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September 18, 2005
The Terrible State of Film
This entry should've been on Friday. So I went to the movies after getting my car fixed (b/c some jerk broke my rear view mirror). And I thought I was going to see one movie, but it turns out I was viewing the wrong AMC listing on my phone. So I ended up at Hustle & Flow.
Now I hadn't planned on spending $9 (plus $2 for parking) to see a movie about a "good" pimp. But forgetting about the movie, I am so frickin sick of going to movie theaters.
I am sick of people opening their cell phones and distracting me with the light. I am appalled that children can run amok in a theater - answering their cell phones, running up and down the aisles, and waving their hands in front of the screen. I didn't get up during the movie to complain b/c that would have ruined the movie entirely for me - I can pretend to ignore people but I cannot get back the time lost complaining to the theater staff while the movie is running.
Plus the film stock was crappy and had weird colors run through it every once in awhile. But the music was catchy. And for a brief moment, even I was hooked, despite my political desire to hate the film.
I complained afterwards, but didn't wait around for a manager - I don't want to go back there and at this point, I do not want to go out to see a movie unless / until silence and a distraction-free experience can be gauranteed.
Posted by cj at September 18, 2005 03:34 PM