Good and Apparently Forgotten
As I went out today to get some shopping at Target and Safeway done, I decided to stop by Blockbuster and pick up a couple of movies. My intention was to watch at least one of them tonight so that I wouldn’t go the whole weekend without seeing a new movie, but that didn’t happen. Actually, as it turns out, one of the movies I rented, Duplicity, I actually saw back when it came out. Apparently I liked it, was questionable about whether it would be a DVD purchase or not, but I remember literally nothing about the plot or anything related to the movie. When I get around to watching it, it will be interesting to see if it jogs my memory or if it will be an entirely new movie for me again.
The other movie I picked up to watch is Push, a movie that somewhat parallels Jumper in my mind as being a cool, superpower movie that might end up being a huge disaster. I actually don’t remember reading too much about it review-wise, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the critics almost universally disliked it. See, there’s my problem. If the critics hate the movie, I may end up loving or hating it; I can’t really use their reviews to judge. If they love the movie though, then I end up thinking it’s one of the worst movies ever made. I wonder if there’s a specific level of dislike where my enjoyment seems to maximize itself? It would be an interesting math problem to work out…