I went to a movie last week (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). Enjoyed it. Went again this afternoon to see 'The Help'. Loved it! A lot of the time I 'm disappointed after leaving theatres and think...."hmmmm...I probably could have done better." 'The Help' definitely deserves an Oscar nomination--and a win in my opinion. Really good flick.
When I got to the movie house, there was a long line of people outside. Luckily, Mary Norton beat me there and she was 3rd from the front so I got to go to the head of the line. Deer Park Theatre people don't have their act together as far as organizing crowds so it was a heck of a mess trying to find the end of the line inside the lobby as people were trying to exit and buy popcorn. They also didn't let folks know that certain movies were seating people and it wasn't necessary to get in the line. I think I'll give them a call or write them a note. Somebody needs to do a better job.
Anyhow, our movie was about 3/4 full but we got nice seats and could see very well. At one point, we saw two very old ladies trying to decide if they wanted to climb over four people to get to some center seats by me. I got up and moved over two so they could sit where me and Mary were. I think one was half blind and the other half deaf by the way they couldn't figure out where to sit. One lady said: "Where are you Emma? I can't find you." (she was standing right next to her) Mary told me later the woman next to her had her hearing aid turned on real high and she kept hearing this buzzing sound.
Walking out to the cars afterwards, I heard this guy complain to his wife: You just don't know how uncomfortable it is to have people on either side of you eating popcorn. It was noisy and it smelled! Always interesting to see how older audiences react in movies. I'm watching to see if everyone has as hard a time getting up to walk as I do, and I was pretty sure there was going to be applause. (And there was) A few sat there because they wanted to read the credits.
I could have gone in there blindfolded and know that it was older folks watching the movie just by the audio reactions I heard. Especially when the blacks were verbally mistreated or the children or wives were not treated well. You could hear the murmurs of disapproval and almost make out "tsk tsks". And they laughed out loud at a lot of the funny stuff too. I often smile or chuckle a bit but I don't usually laugh out loud too much. Usually when I do laugh loud, I'm the only one laughing. (What's that tell 'ya?) Like today....I think I laughed out loud when this lady puked. I guess that's what amuses me.
I decided to stop at Safeway on the way home to pick up Chinese for dinner. Bought two little boxes of chow mein and sweet and sour chicken and reheated broccoli in the fridge. Only ate half of it so now I've got tomorrow's supper as well.
Ruth called me while I was driving and said I won one of the gift baskets at the alumni booth. Boy, was I surprised! I usually only buy one ticket every year but this time they had two baskets so I spent $5 on tickets. I don't know what's all in there but I'll find out this Friday when I meet the girls at the casino for lunch. I'll probably use a lot of the stuff for Christmas presents.
If you go to the Leader website, you can click on some YouTube videos of the fair. Interesting to see. One shot especially was taken from the grandstands and did a sweeping view. There sure was a lot of the fair I didn't see again this year. Disappointing to me as I would have liked to wandered around and browsed every corner of the place. Hopefully, next year I'll be in better shape. Yeah, like that's gonna happen.
Well, gotta go wash a few dishes and get my jammies on. Intend to watch a video I checked out of the library. Looked over the Sunday night lineup and couldn't find one thing of interest. I am taping Breaking Bad but it's on at 10 pm and I'll be in bed by that time.
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