06-29-2009, 03:40 AM
Kramerica wrote:
I had to watch it twice to get it too, partially because from the title, I expected them to be watching a movie, not literally IN a movie. We've been programmed to accept and instantly understand that split-screen visual cue and not even think twice, which makes the joke harder to pull off.
I think you've got it. For whatever reason, I was able to get the joke at the first instant, and was able to find it extraordinarily funny, precisely because of how the split screen is normally used.