I wanted to relax and take my mind away, maybe shed a tear so I went to the movies on Saturday. I chose to watch
27 dresses because I figured it was a true chick flick. All the romantic twists, lotsa sex and fights with the hero and heroine but you can tell from the first 6 seconds of the movie that they will declare their love in the last 2 minutes of the movie.
When I chose my chair, I made sure it is close to the isle and hopefully not between 2 couples. However, as I sat down laden with popcorn and a huge glass of coke I regretted my choice. I was sandwiched between two sets of girlfriends out for a movie – they looked like they had man issues. Oh my gaad! I wanted a refund!
As the movie began, the gals on my right started talking about their boyfriends who “just do not have time for me” *roll my eyes* wouldn’t a restaurant (or MacDonalds) have been a better place to really get into such a conversation? At some point of the movie, they played an Amy Winehouse song (I assumed) and the gals on my left started singing out loud – and the actors were engaged in a crucial jerk a tear conversation that I was really interested to hear.
At some point, the gals on my left's phone rang and she had a good 2 and half minutre conversation! WTF? Do you know how much a 2 and half minute is worth in a chick flick? Actually for the entire damn movie? Why did you pay for the movie, buy that huge popcorn and softdrink and then
do this?
Why? Why? Why? Why do you go to a movie and behave as such? Am I stuck up? Have the times changed? Is this normal? I remember my student days in Vereeniging when I used to walk to Vanderbijlpark from Tech to watch a R5 movie – I looked forward to everyone clapping when a scene is really funny or emotional, some people even going as far as a standing ovation when the movie ended with the stars kissing or making-up! But that was 9 years ago!!! And clearly for that price I kinda expected those kind of viewers in those movies. But now, we pay more, hope for a mature viewership and do not want extra totally unnecessary special effects to the movie…
Am I overreacting? What makes people do that? This is not the first time I have experienced this – I have witnessed people walking out of the theater after gooi-ing the huge softdrink glass on another loud viewer out of frustration after shushing them for half the movie! What should I do if I encounter this problem again? Since I am not brave enough to shush or gooi a drink?