Lessons in Forever

I will proudly say that I went to catch Phantom for the 4th time this evening at Lido. Gerard Butler was as suave the fourth time around as he was the first.. *long sigh* Surprisingly it was a full house in the cinema even though the show is probably shy a couple of days till the end of it's run.

But I tell you.. people are SOOooo rude! They kept dribbling in during the first half an hour of the movie. There were STILL people WALTZING in like 45 minutes into the show, disoriented they are by the sudden darkness of the cinema they start shining the lights of their handphones around trying to find their fucking seats! We shall never be a civilised society I tell ya.. fucking barbarians.

A darkened cinema seems to be the fertile breeding ground of the worst possible demonstrations of couple behaviour. Everywhere around me (and I am talking north, east and west here.. no south cos I was seated in the back row.) there were couples canoodling and snuggling and "whispering" sweet nothings to each other above the sounds of the ongoing movie.

There was this couple like northwest of me, the girl KEPT DROPPING HER HANDPHONE and KEPT FLASHING THE LIGHT to make sure it was still working! At LEAST have the simple courtesy of shielding the fucking light or checking it when you get out... or better yet.. shove the fucking phone where it won't fall out again! I was entirely submerged in the movie during the "Point of No Return" duet then *THUD!!!* then follwed by flashes of light and loud whines from the uncouth female yanked me rudely back to the present.

That happened three more times and I suppose even the boyfriend seemed irritated and hence started a hissing semi-argument which I had to try to tune out. Then the guy beside me (also one part of the half of my west side agony) kicked the back of the noisy couples' chairs and shushed them. "I would have thanked him but after that heroic deed he immediate resumed canoodling with his fuckin girlfriend! Hello people?! Pot? Kettle??

They fucking ruined my final farewell date with Gerard!

Can't a single girl enjoy the movie without couples spoiling it for her? Does a darkened cinema give people the licence to get horny or touchy feely or gift them with dulled senses of hearing so as to resort extra loud whispering? Darlings I paid good money to hear the cast sing.. I have no interest in your little sideshow dramas.

Fuck.

and here's another for good measure. FUCK.

I think it would be rather lucrative to run a business consisting of a darkened establishment and a running movie which NO ONE watches. These would then induce said behaviours OUTSIDE the range of civilised public sensibilities and restrain the virus to a manageable degree within a containment area.

Why didn't I try exerting my rights? What's a single girl to do being surrounded by hormone-pumping, perpetually stuck-in-mating-season uncouths?

I stick to my belief that the "joys" of couplehood or the need to show your adoration for your accomplice need not be inflicted on anyone else besides the two of you who stand accused.

Sigh..

I think I shall just await the DVD and next time around, shack myself up in my room to watch in blissful lonesome peace.

'Learn to be lonely' people.. and learn to be civilised before trying to enter into civilised company.