Fact: I love movies. I love watching movies at home, that is. Carrie and I went to go see Dan in Real Life last night, which was quite good, but once again reminded me as to why we don't go to theaters anymore. Sure, there's the price that's a factor, but we had a deal where we both got in for $2. So that wasn't it. Of course, it was all the annoying people in the theater.
At first, things looked like they'd be good. The theater wasn't full, and the audience was mostly older. So far so good. Unfortunately, during the previews, about a dozen teenagers (imagine me saying that word with as much disgust and vehement loathing as I can muster) run giggling into the theater. We were spared somewhat as most of them left a few minutes into the movie once they realized that Dane Cook wasn't going to be funny nor was Carell going to be repeating a 40 year-old virgin role. Still, those that stayed back made their presence known, even from the very back of the theater. Someone was playing a game on their cell phone or something to that effect because there were constant beep, beep, beeps coming from the back row. It was even so bad that one of the group even told that individual to be quiet.
If I recall from a recent Oscars show that some executive was bemoaning the lack of people going to theaters and was trying to romanticize the experience. I'm sorry, but I'm going to be sticking to my home theater for a long, long time to come.
Oh, and you should see Dan in Real Life. It was good.
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