The narcoleptic movie-watcher
The first step is admitting you have a problem, right?
All right, here it goes: I am a narcoleptic movie-watcher.
There, now that I got that off my chest, let me say this: I can't help it!
I've fallen asleep during some excellent movies. (I, of course, am qualified to critique them now, because I stayed awake long enough to see them...eventually.) Let's see, "Scotland, PA," "The Big Lebowski," and oh, "Once," which had to be turned off twice because I couldn't keep my eyes open.
Here's the thing: I love movies. I think my problems comes from getting too comfortable. I like to curl up on the couch with a pillow and a blanket. The lights are dim or off. I'm usually in my pajamas. It's usually nearing my bed time.
If I just watched critically-acclaimed cinema from a hard, wooden chair in a cold room, lights beaming down on me interrogation-style, maybe--just maybe--I'd make it through every time.
But I triumphed this weekend. My boyfriend had never seen Alfred Hitchock's "Rear Window," one of my all-time favorite movies. My mom, who shares my love of the flick (and Grace Kelly's phenomenal fashion), insisted we all watch it Sunday morning. I don't know if it was the fact that we watched it at 10:30 a.m. or that I left the pillow, blanket and PJs behind or that it was a movie I've seen a half-dozen times before, but I made it!
What's next? Probably "The Big Lebowski." The DVD sitting on top of the TV looking awfully lonely...
Apr 12, 2008 at 7:47 a.m.
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ive never watched a movie all the way through because i fall asleep at every movie, and yes that was me that got kicked in the back of the chair during Bourne Identity. dont know why but every movie i watch i fall asleep. at home or at the theater, think i have a problem?
Apr 10, 2008 at 3:32 p.m.
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At the Hollywood Theater in Woodridge, IL (southwest of Chicago) you can have food and drinks brought to you before and during the movie.
Apr 10, 2008 at 1:25 p.m.
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LMAO! FOr a second there, I thought for sure you were talking about me!! Night, day, doesn't really matter.
I have fallen asleep in theaters before (Independance Day, Pirates of the Caribbean-it was the midnight showing). My husband & I (okay, me) am trying to get through Monty Python & the Holy Grail in one seating. I LOVE that movie, I can even quote it!
I stay WIDE awake EVERY time I watch The Green Mile. That movie is like 3 HOURS long!! How odd is that?!
Apr 10, 2008 at 1:09 p.m.
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JasonTH, I am proud to report that the "snoring movie goer" was NOT me! :) (whew, that was a close one...)
Apr 10, 2008 at 11:43 a.m.
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I've had to kick the back of a seat to wake a snoring movie goer before.
How anyone could fall asleep during the Bourne Identity with the theater sound system cranked up to 11, is beyond me. And how this person was able to snore louder than that - is even further beyond me.
Apr 8, 2008 at 10:28 p.m.
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OK, I haven't ever fallen asleep in a movie theater (thank goodness). Perhaps it's the fact that I've paid $8.50 to sit in a relatively uncomfortable seat in a room that's really, really loud. :)
And Adam, no NoDoz. That stuff is nasty on your body...
Apr 7, 2008 at 2:10 p.m.
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ABSOLUTELY! I have fallen asleep during some of the most "intense" movies ever.
My children have to elbow me to wake me up when we watch a movie together at home.
I haven't been to a theater in YEARS, as I believe it is the most expensive nap ever...
I can't help it. :~(
Apr 7, 2008 at 11:58 a.m.
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I can attest that Kayla is famous for falling asleep during some of my favorite movies, though it's probably at least somewhat my fault for insisting we watch something when we've been up for 18 hours already.
I just have to rememeber to start the movie before dinnner. Or I have to slip her some NoDoz.
I don't know...does anyone else have this problem?
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