So, for context, I have 2 roommates. One we will call C, and one we will call F. While C and I get along just fine, I find that F and I butt heads a lot. Not that F is a bad guy, he is a clean and organized roommate, just not a great friend.

Now, C has a girlfriend named M, who has never seen Lord of the Rings in her life. In fact, she just doesn't do movies well and finds action movies dull. So C and I were both surprised when we convinced her to try Lord of the Rings the following night. 

Now, M has a bad attention span with action movies, so I figured I would play it safe. I love watching movies with people who have never seen them. It let's me re-experience the movies through a different set of eyes. And I really cherish the LoTR films so I wanted her to have the best experience possible. I asked F is he was planning on having anybody over that night, and when he confirmed he wasn't, I asked if he could keep it that way. I told him what we were watching, and that I didn't want too many people there to distract her from the movie. He seemed to be a little put off, but he asked if he could watch it with us, to which I said "of course dude, it's your apartment too".


Well, we get M over to watch the movie and get about 30 minutes in. M is watching intently, only talking to ask questions, and genuinely enjoying it.

When we hear a knock on the door. It was F's younger brother, who we will call F2. Now, F2 was like 2 years younger than the rest of us, and is a really nice dude. F said he wanted him over to watch the movie too. So we say "um, sure", and F2 finds a seat.

Within 2 minutes, the brothers are now talking about their days and just random stuff in general. This goes on for a few minutes, and it wasn't exactly quiet. I noticed that M has started looking back at them, So I pause the movie, and just asked "are you done? We're trying to watch a movie."

This got under F's skin, and he shot back that this was his apartment too, and he didn't like being told what to do. I responded that any other night, I wouldn't care, but tonight was a special night. And I asked him to respect that, to which he said he felt disrespected anyway. So he and F2 left. 

We then watched the rest of the movie and M really enjoyed it. Asking when we could watch the 2nd one.

I just tried talking with F about it, and he responded with hostility, stating that I put too much stake in movies and should care more about people. He also said that he invited his brother because I had asked him not to, and he said I had no right, to keep him from having people over.

So… thoughts