The astonishing nerve of the guy bonking his girlfriend during a full and bored preview showing of Eyes Wide Shut took none of the edge off the annoyance of being kicked by multiple limbs (it wasn't even during one of the slightly naughty scenes)...still you have to admire his balls.
I can't understand why people (especially women) would do that in a movie theater? Why pay the $8 or whatever it is for the movie ticket and then not watch the movie? Surely there are better places to do that, that are free.
I agree with everything but the eating part. I've recently switched to peppermints. They're like my crack because I always carry around 30 in my pocket. Plus it's cheaper than the old, burnt, tasteless $8 popcorn. The only problem is the noisy wrapper...especially in a silent movie.
I probably would have killed the person who dared do that in EWS. Now there's a movie that needs to be seen in Europe without an American audience! (alongside every other Kubrick film mostly. I did see 2001 here and that had people enraptured, but you simply don't mess with The Master's work.)
VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
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I've seen a few silent movies, but never in a theater.
There's an art theatre in New York City that sometimes shows silent Buster Keaton films, three shorts and then a feature with live piano accompaniment. I've gone several times for those and really enjoyed it.
One of my favorite cinema experiences was seeing the 1927 Nosferatu, at the Chicago Music Box theatre, with live organ accompaniment. It was a fantastic print, too - all the proper tintings intact, original German intertitles with English subtitles to translate them.
I'm quite sad I missed the new version of Metropolis when they showed it.
I think "Being Simon Mayo" is more offensive than anything else on that list.
Bingowings said:
The astonishing nerve of the guy bonking his girlfriend during a full and bored preview showing of Eyes Wide Shut took none of the edge off the annoyance of being kicked by multiple limbs (it wasn't even during one of the slightly naughty scenes)...still you have to admire his balls.
Sorry Bingo, we'll try to be less conspicuous next time.
^you would.
*sigh*
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
Nanner Split said:
I think "Being Simon Mayo" is more offensive than anything else on that list.
He has mellowed a lot but sometimes he still annoys me a little but then so does Mark and I've got up most respect his attempts to track down (Mark not Simon) original versions of films before the were tampered with by the studios (shame he isn't a Star Wars Fan really).
Being Simon Mayo isn't a film I can imagine myself rushing out to see though :-D
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Warbler said:
I don't know about your country's movie theaters, but here theaters take a dim view of people smuggling in their own food and drinks. They want you to buy everything at their snack bar. Its how they make a lot of their money.
*followed by dismissing suggestions of overcoats and nail varnish*
Smuggle it in a purse. That's how my mother got me contraband snacks for the theatre when I was a tot.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
I will not carry a purse.
Why not?
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
Gaffer Tape said:
Warbler said:
I don't know about your country's movie theaters, but here theaters take a dim view of people smuggling in their own food and drinks. They want you to buy everything at their snack bar. Its how they make a lot of their money.
*followed by dismissing suggestions of overcoats and nail varnish*
Smuggle it in a purse. That's how my mother got me contraband snacks for the theatre when I was a tot.
You ate tater tots in the theater?
Geez, Frink, reading comprehension. I believe I said I was a tater tot when I would go to the theatre.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
Dangerous going to the theater as food. Someone might eat you.
That would just be silly. You're not allowed to eat food you bring in from outside.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
Oh right, like you can buy a tater tot in the theater. How else would you eat one unless you brought it in?
Ok guys, let me tell you:
The theatre at 10min from my house has 280 seats, is very comfortable, costs no more than $5 for the show, and it happens very often that I'm almost alone when I go there. So...
... I DO WHAT I WANT ! Haha !!!
True.
Hey, I don't make the rules, I just find ways to make fun of them.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
Gaffer Tape said:
Why not?
*sigh*
I'm sorry. I didn't realize I had said anything sigh-worthy. I was making a sincere inquiry.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
Not everyone has a liberated sense of sex like you and I.
Having said that, I probably wouldn't carry a purse either.