It's a Movie, not the Frakkin' Beatles!

Aargh!! Went and saw the Twilight movie yesterday, twice. God help me, I should have stopped after the first viewing, but the second viewing date was set with the fellow Twi-hard sister-in-law, weeks in advance. And in my defense, I had a wonderful viewing experience in the early afternoon showing with fellow Twi-hard best friend, so how was I to know that the evening showing was going to be the most painful and God awful viewing experience since either The Lawnmower Man or Highlander 2, whichever came out the most recent.

Where do I start in regards to last night's showing: the pain of waiting in line for a movie I've already seen and didn't have to wait in line for earlier in the day; with the over 30 crowd who brought their significant others, by mistake; with the mom's who brought their 8 year old boys, by mistake; with the girls that would not shut up with the screaming, not by mistake; or with the inappropriate laughing, also, not by mistake.

The first showing was awesome- at my favorite theater (Big Newport), early afternoon, 20 people in the theater, quiet, respectful- an overall pleasant movie going experience (ignoring the fact that the movie disappointed upon first viewing).

The second showing was painful- at one of my least favorite theaters (Irvine Spectrum otherwise know as "the closets"); prime time; a sold out audience; loud-due to nonstop screaming; a very disrespectful crowd that talked and laughed continuously- an overall horrendous movie going experience (ignoring the fact that the movie actually improved upon second viewing).

Really, was it necessary for the tweens, teens, twenty somethings, and mom's (too!) to scream, at the top of their lungs every time one of the beloved vampires came into view? NO! But worse was the inappropriate laughing, yes the film was oozing cheese (thanks Catherine, BTW, your directing = horrible!), but did you all have to project your uncomfortable giggles to the point where they heard you two theaters over?! If I hadn't noted the "welcome to Irvine" sign driving up to the Spectrum, I would've sworn I was somewhere in the 909 (area code slang for the valley of the dirt people, or just Riverside to non-Southern Californians), the trailer park trash was that prevalent.

The movie is just a 6/10 and yes, I've already been to IMDb to log my vote, but the viewing experience for #2, was a -6/10. Thank you to every bonehead at the 8:00 viewing...it's an experience I'll regrettably never forget.