When coming to college, one is forced to answer the age-old question that has plagued philosophers for centuries: How many movies is too many movies when it comes to owning them? This of course is one of the ultimate paradoxes, since you can never really have too many movies.

But there are problems that come with this ever-growing collection of cinematic delight in the college world. You’re almost too lazy to count how many movies you have, you’re just lazy enough to not put them in alphabetical order and you’re way too lazy to go searching for a specific film when someone asks if you own it.

Low and behold, all your problems have been solved with a quick click and download.

Welcome to the DVD profiler from intervocative.com, a free program that automatically makes a Web site for you containing not only a full numbered list of your movies, sorted alphabetically or numerically, but also gives information and images for each DVD. Clicking on a specific title brings up everything from the year the film was made to a full cast list to trivia and quotes. And with the power of the Internet, these profiles are always being changed and updated when new information is added, so users will never be left behind.

Getting started is a bit difficult. You have to not only download the program, but also create a registration key from a separate part of the Web site. From there you must login into the profiler program and start plugging in your DVDs from the ‘add DVD’ menu. Here you can create a list for movies you own, have already ordered and even a wish list so people can know what you want them to buy you.

Once that is done, you click on the ‘upload to my profiler’ menu and your new Web site is created, complete with lots of film goodness for the world to see – especially that special someone who you’ve been trying to ‘watch a movie with’ forever. With this program, the film selection business can be taken care of long before the lights dim and the closeness begins.

Enjoy the show.

Published on February 22, 2006 at 12:00 pm