We’ve all been there. Opened the mailbox, grabbed the red envelope with great anticipation, but alas, we sigh when we uncover the title. This is the movie that you open, and you just aren’t excited about it at all. You finished I Love You, Man about a week ago, and man, that was hilarious! “Bro-Montana”? Are you kidding me?

Now, you have in your possession, a film that you have heard is pretty good, from somewhere. Maybe you can’t remember where, but some critic put it on his “ten best” list, and you don’t want to be left out in the cold the next time someone down at Starbucks wants to discuss the artistic merits of Last Chance Harvey. You give in to your hipster-inferred peer pressure, and put the DVD into the player. The TV turns on, and look! Curb Your Enthusiasm just started! “Okay,” you say to yourself, “I’ll watch Harvey in a second, but this Curb episode is pretty…pretty…pretty good.”

Three Curbs and one Big Love episode later, its time for bed. Harvey will have to wait until tomorrow. Damn you HBO and your tasty, thought-provoking programming!

The next day, you head out for dinner after work, come home and realize, it’s Thursday! The misses can’t miss Grey’s Anatomy! You owe her some face time, and take one for the team.

Friday, you watch The Office, then 30 Rock after you Tivo’d both the night before.

Saturday, you and the wife hit the local theatre and check out Up In the Air. George Clooney was money in that flick.

Now it’s Sunday. Usually the perfect night for you to head to the basement and watch something. After all, the wife is too wrapped up in TLC’s “What Not to Wear When You Have Fifteen Kids and Run a Tattoo Parlor” to care what you’re up to. You pop Harvey back into the DVD player and turn on the TV. But what’s this? Suddenly the dulcet tones of Tom Hanks fill the room. He’s narrarating another war miniseries. The Pacific is starting!

Harvey goes back into the drawer.

Warning: This situation can turn into a major trend, especially if, in the midst of your rental period, you receive the Netflix Online Streaming Disc for your Play Station 3, thus allowing you to just instantly stream other movies you would rather watch than Last Chance Harvey.

Contributors Note: I may, or may not have had Last Chance Harvey on rental from Netflix since November 21, 2009.