Privacy, Movie Theaters, And Guns

James Joseph Cialella apparently shot a man for talking during a screening of The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button on its opening day. Upon hearing this, I had three thoughts in quick succession:

1. Why couldn’t this guy have come to the same screening I did? There was this one guy who wouldn’t shut up for over five minutes. Eventually, shouts from the crowd that he should  leave made their way through his adamantine skull. Or maybe that of his caretaker.
2. What a relief that this happened during a movie that turned out to be good.
3. Does the shooter need any help with money for his legal defense?

Back at the dawn of cinema, everyone talked in the movie theater. Mainly, this was because Read the rest of this entry »