cinema etiquette is dead in pakistan this week my partner…
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cinema etiquette is dead in pakistan
this week my partner and i went to go watch *Obsession* at cue in lahore and honestly, i think it finally broke me.
this has been bothering me for years, but this experience pushed me over the edge.
what the hell is wrong with people?
i’m not talking about little kids or people who genuinely don't know better. i’m talking about people my age (mid twenties to early thirties) that look educated and look like they come from good backgrounds. and yet they sat there laughing through some of the most disturbing, sad, and emotionally heavy scenes in the entire film.
and for what?
i genuinely don't understand what was so funny that it made you AUDIBLY laugh. the movie has a couple of intentionally humorous moments. fine, laugh there. that’s normal. but people were laughing during scenes that were supposed to be uncomfortable or emotionally devastating.
why? is intimacy funny? are feelings funny? is watching someone suffer funny? are we genuinely that emotionally disconnected that we can't tell the difference anymore? or is this some pathetic performance people put on to seem cool? because if that's what it is, you look plain stupid.
somewhere along the way, people forgot how to watch and respect movies. a cinema isn't your living room, it is a SHARED PUBLIC SPACE where we should be considerate about the people around us. stop talking through the movie. stop scrolling through your phone with full brightness. and for the love of god, if your baby is crying non-stop, take it outside.
experiences like this make me not want to go to the cinema anymore. every time a genuinely good movie comes out, it gets ruined by people who treat the screening like a social gathering instead of a film.
we constantly complain that pakistan doesn't get enough good films, doesn't have enough cinema culture, doesn't have enough appreciation for art. then the moment we get something thoughtful, challenging, or emotionally intelligent, more than half the audience treats it like a joke. at this point, i genuinely believe we don’t even deserve good movies.
the new spiderman movie is coming out soon, and for the first time in years, i’m questioning whether i even want to bother going.
and before someone inevitably says i’m overreacting, no i’m not.
and if you’re someone who does any of the things i mentioned, from the bottom of my heart, screw you.
#current_events #local
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this week my partner and i went to go watch *Obsession* at cue in lahore and honestly, i think it finally broke me.
this has been bothering me for years, but this experience pushed me over the edge.
what the hell is wrong with people?
i’m not talking about little kids or people who genuinely don't know better. i’m talking about people my age (mid twenties to early thirties) that look educated and look like they come from good backgrounds. and yet they sat there laughing through some of the most disturbing, sad, and emotionally heavy scenes in the entire film.
and for what?
i genuinely don't understand what was so funny that it made you AUDIBLY laugh. the movie has a couple of intentionally humorous moments. fine, laugh there. that’s normal. but people were laughing during scenes that were supposed to be uncomfortable or emotionally devastating.
why? is intimacy funny? are feelings funny? is watching someone suffer funny? are we genuinely that emotionally disconnected that we can't tell the difference anymore? or is this some pathetic performance people put on to seem cool? because if that's what it is, you look plain stupid.
somewhere along the way, people forgot how to watch and respect movies. a cinema isn't your living room, it is a SHARED PUBLIC SPACE where we should be considerate about the people around us. stop talking through the movie. stop scrolling through your phone with full brightness. and for the love of god, if your baby is crying non-stop, take it outside.
experiences like this make me not want to go to the cinema anymore. every time a genuinely good movie comes out, it gets ruined by people who treat the screening like a social gathering instead of a film.
we constantly complain that pakistan doesn't get enough good films, doesn't have enough cinema culture, doesn't have enough appreciation for art. then the moment we get something thoughtful, challenging, or emotionally intelligent, more than half the audience treats it like a joke. at this point, i genuinely believe we don’t even deserve good movies.
the new spiderman movie is coming out soon, and for the first time in years, i’m questioning whether i even want to bother going.
and before someone inevitably says i’m overreacting, no i’m not.
and if you’re someone who does any of the things i mentioned, from the bottom of my heart, screw you.
#current_events #local
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