Last night I had one of the strangest experiences in a movie theater. One of my wife’s friends is getting married tomorrow so she was gone for the evening which left me home alone. I decided to call up some friends and head out to the movie theater to see Night At The Museum. Christopher, Michael, and I met at the theater to watch the late show. The place was rather empty so we chose some seats in the back row, in the middle of the theater. Directly behind us there were three seats surrounded by open space for any wheelchairs. Two guys and a lady were sitting in the three seats behind us and I noticed they were talking kind of loud and acting a bit strange for my taste when we sat down to watch the previews. I didn’t think anything of it because this is Sullivan, a town filled with strange folk.
The movie started, and I quickly forgot about those people behind me. While watching the movie I was really getting into it. It’s a really good movie and so I was really focused in, when suddenly I began to hear this hacking, gagging, gurgling noise behind me, and then a noise I can only describe as sounding like someone pouring out a big, thick pot of chili. Being a bit slow, my brain began to process this information and suddenly I instinclty leaned forward as far as I could when I realized that I was hearing someone throwing up behind me. This lady had puked all over herself and was just sitting there behind us. I kept thinking, “Oh MY GOODNESS, WHAT DO I DO!” I was thinking that her puke was going to run down the theater floor and get on my shoes, or worse I thought maybe her puke was splashing up on me. Christopher leaned over and said “do you want to move?” and at the time I was so dumbfounded that my brain wasn’t working and so I sat there and said nothing. Christopher finally just got up and moved so I followed him. As I got up I caught a glance of this lady and she was just sitting there covered from her neck down to her feet in white, thick, chuncky vomit. The guy next to her leaned over and whispered, “Do you want to go to the bathroom” and she said “yeah” and they got up and left for a few minutes. After we moved and got settled again and stopped freaking out the lady and guy came back into the theater and sat down to enjoy the rest of the film. I don’t know how anyone in the world could enjoy the film after covering themselves with loads of vomit and just sitting there.
[...] This movie has mostly been panned by critics but I had a different reaction to it. I had a blast with the movie both times I watched it (even though the moving going experience the second time around was… well… stunning). I think you can’t get too caught up in the plot and just wait for some fun with some great comedic actors. [...]