{"id":588,"date":"2006-01-25T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/Jenny\/2006\/01\/a-cinematic-moment.html"},"modified":"2006-01-25T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T21:23:00","slug":"a-cinematic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyandadam.com\/Jenny\/2006\/01\/a-cinematic-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"A Cinematic Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix<\/a> has this feature called Friends. The idea behind Friends is that I can see what my friends are watching, what’s in their queue, and what their ratings are. All fine and dandy. A neat idea. My friend Eugene<\/a> made me one of his Netflix friends. <\/p>\n

It’s fun to browse through and see what he’s watching, because Weegie is a total film geek (as I type he’s at Sundance). I can see movies we both hated (Meet the Fockers<\/a>), movies we both loved (Girl with a Pearl Earring<\/a>), and ones we disagreed on (how did he not like Mean Girls<\/a>?). It’s a cool little feature until…<\/p>\n

…I realized that Weegie can see what’s in my queue, too. Not a big deal, you say? Except that I went to film school. Weegie and I became friends because we both worked for the same video store (so to speak). I’m supposed to have taste in film. I’m supposed to be a film snob. So, what’s in my queue? The Stepford Wives<\/a> (the new version), The Notebook<\/a>, A Lot Like Love<\/a>, and believe it or not, a few that are even more embarrasing than that. How totally embarrassing. So do I alter my film queue to reflect the kind of movies I think I should be watching? Load it up with Persona<\/a>, Hiroshima Mon Amour<\/a>, and Alphaville<\/a> because they’re good for me (and I feel obliged to say that I also like all these films, but you know what? I really don’t)? Or do I ‘fess up to the world that, yes, I’m currently brain dead and I’m viewing lots of trash. “Check my past rentals,” I want to yell. “Look at all those documentaries! I love documentaries!” <\/p>\n

Sigh. That said if any of your are on Netflix and want to be my Netfilx Friend, drop me an e-mail (I use a different address for Netflix so you can’t just add me). Just please, don’t judge me by what I watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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