Laugh like no one can hear you
Rayce and I see a lot of movies over the summer. It's like a rule with us. Every weekend we see a movie, even if we've already seen it already and just really really want to see it again. We're movie people, what can I say.
Anyhoo, last weekend we saw "ICE AGE 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." (Which now I get that song "Everybody walk the dinosaur... Boom, boom, chaka-laka-laka boom" caught in my head at least once a day. Ha, I probably did it to you) It was bloody fantastic! We didn't see it in 3D though, b/c I'm a wimp and 3D freaks me out.
We went to a late viewing of the movie, so it was a pretty small theater. By the time the previews started, there were only two other couples besides us. They both seemed around our age, maybe a little older. So it's one couple way at the top, Rayce and I in the middle, and another couple closer to the screen. Big emptiness... And two other couples. I must admit, it was kinda weird. It's like I almost didn't want to laugh too hard in fear that they would hear me.
You see, the great thing about seeing a movie with a whole bunch of people in it is that you don't stand out (except when I do my throat-laugh-thing). You're laughing just as hard as the guy next to you. But in this case, Rayce and I definitely stood out.
The couple in front of us didn't laugh. Like at all. They either didn't laugh or they laughed really low, b/c we couldn't hear them. The woman from the couple behind us laughed out loud a few times. Rayce and I— we were like freakin kindergarteners in that theater!!! We were laughing our booties off! And yes, I did my throat-laugh-thing a time or two.
I mean Rayce and I were trying to be quiet at first, but then there comes a point where you have to silently stand up and say, "Screw you guys, I came to see a cartoon and LAUGH!"
Rayce laughed like 2 minutes when the tiger first lost its breath. I laughed and said "That's great" repeatedly during the whole squirrel tango sequence. We both laughed when the sloth was lecturing the T-Rex about him talking and her saying "grrr." And finally we BUSTED UP when the squirrel winked and jerked up the acorn as he and his girl were rocketing back up to the surface, leaving her falling back down. It was the perfect "F You" moment that was so surprising and completely hilarious!!
So moral of the story— don't be weirded-out by other couples and their lack of humor awareness. Just sit back and laugh like you were 10 years old again. That's what cartoons are for.
Anyhoo, last weekend we saw "ICE AGE 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." (Which now I get that song "Everybody walk the dinosaur... Boom, boom, chaka-laka-laka boom" caught in my head at least once a day. Ha, I probably did it to you) It was bloody fantastic! We didn't see it in 3D though, b/c I'm a wimp and 3D freaks me out.
We went to a late viewing of the movie, so it was a pretty small theater. By the time the previews started, there were only two other couples besides us. They both seemed around our age, maybe a little older. So it's one couple way at the top, Rayce and I in the middle, and another couple closer to the screen. Big emptiness... And two other couples. I must admit, it was kinda weird. It's like I almost didn't want to laugh too hard in fear that they would hear me.
You see, the great thing about seeing a movie with a whole bunch of people in it is that you don't stand out (except when I do my throat-laugh-thing). You're laughing just as hard as the guy next to you. But in this case, Rayce and I definitely stood out.
The couple in front of us didn't laugh. Like at all. They either didn't laugh or they laughed really low, b/c we couldn't hear them. The woman from the couple behind us laughed out loud a few times. Rayce and I— we were like freakin kindergarteners in that theater!!! We were laughing our booties off! And yes, I did my throat-laugh-thing a time or two.
I mean Rayce and I were trying to be quiet at first, but then there comes a point where you have to silently stand up and say, "Screw you guys, I came to see a cartoon and LAUGH!"
Rayce laughed like 2 minutes when the tiger first lost its breath. I laughed and said "That's great" repeatedly during the whole squirrel tango sequence. We both laughed when the sloth was lecturing the T-Rex about him talking and her saying "grrr." And finally we BUSTED UP when the squirrel winked and jerked up the acorn as he and his girl were rocketing back up to the surface, leaving her falling back down. It was the perfect "F You" moment that was so surprising and completely hilarious!!
So moral of the story— don't be weirded-out by other couples and their lack of humor awareness. Just sit back and laugh like you were 10 years old again. That's what cartoons are for.
nice. it is funny how you prefer to go to theaters when they are packed. I tend to prefer empty theaters for almost the same reasoning....just in reverse
glad you enjoyed the movie and hope you keep the 10 year old in you alive for many more years to come
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I usually prefer a theater with less people in it. I guess that's why my reaction surprised me. I didn't realize I took comfort in blending in with everyone else.
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