Random Factoid #488

28 11 2010

I realize that I am totally powerless to do anything about this issue, but that won’t stop me from voicing my opinion.

It’s such a nuisance when I’m at a movie and can hear what’s playing in the theater next to me.  This is mainly a problem when I’m seeing quieter movies like comedies or dramas and next door there’s an action movie playing, which always promises plenty of loud bangs and explosions.  If I pay for a movie, I want to see AND hear just what I paid for, not what someone else paid for.

So I guess this really only goes out to builders of new movie theaters: make your walls THICKER and more soundproof!  Not that anyone’s making them in this economy…

P.S. – Make the new theaters look like this!

P.P.S. – RIP Leslie Nielsen.


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Random Factoid #305

29 05 2010

This is my standard operating procedure (SOP) for non-crowded movies.  If you want to sit on a row that already has people on it, you sit where you want to sit but leave one space between your group and the other group.  It eliminates awkwardness and leaves room to breathe.

But when I did that today, the person that sitting two seats down seemed to be almost offended by the fact that I didn’t sit by her.  It’s not like I thought she had cooties; I just wanted some space.  It’s what we all want, and if anyone has ever been in an uncomfortable theater with little leg room, they know what I’m talking about.

Today’s incident just struck me a little more unusually than normal.  It isn’t misanthropic of me to leave a little room, is it?  I’m just trying to make sure we don’t invade each other’s comfort zones.


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