I don't watch movies. This is a fact that annoys the heck out of a lot of the people in my inner circle, but most especially one of my favorite co-workers who basically speaks only in movie quotes. If I had a $1 for every time he said something, looked at me, and then rolled his eyes because "OMG YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT EITHER?" he wouldn't be my co-worker because I wouldn't need to work. It happens every single day multiple times per day. Every single day he is amazed and disappointed because there's some other "must see" movie or ten I haven't watched.
I don't have the attention span for movies. That's the issue. Thus, unless Disney released it in the past couple of years, there's a good chance I don't even know it exists.
The list of movies I haven't see includes all of the Star Wars movies, the Godfather series ... I mean, this thing goes WAY back. There is no way I'm ever going to dedicate my life to watching all of the things people say I need to watch, so it's fine. I will happily be clueless. It's better this way.
But ... when I travel? I totally watch movies on the plane. It's basically the only time I manage to pay enough attention to know what's happening. It just so happens to be happening on a tiny screen on the seat in front of me. This whole thing has a tendency to go badly, for what it's worth. I have an uncanny ability to randomly pick the WORST movies to stare at. "Red Sparrow" stands out as a recent mistake. It. Was. So. Bad. I hate that I managed to watch THAT of all movies that came out in 2018. I mean, whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
On my last flight, there were only a few choices. Which, whatever. It's not like I'm picky when it comes to this game. I ended up with "Deadpool 2" which ... ugh. IT IS ALSO TERRIBLE. It was a different kind of terrible, though. Like, it was almost entertaining in its terribleness. That is why it was a problem when I didn't manage to finish the movie on the plane. I had like half an hour left, which led to me having to find it On Demand so I could finish it because the only thing worse than a bad movie is an unfinished movie, apparently.
That little trip led to me somehow watching the first "Deadpool." That has now placed me in a weird place. Maybe I want to watch all of the Marvel movies? Maybe not? I'm not positive if I really want to go there, but I have discovered that somehow we own them all. That's a whole other GRRRR for another day, but it's convenient because maybe I should watch them. Maybe.
If I do, where do I start? Is there a particular order for these sorts of things? What should I skip? There are definitely skippable things. Or is the whole idea of actually watching movies dumb? TALK ME OUT OF DOING SOMETHING DUMB, INTERNET.