I love going to the
movies and buying snowcaps and sitting down in a chair that may or may not have
bedbugs and being with strangers and sharing a filmatic (is that a word?)
experience. A few stand out above
others:
Speed- I saw it with a bunch of bus driver and they were the
best audience EVER! They were so into it and they would talk aloud to the
screen about what was or wasn't possible. Who knew that Metro buses can only go
over 55? Now I know because the guy next to me told me repeatedly. The scene
where the bus jumps over the half-finished bridge? I thought the crowd was
going to bust. Hands down the best audience I have ever been a part of.
Titanic- I saw it the weekend it opened and I had to sneak
in to see it. Tip-- If they tell you that a movie is sold out. It isn't. They
go on the premise that no one will sit in the first two rows. You could hear a
pin drop in the theater for the last hour. When the lights came up everyone
walked out emotionally spent. I cried because Leo was dead. My sister cried
because dogs were on the Titanic too.
Boogie Nights- A gay couple sat in front of me during the
movie and when Marky Mark did the big reveal at the end, they both started
giggling and one of them dropped his popcorn. It was awesome!
I love this. The only audience I remember vividly was for the Star Wars prequel at midnight. Many people in costume, and my boyfriend freaking out because they had screwed up our tickets. That was the only time in about 6 years that he used the fact that he was an "on air" radio person to get what he wanted. It was a wasted use of the "on air" card IMHO. :-)
ReplyDeleteI remember when I went to see Megamind and the people in front of us ordered nachos and pizza and hot dogs even though it was 8:00 in the morning.
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