The movie fan blog #6

My Experience at the Movie Fan brought back some old memories. I cannot remember the last time I have been to a movie rental store, because I stopped going to them ever since Blockbuster started to go downhill. Blockbuster was the main movie rental store I use to go to for my movie rental needs. However I thought the movie fan was actually better than the former powerhouse Blockbuster. I liked Movie fan because it was like a time machine. When I was little blockbuster use to have VHS’s but, as I got older they got rid of them and only had DVD’s. Now the Movie fan had new releases on DVD’s and really old movies on VHS. Now Blockbuster also had old movies but, I feel the Movie fan had every movie ever. I really liked looking at all the movie selections they had, I just walked around the store for about 40 minutes trying to decide on a movie to pick. When I finally picked a movie, I realized that my friends and I did not have enough money to rent a film, so after all that time in the store we left with nothing. I also like how the store was decorated. I thought I was cool how right when you walked in there was a lounge area, with lights and movie posters hanging up, and then on your left side was a candy wall which looked really delicious and tempted me  to go buy some. I also liked how they had kids sections in a little room that had a bunch of my old favorite movies, which really made me want to rent them especially the movies Heavyweights and the Land before time. This section also reminded me of Blockbuster because; I remember how they had a special section for kids very similar. The one down fall of the store, was that I could not figure out how it was organized. I know they had the kids section and the new release section but, besides that the movies were not categorized by a theme, I think they were organized alphabetically. I really did not like this because what if I am looking for a horror or action movie, the organizational system makes it difficult for one to find this type of film. So compared to Blockbuster which I remember being clearly organized by signs labeling the section it was for example it would be labeled horror for the horror sections and also it would be alphabetized as well so it was really easy to find movies.  So overall I would give the win to The Movie fan, even with its lack of organization. The movie fan had a great movie rental atmosphere with all the candy, posters and the million movies in the store. I plan on going again soon, except this time I will be prepared because I got a sheet that has all the info about the store from prices to hours (:  (500)