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Movie Moments

by Derek on August 2nd, 2011
Movie Moments

This is a very old story and I’m probably not doing this justice because it’s nearly 1 AM and I need to get a comic done before I go to sleep. Short story short, we were in the movie theater and there were people behind us trying to get to a seat. Apparently someone who was already sitting had brought their dog with them to a dark theater where the possibility of them being stepped on was incredibly high. The possibility of their dog getting restless by sitting on the sticky floor of a movie theater for two hours I’m guessing was even higher.

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Movie Theater Man

by Derek on July 27th, 2011
Movie Theater Man

I’m not usually the guy to fully go over to a person and ask them to be quiet but it has been known to happen. Usually I try to do the head turn and the eye contact first. This happened when we went to the matinee for Super 8. When these two guys came into the theater I’d say the movie was already 2/3 over so I’m guessing they were theater hopping. Not only did they come into the theater and start talking but it was during a very quiet scene. In fact, they seemed to prefer talking during quiet scenes. So I finally asked them to keep their voices down, the guy gave me a few nods and then they shut up from then on. PHEW.

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The Movie Inquisition

by Derek on June 20th, 2011
The Movie Inquisition

We went to see “Thor” finally which was a very fun movie. As per our usual routine we went to a matinee showing and there were a little more than a dozen other people in the theater. A couple behind me was whispering during the movie. I did manage to make eye contact with the girl which made her be quiet for a little while, but she couldn’t resist asking questions about stuff that her boyfriend was in no position to know the answer to (but would be explained by the movie later on of course).

Also a guy across the walkway in front of me was texting during the movie. I think someone needs to invent blinders like horses have, but for use in the movie theater.

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Almost Empty Movie Theater

by Derek on November 13th, 2009
Almost Empty Movie Theater

Does this happen to everyone or just me? When we went to see “Where the Wild Things Are” a group of four people sat right behind us in an empty theater and started talking. Then yesterday we went to see the last screening of “Ong-Bak 2″ and the theater was completely empty until another couple sat directly behind us. They didn’t talk thankfully, but isn’t that sort of like sitting next to someone on the subway when other seats are empty?


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Movie Theater Fail

by Derek on August 24th, 2009
Movie Theater Fail

I can’t decide who I think is dumber. This guy who went to the movies (on a date mind you) but didn’t check to see if the movie he wanted to see was even playing at that theater! Or the people who just go to the movie theater with no specific movie in mind to see and pick from what’s available.

It’s times like this that I realize that the way I go to movies might not be what the majority of people do. I’m always the one ordering online if I’m at all certain that it’ll be difficult to get a ticket, showing up at least an hour early to get a good seat and then sitting through all the end credits.

Maybe in reality most people go to the movies and just pick one, show up to the theater five minutes before showtime and leave as soon as the movie fades to black (if not before).


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Trailer Line Tracking

by Derek on August 18th, 2009
Trailer Line Tracking

I went to see District 9 with a whole bunch of friends yesterday. If you like science fiction you’re probably already intrigued or have seen it already. If you haven’t seen it SEE IT ALREADY!!! It’s rare to see such a well produced film that’s totally original and has such amazing story, special effects, makeup and practical effects and just EVERYTHING. Turns out the trailer spoiled more than I thought but not as much as it could’ve. I’ve been saturated with commercials for it on TV, but was pleasantly surprised how little was actually shown.

Anyway, this comic is about something that I do with all movies. Since I’m a trailer junkie there are certain movies that I’ve basically memorized all the trailer dialogue. Especially if I see multiple TV spots I know going into a movie that I’m not going to be laughing at certain jokes because I’ve heard them so many times before. I almost wish I didn’t like trailers so much because then I could see more movies fresh which is always a unique experience.

When I saw Tim Burton’s “Planet of the Apes” I remember being so distracted because all the dialogue takes used in the trailer were different from the ones in the film. Also in Star Wars Episode I there was one line of dialogue that was cut in a different order (There’s something else behind this, they will kill you if you stay).

Luckily the “There’re a lot of secrets in District 9″ and a lot of the expository dialogue was at the very beginning so I wasn’t waiting for the dialogue to come up.

Oh and btw, SEE IT NOW!!!

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Movie Theater Bathroom Tease

by Derek on July 10th, 2009
Movie Theater Bathroom Tease

I was at the Loews E-Walk theater in Times Square (when I went to see “Drag Me to Hell”) when I had to go to the bathroom before the movie started. Turns out that when they clean the bathroom at that theater they have a little fence thingy they use to close the entrance while they clean. I waited for a bit and then I saw a theater worker go to the door, stand around for a bit and then go back to the bathroom. Turns out there were two of them there but only one seemed to be cleaning. After I realized they were taking their sweet time I went to the other side of the theater to use the other bathroom.

I wonder if they close it on policy or because the two theater workers were women? Either way, it was pretty irritating.


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Drag Me to Hell

by Derek on July 7th, 2009
Drag Me to Hell

Went to see “Drag me to Hell” for Anna’s birthday. It’s been on our list since we first heard that it got very positive reviews and I think we got it on its last week or so (as of the writing of this post it’s only playing in two theaters in the city). I’ll post a full review of it soon, but sufficient to say it was indeed very good, scary and lots of fun. Thing is that scary movies if well done work on me pretty well, but no matter what Anna doesn’t flinch in the slightest during movies.

The good/fun thing about the movie is that Sam Raimi would often do the lead up to the scare and maybe the fake out and then the big scare. BUT he’d then continue for several more moments just hitting you over the head with it relentlessly and it worked! Lots of times in scary movies after the first initial scare you’re into the action and it’s not scary anymore, but every scene managed to take things further and still be scary and intense throughout. The movie also had some elements of humor and a few very Evil Dead-like moments without ever fully going for comedy.

Highly recommended (if when you’re reading this it’s still in theaters go see it!) I’ll probably do some more comics about the people who were in the audience at my screening…


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Free Passes

by Derek on June 23rd, 2009
Free Passes

Last night we went to see “Ip Man” which is part of the New York Asian Film Festival. I had been meaning to watch it for a long time but never got around to getting the DVD. The movie was very good and the fight choreography was excellent. I need to get the DVD so I can watch the fights slowly over and over again.

Anyway, the film stopped no less than FOUR TIMES. The people at the theater said something about the people who previously had the print not splicing it correctly or something. We ended up with about half an hour of downtime if you combined all the delays together. Fortunately it was never during a fight scene, but it was still very irritating.

Anyway, they gave each of us two complimentary passes which can’t be used for sold out shows. I think what they meant was that it had to be traded for a ticket and that you couldn’t just walk into a movie as if it were a ticket.


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Pixar’s “Up”

by Derek on June 8th, 2009
Pixar’s “Up”

Seriously, this guy was pretty into it. He wasn’t as loud as the guy next to me when I saw Star Trek, and he was behind me and to the left, but it was still audible. I think his swearing was what I found most amusing. I’m guessing he lacked internal monologue.


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