Friday, June 17, 2005

Movie woes

How does it feel when you've had a long, dreary week and you struck a lucky chord and managed to get tickets in the weekend for the movie you've badly wanted to watch and the hall is abuzz with noises and distractions throughout the course of the movie?
I have deduced 2 axioms on viewing movies in theaters in India.

1. Wherever in the hall you are seated, the guy/lady next to you can never stop yapping on his/her mobile
Ah! How tempting is the thought to clobber the fool in the movie hall who thinks setting the mobile to silent mode is the most heinous crime? Au contraire, it would be a shrilly Dhoom-theme in the loudest volume which could, in fact, ring through ears of Will Smiths or Abhishek Bachchans performing on screen. More so, the movie hall is the only place left in the whole world for these pesky creatures to be discussing their new hair color or sales statistics with some worthless beings at the other end. It is a matter of surprise, really, that it never occurs to them that they are such menace to mankind.

2. When it is a movie of serious viewing, there is bound to be a howling child in the neighboring seats.
Children are usually fun to be with and bring a lot of joy in life and all that. But while watching a movie, I cant help but look at them as these little evil imps on prowl to spoil the evening of the others. It is when there is pin-drop silence in the hall in a very intense scene of the movie, when the kid would want popcorn or would want to go to the bathroom or would want to simply shriek and howl for attention. I can't understand why these parents can't leave their kids with the maids or whoever and let the others watch the movie in peace. It’s sad that the whole tantrum thing of their children makes the hearts of the parents swell with pride. But sorry folks! All I feel like, at that time, is to box the ears of those devils and give them a good spank.

Children and mobile phones must be left at home before one comes to watch a movie. If they cant part with either then they should be banned from the hall premises as well. Hail Hitler!!

8 Comments:

At 17 June, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

which movie did u watch BTW ? Give the review :-)

 
At 17 June, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~sims: Watched Bunty and Babli recently.. And ironically I wouldn't have minded these menaces since the movie was ultra sad..!
Such is life.. *sigh*

 
At 19 June, 2005, Blogger Pink said...

I agree totally! I always get stuck with babies in neighbouring train compartments. 'Shut up and sleep already'. Having said that, I'm taking the train back to Chennai in a coupla hours... and it's a loooong way home so fingers crossed!!!

 
At 20 June, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~lavi: Delhi to Chennai train journey.. Oh thats indeed a long way home..! Two nights to kill is the worst ordeal specially during summer..
These journeys are the foundation to my ..err.. 'impatience' with howling children...:)
Hope your journey was less eventful and all of that..!

 
At 22 June, 2005, Blogger Pink said...

Update: No. of crying children/babies in neighbouring compartments - 3. So let's just say I'm glad to be home.

 
At 23 June, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~lavi: oh oh..!! Poor you.. My heartfelt sympathies..!
I am glad for you too..:-)

 
At 25 June, 2005, Blogger Swathi Sambhani aka Chimera said...

cud also add to ur list all those ppl who luv making comments on the movie, they better reserve them till they get out of the theatre or better still watch it at their home dvds.

agree with ur views on Bunty n Bubli -that movie sux royally

 
At 27 June, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~swathi: totally agree there. Remember going once for a suspense thriller type movie and this stupid fellow announced the suspense to everyone in the neighborhood.. they all must be nuked..!

 

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