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Probably over-reacting but...

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mollysugden · 21/12/2006 23:19

About 6 months ago dp borrowed lockstock and 2 smoking barrels (or whatever its called!) off his mate, he watched it whilst I was busy one night and has watched it over and over again since, he loves it and was constantly on at me to watch it. So anyway last night there was nothing on tv and he was going on about it again so I agreed to sit and watch it with him.

Anyway as soon as it starts he starts saying all the lines whilst the actors are saying them (that's how many times he's watched it, knows the script off by heart!!). I let it go at first thinking he'd get bored of doing it but after 10 minutes it he's still reeling off the lines as the actors are talking and the film was impossible to watch/enjoy like this so I asked him to stop doing it so I could watch the film properly. Instead of just being a normal person and saying "ok" he started being an idiot and went "oooo!" , I ignored it and assumed it would at least stop him speaking all the way through it. 10 minutes later he says "oh, this bit is great!" and starts saying the lines a few seconds before the actors, this was even worse so I said "if you keep doing that I'm going to go and do something else, you're spoiling the film for me" and again I got the childish noises etc and he carried on doing it so I got up and went upstairs and sat on the pc for a bit, he came up all moody asking why I wasnt watching the film so I said I would watch it when he's not around one time, he got angry and called me a misserable cow before storming back dowstairs.

So did I over-react and should I have sat through the film anyway? I know its a petty thing to argue about but he really annoyed me. It's not like he was doing it to annoy (saying the lines) to be fair, he was just really excited over the film and about me finally watching it but really, to reel off the script whilst someone is trying to watch it??

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FairytaleOfNewNORKSBRIDE · 21/12/2006 23:47

You're right. It would annoy me. If he wants you to watch the film then he should let you watch it. If he wants you to watch him in his own version of the film then he should have said so and got you a bloody big bowl of popcorn.

expatinscotland · 21/12/2006 23:47

That's annoying as all hell.

southeastastra · 21/12/2006 23:50

heheh!

LucyLemon · 23/12/2006 10:04

Definitely with you mollysugden!
How very, very irritating.

Quootiepie · 23/12/2006 10:13

lol, what a wally. Swap it for a foriegn version next time I wouldn't have sat through it again, bad enough DH with his eastenders obsession!

ChristmasPresence · 27/12/2006 15:33

Don't make excuses for him - after you'd asked him twice he should have made the effort to curb his "enthusiasm". He's being incredibly selfish and childish. My DP does this a bit when watching Monty Python, but if I asked him politely to stop then he would. It's very disrespectful of him.

7swansaswimmingup · 27/12/2006 15:36

would have absolutely infuriated me, what a childish twonk he is!

anyway what is it with men/boys that they like to watch the same film over and over and over and over again. personally i like to watch a film once, obviously not knowing whats going to happen. i really dont see the thrill of watching a film and knowing what the ending is going to be

nightowl · 27/12/2006 15:55

i would have put the subtitles on, in another language. its hard to read one thing whilst speaking another!

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