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January 11, 2007
Silence is Golden
I was going to wait to post until I had some good pix, but I've had a couple glasses of wine and feel like ranting. This week's topic: people who talk during movies. We've been to three different movies over the past week and EVERY TIME people have been chatting it up during the WHOLE MOVIE. Am I the only one who finds this very very distracting? I wish that I could calmly ignore the offending talker, but I find that I can really only focus on what they are saying and anticipate when the might spoil my moment next. If only I could block them out like J does! We saw Children of Men and it was great, except for the slightly-older-than-my-parents couple who would not shut up or even speak in a voice lower than their street voice the whole time. I was naughty and afterwards told them, "Silence is Golden!" I guess that is really not a very naughty thing to say, but I feel sort of embarrassed for J, even though he didn't care, and it didn't really make me feel better. I just wanted... closure. Well, good luck. Today, during Perfume, some middle aged cow came into the theater and said, in a louder than street voice, "Oh there you are! We thought you went to see The Good Shepherd! We're in theater 8!" Afterwards, J and I discussed how we should have gone over to theater 8 and fucked some shit up! Heh. But I mean really, she was old enough to know better! The teens behind us obviously weren't, as they yakked during the whole thing too and kept getting up to get snacks (like 4 times each? weird!). One of the poor slobs knocked over her popcorn at least twice.
I am just too uptight to enjoy movies with most people on the planet! The man sitting right in front of us tonight was very still and quiet and for that, dear anonymous man, I applaud you. I realize that in times long gone the cinema was a place for a very different type of social interaction, but nowadays they play that "please be quiet + turn off cell phones" clip for a reason! Maybe I should just invest in some Paxil or Wellbutrin or something and give up the hatin'. Is that even possible for a Villain such as myself??
Ahem. Well, ok I guess that is enough of that! Time for some more Zinfandel. We are trying to learn more about really tasting wine and it is a little difficult, since I seemed to like the $8 Columbia Crest better than this whatever-it-is we're drinking now. Good for the pocketbook, but doesn't say much about my palate. I want to start a wine journal and be more scientific about it all. Any wine suggestions? Especially under-ten-dollars wine suggestions? We got this really yummy white the other night for about $17, and it seemed worth it until we realized it was smaller than a normal bottle! False advertising! Delish though.
Sigh. Ok, well maybe tomorrow I'll have those pictures I have had on my to-do list for a week now. Maybe. But for now, gots ta finish that Zin!
Posted by loyd0008 at January 11, 2007 09:43 PM
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The other night my boyfriend and I went to see Charlotte's Web....there was a little girl and her grandma behind us, all very cute, but the little girl wouldn't shut up. You might expect that from a 6-year-old but the Grandma should have nipped the chatter in the bud. Instead she chatted right along. I'm afraid my muttering "I'm gonna punch that kid in the face" was not my best moment, but, jeez...I'm with you sister. I may need to medicate before I go to the movies. On the wine tip...try anything by Boggle, red or white...good times.
Posted by: Kate at January 13, 2007 01:33 PM
Ha ha - I get you completely! When I went to see the new James Bond "Casino Royale", there were two couples there who had brought their 6 month and 18 month old babies. The kids were bored before the trailers had finished - the toddler ran around jumping on seats while the baby (fortunately) cried so much, his mother was forced to take him outside for most of the movie. She kept bringing him back in, but he was quiet for, like, 5 minutes before she had to go out again. But what was she thinking in the first place??
Posted by: Helen at January 15, 2007 06:50 AM
I am so HYPERSENSITIVE to people talking in the cinema that I swear loud breathing annoys me. Yes, this is perfectly normal. But God help any asthmatics in a theatre with me. Oh and there was the memorable occasion when we realised that there was a woman in the cinema who was blowing a whistle (yes, really) - I went out to get the management but they didn't react quickly enough, or not before the really big guy lunged for her after Crazy Lady hit his girlfriend.... oh yeah, such fun...
Love the dress in the last post, it's fab.
Posted by: Flibbertygibbet at January 18, 2007 02:51 AM