"Oh, don't worry, I don't think you will enjoy watching something like 365 days." Not only due to the questionable content, but all the sexual content of it, which according to what she has seen is also questionable, and ugh no, even thinking about the single review she saw of it was just enough to turn her off.
A small sigh escapes her lips because it's not as if the movie is that bad but it's not the best either, at least some of the leads are charismatic despite their questionable actions.
"I like the lead, but they would have been better served on a different movie." A less manipulate one, because Patrick and Kat have chemistry at least. "How long until the food is here?"
He checks his phone. "Oh, they just left the restaurant. But tell me what the movie's about." He keeps checking to see where it is, and then puts his phone away and then returns to the movie.
It is pretty much a drag during this part. The plotline is predictable, even to Steve who hadn't seen any romantic comedies and typically didn't watch stories like this for fun and isn't aware of the tropes.
"So what's your favorite movie?" he asks. Maybe they could put that on next, as a palate cleanser.
"Ummm," Just how exactly can she explain that mess of a movie? Because it is a messy disaster and one that somehow has fans. "Mafia boss kidnaps the girl he is obsessed with for a year so she can fall in love with him, dude is very violent and manipulative, and there is lots of sex and romanticism of mafia life and cringe overuse of the word baby girl, so yeah, avoid it."
Incredible the type of stuff that gets made, but as long as there is money and a target demographic. Like this movie, it's dragging for her, and the only kudos she can give so far besides the chemistry is the fact he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, which shows at least one basic boundary.
"The Fall." She remembers that film vividly, being one of the firsts she watched once things stabilized for her and it never left her. "But remember the deal was to watch a pick of yours after this, and my favorite one shouldn't count as an option, that will be cheating."
"Uh," he says, and that's all he really has to say about that. He isn't particularly pleased with the summary and he definitely thinks that's not going on their list of must watch things.
At the very least, they're both in agreement that there's that one good scene where he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, so that's one good thing out of a whole slew of very not good things.
"Fine," he says. "But we may end up watching a very old movie." One with transatlantic accents, in black and white, with humor that may or may not hold up to modern day.
She can't help the amused laughter that escaped her at that moment, as that was pretty much the reaction she was expecting. He doesn't need to know there's a niche or a weird genre about toxic relationships, and most are aimed at teenagers somehow, which is a tad worrisome.
...Alright, she will give this damn movie further credit with the song part, that was kind of cute but she doesn't have to admit that to anyone, not even to him.
"You say as if that's a bad thing, I am someone that enjoyed The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, so we should be fine." And there was nothing wrong with enjoying some classic old films here and there, she had been catching up with a lot of media recently, after all.
"I've never seen that one," he says. "Believe it or not, I didn't just watch everything that came out before 1945." But he smiles because this is just... nice. Talking about something he might know a little about, over this movie that neither of them are enjoying.
They can make something good out of something that maybe they don't really want to keep going with.
The movie's almost over, anyway, and then they can put on a new one. A better one. He gets up to go retrieve their food, which is finally at the door. It's definitely taken awhile, but he's glad for the interruption. "Don't pause the movie," he says.
"Hmm, I think by the time that one came out, you were probably a very young child and might not have been interested in German expressionism cinema." Not that she had even known that existed until someone recommended the film to her, and it had been interesting, to say the least. "Though if you have watched everything that came out before 1945, that would have been quite impressive."
The movie might not have been enjoyable, but maybe the actors had done better stuff and she might research on that later. Though now she is a bit hungry, and it sure took a lot of time for their food to get here.
"I wasn't," As there was no point seeing as it was nearly done and they might as well finish it, even if by now she had kind of disconnected from it. "If Patrice happens to be out there, do tell her to get back to her place."
"I think when it came out I was a toddler and probably wouldn't have made it into the movie theater." And then by the time it was available to watch at home, he had already been in the ice.
"I will, don't worry," he says, as he steps outside and yes, does run into Patrice again. He really doesn't know what her problem is, and then interrupts her to tell her so.
But instead of feeling told off, she apparently has decided to rail against him as well, clearly not knowing who he is. "Ma'am," he says, eventually. "You're very loud and disturbing the neighbors."
Is she surprised that her lovely neighbor had been lingering outside? Actually, maybe a little bit, since Jessica didn't know if that had been on purpose or a coincidence, and she didn't think spying on her life merited such dedication, at least not from a mere civilian.
And the gods know she had checked to see if the woman had any suspicious ties, but she had come out with a relatively clean and boring life, which made this more of a case of a woman that just hated her.
Whatever Steve had told her, considering how loud her voice was at the moment, hadn't been the best, and she sighed before getting off the couch and going to retrieve him from Patrice's clutches. "Settle down, you are disturbing everyone. Just go back to your place, and that's it. Have a lovely evening!"
She smiled rather sweetly, much to her neighbor's annoyance, before leading Steve back inside and closing the door in her face again. "Honestly, that was a bit unexpected."
It's more likely that she heard Steve come outside and then came outside to see him, possibly was sitting close to the door. He'll walk with a lighter foot next time, but thinks that maybe there's nothing to do about how loud the door is.
Maybe she has excellent hearing but subpar comprehension.
Then he comes back inside and heaves a sigh. "I would've come in eventually," he says. "I'm just giving her the avenue to come to the conclusion that she's just working herself up over nothing," he says. But he shrugs and starts unpacking the food.
"Eventually she'll realize I'm not supporting her at all and I'm trying to get her to stop."
"I know, but you don't have to deal with her just for the apparent crime of, well, visiting." And to be fair, it had been a bit of a reason she had been hesitant to give her location and let people come over. But she just needed to be patient, as she will be gone eventually.
But she also feels as if her patience is running a bit thin here, and she has dealt with a lot of things, but never in such a relentless way as she is being exposed at this moment, it is rather tiresome.
"I think deep down she knows but refuses to see it, her disdain of me seems to blind her." And she still had to figure out why, because it couldn't just be her speaking with the fiance. "The only silver lining I have is that she will be moving away once she ties the knot."
Well, he would understand if he were being a rude neighbor and excessively loud, or if he stayed up late with lights on toward her apartment, but he's not any of these things. As far as he knows, Jessica is also a model neighbor, so.
"Yeah, though I wonder why she hasn't already moved in with him. And then if they're together all the time, she'll know you're not actually seeing him." He still thinks that's ridiculous.
And yes, she is quite tiresome.
The movie seems to be coming to its climax, and although it's an okay ending, it feels just a little bit unsatisfying.
"He lives with his brother and he doesn't like her, there's also their apartment leases." The reasons for the dislike were unknown to her, she didn't know how the woman was when she wasn't interacting with her, for all Jessica knew Patrice could be a lovely woman but one that happened to hate her. "If someone wants to cheat they will find a way, there are people that manage to have a full-on family without their partners knowing, besides they are not together all the time."
She knew, at the moment, their work schedules were a bit out of synch and she had seen either of them at different times. But it is curious how Patrice seemed to latch onto that idea, and how she was the one being blamed for whatever affair she thought they were having, it was strange indeed.
"Well then, this film was disappointing, maybe I am too old for it." But she's not sure she would have liked it when she was a teenager, as she wouldn't have been able to relate at all. "Have you thought about what we can watch next?"
"Well, then, I'm definitely too old for it," he answers, as he shakes his head. He can't really believe they watched the whole thing. It certainly has an unsatisfying ending.
"I'm thinking maybe we could watch a television show instead," he says. "We didn't even get a radio until I was an adult, definitely no television in the house." So he finds it kind of fascinating to be able to turn it on and have thousands of channels.
Okay, and also the worst commercials ever, but that's besides the point. It's still novel and fresh for him.
She won't mention that he's only a few years older than her, as that's not the point. But the movie had been a waste of time, and whoever had recommended that to him, hopefully, didn't recommend anything else if this was their first option.
"Mhm, that sounds fine." The movie journey can be picked up later, maybe with a far better selection than what they had been graced with today. "Am I to guess you want to watch the show the traditional way and not through a streaming service?"
Since that was how most people watched shows nowadays, she's guilty of doing that most of the time, and most channels had their own streaming platforms anyway.
"Oh, no," he says. "If you've got more streaming services, maybe we should try those. There's so many commercials now," he says. "And they're all so fast. I don't know how you're even supposed to know what they're selling."
Or how to tell if it's good. But he comes from a time when things are much slower-paced.
Either works for him though, so it's whatever Jessica prefers, really.
"I do. I'm not ashamed to admit it's the only way I watch series." It was more convenient that way, as she avoided annoying commercials and the fact that she could easily binge-watch anything she wanted, which is what she had been doing with a show called ER. "I suppose they have to make the best out of the 30 seconds they get; I think only medications commercials get a bit more than that, but don't quote me on that."
And even then, those could pass by so fast, especially on the side effects part. One would think they would take their time with that, but apparently not. Though she will admit that she found some of the long infomercials amusing because those were long thirty-minute ones.
"So, which series are you interested in watching? I noticed that you had some suggestions in that list of yours." She moved to get her food and looked up at him. "And how much of it do you want to see? Because I admit, if it's something I like, I tend to end up doing a binge-watch, but I know not everyone likes to do that."
"I think maybe we could just re-evaluate after an episode or two," he responds, as he pulls out his list. "Do they have uh, House MD?" He assumes that's a television show about doctors.
He's not sure why it was recommended to him - he doesn't know why most of the things on the list are recommended to him and he doesn't ask, but he just assumes that people like these things and want to share them.
He never forgets who it is who recommended it to him, after all.
"Hmm, yes, I think they do." She just needs to remember which one, because she is sure it's not on Netflix but it wouldn't take long to find out where. "I remember seeing the first episode of that, and it was good, I remember leaving me on my watchlist."
And as far as medical dramas went House was a good recommendation, though now she's curious to see if anyone had recommended Grey's Anatomy because that show had been so hyped to her and she had been so disappointed, it was then she kind of stopped accepting recs and just decided to watch whatever she wanted.
"So, out of curiosity, in that list of yours, do you have multiple recommendations from the same person or not?" Because if that were the case, she will second-guess whatever recommendations the person that put the 10 things movie.
"Sure," he says, taking out his list. "A bunch of people recommend lots of things, usually I jot down one or two and tell them to get back to me later, because I don't have time to watch all of it."
Or read all of it, or listen to all of it... It's a lot.
"I did miss out on a lot of pop culture, but it's fine. I finally understood something Tony referenced the other day. Rode that high for a good few hours until he said the next thing I didn't understand."
So, well, he's working his way slowly through the western canon of... everything.
"Does it ever feel overwhelming to you? All the stuff you need to catch up with." Because it was a lot of media to catch up on, and with people recommending more and more stuff to check, and with some maybe expecting him to watch it to have his opinion. Just thinking about it tired her, maybe that's why she rarely accepts recommendations and opts for stuff she finds interesting.
There is a slight hum, before finally finding the steaming platform that had House MD. "And what was the reference used?" Though it's not rare that even 'normal' people miss some references, as she had met someone that wasn't familiar with the 'I am your father' one, even though people mostly misquoted that one sometimes.
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A small sigh escapes her lips because it's not as if the movie is that bad but it's not the best either, at least some of the leads are charismatic despite their questionable actions.
"I like the lead, but they would have been better served on a different movie." A less manipulate one, because Patrick and Kat have chemistry at least. "How long until the food is here?"
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It is pretty much a drag during this part. The plotline is predictable, even to Steve who hadn't seen any romantic comedies and typically didn't watch stories like this for fun and isn't aware of the tropes.
"So what's your favorite movie?" he asks. Maybe they could put that on next, as a palate cleanser.
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Incredible the type of stuff that gets made, but as long as there is money and a target demographic. Like this movie, it's dragging for her, and the only kudos she can give so far besides the chemistry is the fact he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, which shows at least one basic boundary.
"The Fall." She remembers that film vividly, being one of the firsts she watched once things stabilized for her and it never left her. "But remember the deal was to watch a pick of yours after this, and my favorite one shouldn't count as an option, that will be cheating."
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At the very least, they're both in agreement that there's that one good scene where he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, so that's one good thing out of a whole slew of very not good things.
"Fine," he says. "But we may end up watching a very old movie." One with transatlantic accents, in black and white, with humor that may or may not hold up to modern day.
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...Alright, she will give this damn movie further credit with the song part, that was kind of cute but she doesn't have to admit that to anyone, not even to him.
"You say as if that's a bad thing, I am someone that enjoyed The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, so we should be fine." And there was nothing wrong with enjoying some classic old films here and there, she had been catching up with a lot of media recently, after all.
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They can make something good out of something that maybe they don't really want to keep going with.
The movie's almost over, anyway, and then they can put on a new one. A better one. He gets up to go retrieve their food, which is finally at the door. It's definitely taken awhile, but he's glad for the interruption. "Don't pause the movie," he says.
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The movie might not have been enjoyable, but maybe the actors had done better stuff and she might research on that later. Though now she is a bit hungry, and it sure took a lot of time for their food to get here.
"I wasn't," As there was no point seeing as it was nearly done and they might as well finish it, even if by now she had kind of disconnected from it. "If Patrice happens to be out there, do tell her to get back to her place."
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"I will, don't worry," he says, as he steps outside and yes, does run into Patrice again. He really doesn't know what her problem is, and then interrupts her to tell her so.
But instead of feeling told off, she apparently has decided to rail against him as well, clearly not knowing who he is. "Ma'am," he says, eventually. "You're very loud and disturbing the neighbors."
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And the gods know she had checked to see if the woman had any suspicious ties, but she had come out with a relatively clean and boring life, which made this more of a case of a woman that just hated her.
Whatever Steve had told her, considering how loud her voice was at the moment, hadn't been the best, and she sighed before getting off the couch and going to retrieve him from Patrice's clutches. "Settle down, you are disturbing everyone. Just go back to your place, and that's it. Have a lovely evening!"
She smiled rather sweetly, much to her neighbor's annoyance, before leading Steve back inside and closing the door in her face again. "Honestly, that was a bit unexpected."
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Maybe she has excellent hearing but subpar comprehension.
Then he comes back inside and heaves a sigh. "I would've come in eventually," he says. "I'm just giving her the avenue to come to the conclusion that she's just working herself up over nothing," he says. But he shrugs and starts unpacking the food.
"Eventually she'll realize I'm not supporting her at all and I'm trying to get her to stop."
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But she also feels as if her patience is running a bit thin here, and she has dealt with a lot of things, but never in such a relentless way as she is being exposed at this moment, it is rather tiresome.
"I think deep down she knows but refuses to see it, her disdain of me seems to blind her." And she still had to figure out why, because it couldn't just be her speaking with the fiance. "The only silver lining I have is that she will be moving away once she ties the knot."
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"Yeah, though I wonder why she hasn't already moved in with him. And then if they're together all the time, she'll know you're not actually seeing him." He still thinks that's ridiculous.
And yes, she is quite tiresome.
The movie seems to be coming to its climax, and although it's an okay ending, it feels just a little bit unsatisfying.
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She knew, at the moment, their work schedules were a bit out of synch and she had seen either of them at different times. But it is curious how Patrice seemed to latch onto that idea, and how she was the one being blamed for whatever affair she thought they were having, it was strange indeed.
"Well then, this film was disappointing, maybe I am too old for it." But she's not sure she would have liked it when she was a teenager, as she wouldn't have been able to relate at all. "Have you thought about what we can watch next?"
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"I'm thinking maybe we could watch a television show instead," he says. "We didn't even get a radio until I was an adult, definitely no television in the house." So he finds it kind of fascinating to be able to turn it on and have thousands of channels.
Okay, and also the worst commercials ever, but that's besides the point. It's still novel and fresh for him.
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"Mhm, that sounds fine." The movie journey can be picked up later, maybe with a far better selection than what they had been graced with today. "Am I to guess you want to watch the show the traditional way and not through a streaming service?"
Since that was how most people watched shows nowadays, she's guilty of doing that most of the time, and most channels had their own streaming platforms anyway.
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Or how to tell if it's good. But he comes from a time when things are much slower-paced.
Either works for him though, so it's whatever Jessica prefers, really.
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And even then, those could pass by so fast, especially on the side effects part. One would think they would take their time with that, but apparently not. Though she will admit that she found some of the long infomercials amusing because those were long thirty-minute ones.
"So, which series are you interested in watching? I noticed that you had some suggestions in that list of yours." She moved to get her food and looked up at him. "And how much of it do you want to see? Because I admit, if it's something I like, I tend to end up doing a binge-watch, but I know not everyone likes to do that."
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He's not sure why it was recommended to him - he doesn't know why most of the things on the list are recommended to him and he doesn't ask, but he just assumes that people like these things and want to share them.
He never forgets who it is who recommended it to him, after all.
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And as far as medical dramas went House was a good recommendation, though now she's curious to see if anyone had recommended Grey's Anatomy because that show had been so hyped to her and she had been so disappointed, it was then she kind of stopped accepting recs and just decided to watch whatever she wanted.
"So, out of curiosity, in that list of yours, do you have multiple recommendations from the same person or not?" Because if that were the case, she will second-guess whatever recommendations the person that put the 10 things movie.
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Or read all of it, or listen to all of it... It's a lot.
"I did miss out on a lot of pop culture, but it's fine. I finally understood something Tony referenced the other day. Rode that high for a good few hours until he said the next thing I didn't understand."
So, well, he's working his way slowly through the western canon of... everything.
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There is a slight hum, before finally finding the steaming platform that had House MD. "And what was the reference used?" Though it's not rare that even 'normal' people miss some references, as she had met someone that wasn't familiar with the 'I am your father' one, even though people mostly misquoted that one sometimes.