One of the greatest times of my life was the spring semester of my sophomore year at Clemson. There were a plethora of reasons for this, but the most memorable one is Movie Pass. For those that don’t know, Movie Pass was a company that charged just $9.99 a month to see any movie at any time at any theater. It was funded by venture capitalists and was in no way profitable because of people like me. There were so many modifications to the service that it was basically useless by the end of the year.
A group of my friends all got Movie Pass right at the beginning of the semester, and absolutely abused the service. The day I got it, I went to an 11 pm showing of The Post, which is an absolute snooze fest, by myself at the Seneca Premiere 8. Not a soul in the theater but me. That night started the first of several runs where I would see a movie every night. Every day of the semester was pretty much the same day, just deciding which movie to see that night. This allowed me to see all of the Best Picture Oscar Nominees, but also some real stinkers. Allow me to list some of the awful movies I saw just because I could.
Forever My Girl, Winchester, Rampage, Truth or Dare, The Commuter, I Feel Pretty, Traffik. These are some of the lowest-rated movies I have on my big movie rankings sheet. Absolutely terrible.
I had absolutely no need to watch any of these movies, but I did simply because there was little to no risk involved. If I saw one movie a month it would have been worth the money! Ultimately I think I saw somewhere between 55-60 movies (along with several repeats) using Movie Pass in 2018. It was fun to share those experiences with my friend group at the time, and it was 100% worth the inevitable decline in my school performance.
To close, here are my top 5 movies from that year:
First Reformed, Eighth Grade, Mission Impossible: Fallout, BlacKkKlansman, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
Cheers,
Cam
P.S. I implore you to remove all wise men from your nativity scenes and sets this Christmas season, considering they were nowhere near Bethlehem for the birth of Christ. There were also more than three of them! This is a hill I will die on.