Film lover problems might not be tantamount to not having a roof over your head, barely finding food to put in your mouth or struggling to make ends meet, but they're still fiendish problems alright. Any lover of film will have encountered these 10 problems - and likely many more to boot - at some point during their tenure as a card-carrying cinemaniac, amounting to frustrations with actors, directors, distributors, the film industry as a whole, fellow cinemagoers, and even those you deem to be your own friends. Being a film lover requires a strong stomach and constitution, to put up with the various curveballs you're going to be thrown by all of the above. If you can't handle it, then you may as well go back to listening to books on tape. Here are 10 problems only movie lovers will understand...
10. When People Don't Realise That A "New" Movie Is A Remake
One of the most galling events in my recent film-watching life came at a January screening of the umpteenth Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot/remake/quasi-sequel/whatever, Texas Chainsaw 3D. Prior to the trailers startling, I heard a young woman in the audience - likely not a day over 18 - expressing her sheer amazement at her boyfriend that Texas Chainsaw was, in fact, based on a previous horror movie series. I swiftly choked on my drink, and had to restrain myself from reflexively eyeballing her in disgust; I was in the real world now. This isn't an IMDB message board, where you can throw down the cineaste yardstick with impunity (besides, her boyfriend looked like he might take offence). Anyway, while some modern movies do mask the fact that they're a remake well enough, when it's a movie as popular as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, nobody really has an excuse. My advice to avoid being around such heinously misinformed cinemagoers? Do the exact opposite of what I did; just don't support this dreck and vote with your wallet.