Friday, February 18, 2011

Dear movie-going family

Dear family that sat two rows behind me,

I thoroughly enjoyed hearing you chow down on your hot dogs, chili nachos, titan-sized drinks, and popcorn during the film (afterall, this is TX and everything is bigger here including the people and appetites). I really hope that your goal is to make your son and daughter have heart attacks before they reach the age when they can procreate. That way my children won't have to have the same experience I'm sure their children will repeat. There's a reason that we say "dinner AND a movie" not "dinner AT the movie". I guess you don't find it strange biting into a nice juicy hot dog loaded with ketchup and mustard while someone is gushing blood from a neck wound on the big screen. You're just so hungry and disgusting that you want to promote your lifestyle for everyone around you. I thought that touching moment between the protagonist and his wife went well with the background crunching of nachos and the request from your wife for a napkin. At least she asked for a napkin.

Moral of the story:
I think I'm almost a reasonable person. I expect the usual sounds of people eating popcorn, shuffling noisy treats from a box of candy, trying to get the 2 last drops of your drink out with a straw. I don't expect you and your litter of children spending 15 minutes ordering your disgusting feast and then having to hear it for an hour and a half of my life. Since when did we decide that hotdogs and chili nachos were an acceptable movie-going snack? Not to mention the 2000 calorie mega drink? Many of us actually get to the theatre to see the coming attractions. When I get there 10-15 minutes early I expect to get a small or medium drink, maybe some popcorn if I'm with someone, or some candy and then enter the theatre to see the previews. I don't expect to wait for you, your wife, and your gaggle of morbidly-obese, annoying, spoiled, underage (for an R movie) children to pick the elements of your next heart attack.

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