Stalking Zombieland

Monday Night Zombies

I have often said that the best time to go see a movie is Saturday morning. When I say it's the best time, I mean the best time for me, of course. Saturday afternoon and night, then all day Sunday you get the crowds. I realize that these people paid their money just as I did, but I just want to run most of them out of my theater so I can watch the movie in peace. I've been to opening weekend blockbuster movies at 10:45 on a Saturday morning at Tyson's Corner, and there's maybe ten people there.

I have less often said that the second best time to go see a movie is Monday night. There ain't nobody who wants to go to a movie on Monday night. They've come back from a long day at work and are just yearning for Friday, or at least Wednesday. Going out isn't on the agenda for most people, so there's not a big crowd.

As you might have guessed, I went to see a movie Monday night. I was curious about what Zombieland would be like. I figured it would be sort of a silly zombie-killing adventure, and that's pretty much what it was. It was a bit gruesome at the beginning, but a bit funnier than I expected, and I liked that it was made "differently." There are some creative bits to it that show that somebody in the production or writing crew was willing to add a little something special to the film's landscape. And of course, it's got Bill Murray. I thought it was a fun hour and a half.

Stalking

Earlier this week Tracee Hamilton wrote an article about being the victim of a stalker for many years. I don't have any experience in this area, so I'm not going to get into any analysis of what she wrote. I just think that it's a great piece of work that took a lot of guts to write, and I think it's worth a few minutes of your time.

Watch Instantly

It's becoming clear in a hurry that Netflix's Instant Watch option is going to be trouble. My current account plan allows me unlimited instant viewing per month. I see myself bringing up movies I like just to click forward to the parts I really like before moving on to something else.