Movie Watcher

Are you an avid movie watcher? Do you like having Coke Cola in one hand and popcorn in the other while watching a film? Do you like to go to the midnight showing on premiere night? Does that feeling of being immersed in the movie world make you feel splendid?

Well, I am not one of those people. I am the antithesis of movie-goers. While I do enjoy movies once in a blue moon, I do "watch" movies quite often. I put watch in quotes because I'm usually doing something else while a movie is on. You may have wondered why I have a random picture of myself sleeping. Well it was not completely purposeless, it's displaying what I do during the majority of the movies I watch, most recently, a couple of days during Hot Tub Time Machine. I wouldn't be surprised if the picture above was taken at an outdoor movie (but it wasn't, it was at Thunder Over Louisville).

I just can't get engaged as most movie-goers; I rather be somewhere else doing physical activity or engaged in conversation. As a result of etiquette of the movies, I can't do much besides sleep during the movie (hopefully I don't snore but sometimes you just can't help it). While it may be uncomfortable to sleep at the movie theatre, it does not stop me from sleeping. The best part about my habits during movies comes when I'm asked, "Have you seen Enter Movie Title Here?" because I usually respond, "I've seen parts of it". I've "seen" a number countless films but the bulk of them I have only seen the beginning and ending. It's odd because I always seen to wake up 5-10 minutes before the end-credits just like I do one the way back from long car drives (but the end-credits is the end-destination).

So how do I tell if a movie is good if I don't usually stay up for the entire movie? It's just that, a movie is good if I don't fall asleep!