Movie Time

Have you ever been a Nice Guy and loaned somebody something? Did you get it back? I have done that in the past but I have learned. There are probably two people on this planet that I would loan something to. Very good friends. I have had people ask to use tools and instead of loaning them, I have brought then over a done the work myself, just to be sure they come back.

I am a huge movie buff. I love to share movies with people so that we can talk about them. I don’t think that will happen again unless it is one of those two people. I loaned a movie to a friend and co-worker about a year ago and have not seen it since. It was an old movie with a great cast. True Romance was the movie. First of all it took them about three months to watch it. For me, that would be torture to have a movie in my possession that long and not watch it. They finally watched it and enjoyed it. I asked numerous times if they were going to watch it again, as a hint. They did not, they also did not return it. I can sometimes understand a tool not being returned. You put it in the garage or the shed and you forget about it until the owner reminds you. But a movie is in you living space. You watch other movies and they are usually kept in the same area. What is up with that? After asking a couple of times, nicely, like a Nice Guy, they left because business slowed down. I even called their house and gave them the old “if you happen to be in the area” hint, to no avail. I like my movies, I like to watch them numerous times to see different things I might have missed. Now I have to buy another True Romance. Because this person is either an idiot or does not care I need to re-establish my ability to see Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Bronson Pinchot, Chris Penn and a very short appearance by Samuel Jackson. How can someone be so uncaring as to keep me from watching these great actors perform together? We worked together quite amicably for a year and then they pull this. When they said they had never seen this movie I was horrified, and, being the Nice Guy that I am let them borrow the DVD.

Well, it has been over six months since I last saw my copy of True Romance, I do believe it is gone. It is time to venture out to our local shop that sells used videos and find a nice copy. I usually watch my favorite movies twice a year. It is amazing what you can see after repeated watching’s. My favorite is when I see an homage to another movie that an actor has played in. Most of the time it is a thinly veiled homage. This Nice Guy will not loan this one out. I will be Greedy Nice Guy and keep it to myself. You can borrow a screwdriver, but don’t touch my movies.