I used to think movie screenings were for the journalistic elite. Siskel, Ebert, the whole shi-bang. But then I discovered they were giving away passes through www.philadelphiaweekly.com, so I didn't feel so special. Then when I realized what movie it was (Extraordinary Measures "starring" Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser) I felt even less privileged. But it was free and I surely enjoy attending the cinema. Once inside the theater, looking around at my fellow critics, I felt that I was no longer elite, nor just a lucky chap seeing a free flick, but I was being punished for some wrongdoing towards a higher power. I'll let you imagine the audience I'm talking about but I'm sure you've seen a movie with them before. The talking, crying, chewing, getting up in the middle of the movie several times type crowd. Awful.
But I did my civic duty. Completing the online survey once I got home and awarding Extraordinary Measures two out of five stars (any movie that you cry during, even if its because the large woman next to you keeps crushing your forearm with her elbow, deserves more than one).
I will have to be more selective towards my screenings in the future.
Movie screening, check.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment