Thursday, November 08, 2007

Great DVD player

God, I need a new DVD player. A few years ago, my pops won a contest where he worked and ended up with this prize. It worked swell up until last year at some point. Each time Rollo, Reese and I sit down for an evening of movie watching, we can manage to get through about 3/4 of the movie before it starts skipping - sometimes back to the DVD menu itself! I don't know if it just gets too hot (it doesn't feel hot) or if its just another rickety piece of junk that somehow hammered out a few years worht of functionality. Whatever the case, I have another DVD player in my room that I always forget about. If I use brain sometimes maybe I get watch DVD movie yes? Yeesh, I'm a moron.

We ended up watching Stranger than Fiction and while it didn't really fit into what I thought I was going to see, I still enjoyed it. That is, I expected another Will Ferrell "slap-my-knee" comedy. At the end of the movie, I was more disappointed I didn't get many one-liners or clever quotes from it. Rollo had asked me what I had thought about it, and I replied "It's not my favorite, but certainly don't hate it." After sleeping on it, though, I realized that I did rather enjoy the movie. It could easily fit into my arsenal of movies. Good movie! I'll be sure to add it to my Amazon.com wish list.

3 comments:

Rollo said...

It started out real slow but then got very poignant at the end. It's like a slow burn. And at the end of it, you're a little teary eyed.

I'm talking about your DVD player here.

Anonymous said...

hmm...and i wonder who got you that wonderful dvd player that is now a life saver when it comes to dvd watchin... :P

Crock said...

That new portable DVD player sure did the trick with Spiderman 3!

I friggin love that thing!