Last evening a friend and I went to see "The Reader". It is an excellent movie and I highly recommend it (be aware though, there is full frontal nudity). Anyway, the story was quite dramatic, taking place in Nazi-ridden Germany.
There was a couple sitting behind us that was about 40ish. They talked through the whole movie. She was asking questions or assuming the next line ... anything to be annoying. Now, when the concentration camps scene came up and they showed the bunks, the showers, and the shoes, this woman kept saying "Oh My God"...over and over.
Here is my opinion. The price you pay for a movie - whether in a cheap or an expensive theater is for a "night out". If you wanted to talk, surely you would stay home. If you needed to ask questions and make comments, you would wait for the DVD and watch it in your own living room, thereby not annoying others.
Teenagers talk in movies. You have to watch the ratings because on a Friday night, a PG-13 movie is not the place to be if you like quiet. We've learned that. But on a Saturday at an R movie, a 40ish woman should know better. I finally had to turn to my friend and say in a rather loud tone "I wish she would shut the H___ up!" Upon hearing me, she took the advice.
The other thing I would like to ponder on is this. How did she get to that age and was unaware of the horrors of the camps? Did she get that age and never see the showers, hear about all the shoes, etc. ? There is no excuse for this but if I was so dumb, I'd visit a place called "The Holocaust Museum" in Washington and educate myself. Everyone should be aware of that horror. Her ignorance was even more disgusting that the talking.
Just my opinion ... take it or leave it!
Well, I'm afraid to say so; but, I don't know about the shoes. Can you elaborate?
ReplyDeleteAs the victims of the Auschwitz Conecentration camps arrived at the concentration camp, they were stripped of their shoes.
ReplyDeleteThis display at the National Holocost museum in Washington D.C. illustrates the magnitude of this event. There were over 12 concentration camps established by the Nazis in their attempt to systematically exterminate the Jewish people from Nazi occupied territories. The Germans were able to kill over six million Jewish people,Catholics, sympathizers, gypsies, and homosexuals. That is over twice the population of Chicago today. This display also represents a more personal connection as we all wear shoes and they could just as possibly have been those of someone that we loved.
Apparently shoes and jackets were taken so prisioners could not escape in the cold weather of Germany.