You Know, We're Living In A Society.
Just the other day I went to the movies for the 3rd time in 2 weeks. The first 2 times both movies were significantly interrupted by other humans (and I use the term loosely). You know the ones - they can't survive 100 minutes without stuffing their dullard mouths with snacks that are available 24 hours a day, or they feel compelled to say out loud what has just happened, or they're just too stupid to follow a movie plot, so they start fidgeting in their seat. The 2nd time I went it took all the willpower I had not to choke the idiot next to me with the shopping bag he would stuff his lumbering paw into every 20 minutes to fish himself out a little treat.
So. The 3rd movie I went to I thought I would try to escape said 'humans' a little by going Gold Class. Sure it's overpriced, but the seats are comfortable and I reasoned that the exclusionary nature of Gold Class would, you know, exclude at least some of the dickheads.
Unfortunately, I underestimated the dickheads.
The movie I saw was rated M. Imagine my dismay when, as I sat patiently in the kind of OK Gold Class waiting lounge, a woman bowls in with 4 kids in tow, the oldest looking about 12 and the youngest no more than 5. As I sat bubbling in a stew of contempt, I reasoned that there was more than 1 Gold Class cinema where I was, so surely there was a kids movie playing at the same time. My hope turned to dispair when it was announed that anyone watching my movie could take their seats, and the woman and her clan of hyped up, over-stimulated, just itching to annoy spawn followed me in.
I wont bore you with the details of how much the wretched little shits pissed me off (I would think it fairly obvious by now) or how many times I flashed the angry eyebrows in their general direction, plus at the end of the day it's not the kids fault. But I ask you, what sort of a parent thinks it's OK to bring children to ANY movie, much less one that I'M trying to watch, not to mention one that is rated M and costs $20 a seat?? That's right - a very bad, very stupid, far too wealthy for their own good parent.
Don't take kids to the movies. Even if you think they're a "good kid". They aren't special. They will not sit quietly. They do not belong in movie theatres. Stop doing it, you idiot parents.
So. The 3rd movie I went to I thought I would try to escape said 'humans' a little by going Gold Class. Sure it's overpriced, but the seats are comfortable and I reasoned that the exclusionary nature of Gold Class would, you know, exclude at least some of the dickheads.
Unfortunately, I underestimated the dickheads.
The movie I saw was rated M. Imagine my dismay when, as I sat patiently in the kind of OK Gold Class waiting lounge, a woman bowls in with 4 kids in tow, the oldest looking about 12 and the youngest no more than 5. As I sat bubbling in a stew of contempt, I reasoned that there was more than 1 Gold Class cinema where I was, so surely there was a kids movie playing at the same time. My hope turned to dispair when it was announed that anyone watching my movie could take their seats, and the woman and her clan of hyped up, over-stimulated, just itching to annoy spawn followed me in.
I wont bore you with the details of how much the wretched little shits pissed me off (I would think it fairly obvious by now) or how many times I flashed the angry eyebrows in their general direction, plus at the end of the day it's not the kids fault. But I ask you, what sort of a parent thinks it's OK to bring children to ANY movie, much less one that I'M trying to watch, not to mention one that is rated M and costs $20 a seat?? That's right - a very bad, very stupid, far too wealthy for their own good parent.
Don't take kids to the movies. Even if you think they're a "good kid". They aren't special. They will not sit quietly. They do not belong in movie theatres. Stop doing it, you idiot parents.
posted by I Am Man I Am You. at 9:39 PM
5 Comments:
Side issue: Isn't Gold Class a LICENSED AREA???
Doesn that not mean no minors?
It should do, but I think there's some loophole invovled with serving food. Don't get me started on licensing.
I think in regards to licensing, it would be like a pub...a kid can go in as long they are supervised and don't use the TAB or something...
As for main point, I just wroet something similar about my hatred of breeders...seeing people out with their snot nosed brats like that is a greatest contrception known to man. The amount of times I have had a scalpel, some aspro clear and a sewing needle and thread in hand, looking at my sack is too many to count
I'll confess, I am a breeder as of March this year.
(What can I say? Around the age of 30 the world suddenly looks different...)
Anyway, I am currently lamenting the fact that I may never go to see a movie in the cinema ever again. As it stands my wife and I haven't been to the movies since Walk The Line about a week before the birth.
My point is: apart from my child's negative impact on the other patrons, I wouldn't take my daughter to the movies because I actually go to the movies to watch the movie - not my child. (Kids movies areanother topic altogether, but once again, I don't really see the point.)
Having said that, I am a movie going purist - I even have been known to avoid Gold Class because I have had a few too many experiences where an integral plot point has been destroyed by the delivery of a refreshing beverage.
Ahh the eternal Gold Class debate. Hmm. Meet a man who eats more small weiners than Michael Jackson. - Gotta love Fark.com
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