The other night Christopher and I were at Blockbuster trying to pick out a
Blu-ray to watch that evening. We had already gone out for dinner, but hadn't yet walked the dog. It was probably around 9 - 9:30pm when we were standing in front of the shelves of movies trying to decide which one to bring home with us.
We both happened to be in a particularly indecisive mood which is rare for us, and we were getting a little tired (so sad I know - we're getting old!). So we decided on a very objective method for selecting our movie for the evening - the
runtime.
We quickly scoured the back covers of all the boxes:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 166 min, forget that!
- Watchmen - 163 min, not much better, does anyone make movies under 2.5 hrs these days?!?
- Milk - 129 min, getting there...
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - 90 min, we have a winner!!!
I'm sure we'll revert to this system again in a pinch - it actually worked out quite well for us this evening. Not only did it help us pick out a movie quickly, but I was able to stay awake for the whole thing so I didn't have to waste the next morning watching the ending I so often miss :)
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