So my friend won tickets to an advanced screening of the upcoming movie Warm Bodies starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't go. Fortunately for me, she gave me the tickets! So my boyfriend and I were really excited for the opportunity to go!
As far as the theater itself went, it was not the best. Long story short they collected everyone's cell phones. Of course I understand it was for security purposes, so the movie wasn't recorded and distributed, but it was kind of snuck on us. They let us past the ticket collector and guided us to the auditorium that the movie would be in and then kind of jumped out with plastic bags and made people hand over their electronics. I was really uncomfortable with this and refused. We decided to take our electronics back to the car, except I took my cell phone back in. I felt uncomfortable about leaving it with strangers or in the car. Luckily, they took my word that I didn't have it on me and we were let in.
The second mistake on the theater's part was the fact that there was a couple with a very young toddler who was disruptive. It wasn't even the toddler that bothered me, it was his mother. She spanked him multiple times and wouldn't leave the theater. Finally, a manager came by and said something to them. Still, they didn't leave. The manager gave them multiple warnings until they finally left. At last, I could focus entirely on the movie.
The biggest thing that stood out to me were the parallels to society. 'R' has a flashback to how things were before the plague spread at the beginning of the movie: everyone was disconnected and focused on their electronic lives. (The irony of this, of course, came in the form of the smuggled cell phone in my pocket). This, to me, was like how we are turning into zombies. We are constantly plugged in. Luckily, there's a way to remedy this: love.
All in all, it was a great movie. However, the whole "tell a girl to stay put and she runs away" thing is getting old. But it helped to progress the story. 'R' was a completely lovable protagonist and the movie was funny and heartwarming. I would recommend it to pretty much anyone who's looking for an all around movie. :)
okay, that's all I have for you guys!! Go see Warm Bodies on February 1st!
