We think highly of movies. We see them almost everyday, quote them, dressed like a favorite character, perhaps think the Oscars as a movie guide or even bought some expensive DVD pack over internet. We don’t care because we love them. If ordering a DVD collection is just several clicks away, what about the movies we have to reach physically? A recent experience of mine, is I went over a few obstacles just to see a movie. I live in a city that is loaded with traffic jams, and as you can guess, there are too much people in my city. Several times, I had to book a ticket for a movie festival couple of hours or even days before the show (we won’t get the ticket if we arrive an hour before, like a regular show). Just recently, I went to a movie festival and had to stand in long queue to get the ticket and went in the theater. It felt almost like watching a concert.
My hubby (also a movie fan, he claims) always said to me, it’s always comfier to stay at home and watch from our collection or a cable. I had several debates on him, how you can’t do that to new releases and it’s better to see in a larger screen with a hi-tech audio. But then I moved to a new home located a little bit far from the center of the city (where everything basically there). So it takes more time and effort to go to some places, added with the traffic jams and the queue, it’s an extra and extra effort just to see a movie. I can’t help but think (over my exhausted time on a bus waiting for the traffic jam, or waiting in line for a movie festival) that maybe he was right. I don’t know if it’s just me and my new wife status with new responsibility that I have my priorities changed, or it’s just a natural journey for a die hard fan?
Back to the time I was in a long queue to see a movie in festival, I got in to the theater where all seats quickly taken by hungry movie lovers. The movie was a romantic comedy, it’s not a bad movie but it’s also not a perfect one (which makes me feel a little cheated after all the effort). There were a lot of stuff that was hilarious, but a lot of scenes were laughed by the audience, but it wasn’t intended to be laughed at. Me and my friend several times thought, “Hey, it wasn’t intended to be funny.” It’s either a bad script or over-excitement. After standing in the sun in queue to see this movie, an over-excitement is a big maybe. My hubby said, “That’s one of the things that makes me don’t want to go to a movie festival. It’s more about attending for the event, rather than the movie itself.” Really? Can we lose our perspective as a fan who seeks high quality movie over an euphoria of a movie event? Like maybe seeing a bad movie, but we get the ticket screening from the makers?
I have my times where I was proud attending a movie festival (and maybe I should). Maybe I was one of the over-excited viewers, but after a while it goes and all that matters is your experience to the movie. I won’t lie, all the stress of seeing the movie would just go away if the movie itself is an excellent one. It proves that the movie is that worth it. Perhaps the non-movie fans would judge us, “You do all that for a movie?”
But seriously, how far is too far? How far would you go for a movie?
