A tour round the DVD-store
Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 05:54:06
My regular readers know that I love watching movies. I put reviews here on my blog - but almost only of the movies I've watched in the cinema. I do watch a lot of movies on DVD though.
So - it's been a while since I bought a DVD last, and I wanted to give myself a little gift.
I went to a big DVD store, which is the one that holds the most interesting movies. It's a damn big store, they sell DVDs (obviously), CDs, computer games, games for consoles of all kinds, computers, televisions, cameras... you name it...
Usually you have to search for the employees if you've got questions. I didn't have any questions - I didn't really know what I was looking for, so I just browsed around, getting an impression of what they had, and checked if anything was interesting enough to buy it.
Ha, then I suddenly saw something. Two different movies, both starring Brad Pitt, namely "7 years in Tibet" from 1997 and "A River Runs Through It" from 1992. They were standing right next to each other - take a look:
Isn't it funny that they use so similar photos on the front page? I mean, even the bloody hat is the same! 
Anyway - after having taken the photo, a sales man approached me. I quickly hid my camera in my pocket, not sure if it is allowed to take photos in there. He asked me if he could help me, and I said no, and that I was just looking for a movie (idiotic answer, but what the hell ). He ended up asking me what kind of movies I prefer and showed me around in the big store, telling me all about where all the various types of movies were placed, and after having tried all genres ("what about a romantic comedy?"...) he left me by the action movies.
I picked two - and went to the counter to pay them. Then he rushed over to check which movies I had chosen; The Italian Job and Requiem for a Dream. He approved of my choices, telling what he liked the movies for, chatted a bit while his colleague at the counter patiently waited for me to pay. Then he wished me a great day, and I left, smiling.
That store hires such entertaining staff!
So - it's been a while since I bought a DVD last, and I wanted to give myself a little gift.
I went to a big DVD store, which is the one that holds the most interesting movies. It's a damn big store, they sell DVDs (obviously), CDs, computer games, games for consoles of all kinds, computers, televisions, cameras... you name it...Usually you have to search for the employees if you've got questions. I didn't have any questions - I didn't really know what I was looking for, so I just browsed around, getting an impression of what they had, and checked if anything was interesting enough to buy it.
Ha, then I suddenly saw something. Two different movies, both starring Brad Pitt, namely "7 years in Tibet" from 1997 and "A River Runs Through It" from 1992. They were standing right next to each other - take a look:
Isn't it funny that they use so similar photos on the front page?
I mean, even the bloody hat is the same! Anyway - after having taken the photo, a sales man approached me. I quickly hid my camera in my pocket, not sure if it is allowed to take photos in there. He asked me if he could help me, and I said no, and that I was just looking for a movie (idiotic answer, but what the hell
). He ended up asking me what kind of movies I prefer and showed me around in the big store, telling me all about where all the various types of movies were placed, and after having tried all genres ("what about a romantic comedy?"...) he left me by the action movies. I picked two - and went to the counter to pay them. Then he rushed over to check which movies I had chosen; The Italian Job and Requiem for a Dream. He approved of my choices, telling what he liked the movies for, chatted a bit while his colleague at the counter patiently waited for me to pay. Then he wished me a great day, and I left, smiling.
That store hires such entertaining staff!
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