Theater Hopping is like Being Ozymandias

When I go to a movie, I tend to literally go to the movies. I’ll spend an entire day in a theater, gorging myself on cinema: explosions, car chases, silences that think they’re saying a lot more than they are, homoerotic bromances, vulgar gross-out jokes, artsy angles that reflect a character’s inner turmoil, witty banter delivered more quickly than people can speak in real life. These things pile on top of each other in a cacophony of modern pop culture and I love it. It’s my favorite way to watch films. Here’s why.