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Okay, earlier I thought we had exhausted this topic. But we haven't.My wife & I went to see "Invincible" at a Cinemark theater--so-so movie, but I thought Wahlberg and Kinnear were okay. I am stunned, however, that Vince Papale did actually run a 4.5 "40" at age 30! It is true that wideouts today run in the 4.4xs (anybody in the 4.3xs?--it wouldn't surprise me), but in 1976, a 4.5 "40" must have made this guy one of the fastest on the team.
Cool high school dude with two good looking girl(-)friends came in after we had our seats and sat in front of us. No big deal . . .
He was so cool that he didn't wear his baseball cap with the bill in the back--it was angling to the right at about 45 degrees. One blonde sat on one side, and the other blonde on the other.
All three took out their cell phones and turned the "ringers" off before the movie started. I'm not sure why this can't be done outside the theater before entering, but hey, some people part their hair on the left and some on the right--fair enough.
However, repeatedly during the course of the movie, each of them--at different times--flipped open their phones and "played" with them. I don't know whether they were text messaging, checking their messages or calls, but those BRIGHT displays were distracting. It is kind of like turning a flashlight on and off in a darkened theater throughout the course of a movie. The guy even put his cell phone to his ear so he could listen to messages during the movie.
I left my cell phone at home--intentionally; I only take it when I'm "on call," and I put it on vibrate and dont' take it out of my pocket unless it vibrates. If I get a call, I just get up and go out in the lobby.
I still like going to the movies, but the less people in the theater, the better.
townsend
Follow Ups:
At one of the newer Stars Wars movies a few years back (I can't remember which one, as I found all of the modern ones completely forgettable and disappointingly horrible), after the movie started up a kid's cell phone went off. He answered it and said"Nothin', I'm at the movies."
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For months now at our local cineplex I have had to sit through the ANNOYING AWFUL STUPID Cingular cell 'phone warning with Steve Martin in his stupid role of Inspectpre Clouseau. Today I sent an email to to the management complaining about this ruination of the theatrical ecperience.
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Who's aggitat'in my dots?
I was at a Chicago Symphony concert a few weeks ago, and some boob from Naperville insisted on repeatedly taking picture with his cell phone through out the performance.I predict within 5 years it will no longer be possible to enjoy any kind of public event.
my .02
John
Which requires "lighting it up" and is very, very distracting. Anybody who has to check his messages in a movie doesn't belong there PERIOD. Doctor, real estate agent, pimp, it doesn't matter. Leave it in the car or rent the DVD because you really don't give a crap about the movie. Apparently cell users are so self-absorbed that don't realize or care they are creating just as much as a distraction as talking on them.
Who's aggitat'in my dots?
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