So I've been doing my best to keep busy while Mikey's been at bootcamp, and I've found that one of my favorite things to do is go to Hastings and browse their movies. If you look through the used DVDs, you can buy one and get one for a dollar (of equal or lesser value, of course). This stack you see to the left is all the dvds I couldn't resist adding to my collection since April. With these and Mikey's hard drive, I've had some pretty epic movie marathons. No shame, I love movies and there are a lot of days I don't mind putting one in after the other. On top of that I'm also guilty of watching the same movies over and over, especially if I just got them.
There's something about physically owning movies, cases and all, that's just so much more satisfying than having them downloaded on a drive. Although, I did get a terabyte hard drive for my birthday, so I'll probably be doing a lot of illegal downloading this summer, but I do plan to keep buying my favorites.
So here's a brief summary of these movies and why I chose to take them home:
1. Mean Girls. It was one of those things where I'd been wanting to watch it so so bad for months and I couldn't find it whenever I looked for it. It's kind of dumb, but this is probably one of my favorite movies. It's so quotable, and the message is so great, it runs through my head all the time.
2. Fired Up. I brought this up in a blog a little while ago, stating that it's one of those better-than-you think movies, and I still stand by that.
3. Van Wilder. Mikey showed me this one, because he has a man crush on Ryan Renolds. I do like this for the most part, though I'm not a fan of Tara Reid and there's a gross prank scene that makes me want to vomit.
4. Easy A. Too good not to own. There's not much to explain. Emma Stone references all of my favorite 80's movies and puts on a great performace. Had to have it.
5. Red Eye. I haven't watched this since I bought it, and it's such a contrast to the other movies, but it's definitely good. I don't think I should watch it before I get on an airplane. Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams, what more do I have to say?
6. Gigantic. Caught this on TV one day and ended up really liking it. However, I'm getting kind of sick of Zooey Deschanel always playing the quirky unique girl no one can have. Still, I bought it, mostly for Mikey's sake because he loves her.
7. Red. Retired: Extremely Dangerous. Cheesy yet badass movie about retired CIA agents who are on a mission to figure out why they're being hunted down. Very good stuff, worth having on my shelf.
8. Charlie Bartlett. I was long overdue in buying this, I should've had it after the first time I watched it when it was new(er). It's so funny, and so good, if you haven't seen it, go find it. If you have, watch it again.
9. Sunshine Cleaning. Yet another movie I caught on TV with Mikey. It was odd, but charming, and very cheap at Hastings, so I thought why not?
10. Bring It On. I bought this out of nostalgia, because as a preteen my friends and I watched this all. the time. We sang to the soundtrack and quoted it all. the time. And when you watch it again later you kind of think "why did I love this movie so much?" but I still enjoy it to an extent. And, coincidentally, there's a scene in Fired Up where they're all watching it.
11. Bedazzled. I have a crush on both Brenden Frasier and Elizabeth Hurley. The devil is supa hot. I needed it. Enough said.
12. Black Swan. Intense mind fuck movie. If you haven't seen it yet do so, then buy it because it's worth it.
13. My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Also out of nostalgia because I used to watch it with my mom a lot, but it's kind of adorable anyway, and I actually like it more since I'm grown up (so to speak) and uh *coughthinkingaboutmarriagecough*.
14. The A Team. For my and Mikey's one year anniversary we were both pretty broke, so we got some cheap pizza, ate it outside of the theatre and saw A Team, which was badass. I had to buy it for all of those reasons.
I love movies. But my relationship with Michael has also revolved around them. That happens when you meet at a movie theatre. So I like just sitting around watching them imagining he's here. I'll make him watch them with me later :)
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