I'm Simmering (A Trip to the Movies Part 1: The Present)

So this afternoon, Brian and I went to go see the Michael Jackson movie This Is It. If you don't know, this movie is about the rehearsals of the concert that Jackson was to perform in England before his death. So I would say that if you don't like Michael Jackson or his music, you would have no interest in this film. However, I LOVE his music, so for me, it was very thrilling. I very much enjoyed this film. It was very interesting to see Jackson go through his process, from choosing the dancers (YES) to the actual rehearsing of the songs, to the way that he wanted to see his vision performed for the audience. Say what you will about him, Jackson was a performer through and through and it really really showed in this documentary. He wanted to make sure that everything was perfect, the dancers, the songs, the crazy 3D movies. Everything. If this tour would have happened, it would have been AMAZING. Not that I had tickets to go or anything, but it was just going to be very intense. A lot of songs, a lot of awesomeness, crazy 3-D movies for THRILLER. It was just going to be good. If you have any interest in seeing this, you should go very soon, as it's only in theatres for 2 weeks. It just opened yesterday.

I love going to the movies. Patrick does not until we get there and then he enjoys himself. I've really been struggling because I used to go to the movies all the time and now I don't. So I'm going to make an effort during the week to go so that I can see all of the movies that I want to see, on my own time, and ask what movies he would be upset about if I saw without him (This is It was not one of them).

However, I also have a lot of movie codes. So we went to the show at 1:30pm on a Thursday. There were 6 other people in the theatre other than us, which is awesome. HOWEVER a couple sat very very close to us; in the row right in front of us, two seats to the side of Brian. That is TOO close when there is no one else around. There are almost a hundred other seats you could choose from and you want to be right up under some people? That's weird. And then. They talked through the whole movie, answered phones and made out. Right when someone was behind them. and it's not like Brian and I were at the very top. no no no. We were in the middle and there was tons of seating behind us. Also, this would be ok if they weren't over 35. Because they were. So that's messed up.

So that was my experience for today. Look out for tomorrow's post, where I FINALLY talk about Twilight because New Moon is coming out soon, so it feels very apropos for right now.