Posted by Kristian Golding on May 24, 2005
There is a huge movie complex not far from where I live called Muvico. Actually, there are a few of them around the place. This one has 24 cinemas – nothing to write home about when you come from a city that had a 31 cinema complex – but this place is all Egyptian themed and tries to be impressive in that respect. These cinemas weren’t as good as the 31 cinema complex though. Maybe it was the crowd.
I’ve noticed a bit of a contrast to movie-goers here and over in Australia. Over here there are a few people who lack respect for anyone else watching a movie and don’t recognise the fact that other people actually did pay to see the movie too. These people were constantly checking for messages on their mobile phones. I remember once I had a guy listening to his CD player at full volume sitting right next to me.
Point being, I went to see Star Wars episode 3. It was oooookay – but that was from going in with extremely low expectations. I guess those expectations were met. The wooden performances had me laughing in a couple of spots. I was thinking “does Lucas really expect me to buy into this?” Well, he got my money so I guess he really doesn’t care. The movie experience was perfectly summed up though when during the silent parts I was able to hear some guy behind me snoring.