{"id":17,"date":"2006-04-07T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2006-04-07T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-07T23:15:00","slug":"how-to-watch-movies-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"How To Watch Movies (Pt.2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2388\/2299\/1600\/mexicaner.jpg\"><img  src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2388\/2299\/320\/mexicaner.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>PART TWO: SIT DOWN, STAY A WHILE<\/p>\n<p>One of my real concerns on this topic is the shortening attention span of the public. Try to show up for the movie before it starts, and stay until it ends. Just a concept. So many folks are so focused on getting to the parking lot before everyone else that they miss the finishing touches on a film. I\u2019ve noticed that we\u2019ve all become very sophisticated in our knowledge of cinema techniques, whether we realize it or not. We have been trained by all media to know when the film is ending. The scene pulls out to a wide shot, the music flourishes, the camera tilts to the sky, and&#8230; &#8220;Grab your coats, kids, we\u2019re leavin\u2019!&#8221; The family has made it to the exit before the first credit rolls. <\/p>\n<p>I guess you people are smart enough to spot the end of a film before it happens. But be warned\u2014many films are now fooling audiences with extra scenes past their expected \u201cbig finish\u201d, even running epilogue scenes under the credits. So stay! Remember, you paid ten bucks for this, so at least get your money\u2019s worth. You will enjoy yourself so much more if you treat a movie like an experience to be absorbed, rather than a way to occupy your brain for two hours.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s another idea: go to the bathroom before the movie. If you\u2019re an adult and your bladder can\u2019t last two hours, plan ahead. Don\u2019t sit in the middle of the row. And get that checked out, for pete&#8217;s sake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PART TWO: SIT DOWN, STAY A WHILE One of my real concerns on this topic is the shortening attention span of the public. Try to show up for the movie before it starts, and stay until it ends. Just a concept. So many folks are so focused on getting to the parking lot before everyone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}