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There are lots of great movies showing right now. Just be prepared for a garden variety of movie watchers. |
 | By Molly Snyder Edler   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Molly Snyder Edler |
| Published Dec. 29, 2008 at 10:45 a.m. |
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'Tis the season of great movie releases, and despite hectic holiday schedules with family, extended family and chosen family (by that I mean good friends), we squeezed in a movie on Christmas Day. I wanted to see "Milk," however, we were in Green Bay and, sadly, it was not showing. So we settled on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which was good, in a mainstream, epic "Forrest Gump" sort of way.
However, I was more affected by the audience than the almost three-hour film. Within the confines of one packed theater, just about every movie-watching stereotype was in attendance.
Behind us sat the person who states the obvious. "She's gone!" she hissed loudly when the main character walks into an empty foyer. Later, in a war scene, she says, "He's dying!" I fantasized about turning around and asking, "Was it the large gunshot wound, the blood erupting from the hole in his chest or the glazed-over look in his eyes that gave it away, lady?"
Next to us, we had the "sneezer and cougher." This is the stranger you curse later when you realize her germs were quietly sprinkling your popcorn and simultaneously poisoning your healthy immune system.
In front of us sat the "question-asker." You know, the guy who keeps asking his wife questions about the film that weren't answered yet. "Are they going to get married?" Well, joker, I left my Oujia board in the car, so unless you're married to Miss Cleo, let's just watch the film and find out, shall we?
Plus, we sat on the aisle which means we stood up three or four times to let out someone in need of Raisinettes or restroom relief. We also had a "loud laugher" in the back of the theater, but his cackle was so borderline maniacal it was funny.
On the way home from the film, I thought about Netflix and cable television and all the ways I can enjoy films from the controlled environment of my home. The truth is, witnessing the flick with a bunch of strangers is part of the movie-going adventure, and despite annoying aspects of it, I love the collective celluloid experience.
Once, my friend and I were the only people in the entire movie theater, and that felt really creepy. So, it looks like as long as I go to public showings of films, I'm stuck with you and you're stuck with me. I'll be the one sitting directly in front of you, wearing the Carmen Miranda fruit-stacked hat.
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Posted by TimK on Dec. 31, 2008 at 10:10 a.m. (report)
How about the 5 Bluetooth lights you can see flashing through out the theatre. I am always so surprised that nobody ever says anything to the people wearing the bluetooths. Why do you need this in your ear during the movie? Doesn't it make it harder to hear? I think that they need to address this when this address turning off your cell phone. Please people, if someone is sitting next to your or in front of you with a Bluetooth in their ear, do the whole theatre a favor and ask them to remove it!
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Posted by JIMNWI on Dec. 31, 2008 at 9:42 a.m. (report)
Ok, I'm sure that people are going to flip about this but here it goes. My biggest problem with going to a movie theater is people with cell phones!. Especially minorities. For some reason people seem to think that you want to here that little sonso isn't behav'n so mamma's got to yell at him during the movie. then when people shush them, they yell, you shush, i'm talk'n to my babies! the other thing is people texting!!!!! do they think that when they open their phones that your not going to see that million watt bulb a mile away. the best part is when in a movie someone gets their cell phone taken away or broken and they laugh!!! god if they only knew what i want to do with their cell phones!
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Posted by JKranky on Dec. 31, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. (report)
I always seem to be in front of the Two Chatty Chicks who don't seem to realize where they are and talk about things not relevant to the movie. These two not only plague me at movies, but show up at most concerts I go to. I always wonder why they are there, since it doesn't seem to be to see the movie or hear the music.
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Posted by Pelicula on Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:03 p.m. (report)
Natemarq: I think you missed a few details in this blog. The writer makes fun of herself in the last sentence, suggesting that she'll probably do something annoying, too, like wear a big hat.
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Posted by Natemarq on Dec. 30, 2008 at 4:57 p.m. (report)
You forgot the worst type of moviegoer. The Smug A-hole who thinks that they do nothing wrong in the movie theatre although their smugness is completely off putting. Or worse yet the snide commenting movie goer who complains that they cant see "Milk" because they are in Green Bay, because said moviegoer is so much smarter than the "Classless" people up there. But I also dont want to forget the "I Only appreciate low budget Indie film" movie goer, who keeps talking about how great Wes Anderson movies' are. But than again this is coming from the loud popcorn eater and we all know nobody likes that person???
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