Everybody’s got that moment in a darkened movie theater when they see a trailer and before they can turn to a friend to say, “That looks good,” the whole audience is laughing, booing, and giving big thumbs down. Still, despite the potential idiocy, the rotten tomatoes, and scathing reviews, deep down there is still some desire to see the movie someday – if not in the theater, then in the privacy of their own home.
Unemployment serves as the perfect time for embarrassed would-be movie goers to finally see the films they’ve been secretly waiting for to be released on DVD. With an unlimited amount of time to peruse video store aisles at times no one they know will be around, or open up their Netflix without inquisitive minds inquiring about what’s inside the red envelope, the unemployed are free to rent what they want without being judged. Unfortunately, once acquired, the NSFW (Not Suitable For Watching) DVDs can’t exactly be whipped out and watched while others are around.
The way it goes with terrible movies is that unless it’s widely agreed upon that something like Gigli or Glitter is so bad it’s got to be good, a group screening with the intention to laugh and talk through the entire movie is the only way it can be watched. However, this is a bad movie watcher’s worst nightmare. While they have their films they’d love to talk through, there is no way any self-respecting bad movie watcher would opt to watch their embarrassing movies with other people around. Instead, they’re reduced to having their own matinee movie hours while everyone’s at work or school, or waiting around for people to finish watching The Daily Show or worse, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, so they can finally watch High School Musical 3 into the wee hours of the night. Depending on how bad the movie is, or out of fear they’ll be asked how they spent their day, they will Twitter or Facebook their shame and blame it on being unemployed even though they totally would have done the same thing regardless of their work status.
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This is so true. Just wrapped up my personal showing of Mutant Chronicles and am about to toss the Netflix envelope into the mailbox like a used tissue before the wife can get home to see me with it.
I do this all the time…I think it’s b/c I’m stuck in the 80′s era of adolescent movies. Whenever there’s a trailer for a modern equivalent, I get excited but it’s always a huge disappointment.
Unlike the poster, I have no shame.