300 and Cinema Phone-Talkers
Sal and I saw 300 last night, and let me say it lived up to the hype. That was one intense movie. Sal also loved it, which was unexpected since it's such a hardcore "battle" movie.
During the movie a phone started ringing in the row in front of us, about two seats left of me. That's annoying enough, but the owner (a young girl there with her boyfriend) actually answered it! She almost hung up when I stretched across and kicked the back of her seat hard, but even that didn't deter her.
Leaving your phone on in a cinema is bad enough, but every so often someone forgets to turn it off so it's excuseable once in a while. Answering incoming calls is a different story.
I don't blame her, though. She answered a phone during a movie in a theatre, so she's obviously mentally-retarded. It's the boyfriend I blame. For god's sake man, take the phone off the retarded girl before you go into the theatre.
Comments
# H
7/04/2007 7:28 PM
Hey, he's going out with her, so maybe he also has some kind of impediment?
# mabster
7/04/2007 9:24 PM
You could be onto something there, H. Maybe it's society's fault. There should be some sort of exam that you have to pass before you're allowed to carry a mobile phone.
# Andrew Tobin
7/04/2007 11:41 PM
Heh, someones phone rang when I took my nephew to see TMNT too - and there was only a few of us in the cinema...
Luckily it happened during the previews so it worked in my favour as a reminder to everyone to turn em off.
I really wish they had some sort of mobile blockers for the cinema but then you know someones grandma is going to have a medical emergency. die. then sue the cinema for their phone not working and missing out on their grammy's last moments.
A visual cue before the start of the movie would still be nice though.
Or maybe some bluetooth control that makes phones go on silent ring.
# H
14/04/2007 11:54 PM
I declare a jihad on all cinema phone talkers.