1. You Will Not Be Awake To See The Movie
There are probably those of you out there who think I'm taking this too seriously. You're probably saying to yourself; "It can't be all that bad. I can withstand the fanboys, the poor service, and the loneliness. All I'm really going out for is the movie. Ah yes, that wonderful movie. The movie you've been waiting over a year to see. The movie that will blow you're socks off. The movie that will show you things beyond your wildest dreams. The movie that will.........zzzzzzzzzzzz.......oh excuse me! I must have dosed off for a sec there. I'm glad I wasn't doing anything important like driving or operating heavy machinery. At least when you do those things it's easy forgive yourself. I don't know how I would have reacted if I was at a movie I had been waiting to see and fell asleep halfway through the picture. Oh wait, I have done that before. It was at a midnight screening. I didn't like it. Not one bit. Call me crazy but it's just not my idea of fun grabbing 40 winks at a midnight screening of a film. I usually look forward to watching and enjoying movies while awake. In fact, when it comes to viewing and enjoying a movie, the whole being awake thing is probably the thing I'm most dependent upon (beside having ticket money). You understand right? To watch something you typically have to have your eyes open. So you can see. With your eyes. I know I'm laying it on thick and I apologize but those of you still unmoved by my previous warnings about midnight screenings need to understand this last final point above all others. Movies we're not meant to be seen so late at night.
Most of the impact any major art form (music, painting, movies, ect) has upon an individual correlates directly to the receptiveness of their major senses to intake and evaluate the art through their mental, emotional, and spiritual being. Most showcases for the major art forms make it their mission to provide the optimum circumstances for an individual to have an impactful experience with the art on display. This is why art museums have carefully designed lighting schemes in them, so that you can see the paintings the way they were meant to be seen. This is also why many symphonic halls are harmonically designed and built, so that the listener can have a more dynamic auditory experience with the music being performed. Sadly the only artistic medium which seems to have not gotten the memo about circumstantial effectiveness are motions pictures. Disregarding for a sec the general ineptness of most movie theater presentations already, its even more absurd to fathom that movie distributors thought releasing their films early at an hour when most human beings sleep, is ridiculous. The human body needs rest to function. Without rest the body cant work properly. It can't fight disease properly. It can't restore itself. More to the point, without rest the senses are affected negatively. In other words if you're tired, your senses are tired (not properly receptive). This does not bode well for the late night movie goer. That line of great dialogue the audience laughed at sailed right over your head because you were dosing. What about that great action scene. It made the audience cheer but only served to startled you in your chair, since you were sleeping while it happened. Then there was that last minute revelation that made the theater audibly gasp; the twist that will be debated online for year to come. You can tell your friends proudly that it didn't shock you in the slightest since you were otherwise occupied with counting sheep leaping over a fence. To avoid such a sad fate you could do the sensible thing and get some rest. That way when you come to the theater tomorrow evening your senses will have had a chance to rejuvenate and you can give the movie the best chance you can to thrill you. Other than that you're only selling yourself short by potentially cheating yourself out of a great cinematic experience. Furthermore, don't think you can compensate for you tiredness by hyping yourself up on Red Bull and coffee. While tiring out your senses by depriving them of sleep isn't a good idea neither is stressing them out with caffeine. Not to sound like a PSA from the 80's, but real cool film films don't need to get high to keep awake and have a good time at the movies.
The more you know... So what do you guys think. Are you still planning on attending midnight screenings in the future or have my warnings turned you off. Also, can you tell about a time when you had a really bad or really good time at a midnight screening.