I love movies!

Aside from reading books, I also love watching movies.  No, I don’t go to the theatres that often.  On average, I only go once or twice a year.  That is a far cry from my movie-going days when I was still single in the Philippines.  I think I went at least once a month to watch my favourite Pinoy movie stars – Christopher de Leon, Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos, Sharon Cuneta, just to name a few.  It’s probably because I didn’t have a TV back then.  Besides going to the movies back home was very affordable.  Not like here in Canada.  Tickets are $8.50 each, plus we have to buy the overpriced popcorn and drinks.  Otherwise, my kids don’t see the point of going to the movies without these refreshments.  So every year, we wait for a movie that is worth watching on the big screen.  Movies with spectacular special effects such as Star Wars, Spiderman, The Matrix, The Harry Potter series, and lately, Superman Returns.  As for the other movies, we usually just wait for them to come out on tape or DVD, or sometimes to be shown on TV. 

Now that VHS tapes are slowly being replaced by DVDs, stores are selling VHS tapes at very low prices.  Sometimes at prices that are even lower than the rental charge at video stores.  I’m such a sucker on sales like these.  You’d find me rummaging through the sale bins at Superstore or Zellers and I’d always come home with at least one VHS movie tape.  My kids and my husband don’t get me.  To them, VHS tapes are not worth buying anymore.  As for me, I don’t really care if images on VHS tapes are not as sharp as the ones on DVDs.  I don’t see the difference.  It could be just my failing eyesight.  As long as I find a favourite movie on a VHS tape that is on sale, I’d take it and I’d have a great time curling up on the couch that night (or whenever I get the time) watching that movie and I’d be happy to be transported to La La Land.