really?

yesterday, because i am a good friend, i went with ansley to see the sex and the city movie. this blog isn't really about the movie. it's about the movie theater. and the movie patrons.

we had to stand in line to buy tickets. that was fine. true, i haven't actually had to stand in a longish line for movie tix in a long time, but whatever. we buy our tickets, we get a pretzel and some popcorn. we walk into the theater and it's packed. packed. like so packed we can barely find two seats together. and when we do, we're told time and again 'these are saved.' most of the saved seats had a bag or a sweater marking them.

then we spy two sets of two-seats together. one in the front row. one in the second row. both rows essentially suck for seating, right? i mean, who wants to be that close to the screen - ever? so i make my way to the two-seats in the second row. i stand there for, like, three minutes while ansley scours the higher-up seats for more decent seating.

'nothing together,' she says. i scoot into the second row aisle to sit down. ansley makes her way through the darkened theater to join me.

'0h, gosh,' says a girl four seats in. 'we're saving those.'

'you're saving these?' ansley asks, about the time the previews gear up to start.

'yeah.'

'are your friends here?' she asks.

'they're in line.'

'for food?'

'no, they're still getting their tickets.'

at this point, i chime in. 'well, the movie is starting.'

and ansley says, 'and we have our tickets already and we're in here. can't we just go ahead and sit down? i'm sorry your friends aren't technically here yet, but...'

'we are,' i say. 'and the movie is starting. and we don't really want to sit in the front row.'

'gosh,' the girl seat-saver says. 'i mean, they're in line...'

'but -' ansley starts, then stops. we shake our heads. we go around to the front row and sit in our shitty seats.

so here's my beef. we all want to save seats for our friends, esp. for an [apparently] big movie opening weekend. but if (a) the movie is STARTING, (b) your friends are still in the TICKET LINE, (c) people who bought their tickets and are IN THE THEATER as the MOVIE IS STARTING while your lame-ass friends who can't show up in time ARE STILL IN LINE FOR TICKETS, well, obviously the folks in the theater when the MOVIE IS STARTING should just be able to freaking sit down in the not-so-lame seats in the second row, right? i mean, i'm not being unreasonable, am i?

quick thoughts on the movie

• i liked the fashion
• i love sarah jessica parker
• the smith jerrod guy is a hottie
• too much story, too short an amount of time
• miranda said it all with 'oh, i thought it was feathers' when it was apparently a bird