movies! (at home)

one thing that is really getting a boost during this recession is movie rentals.  now if you are like me and live near one of those dollar dvd vending machines (redbox, dvdxpress, etc.) then you have been watching a lot of bad bad movies but only for $1!  such was the case this weekend when i finally was able to fend off the teens and secure a rental of that vampire flick, you know, twilight.  while i have never read the books or really expressed much interest in them, i find so many references to this phenomenon in my daily blog readings that i felt compelled to watch it just to know what the hell is the big deal.  it was bad.  but not like outrageously bad or pitchfork wielding bad, just run-of-the-mill definitely not good kind of bad (maybe even good if you are a vampire loving tween but who really wants to be that?).  after much discussion with various friends about why twilight wasn't really worth watching but not really worth effort to avoid, i think i'll just have to read the purported badly written book version to kill some more time.