Netflix Streaming has changed my life.
Now, I'm completely internet savvy. So, spare me the criticism of paying for something that can be recovered with a little steadfast navigation through the pirate infested torrents in the meaningless sea that is the internet.
But, seriously, changed my life.
It has mad me comfortable and complacent as they constantly bombard me with movies that were kind of like movies that I said I kind of liked. All the television programming that was supposed to be kind of good and I had never intended to delve into is now available at the touch of a mousepad.
And it changes your life.
On some unassuming weeknight when Shelly's over and we've got nothing else to do and are too lazy to go anywhere is where Netlix makes its greatest impact.
That's how we came across Cash Back.
This movie came out a few years ago and was transplanted here from across the pond with a mass of international and indie accolades. But, when it landed, nobody cared. Is it a great movie? Not by any means. But, faithful readers will remember that those make for the best movie dates.
Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff) is an art student who just elicits empathy. After a terrible break up with his girlfriend, he develops insomnia which allows him to develop Dragonball Z style time-freezing abilities. This all comes about as he picks up a job at a supermarket to fill in the time he spends not sleeping and without the aid of a gravity chamber.
So, instead of robbing banks or fighting crime or doing anything awesome with his newfound time manipulation powers, he instead uses them to introspect and reflect about past loves and his emerging emotional interest in coworker and cashier Sharon Pinty (Emilia Fox).
Maybe it's the frailness of his look and soft speech or the fact that you spend most of the first 30 minutes of the movies trying to place him as Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter movies, but Biggerstaff's character allows you to move past his pathetic emotional state and swim in the sweetness of the language of his internal monologue which dominates most of the movie.
Overall, this movie earns itself the rating of FIFTH DATE. (Best used as a filler when no other plans can or have been made.)
The whole movie itself is messy, disorganized and does its best to convince you it's being artistic instead of feeling incomplete, but, that isn't the point. It's the fifth date and you've made it this far. You're just looking to hang out a little more and didn't have anything better planned. You're likely still trying to sell yourself as a romantic catch that could work out in the long run.
Again, as I've previously mentioned there are many paths to a relationship, but I do love my mildly entertaining indie romantic comedies. The kind of movie with a plethora of devastatingly catchy romantic one-liners that lend themselves to playful self-referencing flirtation. It's a gimmick that has served me well. So, to each Cuntsucker their own. Seriously, try it out. Let me know how it works.
Oh, also, there's this scene where Ben uses his art student shtick to justify disrobing all of the female customers at the supermarket and sketch them. So, you're basically getting away with one there. Boobies everywhere. Everywhere. Awesome.
