Some recent events have enabled my household to get free HBO and Showtime over the next 6 months. It has been going on about a week now and I've already noticed a weird phenomenon. I consider myself a movie buff and connoisseur to an extent. But the crap I watch, just because it’s on, is unbelievable! I noticed it the other day when my roommate emailed me, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is on. Do you want me to record it for you?" That was funny, I have to admit. But then realized that what we call the "Blue Crush/2Fast 2Furious Syndrome" was starting.
You see, about a year ago we were privy to a month or so of free HBO. During that month, we both admitted to watching Blue Crush and 2Fast 2Furious, not just once, but multiple times. If you have never seen those movies, both are like watching someone get kicked in the groin. You know its going to make you cringe, but you just can’t look away. And so the syndrome begins. I have already seen Batman Begins at least 3 times. I watched Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure twice in the same day! Granted, both are great movies in their own right, but geezy chreezy, there HAS to be something else on!
Over the next 6 months, I know this phenomenon will grow and there will be some really crappy movies that will be memorized and watched until I actually begin to wonder if getting kicked in the balls is such a bad thing. I've been able to not watch The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants so far, thankfully. I can't say the same thing for my roommate.
Pray for us...we're going to need it.
Song of the day...Friend of the Devil by The Grateful Dead
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Not only have I sat through the Pants movie in its entirety I have now probably seen so many of the bits and pieces over and over that I may have collectively seen the movie about 2 times over. I've done the same with Batman Begins, but like you said that's a great movie. Another crap movie I've seen lately is Mean Girls. I've also seen In Good Company about one and a half times, but that movie isn't too bad. Right now Pants is on but lucky enough for me Garden State is also on, and as much as I have fallen into the Blue Crush/2Fast 2Furious Syndrome there is just no way I'm going to pick Pants over Garden State.
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