and the generator supplying electricity is failing. No one knows how to fix any of the problems, only apply gross patches. I'm not sure why this movie didn't do better; I know marketing was horrible for it. What I was expecting from the spotty memory of the trailer is not at all what happened.
The Wackness is very odd. Since movies are due back at 9 for RedBox, I ran out of time to watch much more than about 20 minutes of this one. I don't think I need to see more. Interesting note: the main guy, Josh Peck, was in the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh. The movie definitely should not be watched by any tween/teen fans of the TV show.
Right now, I'm listening to The Dan and Joe shoe, episode one. It's a talk show between Dan and Joe where they discuss movies and music and whatever. The link is www.danandjoeshow.com, a pretty basic site. Kind of humorous.
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Sunday, February 08, 2009
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Traitor!
I'll get to the title of this post momentarily. But first, this message:
After reviewing my recording on my MP3 player, I finally have that second thing I couldn't remember before. I do lots of surveys and pretty much get points. Eventually, enough points adds up to getting some merchandise. I've only traded in points for a couple of things, both DVDs (the other merchandise is either junk, or just not to my taste). So, back in January, I ordered a DVD, Grave of the Fireflies - Collector's Edition. I received an order-verification email on Jan 5, which was several days after placing the actual order (maybe Jan 1).
On Monday, June 23, I got a package with a return address I did not recognize. I opened the package, and there was my DVD that I had ordered nearly six months prior. Talk about timely shipment. After all, it came the same year, didn't it?
So, about that traitor thing: I've been a member of Netflix since February 2000. They're the first, and frankly, they're the best, too. I stopped renting from Hollywood Video (except on days I was sick and stayed home from work and wanted multiple movies to watch all day). Blockbuster has never been all that attractive to me, even with their online and in-store combo program.
Tonight, however, I wanted some lighter fare than what was currently at home from Netflix (all good stuff, I'm sure, but sometimes you're just in a mood to watch something else). I stopped by McDonald's (second time this month, which is now twice in the past two years) to get a salad. And there was the red Red Box box (aptly named - who'd imagine they'd find a red box and come up with the name "Red Box"?).
I've looked at their offerings before, and with it being generally mainstream-only recent releases, I've never been tempted. Tonight, not only was I tempted, I succumbed and rented not one but two (count 'em) movies. I feel so dirty. The only catch is, I've got to watch both movies by 9 p.m. tomorrow night to make it worthwhile. I'm halfway there!
(Oh, I rented Fool's Gold, which was cute and enjoyable, but not something I would buy; definitely worth $1. The other movie is Jumper, which I have not watched yet. Maybe tomorrow after going to Batman: The Dark Knight.)
After reviewing my recording on my MP3 player, I finally have that second thing I couldn't remember before. I do lots of surveys and pretty much get points. Eventually, enough points adds up to getting some merchandise. I've only traded in points for a couple of things, both DVDs (the other merchandise is either junk, or just not to my taste). So, back in January, I ordered a DVD, Grave of the Fireflies - Collector's Edition. I received an order-verification email on Jan 5, which was several days after placing the actual order (maybe Jan 1).
On Monday, June 23, I got a package with a return address I did not recognize. I opened the package, and there was my DVD that I had ordered nearly six months prior. Talk about timely shipment. After all, it came the same year, didn't it?
So, about that traitor thing: I've been a member of Netflix since February 2000. They're the first, and frankly, they're the best, too. I stopped renting from Hollywood Video (except on days I was sick and stayed home from work and wanted multiple movies to watch all day). Blockbuster has never been all that attractive to me, even with their online and in-store combo program.
Tonight, however, I wanted some lighter fare than what was currently at home from Netflix (all good stuff, I'm sure, but sometimes you're just in a mood to watch something else). I stopped by McDonald's (second time this month, which is now twice in the past two years) to get a salad. And there was the red Red Box box (aptly named - who'd imagine they'd find a red box and come up with the name "Red Box"?).
I've looked at their offerings before, and with it being generally mainstream-only recent releases, I've never been tempted. Tonight, not only was I tempted, I succumbed and rented not one but two (count 'em) movies. I feel so dirty. The only catch is, I've got to watch both movies by 9 p.m. tomorrow night to make it worthwhile. I'm halfway there!
(Oh, I rented Fool's Gold, which was cute and enjoyable, but not something I would buy; definitely worth $1. The other movie is Jumper, which I have not watched yet. Maybe tomorrow after going to Batman: The Dark Knight.)
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