You know those people who go to the movies in the middle of the afternoon, by themselves? I'm one of them, or I was yesterday. Going to a movie by myself was on my list of things to do, and I had the time, so I figured I might as well give it a try. Admittedly, I kind of felt like a loser. I got there a few minutes after the movie had started (darn construction), and when the kid asked, "just one?" I wanted to snap, "do you see anyone else in here?" Instead, I smiled and nodded.
The thing is, when you have someone with you, you don't feel so much like a loser, walking into a dark theater, trying (unsuccessfully) to use your phone as a flashlight, to find an empty seat. Thankfully, at 3:00 on a Wednesday afternoon, there are more seats empty than occupied. I snuck to the one closest to the step, hoping that nobody was sitting in the one next to it... it looked like the row was empty, so I decided to give it a try. When a lighter scene flashed on the screen, I confirmed that no one was next to me, and skipped in a few seats, so I would have one in front of me, where I could prop my feet.
Aside from that, I rather enjoyed going in after the movie had started; it made it more interesting, forcing me to piece things together on my own a little more. I just sat through the movie, hoping that I wouldn't notice someone sitting a seat or two away from me half-way through.
As for the movie, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it by myself. I was tuned in quite a bit more than I am when I have one or more people next to me... I liked that part of it, for sure. It was Inception that I went to see. Overall, I liked it, and thought it was interesting. Personally, I thought some things could have been left out, to delve into some of the details a little more thoroughly. My biggest gripe, though, is that Mal is the one to lose her mind, rather than Dom. Why must they make a woman hysterical? Couldn't it just as easily be a man, who lost his mind? Granted, I just finished reading a feminist manifesto from the late 1960s, so I'm probably a little hypersensitive to these things, but still.
Anyway, going to the movie by myself was definitely something that I'll do again... I topped it off with a visit to an ice cream stand. All in all, my date with myself ended up costing less than $6. That's the way I do it, I suppose.
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