I agree with your sentiments about the teenagers (although I am in fact an ADHD teenage girl…so let’s just pretend you didn’t pseudo insult me and move on :P ) I actually had to tell someone to shut up for the first time in a theatre while watching Drag Me To Hell (Prick actually answered his phone, not to say “I’m in the theatre call me back”, which would have been bad enough, but to TALK! For about a full 10 minutes before I threw popcorn at him and told him to shut it) there was nothing I could do about the texting girls though.

I loved the movie though! Completely a Sam Raimi horrorfest, it was all I could do to keep from cheering when the Classic showed up. And I had a silly grin on my face throughout.

Likes:

The cat sacrifice, possibly the funniest scene in the film! The completely character 380 from “I could never kill an animal! I’m vegetarian!” to “Here kitty kitty” within 10 minutes. Classic.

Christine projectile bleeding all over her boss

Digging up Mrs. Ganush’s grave…although I’d actually have preferred Christine to have drowned after being hit with the cross. It would have been ironic. But then again there would have been no dragging to Hell and that was satisfying too.

Dislikes:

I agree that Justin Long wasn’t that great in this film, which is weird because I absolutely love the actor. Although I did like the last shot of him in shock…it made me feel really sad actually. Almost made up for the rest of his character (esp. him NOT going after Christine when she freaked out at dinner, that part made me really dislike the character.)

We picked great seats away from the majority, upper center. The beginning gave me the creeps, don’t like to see kids die…just rubs me the wrong way. Anyway, about 10 minutes in a group of teens come storming in. And guess where they sit? Yep, right by us, ugh. The movie was entertaining and I was in it for the duration until I figured out the cat was going to get it…I’m done. Between that and the teenagers antics we left that place with our money back and a couple of free passes. From there it was ice cream and The Godfather in the comfort of our home and pjs…but I wish I knew what happened. I just can’t do animal killing, esp since I just got a cat that looks almost identical to the one in the movie.

ThudThudTHUD as the four teenage girls behind us, couldn’t have been older than 14, kicked our seats and the empty seats beside us. Constant talking from them through previews. Movie starts, get partway through entry scene of Drag Me To Hell and I had enough, turned around and looked at them in the eyes and told them to be quite. They said “ok, sorry” so I said “thanks” and went back to the movie.

Five minutes later I hear some whispering and slight giggling – not a problem. Hey, we all whisper to our movie-going-partners from time to time and they’re kids. As long as it doesn’t disrupt my movie experience I’m fine.

Ten minutes later they forget about keeping it quite and giggle and talk louder, I half turn, hold up my hand (with my coffee cup) and motion them to settle down. A minute later they kick the chairs a last time and leave their seats to go sit somewhere else, presumably someplace where there isn’t someone with the nerve to tell them to shut up.

On the plus side, they could have been worse. Or maybe a 6′4″ guy without a hint of amusement in his eyes sitting in close proximity telling them to be quiet was the trick, who knows.

Sadly, had a similar thing happen at he last movie we saw out. I forget what the movie was but it wasn’t teenage girls – it was a bunch of 20-something stoners :) They didn’t smell like alcohol and… yeah…. they were stoned. They were cool when I asked nicely if they could quiet down a bit.

“Here, kitty…” …LOVED Christine’s facial expressions during the “I used to have a cat” discussion.

that was one of the best parts… and the goat… can’t wait for it to be out long enough to get a vid clip of the goat…

The Movie God has a point, most of the time I have a better experience watching a movie at home on my HDTV, surround sound system, and Blu-ray player than I do in the theater with jerks. The temptation to “wait for Blu-ray” is getting harder and harder to resist.

The actual movie itself was awesome and I had a hard time getting to sleep last night as a result. Classic Raimi! So glad the studio didn’t seem to hinder him the way they did in Spider-Man 3.

I’m interested to hear if The Movie God and Empress Eve are looking forward to Spider-Man 4.

Now, I’m not saying I was the perfect teen, always well-behaved and such. But when I was growing up, you didn’t talk through an entire movie and disturb everyone around you. And the text ARGHHHHHHHHH! WTF? You’re sitting in a theater with 12 of your friends, who the fuck is there left to text?

I’m not sure what would have given this film an R, except for a few curse words and nude scene. The movie didn’t feel at all like it was cut down to make the PG-13 rating, but hey, maybe it was. In horror, I guess you have to be ‘Hostel’ to warrant an R rating.

Truth is, these are the people studios MAKE PG-13 movies for. It’s not because they can get away with more – that’s horse shit. It’s because these are given the money to get them out of the damn house, and they bull-rush these movies whether they’re good or not.

You know how many people reacted scared while I was seeing “White Noise”? A lot. If it screams “BOO!”, they devour it.

The fact of the matter is, these brain-dead jackasses can’t form a logical thought without a half-naked chick on MTV with a wad of Big League Chew where her brain should be telling them what to think.

This is the future of our country, folks. Mike Judge’s ‘Idiocracy’ may just not be that far off.

This is why I haven’t been to the movies since July.