Horror Movie Weekend and Other Things

[kybearfuzz]

Friday night, I went to see Sinister. I decided to treat myself to the "21 and Over" section at the Rave Theater. It was $5 more, but I thought I'd experience the film without teenagers. Overall, I thought the movie was very good, some really great scares, and was pretty darn creepy in its story. The only thing that messed things up was the setting. While the adults section is very comfy with leather seats and servers bringing you food and drinks, it's distracting to have the servers walking in front of the screen all the time and whispering to patrons. I am not sure I'll do it again for that reason, as it's hard to lose myself in the movie.

Saturday, I was up early for my morning run. I put in my four miles, rushed home to change, then went to the movies again to catch a cheap matinee of Smiley. This was a "Bloody Mary" style flick where typing a phrase three times in a chat room would cause "Smiley," an internet killer, to appear and kill the person chatting. The movie was predictable, the writing was horrible, and the acting was dull. It was something worth holding off until Netflix.

On a bright spot, I saw this cute actor in an orange juice commercial. He's burly with a nice voice. I do wish commercials had a database so viewers could learn the actors names and see if they have done other work. I'd park illegally to see if I could get him to come around. :)

Comments

[putzmeisterbear.livejournal.com]

Where as the concept of waiters in movie theaters is nice. I would find it very annoying too.

[barak.livejournal.com]

I concur. I've been to a theatre once and kept being distracted by the waiter talking. And I'm the one with hearing aids!! If I wanted that, I'd just get the movie on disc, watch it at home and pause as neccessary.

[martini-tim.livejournal.com]

I have seen that guy in other commercials too. He's cute.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oh he's adorable. I'll be using my super, special online research powers to find him. :)

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

The dude looks looks very burly indeed - like a young Burl Ives (woof!)
His shades seem to have a laniard attached, something usually seen attached to a school-marm librarian's glasses ...which only makes him more endearing :0)

Glad you had a good time at your favorite genre movies ...though servers circulating during a film would annoy the hell out of me - I've never confused a cinema with a restaurant and firmly believe the two types of establishment ought to remain separate.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

It felt very much like dinner theater. For a movie, it doesn't work. I kept thinking of different ways this would work and came up with nothing.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oooh.. a lead! I thank you for that!! :)

Do you recall if this was before the leads got together or after??