I went to The Cinema last Monday night with a friend of mine. We were pretty tired that day but still we decided to visit this mall and enjoy a movie to let off the steam. When we got there, we were a bit confused of what to watch *as always. But then, we agreed on watching a certain movie, bought the tickets and some snacks and we got into the theater room. It was not very crowded, but not that empty as well, just the usual it's-a-crazy-Monday-let's-watch-a-movie like. The seats to my right were all seated, but there were an empty seat to my left and a couple sat at the last two seats on the row. And then the movie began.
The movie is not the concern of this writing, it is the situation and the people on the cinema. What are you going to cinema for? Who are you going to the cinema with? What genres of movie do you enjoy? Do you think about those question before you go to a cinema or whatever is fine by you as long as you got to watch a movie that day? As of me, I go to the cinema to watch a movie, I don't mind going with anyone and I enjoy a young adult-sci-fi-action-themed movie the most. Why I am asking this question? Because what I am going to say next is related to those question.
When you read my first question you'd probably think "of course everyone goes to the cinema to watch a movie", rite?. But guess what? it is not! I believe so too until last night I came to realize the other reason that makes people going to the cinema. 'Twas the couple to my left that made me come to this realization. They are as adorable as a couple with a couple T-Shirts could be.
What I could see from them is that they went to the cinema just to have something to do together, just to spend some time together. I say this because they don't seem to care about the movie. They din't pay attention, didn't get the emotional mayhem, didn't cry, laugh or anything. All they did during the whole movie was talking really slowly, playing with their phone, watch the movie a little bit and talk again. The talking might not be so annoying since they were basically whispering *I was quite convinced that they also did sign language* but the comment afterward are. Like "lol the movie is confusing/boring/bad" or such comment like "WTF? I did't get the movie"
I understand that you can do whatever you wish to, and that spending time together is what you want to do when you are with you lover. Especially if you both are busy and don't have much time to spend. And of course it's not wrong to not pay attention to the movie. It is just that I pity them because the missed the point of going to the cinema. You pay for a movie and you didn't get anything, didn't learn anything and didn't feel anything. That's just pitiful. You've missed all the good things. If you just want to talk with your lover then go to a caffee and have quality meal and time together.
The money you spent on a movie you didn't watch could be used for something else. For a nice surprise or a nice pizza *they both work wonders* You can just simply go the park, they are even free. So why do have the need to go the cinema anyway? If you do this I would assume that you're just immature, not creative lover. Pitiful.
