movie madness!

the first evening that i have planned to go to see a movie ,not in the comfort of my own home, in about 3 months. I made my way to the quaint (old) cheap ($6.50)movietheatre (theater) here in town.

upon arrival...i see a swarm of what my 9th grade science teacher would call "teenie boppers"...more britney spears wanna be's than you would ever want to see and the hormones oozzzzzziiiiinnnnngggg from their bodies.

i step in line to buy my ticket to see the much anticipated "crash" (yes, I know that it is not a dave matthews movie) to find out that the showing is going to start 10 minutes late....ok, ok....gives me time to buy popcorn

10 minutes go by, 20 minutes go by and i am happy to see the cluster of people waiting with me to see this film contains not a single "teenie bopper"...(popcorn done, drink done)

finally the doors open, we all file to our respective not too close to the screen, centered around the middle, seats and the movie is underway.....

credits roll, movie starts, don cheadle has the first great line and then......the film spirals off its reel. nothing can stop the small swell of mob like mentality rises from the "adults" that are there to enjoy an evening with other adults and a well deserved escape from the kids waiting for them at home. apparently, i wasn't the only person that had not been to the movies in months.

the frustrated faces that had been waiting for this evening collected their rain checks and went back from whence they came, hopefully to return again and let the movies help them escape for just a little while.