A few weeks ago, while I was at Fry's, I bought Permanent Midnight on DVD, starring Ben Stiller, Maria Bello and Elizabeth Hurley. Basically, there was one other DVD I wanted and it was $9.99. Or, I could buy that DVD with another one for $15. I figured, why not just throw another one in for just $5, so I got Permanent Midnight having never seen the movie - though it sounded interesting from the description on the back, plus there were a couple actors in it I enjoy watching. So tonight I finally got around to watching it - as my friend and I go through my collection by association. Now, I can understand drug use in a movie that deals with the subject, however, I don't need to see it every five minutes to remind me that the main character is a junkie. You can only take so much of that. And by repeating the same scene over and over again, the movie dragged on and on and on. After just an hour, it had felt like two. It finally ended and while the story was interesting, the way it was put together was just nauseating. Tedious, boring, and repetitive. At least I didn't spend $9.99 on it.

As for the DVD watching by association, it started a few weeks ago when I received the new Rounders: Collector's Edition from Amazon. Since my original Rounders was stolen (or borrowed and never returned - same thing as stealing) by someone, this collector's edition was a welcome addition to my collection. But after Rounders, we decided, on a whim, to watch Keeping the Faith, starring Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, and Jenna Elfman. Seeing the connection between Rounders and Keeping the Faith of Edward Norton, we decided to keep it going. Tonight, we were planning on watching Rainman since in Keeping the Faith, Edward Norton's character does an impression of Dustin Hoffman's character, but since they didn't share any common actors, we decided to watch Permanent Midnight since Ben Stiller was a common thread between the two. Next up on the list is The Royal Tenenbaums - not for Ben Stiller since he's already been used in a connection, but for Owen Wilson, who played Ben Stiller's friend in tonight's film. After that, I'm not sure where we're going, but we're trying to get to Tom Cruise so we can watch Rainman and from Rainman, we'll use Dustin Hoffman to get us to Straw Dogs.

Movies in reverse order (to be kept track of here):

The Royal Tenenbaums (Owen Wilson and TBD)
Permanent Midnight (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson)
Keeping the Faith (Edward Norton and Ben Stiller)
Rounders (Edward Norton - Starting Film)

URL: Permanent Midnight (1998)