this is Ground Control to Major Tom...

[enthusiastick]

I caught the Life Aquatic last night with Will, who's back in town for the weekend. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Its certainly not my favorite Wes Anderson movie; that distinction belongs solely to the Royal Tenenbaums, at this point. But Will and I certainly laughed our asses off, particularly at the antics of Willem Dafoe. And we were both astounded that the soundtrack consists primarily of David Bowie songs covered in Portuguese (apparently) by some guy named Seu Jorge with an accoustic guitar.

We were also both astounded when, about five minutes into the movie, two people tromped up the steps into the row behind us (which happened to be the last row, we were in a smaller theater), sat down in the seats sort of just over Will's left shoulder, and promptly started having sex. They left about half an hour later (finished, presumably), but I must say this is the first time that's happened to me (that I've noticed, anyway.) Ah, Hartford.

Comments

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Uh… didn't that interfere somewhat with your movie-watching?

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

Not especially, no. They weren't directly behind me, for one thing, and they were virtually silent about it for another. I wouldn't have even noticed if I hadn't glanced back at the right moment, and even so I was able to tune them out fairly readily.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

I guess I should remember the era when privacy was almost impossible to find, and springing for two $9 movie tickets beat paying for a hotel room. Still, I would have stayed to see the movie afterward. You know, to get my money's worth.

[syganzychick.livejournal.com]

dude! and which theater was this? crown in hartford?

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

You guessed it.

[syganzychick.livejournal.com]

eeeew. i knew there was a reason i never go to that theater...