Well, not so "pet", and quite peeving.
Took has worked her way though all of my action movies on DVD. (She does her English workbook while she watches a movie.) Last night, we watched the only action-like movie that she hadn't seen yet: Saving Private Ryan.
Here is my genuine, "if I could change this about you, I would" peeve: Took laughed through a lot of the movie. Not at the blood and guts... but in other places no less improper. Example: A soldier with his hearing gone because of a grenade exploding next to it shouts and has to be shouted at in order to converse. Took found this quite funny. The mother collapsing on the front porch got a giggle.
The night before, we had attemped to watch "Meet the Fockers", which I thought would go over well. "Where's the funny parts?" Took asked about halfway through.
If she were a farang, I'd consider this a mental glitch... but being Thai (a race that laughs at odd times), and not always having a perfect undertstanding of what she is watching, I have to withhold judgment.
3 comments:
Jil
Had the same experience , while watching Saving Private Ryan in the Royal Gardens Cinema .
I sat through the movie cringeing while the whole cinema was laughing .
It was the bit with the solider going back to pick up his arm , that was found the most hilarious .
Found it very uncomfortable .
Well, actually that's good. At least I know that it isn't just Took.
The thing I wonder now is if they understand that laughing is improper, but can't help themselves, or if they wonder why we don't laugh as well.
Jil
I must admit I looked at Thais differently after that day in the cinema .
I dont blame them though .
I get my own back , with more Thai movies being shown with eng. subtitles , I drag the GF to these , then laugh out loud at random points .
You eventually get paranoid glares .
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