Saturday, August 05, 2006

movie etiquette 101

after posting the last blog i was reminded of something that happened at my double header theater trip on sunday (the movies were both so good i blocked it out temporarily - but it has now returned). my first instinct is to just rant it out - but i think it will be more humourously illustrated by the following:

Scene: Boyfriend and me sitting quietly, occasionally whispering, almost silently to each other. two girls - we will creatively call them "Girl 1" and "Girl 2" - sit down behind us just prior to the lights going down.

Commercials begin on the screen

Girl 1: blahblahblahblahblabhoahablahblah
Girl 2: blah blah blah
(the above stimulating conversation continued throughout the commercials)
Girl 1: blahblahblahblahblahblahblahablabheytyblahblah
Girl 2: blah blah

Previews now running on the screen

Girl 1: blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
Girl 2: blah
(the above stimulating conversation continued throughout)

Now Brokeback Mountain has started - it is already quiet and stunning

Girl 1: blah blah blah blah blah
Girl 2: blah
My Boyfriend: You're not going to talk through the whole movie are you?
Girl 1: You're not going to be TALL through the whole movie are YOU?
My Boyfriend: (said brilliantly) YOU sat behind ME.

My boyfriend now turns around to resume watching the movie he has paid about 22 bucks for us to see.

Girl 1: Wow - way to be another RUDE American.

End Scene.

WE are the rude americans?!?!?!?! Are you FUCKING kidding me?!?!?!?!?! another american without the attention span of a lab rat - what a surprise...

so here is the lesson kids...i'm sure all of you that got this far already got it - but for the slow kids in the back...if you feel like talking, go to a coffee shop, the park, a mall, a restaurant, your HOME, i don't care - just PLEASE don't go to the god damn movies!

well i tried not to rant - but it just kinda ran away with me at the end there...

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