Pickles and Bottles

I’d planned for this weekend to be a movie weekend and loaded myself with enough and more ethusiasm to do it…well! it needs a lot of push to sit alone and watch movie after movie after movie! My friendly neighbourhood DVD store has one of the best collection of movies from the oldest to the newest ‘yet-to-hit-the-screen’ movies. Run by a gang of young Chinese men, you get some of the best deals at times when their entrepreneurial spirits are on a high…when they decide to clock 5 days’ sales in a single Saturday afternoon and sell 3 movies for price of 1. Its after a game of quantity! I did not quite notice it until they started rolling their shutters down during the week and opened up only for the weekends. I’ve lately been convinced by a newbie at the shop to buy and try some of the new flicks that he recommended. Thanks to his enthusiasm and my stupidity, I seem to have collected a bunch of mindless movies that often walk the thin line between sense and nonsense! A flip through my collection was bit of a wake up call and I decided to ransack the store for some real movies this time. Walked into the store and almost whistled when I saw that my seductive salesman was not at the counter! Believe me the search was harder and longer when you hope for serendipity. After a 15 minute search I finally had two heavy movies and 1 slapstick (just in case the other 2 got me into a depression!) in my hand. I’d chosen “Lord of War” and “The Number 23″.

I would probably score really low if someone were to say – “The order of watching movies is an indicator of the overall alignment of your innerself!” – as I reached home and watched the slapstick first (I don’t even wanna mention the name!) and then gathered up my beer and sausages to watch the other 2. “Lord of War” – boy! what a movie it was.

{CLICK HERE FOR MY REVIEW OF THE MOVIE}

Will pickle again!