I just got back from seeing Hellboy at my local Odeon. The film was pretty good, but it seems that Saturday afternoon is when all the morons go to the cinema.
There seems to be an entire generation who has no idea how to behave in the cinema. They are incapable of going ninety minutes without texting their friends on their mobiles – some of them even take and make calls. They discuss the plot with each other, spill popcorn all over the place and constantly kick the seats in front of them.
It’s no wonder that the most popular films these days are just car chases and explosions linked by the flimsiest of plots. It would be impossible to follow anything more complex with all that going on.
I’ll be sticking with the Clapham Picture House in the future.