I love how the guys who like to talk throughout the movie tend to sit in the back rows (or even right behind you). I guess they don't realize that the sound of their voices travels forward so that everyone hears them & not to mention that they have to talk louder than normal because they have to talk louder than the movie to be heard. They should sit in the first couple of rows so that fewer people have to hear them.
Times that you have been SERIOUSLY pissed off in the theatre.
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kimko
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i loved the late 70s and 80s i would go and see all the kung-fu movies downtown and all the "brothers" would be talking telling the guy to watch out for the whirl kick or the iron fist and whatever man it was better than the movie thats the only time i liked it when people can enhance the bad dialogue
Luis Caffesse
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When we went to go see 'The Village' I had a couple sitting RIGHT NEXT TO ME who talked during the first 5 minutes of the movie nonstop. Again, talking like they were just hanging out in thier living room.
I kept giving them 'the look' but to no avail.
It quickly became obvious that this was going to require saying something.
So, after about 5 minutes when it bacame obvious they had no intention of stopping their chatter, I leaned over to the woman and said "excuse me, could you please keep it down?" I was very polite, I thought, and assumed she would just say "Oh yeah, sorry" and that would be the end of it.
Instead her boyfriend says, "what did he say?"
"he says we're being too loud"
To which her boyfriend says "Well then tell them to move somewhere else"
I was floored... but the best was yet to come.... I said "excuse me?"
And she replied "You know, if you didn't want to be around people you shouldn't have gone out tonight"
WHAT???
As though the movie theater was a place to come hang out, talk, and meet people???
I told her, "we're not in a bar - we're trying to watch a movie. So please, just keep it down."
She huffed, "whatever" and turned back to the screen, crossing her arms.
It was a bit uncomfortable after that exchange, seeing as we were sitting 2 inches from eachother, but neither one of them said a word for the rest of the movie.
I kept giving them 'the look' but to no avail.
It quickly became obvious that this was going to require saying something.
So, after about 5 minutes when it bacame obvious they had no intention of stopping their chatter, I leaned over to the woman and said "excuse me, could you please keep it down?" I was very polite, I thought, and assumed she would just say "Oh yeah, sorry" and that would be the end of it.
Instead her boyfriend says, "what did he say?"
"he says we're being too loud"
To which her boyfriend says "Well then tell them to move somewhere else"
I was floored... but the best was yet to come.... I said "excuse me?"
And she replied "You know, if you didn't want to be around people you shouldn't have gone out tonight"
WHAT???
As though the movie theater was a place to come hang out, talk, and meet people???
I told her, "we're not in a bar - we're trying to watch a movie. So please, just keep it down."
She huffed, "whatever" and turned back to the screen, crossing her arms.
It was a bit uncomfortable after that exchange, seeing as we were sitting 2 inches from eachother, but neither one of them said a word for the rest of the movie.
Future user
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Picard got shot in the new Star Wars? She must have been really good looking.MattinSTL said:
alwayslearning
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"you guys have some crazy stories though...either I'm lucky or I'm just so focused on the film i don't notice annoying people."
That is what I was thinking. Maybe the upper mid-west doesn't have a lot of things that are on the coasts and big cities, but at least it has quiet theaters.
Larry
That is what I was thinking. Maybe the upper mid-west doesn't have a lot of things that are on the coasts and big cities, but at least it has quiet theaters.
Larry
Terry_Tsurugi
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I saw King Kong The other day, and the guy next to me was humming the soundtrack of some reason. He had of course never heard it before so he was constantly trying to find the rigt note. And he kept doing it during the entire movie...And that's like three hours!
I still regret the fact that i didn't do anything.
Just like the time I was watching Hero on the opening day. Two twelve-year-old girls sitting five seats left of me, kept saying stuff like "yeah, right!" when Jet Li was showing of his moves. I didn't do anything! I'll take it all out on someone tonight (I'm seeing the first norwegian feature ever made with the dvx100, and made for like 4000$).
I still regret the fact that i didn't do anything.
Just like the time I was watching Hero on the opening day. Two twelve-year-old girls sitting five seats left of me, kept saying stuff like "yeah, right!" when Jet Li was showing of his moves. I didn't do anything! I'll take it all out on someone tonight (I'm seeing the first norwegian feature ever made with the dvx100, and made for like 4000$).
spencer
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What I hate is when a bunch of "non-conformist" kids from 8th grade come to watch a 7-10 PM showing. It happened recently the second time I saw King Kong (midnight showings are always enjoyable cuz no one talks, they just cheer at neat moments). There was a somewhat jumpy part, and this girl who had been talking quite loudly during the duration of the movie that she was actually watching, decided to exclaim "HOLY SHITTTTT" and "What the **** is thatttt?"
Maybe I didn't get the joke, but everyone else laughed. That pissed me off more. I overcame my urges to yell back.
Last time though, I didn't overcome those urges.
The movie was The Grudge. Opening night, 7PM. This means a BUNCH of douche bags. I mean the theater looked like the women's care section of a pharmacy. So many douche bags. And these said douche bags have a penchant for sitting up front. Now, the main purpose of the grudge is to get you to jump. I'm pretty sure it's all they're going for, considering i could explain the story in ten seconds. So, during these jumps, they'd yell, and that's allright, because I would jump too and then kinda chuckle and nudge my friends who also jumped (quietly, I might add). But then this one girl in the front starts yelling stuff after the jump parts, and my friends and I quietly took notice ("what the **** is this?" "God, what a *****"). Finally, after one jump moment, this girl feels the need to address the ENTIRE THEATER regarding her current mental state-Scared and very stupid. She turns arounds and yells "Oh my God I'm never going to see a movie like thi---"
It was at that point where I didn't shout, for shouting is very douche-baggish, but I said in an outside voice "Yeah, NO ONE CARES" Luckily it was enough for her to hear it, and she turned around abruptly. I did say it loud enough to gain the support of a couple of people behind me as well. I'm somewhat glad I said it, but it was like my subconscious battling my conscious. My subconscious wanted to throw popcorn at her, my conscious was like "hey, subconscious, take it easy man." Hence me saying it in a non yelling voice.
So, basically, that's what annoys me. That and sitting in the back row of a non crowded theater.
Maybe I didn't get the joke, but everyone else laughed. That pissed me off more. I overcame my urges to yell back.
Last time though, I didn't overcome those urges.
The movie was The Grudge. Opening night, 7PM. This means a BUNCH of douche bags. I mean the theater looked like the women's care section of a pharmacy. So many douche bags. And these said douche bags have a penchant for sitting up front. Now, the main purpose of the grudge is to get you to jump. I'm pretty sure it's all they're going for, considering i could explain the story in ten seconds. So, during these jumps, they'd yell, and that's allright, because I would jump too and then kinda chuckle and nudge my friends who also jumped (quietly, I might add). But then this one girl in the front starts yelling stuff after the jump parts, and my friends and I quietly took notice ("what the **** is this?" "God, what a *****"). Finally, after one jump moment, this girl feels the need to address the ENTIRE THEATER regarding her current mental state-Scared and very stupid. She turns arounds and yells "Oh my God I'm never going to see a movie like thi---"
It was at that point where I didn't shout, for shouting is very douche-baggish, but I said in an outside voice "Yeah, NO ONE CARES" Luckily it was enough for her to hear it, and she turned around abruptly. I did say it loud enough to gain the support of a couple of people behind me as well. I'm somewhat glad I said it, but it was like my subconscious battling my conscious. My subconscious wanted to throw popcorn at her, my conscious was like "hey, subconscious, take it easy man." Hence me saying it in a non yelling voice.
So, basically, that's what annoys me. That and sitting in the back row of a non crowded theater.
alwayslearning said:"you guys have some crazy stories though...either I'm lucky or I'm just so focused on the film i don't notice annoying people."
That is what I was thinking. Maybe the upper mid-west doesn't have a lot of things that are on the coasts and big cities, but at least it has quiet theaters.
Larry
Dude, I grew up just outside of Toledo, and every time I go home and see a movie there, it's the same story. Better in some places, worse in others, but still.