On Sunday, I went to see The Chronicles of Narnia. It was an OK film. As a friend said, great epic battle but mediocre acting. It also probably didn't help that the past three Decembers were all about Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
Nonetheless, what really got to me while watching CoN was the kid sitting behind me who was constantly kicking the back of my chair. I don't understand this because there is a wide gap between the rows. Several times I turned around and asked him to stop. The father, sitting next to him, just smiled.
Then, someone down in the front row got a call on his cell phone. He had the volume set to low but that was still bad enough but it got worse. The thing with many cell phones these days is the backlighting. My Motorola e815, for example, could probably help get me home in the dark. And that was the case with this guy's cell phone. It pretty much lit up a small area around him.
The National Organization of Theatre Operators has been petitioning the FCC to block cell phone signals inside movie theatres in an attempt to curtail "rude behavior."
On the other side of the fence, the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association is trying to block this request, saying it interferes with the ability for the cell phone owner to receive emergency calls.
Personally, I really don't want more regulations. People just need to learn to be courtious and turn their cell phones off while the movie is on. It really isn't that hard.
