Moderator Karlos Posted February 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2023 @masterofoneinchpunchthat was a fantastic read, bro. I love write-ups like this: looking at the film from many angles. It's got me itching to give it a rewatch! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted February 27, 2023 Member Share Posted February 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Karlos said: @masterofoneinchpunchthat was a fantastic read, bro. I love write-ups like this: looking at the film from many angles. It's got me itching to give it a rewatch! Thank you! At some point I'll have an essay on this which will be a reworking of my theater essay (which actually got published online, but that place is now gone) and the Twitter essay. Here's my theater story: Superflous Story I hate being late for a movie. I know you usually have that buffer of 12 or more minutes of trailers (except for indie and documentaries) but I still hate being late. I naively thought that since I had to work that day and I took off early for the movie that everyone else was working the day after Christmas. I had thoughts of an empty theater where I could sit where I want, put my legs anywhere and have easy access to the restroom. When I got to the line, I thought I'm going to miss the beginning crap! As I am mentally pushing the people ahead of me to pull out their money and be ready to purchase their tickets, I also silently curse those who fuddle with their pockets, dropping their change and not realizing the film they want to see is much later and holding up the line. Still I thought a mad rush through the doors, trip to the restroom and I would not miss much. Crap! The restroom is out-of-order (there are others, but none near where I was going. Oh well, I will wait until later. As I get into the theater I had the joy of noticing the THX intro and realized I am just in time. Ahh, something good happened. Crap! The theater is almost full, I was not expecting that. As your pupils widen to accommodate more light you scan a place to sit down. I had a friend with me so I had to find two seats (or split up which works well if there are not combined seats.) Crap! There are two adjacent seats available in the middle. I am a little tall so squeezing my way past several people is never fun, plus the fact that one lady would not move her feet, so I almost ended up falling in the next row. Why is there a coat in my chair? Luckily the owner of that took it with her and I was able to squeeze in. I thought it would be prudent to stop drinking my chai/chocolate/coffee/random ingredients drink (known as Franken-chai at my favorite coffee establishment which is close to the theater) as I realized I was not going to be able to get out until the movie was over. Crap! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted March 3, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 9:00 AM, masterofoneinchpunch said: Superflous Story I hate being late for a movie. I know you usually have that buffer of 12 or more minutes of trailers (except for indie and documentaries) but I still hate being late. I naively thought that since I had to work that day and I took off early for the movie that everyone else was working the day after Christmas. I had thoughts of an empty theater where I could sit where I want, put my legs anywhere and have easy access to the restroom. When I got to the line, I thought I'm going to miss the beginning crap! As I am mentally pushing the people ahead of me to pull out their money and be ready to purchase their tickets, I also silently curse those who fuddle with their pockets, dropping their change and not realizing the film they want to see is much later and holding up the line. Still I thought a mad rush through the doors, trip to the restroom and I would not miss much. Crap! The restroom is out-of-order (there are others, but none near where I was going. Oh well, I will wait until later. As I get into the theater I had the joy of noticing the THX intro and realized I am just in time. Ahh, something good happened. Crap! The theater is almost full, I was not expecting that. As your pupils widen to accommodate more light you scan a place to sit down. I had a friend with me so I had to find two seats (or split up which works well if there are not combined seats.) Crap! There are two adjacent seats available in the middle. I am a little tall so squeezing my way past several people is never fun, plus the fact that one lady would not move her feet, so I almost ended up falling in the next row. Why is there a coat in my chair? Luckily the owner of that took it with her and I was able to squeeze in. I thought it would be prudent to stop drinking my chai/chocolate/coffee/random ingredients drink (known as Franken-chai at my favorite coffee establishment which is close to the theater) as I realized I was not going to be able to get out until the movie was over. Crap! 10th Anniversary Edition 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted March 3, 2023 Member Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, One Armed Boxer said: 10th Anniversary Edition Oh yeah I was not going to rewrite that part (though the small essay above was a complete rewrite, I'll be mixing the two (original essay, newer essay) and new information for the new essay. Edited March 3, 2023 by masterofoneinchpunch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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