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Well, the movie's story quite differs from the book's story. The movie's spirit, on the other hand, perfectly captures the book's spirit. It's hilarious except for the love story bit. I almost swallowed my towel in the attempts not to laugh the whole cinema into ruins.
While we only had very few dressed-up people for the Star Wars premiere, pretty much everybody had at least a towel with them. Many also wore bathrobes. They got in for free, because the CinemaxX loves them their geeks. Unfortunately, they hadn't made that public, so I only had a towel. Otherwise, I could've saved 6 €. Oh well, they were well-invested. It was really funny.
4.2 Things You Can Do When You Have A Towel With You In CinemaBecause Lyra Is Uncreative And Can't Come Up With More
- Finally, no more battles against the paper towel machine in the restroom. Because after washing your hands, they're wet. If they're wet, the heat sensor which is meant to notice that there's a hand and then should spit out a paper towel doesn't work. So you have to touch the sensor, but you're not supposed to do that because that somehow damages it. Bring your own towel, fuck the machine.
- Cover your eyes during the really bad commercials. Commercials are dangerous beasts that are out to eat your brain, but they're mindbogglingly stupid and think that if you can't see them, they can't see you.
- Something to do with your hands. I'm serious. There must be some deep human desire to play with something when you're sitting in the dark. A towel is, at least, far more innocent than a lightsabre replica. Also, less heavy.
- Finally, you have a weapon against those idiots who think they have to talk during the movie. I don't mean the occasional whispered dry remark - that's ok - but rather if it gets too much, such as the pointless repetition of funny lines - Dammit, man, we all got the joke the first time around! - or the totally OT discussions about someone's girlfriend or someone's sexual orientation or someone's job or whatever. "Ey, I've seen your ex-girlfriend at McDonalds last week." - "I don't care. That f*cking $"%§#&." Towelsmack. Silence.
- If it's a funny movie, you can muffle your LOLs with it. Or wipe off the Coke you snorted out of your nose. If it's a sad movie, one towel can replace 5 boxes of Kleenex...
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( Wir entschuldigen uns für den gestrigen Ausbruch und kehren zu Ihrem gewohnten Programm zurück. )
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While we only had very few dressed-up people for the Star Wars premiere, pretty much everybody had at least a towel with them. Many also wore bathrobes. They got in for free, because the CinemaxX loves them their geeks. Unfortunately, they hadn't made that public, so I only had a towel. Otherwise, I could've saved 6 €. Oh well, they were well-invested. It was really funny.
4.2 Things You Can Do When You Have A Towel With You In Cinema
- Finally, no more battles against the paper towel machine in the restroom. Because after washing your hands, they're wet. If they're wet, the heat sensor which is meant to notice that there's a hand and then should spit out a paper towel doesn't work. So you have to touch the sensor, but you're not supposed to do that because that somehow damages it. Bring your own towel, fuck the machine.
- Cover your eyes during the really bad commercials. Commercials are dangerous beasts that are out to eat your brain, but they're mindbogglingly stupid and think that if you can't see them, they can't see you.
- Something to do with your hands. I'm serious. There must be some deep human desire to play with something when you're sitting in the dark. A towel is, at least, far more innocent than a lightsabre replica. Also, less heavy.
- Finally, you have a weapon against those idiots who think they have to talk during the movie. I don't mean the occasional whispered dry remark - that's ok - but rather if it gets too much, such as the pointless repetition of funny lines - Dammit, man, we all got the joke the first time around! - or the totally OT discussions about someone's girlfriend or someone's sexual orientation or someone's job or whatever. "Ey, I've seen your ex-girlfriend at McDonalds last week." - "I don't care. That f*cking $"%§#&." Towelsmack. Silence.
- If it's a funny movie, you can muffle your LOLs with it. Or wipe off the Coke you snorted out of your nose. If it's a sad movie, one towel can replace 5 boxes of Kleenex...
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( Wir entschuldigen uns für den gestrigen Ausbruch und kehren zu Ihrem gewohnten Programm zurück. )
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