The lowest humans

The saddest thing for me in the whole world is when I sit down with a friend, and she said to me, "Catch Me if You Can was the slowest, stupidest movie I have ever seen," and then begins to elaborate on her love for Maid In Manhattan.

I mean, I didn't expect anything more from her. It just made me sad.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by orange jews [/i]
[B]
Customer: "I saw 'Adaptation'..."
Customer's Friend: "Oh yeah, how was it?"
C: "Not very good..."
CF: "Really?"
C: "...the story doesn't make any sense, Nicolas Cage is not very good in it..."
CF: "He was nominated for it, right?"
C: "Yeah, and he won! Can you believe that? But anyway, it's like this loopy weird story...I don't know. It was just weird. But yeah, not very good."
(pointing)CF: "So what do you have there?"
C: "'The Recruit'."
CF: "Oh, we saw it last night... REALLY, GOOD, MOVIE!"
C: "Is it?"
CF: "Oh, there's a twist that's just incredible!!"

andy [/B][/QUOTE]

Sounds like my family. "It was weird" is all my mom had to say about Taxi Driver while she has been going on and on about this made-for-tv lifetime movie that was predictable, stupid, and melodramtic.

"It is/was weird" is the mass opinion of everyone without taste who sees a film they do not understand.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dennis [/i]
[B]Well, my experience in seeing "Willard" a few months back was by far the worst time I ever had with a theater audience.

There was a group of around 12-20 black people ("darkies," as we call em).... and they were, luckily, very far from where my friends and I were sitting. But still, they were just hollaring, laughing, standing up and walking around, the entire movie... on and off.

About 40% of the rest of the audience got into a groove where they were repeatedly yelling (rather loudly) to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!" or "I'M TRYING TO WATCH WILLARD!!!!!" or "PLEASE!!!! STOP TALKING!!!!" The look on everyone's faces as they dealt with this mob of loud talkers was pure shock and anger.

You seriously can't believe how loud this crowd was. No joke, picture a crowd at "A Night At The Apollo," and that's as accurate as I can put it.

At one point, it died down only for a few of their friends to appear a few rows behind us and to the left. And then suddenly, they - actually - started - a - conversation - across the entire audience with each other.... in the middle of a very important scene in the movie.

[i]"Yo! Yo, Tiesha! Where you at, girl? Is that you all the way back there!"

"Yeah, Robby! We decided to sit back here! Why don't you all come sit back here with us!"

"Nah, girl. I'm a gonna sit up here!"[/i]

Or something to that effect.

Seriously, just as cell phones became a major problem that theaters have had to deal with in recent years.... so should loud talkers. Signs should be posted with warnings. And security should be on hand to escort people out of the movie if they act up.

Of course, the only problem there is that it will just cause more noise.

Sighs... [/B][/QUOTE]
hehehe i actually dont mind the hooting and hollering, i find it funny, sorry but it's true. The theater I go to is nicknamed Star Africa, needless to say there's a lot of that going on (i'm exaggerrating of course. Point being? you get used to it or you go to a different theater. Otherwise I haven't experienced any real problems.

OK i was watching 2 towers with some friends ams some guy in the back got a cell phone call and talked out loud in front of everyone, People were pissed. This happened again the other week durring reloaded. I'm trying to get a job at a movie theatre and if i do i'm gonna lay it down on these assholes

This one time, I was at a friends house watching a movie with a bunch of people, and it was in another language and the plot was kind of confusing, and instead of buckling down and paying attention, they just starting cracking jokes and talking about how they couldn't wait for it to end so they could play video games and they basically ruined the movie for me.

And these were the same people who were outraged that people were cracking jokes when we went to see a one dimensional, just for fun hollywood horror movie like "Willard." In fact, one of them even commented to me days earlier about how it annoyed them when certain friends would talk and laugh during a movie if they didn't like it, assuming everyone else felt the same way. And here he was doing the same exact thing.

I guess what it comes down to is that it's cool to be the dick if you don't like a movie, but when other people do it during something you are interested in, they are "the lowest humans."

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by maestro976 [/i]
[B]This one time, I was at a friends house watching a movie with a bunch of people, and it was in another language and the plot was kind of confusing, and instead of buckling down and paying attention, they just starting cracking jokes and talking about how they couldn't wait for it to end so they could play video games and they basically ruined the movie for me.
[/B][/QUOTE]

What was the movie?

[QUOTE]yelling things that I felt weren't warranted.[/QUOTE]

what if you'd felt they were warranted?

i'm just being ann0ying. anyway. the guy talking on the phone the second time i went to see the matrix was bad, but what happened before my first viewing of the movie was even worse.

the thrilling tale:

There was, of course, the obligatory fanfare welcoming the new Matrix, including paintings on the lobby windows, posters and promo flats and standees galore, and people, including employees of the theater working the box office and ushers' posts, in costumes from the movie. These were...well...okay. But then. Oh, but then.

My friends and I had managed to score some seats in the front row of the theater, and were eagerly awaiting the start of the movie. We knew we'd have to get through lame-ass ads on the slideshow, accompanied by dumb music piped in over the speakers and the inane conversation of the people sitting around us for the forty-five minutes before the show began; we also knew that though ticket prices have been raised--again--we'd still be seeing television commercials even before the previews began; and finally, we also were taking in stride that we'd be seeing at least eight previews before the actual movie began. This, we have come to accept, are part of the modern moviegoing experience. And to brave such an experience, especially with the added hassle of getting good seats in the theater the night a wildly popular new movie opens as a "Special Sneak Preview", is but a sign of our intense desire to experience this film. It's a test of faith, of sorts.

But what we were about to experience was beyond what any of us had signed on for.

Two women, hapless employees of the theater, no doubt, took to the front of the auditorium about twenty minutes before our show began. "Okay!" the one in black with long brown hair crowed, cheerleader-style. "We're gonna ask some trivia questions, and you guys can win prizes!!"

What.

Yes, you heard it right, they were playing a little game with us, which might possibly have been fun or entertaining for us IN KINDERGARTEN. You answered the "trivia question" (including, "Who plays Morpheus in the movie?") and you won...I can hardly say it...a cookie.

Don't try to comprehend it. Just feel our pain. The woman in black would pretend to hear an answer among the catcalls of the crowd, and whoever felt like it would come down the stairs of the theater like a guest on "The Price is Right" to accept his cookie from the woman in red, who had way too much cleavage for her dress. Cries of "your mom!" were rampant in the theater. In answer to one question, a gentleman in the back screamed out, "Homer Simpson!"

"Hey," the girl in black pouted. "If you guys aren't quiet, we can't hand out the cookies!!"

Now, I appreciate the fact that the theater employees (or their managers who wouldn't actually have to get up in front of the crowd--remember, I have worked at this theater) felt the need to entertain us. But you know what? We know the drill. We're adults. We're capable of waiting for a movie to start without riots. As a matter of fact, their attempts to occupy us in such an infantile manner only raised the likelihood of what had been a movie audience turning to an angry mob hell bent on destruction. "Leave us alone!!" people were screaming. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" one guy yelled at one point. I agree with him. As much sympathy as I have for those still stuck in the soul-killing jobs Showcase Cinema has to offer, including and especially horrible audience-warm-up activities, someone should've killed this idea while it was still in the womb. As my friend Brandon put it, "I would like to speak to the person who said, 'Hey! I know! We could bake cookies, and..."

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by twosmokingbarre [/i]
[B]Sounds like my family. "It was weird" is all my mom had to say about Taxi Driver while she has been going on and on about this made-for-tv lifetime movie that was predictable, stupid, and melodramtic.

"It is/was weird" is the mass opinion of everyone without taste who sees a film they do not understand. [/B][/QUOTE]

Haha, my family do that too. I mean, my mother and sister find American Beauty and The Royal Tenenbaums dark!

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by maestro976 [/i]
[B]This one time, I was at a friends house watching a movie with a bunch of people, and it was in another language and the plot was kind of confusing, and instead of buckling down and paying attention, they just starting cracking jokes and talking about how they couldn't wait for it to end so they could play video games and they basically ruined the movie for me.

And these were the same people who were outraged that people were cracking jokes when we went to see a one dimensional, just for fun hollywood horror movie like "Willard." In fact, one of them even commented to me days earlier about how it annoyed them when certain friends would talk and laugh during a movie if they didn't like it, assuming everyone else felt the same way. And here he was doing the same exact thing.

I guess what it comes down to is that it's cool to be the dick if you don't like a movie, but when other people do it during something you are interested in, they are "the lowest humans." [/B][/QUOTE]

Ohh relax, Josh. You were outvoted on this one. Nobody enjoyed the film as much as you feel you should have... and half the reason for the talking was because we were trying to figure out the plot inspite of all the male to male blowjobs that kept happening.

The point of this discussion is for people talking loudly in crowded movie theaters. Which is the equivalent of some idiot standing in a crowded Taco Bell and hollaring something like, "What's up, sluts!!!" in the direction of a group of young teenage girls and then ducking away quickly so the rest of your unfortunate friends standing around you now appear on the idiot level you just lowered them to.

Hmmm, sounds like someone we know actually.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by maestro976 [/i]
[B]
I guess what it comes down to is that it's cool to be the dick if you don't like a movie, but when other people do it during something you are interested in, they are "the lowest humans." [/B][/QUOTE]

I'm sorry, Josh, that 4 out of the 5 people in a small living room didn't like the $13 movie you bought off of eBay and tried to lighten the boring and tense mood of the room with some collective humor to try and figure out just what the hell was going on with the plot. I guess when it happens to someone like our friend Stew with the movie "la Sin Nombre" it's okay... but not when it happens to you.

Wtf.... front row? That sucks. I hate front row. Why on earth, would you -want- front row at a movie theatre? Okay, at a play or something, yeah, but at a movie theatre? What the hell...

Dude, previews rock.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by maestro976 [/i]
[B]
I guess what it comes down to is that it's cool to be the dick if you don't like a movie, but when other people do it during something you are interested in, they are "the lowest humans." [/B][/QUOTE]

Yow.

And I just want to add that I'm amazed sometimes that everyone expects people to be consistent in behaviors and ideas and beliefs all the time. That's why humans like fiction- the characters are static and reliable plus interesting.

Real people aren't like that.

Everyone, EVERYONE, makes a hypocrite out of themselves daily on some matter or another in the grand scheme of things. Most people fall into the belief system "it's cool when it suits me but dumb when it doesn't" without even realizing it.

Everyone's been that guy or girl who says "I [i]fucking[/i] hate that," and then ends up doing the exact same thing a week later and enjoying it. Most people never even make the connection.

Ahm, brother. I agree 100% and admit that I do this all the time. Now lets see if these two who are getting so personal can be man enough to admit it.

I relize ahm, brother makes no sense. Don't know if I meant amen. dont know what i meant. disregard, please.

Yeah, I was going to say that awhile back.. But I didn't bother. Laziness > me.

But yeah, I was thinking of what to post and I was like, "well, hrm, my friends and I crack jokes in movies that we think suck, too, a lot, really".. However, we usually aren't that loud about it. Honestly. And then we'll bitch when other people do it, but really it's just the people that are really loud about it. So. I mean, not a total hypocrite, but a little bit, I guess, haha... Blah.

I really try not to be a hypocrite, but sometimes it's inescapable. I think I'm pretty good about it, though. And I usually realize when I'm being one...

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by disx [/i]
[B]And I usually realize when I'm being one... [/B][/QUOTE]

Yeah, me, too. I am always aware when I am acting in a way that I normally don't like from others, but being that I sometimes can't stop, I always separate my actions from others. "When I do it it's different because..." or "I'm only acting like this now because of what happened to me before..." Since I can't always live up to the standards I set for others, I justify my actions by making the situation an exception to the rules. Guilty with an explanation.

Yeah. Bullshit justifications [b]ROCK[/b]. Heh... Wheeeeeee

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by disx [/i]
[B]Yeah. Bullshit justifications [b]ROCK[/b]. Heh... Wheeeeeee [/B][/QUOTE]

Yeah, my whole life is one big bullshit justifaction. I guess that means I ROCK. Wheeee for ME.

As are most peoples.

But not yours. You don't need any bullshit justifications when you role is a warm dick and a free cup of coffee. That's the fuckin' good life.

Not to be redundant, but I take my coffee black.

[QUOTE]Wtf.... front row? That sucks. I hate front row. Why on earth, would you -want- front row at a movie theatre? Okay, at a play or something, yeah, but at a movie theatre? What the hell...[/QUOTE]

easy there, killer. it's not front row like you're thinking. the theater i go to has stadium seating, so when i say "front row" i mean the front row of the stadium seats, which is set back from the screen a good 20 feet. so it's the best of both worlds--no one in front of you, really (at least, not that is in your line of vision, since between the front of the stadium seats there's a row or two of chairs on the floor--those suck), lots of leg room, a little wall partition thing you can put your feet up on while watching, perfect angle on the screen...they really are the best seats in any movie theater.

so shut the fuck up.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Tuffy the Dump Truck [/i]
[B]Wait! Knoxville! You can read?!?!?!?

Oh, yeah, Dennis - hit that sarcasm key next time, will ya? [/B][/QUOTE]

dude whats your problem man. i useta think it was playful teasing, now it osunds like your being an ass. unles im just taking it the wrong way

Yeah I know, theatres around here have that, too, but they also have seats below that, in the actual front. And they blow.

RIGHT BUT IT WASN'T THOSE SEATS DUMBASS

why the hell do you care where i sit?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by mirkah [/i]
[B]Not to be redundant, but I take my coffee black. [/B][/QUOTE]

Am I the only one who found this contextually funny?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by D._Prest [/i]
[B]But not yours. You don't need any bullshit justifications when you role is a warm dick and a free cup of coffee. That's the fuckin' good life. [/B][/QUOTE]

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but my life is pretty much the biggest series of bullshit justifications I've encountered.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Puffy [/i]
[B]Am I the only one who found this contextually funny? [/B][/QUOTE]
i did as well....

Erm. Yeah. Okay. No shit, it wasn't those seats. I thought it was originally. Decided to comment that those seats suck. You cleared things up. I understood. I reiterated that the seats I was thinking of, still, in fact, suck. Problem?

I worked in a movie theatre for a short while in the concession stand. All the cups for popcorn and soda are inventoried to keep the employees from stealing i.e. giving stuff awy to their friends.

Well, betweeen shows during clean up, we would take back all the cups that were reusable and well, reuse them, so we could pocket the cash. The drawer was even, the cup inventory was correct and we had made a few bucks.

Low

[QUOTE]I worked in a movie theatre for a short while in the concession stand. All the cups for popcorn and soda are inventoried to keep the employees from stealing i.e. giving stuff awy to their friends.

Well, betweeen shows during clean up, we would take back all the cups that were reusable and well, reuse them, so we could pocket the cash. The drawer was even, the cup inventory was correct and we had made a few bucks.[/QUOTE]

excellent. the concessionists at the theater i worked at were too stupid to try this, i think.

i was an extra for a play..which is unheard of sometimes, at least for an university production. it was jean paul satre's no exit. the director wanted me and this chick to TALK throughout the entire play (no exit). the play was notorious for being boring as hell (well it is about hell)...
for the first night..i was a bit timid because i never would do such a thing. we started with the gum wrapper and creating such a rucus..that the male lead, gabe, almost broke down and swore at us. for one of the scenes he had to go into the wings and instead of waiting for his cue, he screamed at the asm (assistnat stage manager) that "[he'll] murder those bitches after the play". other times, we would point out stupid things like "oh that knife looks so fake"...or "did she dropped the baby..or was it a rock"...stupid things

we did it for 3 shows and annoyed the hell out of everybody. for the 2nd show, some friends of mine were sitting beside me and i wanted to get them involved too...so during the play i would lean over and ask them questions "what's happening..did you catch that?" and i can sense them sitting further and further away from me... it's funny as hell

for the last show...dave, the director's aunts and grandparents were sitting right in front of me..and god, they shushed me withint 5 mins of the play. and turned and give me the evil eye many many times. the theater chick beside me knew and gave me the thumbs up. after intermission, at the beginning of the next play, the aunts turned to me and said, if you said another word i'll murder you. the theater chick turned and said..yeah i knew you were doing it on purpose but seriously i was thinkign of ways to kill you while you did your whole bit.

surprisingly a lot of people didnt get the talking bit. including one of the actor's parents..more cut eyes...a lot of the people were embarassed that they didnt get it.

oh and the aunts thanked me for a "wonderful job" cause when they complained to dave...he had the biggest smile and said "i know". that was great

but really i was fearful that someone was going to beat me up

in terms of theater (movie) experiences..
at MI2..this chick behind me talked on her cell describing every scene...i gave her the cut eye..but she looked liek the type of girl who has connections so i didnt yell at her or anything
since movies are 14cdn..sometimes i go to really crappy theaters ..and at those theaters..god..i hate the crowd. i'm used to going to teh rep cinemas and see films with other aficandos..but holy..at least discount theaters..cellphone rings..people talk throughout etcetc. last winter we wanted to see a chicks movie and saw 2 weeks notice. this freak of nature who sat in our row was laughing hysterically every 2 minutes. i mean god..it's NOT that funny at all...i think that was her way of being flirty and getting attention...you know how some ditz are..and the worst thing is she's not even pretty..if you dont have it..dont flaunt it

but in all honesty..i love going to the midnight screenigns at film festivals. or film festivals in general. i met so many people at those screenigns and we all share the same interest. it turns out that i met some of my current friends at screenings and some of them sat near me (i didnt know at the time)...hollering is fun...i remember watching jonas akerlund's spun at the premiere..and whenever mickey rourke does something badass..some guy shouted out "gooooo mickey"...i bet mickey loved that (he was there..in full leather). other times..well bruce campbell was hilarious in his q and a. going to see crazy japanese flicks at film fest kickass...in general goign with crazy fans will make the experience. it will make a bad film seen all the more enjoyable

i digress..and ramble..i'll stop now

front row is good at the uptown theater in toronto..beucase you can put your feet up on stage..and to see a kickass movie like volcano high (yes i love that..campy and fun) or cabin fever (you MUST see this..will be out this summer) is surreal

yeah i forgot to add..after the whole "no exit" talking experience..it was really hard not to talk throughout the other plays..cause i did it for 4 nights in a row. but it's all good..cause for 2 weeks after that..i was always on the headsets (headset chaatter is fun...) making sure all goes well on stage

"at MI2.."

What a retarded movie.

it was john woo...i was horribly disappointed..

you suck

oh it bugs me that people didnt get the first MI upon the first viewing..what's not to get?

What are you talking about that was so complex I had to see it like 5 or 6 times before I finally put the pieces together. You know we're not all rocket scientists here jeeze.

WHAT WAS SO COMPLEX ABOUT IT????

sigh
*dont make me point to the sign

More like - what [i]wasn't[/i] so complex about it. I nearly had a stroke. Christ, talk about confusing...

it's consider mickey mouse when compared to the other flicks i've seen in my lifetime

Ooo, aren't you so smart? Ghee, I'm so envious. :rolleyes:

Sigh, my wit is far too subtle. Oh kl0pper, where have you gone off to? I need someone who's smart enough to know when I'm joking.

disx, behave yourself. or pick on me if you're bored...i know your diabolical games.

She's a tough girl. She can take it.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by mirkah [/i]
[B]Not to be redundant, but I take my coffee black. [/B][/QUOTE]

How bout yo penis?

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Originally posted by mirkah
Not to be redundant, but I take my coffee black.
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How bout yo penis?[/QUOTE]

LMFAO

i didnt get it your "subtle" humour at first because really..a LOT of people didnt get it FOOL

Meh. You still should've caught on. I mean, come on... MI... oooooooooooo what a cryptic movie. I don't know anyone that didn't get it.

i know A LOT of people who didnt get it

plus you are the king of the immature fools

so aint my fault