I just cried for two hours.
Jun. 1st, 2005 10:34 pmIt's well documented that deep down inside I am (a) a sap and (b) a twelve-year-old girl, so it should surprise none of you that I went to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants on opening night.
I was nearly in tears even before the lights dimmed. The people filtering in were groups of women--teenagers, middle-aged women who probably read the books when their daughters did, and even some women who looked old enough to have granddaughters the right age for the movie. I think I was the only person in the theater who was there alone, and it made me miss the good days in high school when my three best friends and I would see chick flicks or camp out in my living room or pass notes in class.
Although some of the people there were older, the majority of the audience was teenage girls, which has its ups and downs. On the one hand, it was mildly annoying because teenage girls are loud and because every time I see large groups of teenagers I despair at how they all seem to have come out of the same cookie cutter. On the other hand, it was great because I wasn't the only one crying and much of the noise was girls whispering to each other about how the movie was different from the book.
The Harry Potter trailer was awesome! I hadn't seen it yet. I had, however, seen trailers for all the other movies we had trailers for today. But the Herbie: Fully Loaded one was new. Breckin Meyer is in it. Breckin Meyer! This almost makes me want to see it, despite the desecration of yet another childhood memory. (My brother and I used to watch the Herbie movies whenever they came on our local PBS affiliate when we were kids.)
( And then there was the movie. )
I was nearly in tears even before the lights dimmed. The people filtering in were groups of women--teenagers, middle-aged women who probably read the books when their daughters did, and even some women who looked old enough to have granddaughters the right age for the movie. I think I was the only person in the theater who was there alone, and it made me miss the good days in high school when my three best friends and I would see chick flicks or camp out in my living room or pass notes in class.
Although some of the people there were older, the majority of the audience was teenage girls, which has its ups and downs. On the one hand, it was mildly annoying because teenage girls are loud and because every time I see large groups of teenagers I despair at how they all seem to have come out of the same cookie cutter. On the other hand, it was great because I wasn't the only one crying and much of the noise was girls whispering to each other about how the movie was different from the book.
The Harry Potter trailer was awesome! I hadn't seen it yet. I had, however, seen trailers for all the other movies we had trailers for today. But the Herbie: Fully Loaded one was new. Breckin Meyer is in it. Breckin Meyer! This almost makes me want to see it, despite the desecration of yet another childhood memory. (My brother and I used to watch the Herbie movies whenever they came on our local PBS affiliate when we were kids.)
( And then there was the movie. )