The Boogeyman & Teenage Brats
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kybearfuzzAfter a grueling day of file organization again, I met up with Aaron and Eric for dinner, shopping, and a movie. We went to The Rave in West Chester, which was packed to the hilt. Apparently, everyone else had the same idea.
We bought tickets to see the 8 PM showing of The Boogeyman. The theater was packed with gaggles of teenagers, young teenagers. They talked through the previews, laughed during the opening credits, text messaged during the opening, and screamed at everything that popped up on the screen. None of us could enjoy the movie, even after I shushed the talking brats behind us. We got up and left after the first ten minutes.
The theater was good enough to exchange the tickets for the 9:35 PM showing. The crowd seemed a bit older, but there were still the talkers, the text-messagers, and the screamers. They screamed at everything but the end credits. The ushers did come in a few times, but overall it wasn't as bad as the 8 o'clock crew. Maybe I sound old, but when did kids stop watching the movies and start socializing in them? Why pay the money if your only goal is to text message the person sitting one row back? I'm stymied.
As for the movie itself, it had some really great moments, some that made me jump (cue screaming teenage girls), but the ending left me hanging, wanting a bit more of an explanation. Overall, I was pleased, one of the better scary movies that have been released of late.
I almost wished the Boogeyman was real, and he went around abducting rude teenagers in movie theaters. Ah well, we can't have everything, there would be too many to take all at once, but it would be fun to watch.
We bought tickets to see the 8 PM showing of The Boogeyman. The theater was packed with gaggles of teenagers, young teenagers. They talked through the previews, laughed during the opening credits, text messaged during the opening, and screamed at everything that popped up on the screen. None of us could enjoy the movie, even after I shushed the talking brats behind us. We got up and left after the first ten minutes.
The theater was good enough to exchange the tickets for the 9:35 PM showing. The crowd seemed a bit older, but there were still the talkers, the text-messagers, and the screamers. They screamed at everything but the end credits. The ushers did come in a few times, but overall it wasn't as bad as the 8 o'clock crew. Maybe I sound old, but when did kids stop watching the movies and start socializing in them? Why pay the money if your only goal is to text message the person sitting one row back? I'm stymied.
As for the movie itself, it had some really great moments, some that made me jump (cue screaming teenage girls), but the ending left me hanging, wanting a bit more of an explanation. Overall, I was pleased, one of the better scary movies that have been released of late.
I almost wished the Boogeyman was real, and he went around abducting rude teenagers in movie theaters. Ah well, we can't have everything, there would be too many to take all at once, but it would be fun to watch.
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Date: 2005-02-05 11:08 pm (UTC)I truly think, while these mongoplexes have great screens and sounds, the added attraction of games and neon lights have sort of discouraged people from taking it as a serious event.
It's like they are the new Drive In Movie centers that the kids had in the 60's and 70's. Where you went and never really watched the movie but hung out with your friends and tried to make out.
Yeah seeing a movie not on opening weekend is usually best or the really late shows in obscure theaters that are not mondoplexes...
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Date: 2005-02-06 12:04 am (UTC)Going to that theater was the greatest ad for birth control you could ever hope for!