My husband and I have several movies on our "watch" list, and "The Fifth Element" was one of them (because I had never seen it). Earlier in the week, my husband suggested we watch it soon, so we made a "date" for Friday. While we do spend like practically 24 hours a day with each other, we haven't been able to go out on an actual date since the pandemic began, and even though we weren't going anywhere to see this movie, it still kinda felt like a date.
So on Friday I made a delicious dinner (lobster and crab stuffed salmon that I got from Costco (which turned out to be fantastic), riced broccoli and cauliflower, and snow peas) and we sat down to watch the movie. I had added it to my list on Hulu months ago, but apparently it wasn't available to watch on Hulu anymore! Grrr!! I tried Netflix, but as I expected it is not on there either, so I decided to just rent it from Amazon Prime. When I signed on and found the movie, I saw that it was available to watch for free "with a 7 day free trial to AMC". My whole life I have taken advantage of the "Free Trial". I always cancel within the trial period, but get all the cool benefits in the mean time. This was especially important as I grew up (my family didn't have a lot of money) and in college (when I was on my own and still didn't have a lot of money). I always put the cancellation date in my calendar, and always, always, cancelled on time (I know how these companies work; they are hoping you forget to cancel or don't do it in time, so a "free" trial turns into a monthly fee, but I am smarter than that). My husband, on the other hand, really hates that I do this. He thinks it is unethical to sign up for a free trial if I never intend to sign up for the service, but I argue, isn't that the point of the free trial? If they wow me with their service during the free trial, then maybe I will sign up for good. But I should at least reap the benefits of the free trial while I can.
So here we are on Amazon Prime, and the choices are: $3.99 to rent "The Fifth Element" or sign up for a seven day free trial of AMC and watch it for free. My husband says I should just pay for it, since it's just $3.99 for our date. While I thought that sentiment was cute, I am cheap date, so I am signed up for the free trial. 😘 Hahahahahaha! Delightful!
And then of course, we watched "The Fifth Element" which is a very bizarre and very campy movie starring Bruce Willis. Definitely not one of those movies I would ever crave watching again, but definitely interesting, and I'm glad to have experienced it. I really enjoyed the futuristic imaginings of our world in 2263, including flying cars, flying food trucks that come to your house to cook your lunch, what appeared to be a replicator to make food (by using little pellets and "microwaving" them), and another kind of replicator that could create a human being from just a few cells, etc etc. It also had at least one thought-provoking moment. The alien Leeloo educates herself on the long history of war on Earth, from dictators to coups to nuclear bombs, and is left to wonder exactly what she’s fighting so hard to protect or why. (“Everything you create, you use to destroy.”) She almost gives up, but does indeed save the world once she experiences love. (Corny, I know, but delightful nonetheless.)
With delight,
♥Jamie
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