Who doesn’t love movies? Growing up, my movie choice was pretty limited, however.
Not because of overbearing parents; it was because we didn’t have many movies in the house. I only had a VCR and TV in my bedroom for years, and my four main tapes were Goldeneye (probably not something a toddler should watch but it’s still my favorite James Bond movie) and the original Star Wars trilogy before the 1997 special editions.
I remember countless weekends, spending my day watching those tapes as I played with
my GI Joes, or any other toys. Maybe recreating fight scenes from those movies, or making my
own fun stories. As I got older, I upgraded to DVDs, bulking up my movie knowledge and
collection throughout high school and college. My first major movie purchase was the James Bond collection: the character was a big part of my upbringing, and it’s my favorite movie franchise. Every first date I’ve been on
includes a viewing of Casino Royale, with varying success.
Even after buying all the James Bond movies on DVD, I still bought VHS tapes at
Goodwill for fifty cents each; that’s how I first experienced amazing films like Collateral and
Seven. I remember going to Goodwill almost every week to see what was up for grabs;
sometimes it was amazing and there were so many movies I wanted to watch, and others were wasted trips. My best find at Goodwill was probably the five-disc Blu Ray collector’s set of Blade Runner for five dollars. It had every version of the movie in the box, a ton of special features, and the incomplete workprint of the film.
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