First off let me state that this was the most rude crowd that I have ever had the displeasure of watching a film with. That's not true really, that would imply that they were watching the film. The jerk wad down the isle from me talked to his mother for the entire run time of the show. They took turns telling the other to shhhh. I thought at first that his edlerly, oxygen dependent mother was trying to be funny or cute. Then I later changed my outlook to one of them being mouth breathing philistines.
The orca-like woman behind me must have been cold and she kept fluffing her jacket in an attempt to cover her huge thighs. How does someone that fat get so cold? Every time she would fluff her coat (which small children could use and a makeshift army tent) it would hit me in the back of the head. Never accompanied by an apology.
The two men sitting in front of me had snuck in several bags of chips and other assorted goodies. Each time they would finish with them they would maticiously roll the bags up crunching and krinkeling the entire time. Needless to say theses "gentelmen" and the blob of humanity behind me shared many eating habits as well as waistline measurements.
Someone behind me fell asleep at one point and began snoring. I will admit to falling asleep at a theater during a movie. Despicable Me put me to sleep. But not an action, fantasy film scored by The Chemical Brothers. Also if I started snoring as loud as this guy I would have wanted to be woken up so as not to bother anyone.
All of this during a largely silent film. At one point I almost leaned over to the loud mouth beside me and asked "Excuse me, did you hear what HANNA just said"? He would of course have to answer "no". Where To I was going to say, "Neither did anyone else in this theater"!
I don't mind occasional talking in a considerate voice, maybe you are trying to get caught up on the plot. But these people were having conversations that had nothing to do with the film. I know this because they were talking at a volume that I would find offending OUTSIDE of a theater!
As for the movie its self. I found that it did loose something upon a second viewing. All the question I was forced to ask myself during the first viewing I of course knew. The cinematography was still awe inspiring and the action held up fine. The performances stood out even more. I have come to really love Cate Blanchett in this movie.
I listened to /Filmcast and they talked about how this is a fairy tale film. So I went in looking for fairy tale elements and they are everywhere. I feel kind of like a fraud for not noticing them during my first go around.
I still love this movie. But now I feel just fine about waiting until it comes out on Blu to see it again.
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