What got you snoozin'?
April 9th 2008 12:40
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Sugar Rushing's great post about walking out of movies got me inspired. Walking out of a movie is a very decisive action. It requires a certain amount of internal dialogue: Is it going to get better? What about my hard earned $15? What about my date/friend/mum? Do they really hate it too or are they just being nice and going to punish me later? Can I see well enough not to trip over or cripple anyone on my way out?
Falling asleep in a movie, however, is mostly an involuntary thing. With it comes a slew of different problems - few of them controllable: snoring, the nods, drooling and the startle reflex that you have when something suddenly wakes you. Like your date/friend/mum.
I recall sitting through a completely forgettable film (I forget what it was hehe) watching the guy in front of me nod, nod, jerk, nod, nod, nod, STARTLE. It was far more entertaining watching him, well worth the money I paid for the crap movie.
For my own list of snoozers, I have to count Shrek 2 and Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas - largely because I was probably tired and well, bored. But my biggest snoozer would have to be Portrait of a Lady, understandably. I had been picked up to go and see it on a night out with brand new friends, and there was Nickers (Nicole Kidman) looking bewildered in every damn scene. I woke myself up with my own snoring, which my new friends were apparantly trying to ignore. Then they woke me up for the Intermission, in which I nearly burst into tears because I thought the movie had finished and the lady who had driven us was raving about the movie and couldn't wait for the second half. HALF?? There's more?? And you guessed it: no coffee to be bought for 50 kilometres at 10.30pm. Scarred me for life.
Falling asleep on the comfy couch watching a DVD doesn't count, but I would love to hear what movie did you watch from the wrong side of your eyelids?
Falling asleep in a movie, however, is mostly an involuntary thing. With it comes a slew of different problems - few of them controllable: snoring, the nods, drooling and the startle reflex that you have when something suddenly wakes you. Like your date/friend/mum.
I recall sitting through a completely forgettable film (I forget what it was hehe) watching the guy in front of me nod, nod, jerk, nod, nod, nod, STARTLE. It was far more entertaining watching him, well worth the money I paid for the crap movie.
For my own list of snoozers, I have to count Shrek 2 and Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas - largely because I was probably tired and well, bored. But my biggest snoozer would have to be Portrait of a Lady, understandably. I had been picked up to go and see it on a night out with brand new friends, and there was Nickers (Nicole Kidman) looking bewildered in every damn scene. I woke myself up with my own snoring, which my new friends were apparantly trying to ignore. Then they woke me up for the Intermission, in which I nearly burst into tears because I thought the movie had finished and the lady who had driven us was raving about the movie and couldn't wait for the second half. HALF?? There's more?? And you guessed it: no coffee to be bought for 50 kilometres at 10.30pm. Scarred me for life.
Falling asleep on the comfy couch watching a DVD doesn't count, but I would love to hear what movie did you watch from the wrong side of your eyelids?
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Comment by Cheryl J
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I love it - films that make you snore. I would have to say The Piano. To me it was the most mind-numbingly boring self indulgent crap, I think I slipped into a light coma around half way through.
And PS, Nicole looks bewildered in every role of every movie. I think she's been botoxed into that expression.
Comment by Alyson Hill
And as for Nickers, what can I say, after all she's been through including the many films of her bewildered looks, she should at least have those number 11 lines between her eyebrows like normal 40 year old women. I reckon she bathes in Botox too.