I fell asleep on my ex during The Cider House Rules. At that point he had reached acceptance about my snoring and apparently the other 2 people in the theater were so far away it didn't bother them.
Also fell asleep halfway through my 6th viewing of Pulp Fiction, though in my defense friends dragged me in after I'd told them I was worn out and had seen the damn thing often enough to quote dialogue verbatim. Much less trouble with the sound being heard over shouts, gunshots, and gimp bringing-out.
I fell asleep during
Constantine.
I don't have any desire to rent it and see how it turned out so I guess it wasn't that bad an idea. I don't think I snored since the people I went with didn't notice.
I fell asleep the second time I saw
The Two Towers--
I was already sleepy, and I knew that if I actually watched the battle and the caves with the big-eyed kids and the little boy with his too-big armor I'd get too overwrought and end up with nightmares, so as everyone was suiting up I slithered to the back of the theater (one of those big ones with couches) and slept until it was all over. I don't feel at all guilty about it, either, except for the drooling.
I fall asleep damn near every time I see something at Film Forum, completely irrespective of the movie being shown. My theory is that the seats are so uncomfortable that my body simply shuts down in disgust. Which is a shame, because I've missed the middle third of some very good films because of it.
I fall asleep damn near every time I see something at Film Forum, completely irrespective of the movie being shown.
That's... so weird. I guess your theory makes some sense.
I've seen, um, two movies at Film Forum.
The Seven Samurai
and that movie where Michelle Trachtenberg played a goth girl best friend to the sexually abused gay guy. I should see something happy there at some point.
ETA: Oh, that Spider-man article reminds me that I saw a trailer for "Lady in the Water" in front of Brokeback Mountain and it was so poorly done that I nearly died laughing. I imagine it might actually be decent (Shymalan has to strike gold again someday, right? RIGHT? And Paul Giametti rocks) but the trailer was... not good.
I should see something happy there at some point.
Hee -- good luck with that! I think the most cheerful thing I've ever seen there was La Dolce Vita. They were happy most of the time...
[eta: I take that back -- they're showing One Two Three right now, which I believe is fairly low in existential angst and/or trauma.]
My mother is notorious for falling asleep during the opening credits and then miss the first 15 minutes or so. But she chooses to remain silent and confused, rather than ask for a recap. Now, if it is animated, well, she'll sleep through the whole thing.
Not a useful skill for an elementary school teacher. She'd wake to find her entire class staring at her, giggling, during the couple times a year they'd get a movie as a treat.
