Today Terry and I wanted to go to the International Cinema to see Slumdog Millionaire. Now, I just wanted to see it because I'd heard it was such a good movie, but since I don't watch R-rated films, I hadn't ever seen it. The university edits films and shows them for free in one of the buildings on campus, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to see a film I wouldn't otherwise watch. There were two showings - one at 1pm and one at 8pm. We showed up to the afternoon viewing only to be sadly turned away because the theater was full. Thinking that we were being very clever, we showed up to the 8 o'clock showing just after 7. By the time we got there, the line wound all the way through the building, out the door, and several hundred feet past that. Seriously?! Other campuses boycott things like censored movies! It's something people abhor, and yet we encourage and embrace it. And the funny thing is, people actually waited in this line. We waited in it because we were just outside the building and thought we might actually have a small chance at getting into the theater, which holds about 300 people. But the hundreds of people behind us must have known that they weren't getting in.
The line finally started moving when the movie they showed just before it finished. We didn't make it.
And just a word to those who were saving seats while dozens of people were standing in the aisles, demanding that they be given the seats since they were actually there in person, or even waving money around and offering to pay for a seat to the FREE movie - rude. Very rude. Take a look at the situation, realize that the people standing in front of you actually waited in line, while the friend you're saving the seat for obviously didn't, and give up the seat. Ok rant over.
I've decided that if I really want to see the movie that badly, I can borrow it from my dad and take it to my mom's house and watch it on her clearplay. But the odds of me going through both of my parents to watch this movie are extremely thin. I suppose I shall just forever live in curiosity over what this movie really is about. Really, how much can I be missing?
It's a beautifully done movie, but it is also hard to watch. Im sure a lot of it would be taken out simply because the content is very difficult. The poverty and violence portrayed is horrific. The storyline is amazing though. I didn't know what it was about when I went to the theater and I came out thinking it was one of the best movies I'd seen in a long time. I would be interested to know if you do see it what you think. Part of its beauty is the opposition between the terrible situation and the inherent good of a few characters, but I'm not sure that would come out as much without the strong contrast. Does that make any sense?
ReplyDeleteEither that or dad just drilled that there must be opposition in all things into my head so much that thats all I can see.... hhhmmm
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