I while back a was at a bit of a loose end so I decided to watch a dvd. The problem was what to watch. With me having had a severe case of dvd-buying addiction for quite some time I had a lot of choice on my hands. Too much choice. So instead of watching a dvd I instead created a 'too watch pile' of films I felt I should be watching. This meant no guilty pleasures, no top gun, no anchorman, nothing I could quote from at all. But this still left things way too open. Time to get serious. Out went films I loved and films I could recite the whole cast along with their characters name. Casino gone, seven gone, pulp fiction gone. What was I left with? A bunch of films that I considered average and films that I simply hadn't got round to seeing at all. I was proud of myself. I some strange way I felt as if I hadn't wasted any time. In fact, with all the time this would save me looking in future I'd actually made time.
A few days later and I'm bored again. Perfect time to get started on my newly created dvd pile. I was eager and smug but that wouldn't last. I had the unwanted task of selecting a film that I didn't really want to watch. Because if I really wanted to watch it them it would be in the pile. This was going to be harder than I thought. So I gave up and suffered through so crap on tv instead. Not feeling so proud any more.
Thankfully the next time I confronted the pile I managed to pick one. Pan's Labyrinth.
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