I solved my movie night headache

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I solved my movie night headache

There we were, like every other Friday night. I was finishing my glass of wine while pushing away my plate, and out pops the dreaded question. “What should we watch tonight?” She asks. I saw it coming. In fact, I always see it coming. Do I have an answer? Never. But I know how our night will go. We'll sit on the couch, open up the first streaming app, and start the dreaded doom scroll. “This one?” I'd ask. “No, we already watched it.” “How about this?” “I’m not into it.” And so it goes through the apps one by one until we run out of time and settle for a re-run of Sex and the City or The Office. Typical. But this time, I did something different. I pulled out my phone, opened an app I was working on that treats movie selection like a conversation instead of category browsing, and held my breath. What happened next was better than I ever could have imagined. “Sweetheart, what kind of movie are you in the mood for?” “Well, what about something that’s a mix of Top Gun, The English, Amsterdam, Ted Lasso, The Family Stone?” Right. Let’s see how this goes. I entered the prompt, hit return, and out popped 10 suggestions. The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Departed, A Beautiful Mind, The Prestige... Whoa. These are all great movies. But I didn’t stop there. The 10 were great, but I wanted something newer. So, I refined the search. “Show me more that were released within the last 5 years.” Bingo. Among the next 10 was a little gem named “The Marriage Story”. Movie night was a hit. And so will yours. Not convinced? Try it for free: watchnowai.com