I love these kinds of things. Nothing makes me simultaneously smile and shake my head more than ridiculous people. Not ridiculous as in, “Haha. You’re so clever and funny.” I’m talking ridiculous as in, “Fools.” You know, knee slappers.

Fools as in people who went into UK theaters, sat down to watch a movie, and after ten minutes realized there is no sound. Not due to any defect with the quality or the theater itself. It’s 100% because they were sitting down in a theater playing The Artist—the soon-to-be Academy Award winning film. You know? The silent one. The one recreating the early motion picture style in the year 2011. The one that clearly had no dialogue.

Oh, man. People. They are the worse AND the best. This is right up there with those Einsteins who thought Drive was Fast and the Furious 9.

And I think what blows my mind the most is that they demanded a refund. Because of their own mistake! Whoa! That’s like going to a restaurant, reading the menu, ordering something from the menu, getting the EXACT thing you ordered, but sending it back because it confuses you. As in you weren’t prepared enough so someone else should have to correct it. Personally, I would be too embarrassed to ask for a refund. Stupid me! But, no, stupid them.

The Odeon Theaters gave them their money back! They claim it has to do with their “within the first ten minutes policy” which is probably true. But these people are now global news because of poor planning and research.

On a completely different note, The Artist was recently named the Producers Guild’s Best Picture, so it’s not struggling too badly. You don’t have to feel sorry for it. Feel sorry for those who don’t think too darn good.