Movie Trivia

I'm an avid movie-goer. I always try to make time to enjoy a good movie amidst of my hectic schedule in which I only have got weekends to spare. But it is never easy, even just to accomplish something as minor as catching a movie. When the time comes and I get the "feeling" to go catch a movie, I would be tempted to look up some of my closer guy pals to invite them along. To begin with, I have always wondered why is it that people (at least for those that I know) have to go watch a movie in groups of two or more? I never got to find out why but it seems that idea has transfixed itself onto me as whenever I intend to hit the theatres, somebody has to be there with me. Therefore, I decided on a change and attempt to do something different from my routine, i.e. to watch a movie by myself.

The reaction I got from my friend the moment I told him about my idea wasn't very encouraging."You're pathetic..." he simply said. Well, I can't blame him for not seeing my point due to the fact that he belongs to the kind of person that cannot survive without company. I say this because judging from the number of contacts that he has in his phonebook, one would think he has the whole population of Singapore as friends, although majority of his contacts are actually girls. Come to think of it, the number of female contacts in his phonebook is way more than the number of contacts I have in MY phonebook. Anyway, I figured that my idea sounds pretty good and it would be something I had never done before so heck, why not?

For now, I'm glad to say that I have watched four movies by myself so far without major glitches. The four being, 13 Going On 30, The Terminal, White Chicks and most recent of all Sepet. Though all four are brilliantly produced movies, I had always noticed something weird at each screening I went to. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the movie but instead the people present in the cinema. That is an exclusive advantage of watching movies alone as you now have the opportunity to, besides concentrating on the storyline unfolding before you, divert your attention to people around you and that can be another form of entertainment in itself. If Lady Luck shines on me, there could be a possibility of a hot chick sitting next to me too. Alas, the latter did not happen as I had wished for but I did witness some strange behaviour from weird people. From the poor lady sitting next to me who sobbed uncontrollably throughout The Terminal (I thought it was supposed to be a comedy) to the jiggling fat obnoxious girl who bellowed like thunder throughout White Chicks (she sat next to me as well...sob), poking my arm everytime she dug into her bag of chips to the gay guy who kept covering his mouth while he giggled and at the same time clutching to the hand of his other guy friend next to him throughout Sepet, each and every weirdo had cast a lasting impression on me. But I still sincerely hope that somebody normal, preferably female and very hot, will finally take their seat next to mine as I continue in my lone quest to watch movies in the future.

From what I had reaped from my solo movie adventure, I gather that this was not as "pathetic" as my friend had put it across to me. Understandably, everyone has their different views but as I think back, I feel solo movie watching does has it fun too. How many of us will actually make full use of the company of friends while watching a movie in a cinema, except to discuss how hot the girl sitting two rows in front is? I guess the only use of your friends being with you is that you have company when you finally get to relieve yourself in the washroom after the movie.

Faith For The Blind

Maybe money is not the only thing that makes the world go round, faith could play a very similar role too. That might sound like a revelation but it is quite true as I found this out over the past few days while with a close pal of mine. Having just once a week to meet up with each other, we caught up and had plenty to talk about as usual, ranging from the going-ons of the soccer scene to the what's new showing at the theatres. This topic of discussion came about after we had a game of soccer, when our minds were functioning best after a good exercise albeit us having been thrashed thoroughly earlier on. It has been a touchy topic all along but my "brother" decided to bring it up and let us face the music, instead of cowardly hiding from the truth.

He started the ball rolling by bringing up his gathering with his bunch of army pals and sharing those interesting moments where he and his buddy tried sabotaging the others. After which he told me of another guy friend of his who happened to have two fabulous pretty girls with him, both apparently trying to win his heart (and he having just broken up with an air stewardess ex). This got me wondering and I thought out aloud, "Why does it always seem that no girls will be interested in us?" The reply I got from my bro was quite nothing like what I had expected.

"You know..." he began, "we are quite nice guys actually." Continuing with much vigour. "There are girls that will be interested in us but... we won't be interested in them." He put it across quite bluntly. For that moment, I do not know whether to feel saddened by his pessimism or to be encouraged by his show of faith. Having self-reflected and pondered hard about it, I felt that the latter gave me more belief in this funny thing which I cannot and will never comprehend. With both of us having not much luck in this game of love, I was particularly impressed by the way he still had so much faith in it. For a start, this way of thinking gave us the assurance of knowing that there are actually girls out there for us, but we do not bother trying for them due to the fact that they are of indecent standard.

Not that we are extremely good-looking guys ourselves but there has got to be a certain benchmark when it comes to girls. But I do suppose all these wouldn't really matter when the time really arrives and the "right" one comes along... at least from those lovey-dovey couples I see around me. After all, I should have a certain amount of faith in love if what my close buddy says and thinks is true. Love Is Everything... or is it just a lie?