In Continuum.

Movie Etiquette

We all know what a dining etiquette is.Not making too much sound when drinking your soup,filling only three-quarter of your spoon with soup when drinking,use the utensils from the outer most to the inner most,never knock them against the plate or bowl.You know,dining etiquette.Of course,such practises are not very popular in today's context,but it was something people should be aware of back in the old days.

Anyway,in today's context there are a lot of etiquette,however,that people practise and are not aware of it.It's not like i am the kind of person who is very picky when it comes to such things,but i must say that i am particularly anal about an aspect of today's everyday life etiquette.

Movie Etiquette to me is the utmost important aspect of entertainment.That is because i see movies as the epitome of art.You see,it is the combination of almost all forms of art in a two hour feature length film.Literature,when it comes to screenplay,music when it comes to the score,photography when it comes to cinematography,as well as painting when it comes to matt paintings and computer graphics.So many aspects of modern day art is combined together,to form a finaly product: A film.You can already imagine the amount of people actually involved in such a production,and i remember fully appreciating what goes on behind the silver screen,behind the scenes where the people toiled away deep into the nights before the release date to produce a picture closest to the desire of the director.That was especially so when i watched the production diaries to The Lord of the Rings.The crew behind the movies and the work and passion they placed into every frame of the film was nothing short of being stunning.

But anyway,that is my view on a film.And if so many people are willing to put their sweat and blood into the making of a film,i think it rightfully deserves a set of etiquette to follow while viewing these amazing pieces of art.And i am rather particular about them,and the misfollowing of any of the 'rules' will get onto my nerves rather easily,simply cecause i recognises and understands the process of making a film,the respect that comes with admiring the moving pieces of art in a television box.

Everytime i decide to sit down to catch a movie with my parents,i'd hate it when my mother walks around the livingroom,or busies herself in the kitchen,keeping plates and washing dishes when the movie already started.I must have my audience to be at the sofa when the movie starts,and i am going to be very irritated when my audience misses a minute or two of the film.Because some films have the most explosive scenes at the front (Think Memento and The Two Towers),so by missing those you are missing a large part of the plot,or the fun at times.

I hate it when i am watching a movie with my mother - who is by the way my movie watching buddy at home,provided that the movie has subtitles - my sister comes along and disturbs us.She'd usually complain about something to my mother,and she'd continue doing so until my mother finally gives an answer.Or comes to her and ask her for permission to biting her ears.Really,she is 23 this year and still doing this sort of things.In fact,she took a bite at my ear and ran off only minutes ago.

There is a love/hate relationship when it comes to watching movies in camp.Whenever i bring my DVDs to camp,there will be a crowd of people around the television watching the movie.Not because it is particularly interesting to them,but because in camp there is a serious lack of variety when it comes to entertainment.So,it pisses me off when somebody tells me that he wants to watch that movie,and when i bring it to camp for him,he falls asleep while watching it,or walks back to bunk complaining that the movie was too slow or too boring.

A particular company mate PISSES THE HELL OUT OF ME every single time he comes around the sofas and asks what movie we are watching.Whenever he sits down and watches the movie for a mere five minutes,he is going to either think the movie is dumb,stupid,too artsy,too difficult to understand,or plain boring.It's a bloody insult,because the movies i bring to camp are the ones i've picked out from the crowd,the cream of the crop.And there he is telling everybody just how stupid the last scene was or how he couldnt understand the movie with merely five minutes of viewing.He never ever considered the possibility that perhaps his IQ was just too low to get just what the hell the characters are going through.Because really,i dont think a movie like Road to Perdition is very hard to understand.We dont need your fucking commentaries at the back of our heads - literally - about how ridiculous the scene where Edward Norton's character punches himself in the carpark in Fight Club,when everybody else knows why he was doing those to himself.Too bad you are too dumb and too stupid to understand the plot of movies,any more complicated than those Hong Kong movies people bring to camp,the epitome of all stupidity,the summation of all the shame of mankind.

So the very next time when i am watching my favourite movies with the other fellow caompany mates,i'd appreciate it if you just shut the hell up if you do not like the movie.Because i am tired of sitting at the front row,with you are the back going on and on to others about just how hysterical everything on screen was.Fuck off and feast on some C-Grade Hong Kong horror movies,and be ashamed that you cannot appreciate the art that is happening right in front of your blinded eyes.