the little theatre in bermuda

It’s not called little for no reason.  It’s called the Little Theatre, because it is indeed very small.  It is the smallest movie theater I’ve ever been to in my entire life!  It only seats 173 people, which is probably less than a quarter of most movie theaters.  Consequently, the screen is not as wide as usual and there is only one movie showing each week.  So if there is a really good and popular movie showing, you really have to get tickets way beforehand or you’ll never get to see it at all. 

I’m not very fussy about the movie theaters I go to.  The picture, of course, does not equal those in theaters in the US or even the Philippines (those are the only other countries where I’ve been to a movie house) but it’s decent.  Even the sound quality is OK.  So I’m cool with that.  Honestly, I’m not a very big fan of going to theaters so that’s probably why I don’t really mind the crudeness of the place. 

Tuesday night, however, when we went to see “Wanted”, I was kind of wishing there was a better and more modern movie theater in the island.  Wanted was really a good movie I think, which would be nice to see in a state-of-the-art movie house and at least with all the lights off.  Yes, the crew at Little Theater forgot to turn off the lights before the movie started.  I don’t know if the other moviegoers noticed it but they didn’t say a word.  If it were somewhere else, I’m pretty sure somebody would have started booing.  They only turned off the light more than halfway through the film. 

Another thing that irritated me was the fact that there was a chick who was really loud — as in as if she’s seeing a movie on her own at her own private home theater.  She was over reacting at everything that my own reactions just back off because my irritation with her drowns everything!  I was thinking then that maybe, had it been a bigger room, the sounds she made would have probably seemed more discreet and I would have watched my movie in peace. 

But, it is what it is.  The Little Theatre may not be the best there is in the world but it still does its job, provide entertainment to the island and the occasional marvel it brings to people for it being one-of-a-kind.