by Nanette Piotrowski

Created on: May 13, 2010

You've waited all month watching the commercials for a movie you're dying to see. It's finally in the theatre and you've made plans to go.

You scrimped and saved (since you're on a budget), to buy the ticket, soda and popcorn, which cost a fortune now, and you can't wait to see if it's as good as the commercials make it out to be.

Saturday night arrives and you're standing in line with the hundreds of others who came to enjoy this great movie. You get inside and pick a favorite spot, munching on your popcorn, waiting for the lights to go down.

Soon the lights dim and the trailers for upcoming movies start the evenings excitement. No sooner does the movie start and you hear a bawling baby.

Not only is the baby crying, but you realize that it's coming from directly behind you. Oh, great! You try to concentrate so you don't miss what is going on, but as loud as the movie is, the baby is louder.

You would think that the mother would go to the lobby to calm the child down, but she doesn't, so you are forced to move to another seat.

You find another location and try to catch up with what's going on in the movie. About 30 minutes in, you've finally figured out what's going on, when you hear someone's cellphone going off.

Instead of the person turning it off, they decide to answer it and regale to the listener what has happened so far and how great the special affects are; in great detail in a very loud voice. Everyone is going, "shhh", but that doesn't seem to bother that person.

So the only way to get away from it is to move again. This time you move to a very inconvenient spot, but there are several seats around you that are empty. Maybe, just maybe, you'll be able to see the rest of the movie in peace.

As you're trying to catch up 'again' to what's going on in the movie, you feel something hit the back of your head. You just kind of ignore it but a couple of minutes later, it happens again only this time, you realize what it is.

Someone is throwing popcorn from somewhere behind you. That's the last straw. You go to the lobby and look for someone in charge. You tell the manager about the squalling baby, the cellphone incident and the popcorn thrower.

The manager apologizes profusely, but there is nothing he can really do unless he catches people doing things. Still angry, you go back into the movie, only to realize that the credits are running and people are coming at you.

So much for the month long anticipation of the movie and the unnecessary expense to go just because people are uncouth. Recommendation for future movies? Wait til they come out on DVD and watch it in the peace of your own home, make your own popcorn and enjoy.

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