Who has happy memories of the local movie store? That Friday night visit as a child (and later adult) to select a movie from the bountiful selection in store. All corners of the store carefully categorised with the new release section always the most popular. The anxious wait for the movie you were really looking forward to being returned as you had "ordered" it for that night.
Technology has enriched our lives in so many ways, movie viewing being one of them, as now we can stream a particular movie at any given time without leaving the comfort of the couch and sit back and enjoy, not having to confront the elements, traffic or the bother of that trip to the local movie shop. But, you know what? I miss it!
Maybe I have a distorted sense of nostalgia when it comes to this sort of thing, but I loved the trip to the rental store, the browsing through covers and taking a chance on what looked like an interesting movie as opposed to what critics told you was an interesting movie. Sometimes, you may have been way off the mark with your choice but wasn't that half the fun? The recommendation of a movie by a friend,stranger or sometimes the rental store staff could lead to unearthing that gem you would have never have discovered otherwise!
A "book club" mentality existed among friends as discussions and recommendations of great movies that were just stumbled upon took place. The whole home movie experience began at leaving the house with the selection a pivotal part of the journey. Now it seems to demand no more than a "I see it has four stars" comment when it comes to choosing online and a swift press of the remote and that journey is over!
I know, we have to embrace the change in technology and its limitless possibilities but for once wouldn't it be nice to put the jacket on, grab the keys and embark on that fateful trip to the movie store that we took with such joy and hope for so many years!
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