There have been around 11 movies that I've seen on the big screen in my life time so far. I cannot describe the joy I feel when I'm sitting in the cinema hall, staring at the images playing in front of me. It is the best feeling, like my own world has faded away and it's just the movie and I. Talking about the experiences I've had watching these movies is a bit of a drag, so I shall list down all of them (in random order), but I will give some minor but memorable incidents involved with certain movies.
- Jurassic Park: Ah yes, as I say in slang: "Whattay Movie!" You see, once upon a time, my parents enjoyed going out with their friends and "chilling out". They would usually love just having a good time, and taking their young ones along so that they could also have a good time. My love for movies is mostly due to the reason that my parents took my siblings and I to the cinema when they would go with their friends. Thus I came to see Jurassic Park on the big screen and boy, did I pee my pants (figuratively). It was the scariest film I had ever seen and dinosaurs were the main characters in my nightmares for ages. Especially the part where the T-Rex snaps off the high voltage electric wires and comes out on the road, where Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and the kids are stranded in the jeeps, I was crying and crying for them, knowing they were going to be ripped into pieces (though that didn't happen).
- Cliffhanger: This is the movie in which my brother cried. He was devastated that one of the main characters let go of the cliff he was holding on to, to save his friends. He was really small at the time though, so my parents consoled him by telling him again and again that the character went to candy land. Unfortunately my brother was inconsolable. I, at the time, had no idea what was happening in the whole film. I thought Sylvester Stallone was really scary.
- The Bee Movie: To think that I watched this movie in a cinema is embarrassing! I don't know what I was thinking. What made it worse was that I coaxed my friends to come watch this "amazing" movie with me. It wasn't the movie that was pathetic or anything, but the whole theater room was filled with less than ten year old kids and their mothers or adult chaperons. My friends and I were the only teenagers there and we looked so out of place. Plus the noise, Shoot Me. I could not look at my friends in the eye after the movie was over.
- Khuda Ke Liye (Pakistani movie): Watching this movie in cinema was the most spontaneous thing my mother has ever done in her life. I don't know what came over her but on a lazy Sunday, when there was practically a rainstorm occurring outside our window, Mum decided to go watch Khuda Ke Liye on the big screen. Another surprise was that my siblings also agreed and well I didn't want to be left behind so I also tagged along (inwardly groaning because I hate watching Lollywood or Bollywood on the big screen, I think it's a waste of money). However, was I in for another surprise. I actually enjoyed the movie. A lot. Perhaps the plot was a bit haywire, but it was a really good attempt.The rain had stopped momentarily and we left our home, reached the cinema and watched the whole movie and even came back home without a heavy shower of rain. However, the flood on the road due to our horrible city sewage system (at the time) to take in excess rain water was unable to take in the rainwater from certain roads. We made a mistake of taking the route where there was A LOT of rainwater and our car got flooded! Literally!. My brother was the designated driver and considering the hysterics Mum, Sis and I were in, he was the superhero of the day because he remained calm the whole time. Bless his soul.
- New Moon: I predict that whoever reads this is going to groan out loud that I actually went to watch this movie on the big screen. The only reason I went was to see Jacob's awesome pecs, biceps, triceps and six-pack abs. The whistles and hoots when Jacob took off his shirt was deafening.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man's Chest/ Underworld 2: Why do I have two movies in one heading? Well, that's because I was going to go see the former but ended up watching the latter, which had already come out in DVD. The reason is plain and simple: My friends and I were late getting to the showing on time, and so it was houseful. Totally devastated, I just wanted to sit and sulk but my friends insisted to go see some movie so Underworld 2 was showing, there was also a Bollywood film showing but I refused. I wasn't that desperate.
- The Mummy
- King Kong (New version)
- MI3
- In Time
- MI4
