As Video Times Go By (Movie Thoughts: The Last Blockbuster)

Once upon a time there were video rental stores…that’s basically the premise and point of ‘The Last Blockbuster,’ which is a film about…the last remaining Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon. Gen Xers like me will look at teh film fondly, more for nostalgia purposes. My generation grew up with watching movies on video – from Betamax to VHS to DVDs and Blu-Ray – and this film will jog our memory to. different time when renting films was a vital part of our lives. I personally was drawn more to mom-and-pop video places – blockbuster movies never interested me – so I wasn’t really a Blockbuster store kind of guy, but I couldn’t help but relate to most of the talking heads here reminiscing. It’s kind of ironic that I saw this film on Netflix, which is the thing that most people say killed Blockbuster (that wasn’t really the case, as the documentary explained) but I guess we’ll just charge that to the evolution of life.

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