The Ten and a Nitpicky PSA

I was really good about managing my expectations on this one, so I'll just say: I recommend it.  I laughed many times and so did the other people in my theater. But that said, I have friends who hated it. I kind of chalk that up to context (see: category tag) and difference in sense of humor (I love a good in-joke, others like broader comedy. Actually, I kind of love both, but the former is so rare in movies.)

I guess I didn't just say "I recommend it" but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who is as unfortunately very susceptible to the whole high expectations/low expectations phenomenon as I am. One thing is certain though: Paul Rudd is totally not sexy in it.

Pretty much completely unrelated: maybe this bothers me because I worked at a movie theater in college, but why is it that people who would never dream of allowing a straw wrapper to fall from their grasp without immediately picking it up off the dirtiest of city sidewalks think it's perfectly okay to leave a movie theater aisle totally destroyed by their garbage? I'm not even talking about strangers, I'm talking about the friend I saw the movie with yesterday! Totally not okay. And I am willing to passive-aggressively call out my friend in a public forum in the hopes that just one person will have an epiphany.      

Comments

[krucoff]

First, full disclosure: I've never gone to the movies with Linds. (Hey, that shorthand is an inside joke I have with Lock that even you wouldn't get! Trust me, not funny.) But if I had or do in the future - very unlikely for several reasons but mainly because I hate watching movies anywhere except from the comfort of my couch and within sprinting distance to my shitter - I would not hesitate to make a mess of my area with organic, sustainable treats and their biodegradable containers. Here's why:

While I pity the theater staff, I theoretically paid $10-15 or whatever jack-off price it is these days so I can enjoy an air-conditioned room for roughly 2 hours more or less. Sidewalks are public spaces and it takes city dollars to keep them clean. Everyone should feel obligated to do their part. Theaters are private companies and have a staff whose job it is to keep the joint clean and let us be pigs at the prices they charge us. If it sucks for them, maybe they should start a union or something.

[lindsay]

That was my friends' argument. But it's just as easy to throw your trash out on the way out as it is to throw it on the floor! Also, the whole "passive aggressive" thing is sort of a ruse -- the friend in question is one of my "non blog- reading" friends, conveniently.

[krucoff]

It's not about what's "easy" to do. When I throw trash on a movie theater floor, I am making a statement, two actually: "Fuck You Hollywood" and "Sorry dudes, your next job will probably be better than this."

[katie]

I could have done a better job of managing my expectations. The Ten didn't quite live up to them. But I LOL'd quite a few times. I predict that - like WHAS and The Baxter - it will get better with more viewings.

Also, I've given similar lectures to my movie-going companion about picking up after himself. Was he raised in a barn?!

[Rebecca]

I was raised on a houseboat in Spain. But I guess that's not really relevant......