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I don't do movies at theaters.
I've always been very fidgety, and have a short attention span. It's been even more of an issue, in my adult life, since I've been overweight much of that time, and feel like I'm probably being even more of a nuisance to seatmates, once I start squirming around in my seat. Especially those seatmates that are strangers.
Although I've been to a very few live theater, or other events with theater type seating over the last several years, the last actual movie I recall seeing in a theater, was probably around 13 years ago, seeing the then recently released Batman and Robin, at a then new 3,927,189 screen theater.
A buddy of mine and I had been out, just dinking around at a mall attached to the theater when he, on a whim, suggested we see the flick. I protested a bit, (he knew of my uncomfortableness in theater seating), but, he was driving, so I didn't have much choice.
IIRC, we still had plenty of time until the showing, when this decision was made, but my buddy (who generally runs late anyway) wasn't in any rush to get in and get seated. We ended up getting our popcorn and drinks, probably about the time they started showing the trailers. To him, it was no problem, because they boring as hell to sit through.
As (my bad) luck would have it, he ended up ahead of me in the concession line. He gets his stuff, and sez; "See ya in there!" I protest; "Wait! The lights are down in there! I won't be able to see! (I have very poor no/low light vision, and he knew that
). He replies; "Meh, you'll find me!"
I finally get my goodies, look around at the mini-marquee thingies to see where our flick is playing, and head into that darkened theater. Not wanting to be disruptive walking up and down the aisle,looking down each row to try to spot my buddy, I take a seat in a row at/toward the back. The movie is underway, and at each momentary flash of brightness from the screen, I'd take a quick glance around, hoping to spot him.
Now, because of all this, and the fact that I was so pissed off, and (sorry Batman fans), I wasn't hugely interested in the movie in the first place, I didn't realize that I had walked in, probably literally in the middle of the movie!
Yep, in about half the time it should have lasted, it was over!
What I had failed to notice, and wasn't aware that it was likely common in those Multi-Mega-Plex theaters, is they will being showing some movies on more than one screen! A quick look at the ticket, confirms I'd walked into the wrong screen. 
I actually don't remember much of what I did after that. Probably went to the right screen to watch the last half of the movie again. Don't even recall what happened after that upon meeting back up with my buddy. He probably asked where the fuck I'd been, and I probably told him I'd accidentally went to the wrong screen, then proceeded to chew his ass out for abandoning me,
although I'm sure he considered me the idiot, for choosing the wrong screen!
Mike
I've always been very fidgety, and have a short attention span. It's been even more of an issue, in my adult life, since I've been overweight much of that time, and feel like I'm probably being even more of a nuisance to seatmates, once I start squirming around in my seat. Especially those seatmates that are strangers.
Although I've been to a very few live theater, or other events with theater type seating over the last several years, the last actual movie I recall seeing in a theater, was probably around 13 years ago, seeing the then recently released Batman and Robin, at a then new 3,927,189 screen theater.
A buddy of mine and I had been out, just dinking around at a mall attached to the theater when he, on a whim, suggested we see the flick. I protested a bit, (he knew of my uncomfortableness in theater seating), but, he was driving, so I didn't have much choice.
IIRC, we still had plenty of time until the showing, when this decision was made, but my buddy (who generally runs late anyway) wasn't in any rush to get in and get seated. We ended up getting our popcorn and drinks, probably about the time they started showing the trailers. To him, it was no problem, because they boring as hell to sit through.
As (my bad) luck would have it, he ended up ahead of me in the concession line. He gets his stuff, and sez; "See ya in there!" I protest; "Wait! The lights are down in there! I won't be able to see! (I have very poor no/low light vision, and he knew that
). He replies; "Meh, you'll find me!"I finally get my goodies, look around at the mini-marquee thingies to see where our flick is playing, and head into that darkened theater. Not wanting to be disruptive walking up and down the aisle,looking down each row to try to spot my buddy, I take a seat in a row at/toward the back. The movie is underway, and at each momentary flash of brightness from the screen, I'd take a quick glance around, hoping to spot him.
Now, because of all this, and the fact that I was so pissed off, and (sorry Batman fans), I wasn't hugely interested in the movie in the first place, I didn't realize that I had walked in, probably literally in the middle of the movie!
Yep, in about half the time it should have lasted, it was over!
What I had failed to notice, and wasn't aware that it was likely common in those Multi-Mega-Plex theaters, is they will being showing some movies on more than one screen! A quick look at the ticket, confirms I'd walked into the wrong screen. I actually don't remember much of what I did after that. Probably went to the right screen to watch the last half of the movie again. Don't even recall what happened after that upon meeting back up with my buddy. He probably asked where the fuck I'd been, and I probably told him I'd accidentally went to the wrong screen, then proceeded to chew his ass out for abandoning me,
although I'm sure he considered me the idiot, for choosing the wrong screen! Mike
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