{"id":22736,"date":"2022-12-12T13:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/did-you-just-leave-the-room-without-pausing-the-movie\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T13:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:55:35","slug":"did-you-just-leave-the-room-without-pausing-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/did-you-just-leave-the-room-without-pausing-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Just Leave the Room Without Pausing the Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whenever I\u2019m watching a movie at home with a friend or girlfriend, I stare in astonishment as they get up and walk out of the room to grab a snack or go to the restroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you want me to pause it?\u201d I ask. \u201cNot necessary,\u201d they respond.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter whether the movie is good or not. They could love it and yet can still traipse out of the room for several minutes without a care in the world, and then return to their seat without even asking what they missed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I\u2019m sitting on the sofa as if the act itself is a big affront, as if I\u2019m the one who made the movie and am showing it to them for the first time.\u00a0I always end up pausing the film for them anyway, but that\u2019s clearly for me, not them. How could they just walk out on a movie without pausing? Do they have no respect for the art of cinema? What\u2019s wrong with them?<\/p>\n

Nothing. They\u2019re fine, I\u2019m the neurotic idiot.<\/p>\n

What Did I Miss?<\/h2>\n

There are some folks out there who for some strange reason, can\u2019t let themselves miss a second of a film, even if it\u2019s bad. We somehow imagine that missing a single scene ruins the entire movie-watching experience, and that by losing that 45 seconds where a character is probably just peeing or checking their mail, we might somehow fail to grasp some great eternal truth contained within the film.<\/p>\n

They tend to be what one might call the \u201cGo down with the ship\u201d types<\/a>, who feel compelled to finish bad movies and books, would never walk out of an awful film, and will sit in a movie theater needing to pee<\/a> instead of missing one sacred scene that ultimately doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

Because if they do miss that one scene, it will haunt them, pester them like an itch or burning sensation that won\u2019t go away, and years later, when laying on their death bed recounting their various regrets, chief among them will be the knowledge that they missed a few minutes of\u00a0You, Me and Dupree<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You Didn\u2019t Miss Anything<\/h2>\n

So when someone happily frolics out of the room during a movie, they shatter\u00a0this delusion with their casualness, and it\u2019s a reminder that there are other, probably healthier ways to think and live.<\/p>\n

These other types tend to have a more relaxed relationship with escapism like movies and books. They\u2019re often the same people who don\u2019t mind spoilers, can watch sequels without seeing the original, and say things like \u201cI saw part of that movie.\u201d What do you mean you saw \u201cpart\u201d of it and not the whole thing? For me, that\u2019s like saying \u201cI read page 78 of that book.\u201d<\/p>\n

But again, they\u2019re not in the wrong. While one can appreciate the need to be told a story from start to finish without missing anything, you can totally miss things and be just fine. Few movies are so good that they require seeing every nanosecond, and many scenes are cliched and pee-worthy.<\/p>\n

For instance, fun as they are, most sex scenes are badly done and skippable, and if it\u2019s an action or heist movie, you can leave the room during that hackneyed scene that comes after a chase sequence where they\u2019re talking about how long they\u2019ve been in the criminal life. Less yapping, more chasing.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the scene, though, nervous purists need to realize that it will be ok if we walk out and miss something. It\u2019s a scene in a movie, not your kid\u2019s baseball championship game, not your best friend\u2019s wedding, and not some comet that won\u2019t pass through the sky for another 450 years.<\/p>\n

So the next time someone momentarily walks out of the room during a movie you\u2019re way too into, try joining them. Over time you\u2019ll be more and more comfortable with doing so, and may realize there\u2019s as much happening in the other room as the one where the movie is playing.<\/p>\n

Besides, you can always rush back before them and quickly rewind it like a jackass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n