Saturday, November 28, 2009

always full of hope

I don't know why I fall for these ladies selling boot-legged DVDs on the street. It's such a typical thing for me to do: always being hopeful; in this case ... always hoping for better quality, although, in all the years I've ever sprang for a movie off the street I have yet to get one that's not completely beyond any watchable quality.

New resolution: This shall have been the last day I've bought a bootlegged DVD on the street. The kind of crap I managed to exchange my money for today is probably the worst ever. The camera is hand-held and, judging from the resolution, probably some 1980s archetype of a camera; heads are cut off just above the bottom lip (making one aware of the importance of eyes to read a person's facial expression) , and people in the theater are laughing and talking (even though the movie isn't supposed to be funny).

I mean, if you're going to make the effort to go and set up your video camera in the movie theater then at least show some dedication, for the garbage on those DVDs is just not worth the potential prison sentence you might face for this. You might as well sell a blank DVD (less risky) and rip off your costumers that way. There is no way I'd ever be able to track down that friendly Korean lady who ensured me of a "top quality product".

I'm so easy to fool, it's sad.
Tell me anything, and I'll probably believe it.
I just continue to believe in people.

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