Yesterday, we went to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. That's two and a half hours I won't get back again. We are big fans of Harry, however, this movie is the least interesting of the lot. No action, plodding direction and a waste of Alan Rickman who makes a brilliant Severous Snape. However, I digress. Before the movie starts, there is a notice flashed on screen (in this case by a talking guinea pig - dont' ask))
requesting patrons to turn off their mobile phones. A very reasonable request one would think. Not so, I'm afraid, for the people in the row in front of us. Their faces were bathed in a deathly glow from the screens of their phones all the way through the film. What can possibly be so important that they cannot bear to turn them off for a couple of hours? Are they expecting an important call from the P.M? Do they expect at any moment to be called to save the world from terrorists? I hardly think so. No, it's more likely that they were ordering a take away for when the movie finished. Why is it, that no one can bear to be out of touch with their fellow humans for even a short time? I have to admit, that even Plum and I are guilty of this otherwise why would we be blogging? The answer to this is, of course, that we like to keep up with everyone's adventures, don't we?
Yesterday, we went to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. That's two and a half hours I won't get back again. We are big fans of Harry, however, this movie is the least interesting of the lot. No action, plodding direction and a waste of Alan Rickman who makes a brilliant Severous Snape. However, I digress. Before the movie starts, there is a notice flashed on screen (in this case by a talking guinea pig - dont' ask)) 
requesting patrons to turn off their mobile phones. A very reasonable request one would think. Not so, I'm afraid, for the people in the row in front of us. Their faces were bathed in a deathly glow from the screens of their phones all the way through the film. What can possibly be so important that they cannot bear to turn them off for a couple of hours? Are they expecting an important call from the P.M? Do they expect at any moment to be called to save the world from terrorists? I hardly think so. No, it's more likely that they were ordering a take away for when the movie finished. Why is it, that no one can bear to be out of touch with their fellow humans for even a short time? I have to admit, that even Plum and I are guilty of this otherwise why would we be blogging? The answer to this is, of course, that we like to keep up with everyone's adventures, don't we?
More likely they were trying to film the whole movie so they could sell dodgy DVDs of it later..!
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