Movies

Girl: The first Pokemon movie was really sad.
Guy #1: Oh, yeah! It made me cry.
Girl: I couldn’t believe when Pikachu almost died…
Guy #2: Have you guys seen Pokemon porn?
Girl: Okay, let’s just stop right there.
Guy #2: No, it’s crazy. You know Misty? She’ll do like anything!

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Older lady: Heath Ledger was The Joker? Boy, I never would have guessed that!

Movie Theater
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

Guy #1: Let’s see Grindhouse.
Guy #2: What’s that about?
Guy #1: Jesus.

http://overheardina2.blogspot.com/2007/04/because-kurt-russell-is-lord.html

Old woman: They don't make that many good movies nowadays.
Young girl: That's not true! Want to order Daddy Day Camp?

Ontario, California

Overheard by: none

Queer to fag hag, after Transformers preview: I thought they were, like, good guys…

Regal Cinemas
Greenville, South Carolina

Overheard by: Trying not to laugh hysterically

Zombie studies professor, after lecturing at length on feminist film theory: But enough of that boring stuff. Let's watch a movie where people get murdered!

Chicago, Illinois

Professor: The Swedes. They look at the glaciers, go inside, watch a Bergman film, have a heavy drink, then have some sex in the sauna, but ultimately that is unsatisfying, so they kill themselves.

Oberlin, Ohio

Overheard by: Secret Spy

Girl to friend: I really feel like I am in The Matrix right now.

Downtown Toronto
Canadia

Earnest fellow: And then I watched Scrubs, and then I watched Blade Runner, the movie. And then guess what I did?
Girlfriend: What?
Earnest fellow (proudly): I organized my receipts.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/287115616/sounds-like-a-good-cure-for-insomnia.html

Overheard by: the girls by the elevator.

Woman at Origins of the universe sequence at screening of The Tree of Life: We should have seen Bridesmaids.
Companion: Shut up!

Brisbane
Australia