The problem is that the theaters don't have the guts to ask these people to leave. Personally if i ran a place i'd make it no kids under 7 or something like that. A lot of people these days think that their kids should have all the rights in the world and don't care if the brats bother other folks.
Bringing your baby to the movies is a GREAT idea!
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Riceball
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I know some people here have mentioned 21+ only theaters as a solution for not having to deal with kids and babies at the movies but even those can be a problem. I saw The Watchmen at one of those 12+ theaters and I had to deal with a bunch of drunk 20 or 30 somethings sitting the back; before the movie started they were making all sorts of noise toasting each other (loudly), and during the movie while quieter were still on the noisy side. Just because a theater is 21+ only doesn't mean you don't have to deal kids, it only means no little kids.
CaptainWales
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Wait a minute I'm confused. How do the age ratings work in American cinemas? In the UK it's U (Universal), PG (Parental Guidance), 12A (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), 15 (ages 15+) and 18 (ages 18+). With the 12A, 15, and 18 ratings cinemas actually check peoples ID to make sure they're the right age here and if you're too young they don't let you buy a ticket. Just sounds so strange to read that you can take kids to see R rated movies in the US.
If it ever came to that, I'd have your back.
YES. I experienced this while watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 1. Some ******* answered his phone and was speaking at full volume. After asking him politely three times to get off his phone, I bellowed out "HANG UP THE PHONE." He hung up, and gave me the stink eye. Then his girlfriend said she wanted to leave, and they left.
lollol:lolMan, I wish we had a 21+ old theater in my area. We have a CineBistro in the area that's 21+ only after 9pm, but it's ridiculously overpriced.
... I would ****ing strangle somebody.
Yep as long as you have parental guidance, no problem. I had an uncle take me and a buddy to see From Dusk Till Dawn when I was 13 lol.
Riceball
Master Member
In the US we have the following:
G: General Audience, anybody can go in and see it. This is what kid flicks typically get rated.
PG: Parental Guidance required, anybody can still go in and see it but parents need to stop and think if it's ok for their kid(s) to see it by themselves.
PG-13: Same as PG but there's an added restriction that requires an adult to accompany child under 13 to see the movie.
R: Restricted, no one under 17 can see it without a parent or other adult accompanying them.
NC-17 (aka the kiss of death): No children under 17 period.
modelcitizen
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however these rules and guides are rarely enforced and where i'm from they never card anybody
3jack
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I've never had to deal with screaming kids at the pictures but had to put up with the usual kids talking on their phones and to each other like they are at home. The cinema near me used to do a Saturday morning "film club" where they showed PG films, parents could take their kids and you knew there might be a bit of noise because it was parents and kids. I took my kids there ( a 5 and a 6 year old) I don't think they ever disturbed anyone, yeah they might have gone to the toilet but they were quiet and discreet about it. If they asked a question it was in a whisper as to not disturb anyone.
However other kids were running wild in there. Shouting, throwing stuff around, running around and climbing up onto the ledge that the screen sits on. If you complained to the staff you were told they were too short staffed to do anything about it. On the tickets it said that all children must be accompanied by an adult, however 90% of kids who were there were on their own. You'd see parents bring a 5 year old in, sit them down and LEAVE. The parents would turn up (usually, I saw kids standing in the foyer frequently waiting to be collected) as the film was finishing to meet their kids.
The cinema have now stopped the kids club because of falling number going to it. In the paper they actually said "we can't do anymore to bring people in". Yes you can run it as a film club and not a babysitting place to drop your kids
However other kids were running wild in there. Shouting, throwing stuff around, running around and climbing up onto the ledge that the screen sits on. If you complained to the staff you were told they were too short staffed to do anything about it. On the tickets it said that all children must be accompanied by an adult, however 90% of kids who were there were on their own. You'd see parents bring a 5 year old in, sit them down and LEAVE. The parents would turn up (usually, I saw kids standing in the foyer frequently waiting to be collected) as the film was finishing to meet their kids.
The cinema have now stopped the kids club because of falling number going to it. In the paper they actually said "we can't do anymore to bring people in". Yes you can run it as a film club and not a babysitting place to drop your kids
Alric
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I normally try to go to the earlist showing as I can only get to the cinema at the weekend. I go to a theater that is attached to a shopping center and normally the fisrt showing is fairly quiet as all the kids are not up yet. I always notice how much busier it is when I leave
Unfortuneatly the first showing of Batman tomorrow is 1.30 so its going to be packed
Unfortuneatly the first showing of Batman tomorrow is 1.30 so its going to be packed
I completely agree with this statement... The thing that I notice, however, is that the parent is usually not willing to make the personal sacrifice to enact the penalty. In this case, meaning, they will not want to leave the movies (losing the entertainment and the money they spent on it) to take the kid home and put them to bed.
The thing I cannot stand is to hear a parent threaten a child with some sort of punishment, only to never enforce the punishment. Give kids a few chances...I agree (depending on age), but ultimately a parent should show the child that they mean business and enforce the punishment... Like leaving the theater and putting the kid to bed.
You know, I never thought of drive-in theaters in that respect. I had my share of being a single father for a while (before getting remarried) and I know exactly what you mean. I got my kids on every day I had off, so going out to a movie was out of the question at the time. I could have gotten a babysitter, but that didn't sit with me well. So I just didn't go out.
Being able to take them to a drive-in movie would have been awesome.
12 Shot Dead, 50 Wounded During Dark Knight Rises Showing in Colorado [UPDATES]
So I hate to harp on this terrible tragedy, but at last night's shooting at a TDKR premiere, a six year old and a THREE MONTH OLD BABY were wounded.
Now, I'm not going to try to claim that parents shouldn't bring young children to movies because they might get shot, as this was obviously a freak occurrence.
However, the simple idea that a parent would bring a 3 month-old baby to a midnight showing of ANY movie, much less one as intense and surely deafening as TDKR, is frankly appalling. There is absolutely no way an infant could sit through an entire movie full of violent action, gunfire, and explosions without crying. This is a movie premiere for jeebus-sake! They knew full well the theater will be completely, 100% packed. Were they just trying to ruin everyone's experience?
Now, I'll admit that we do not have all the facts yet, and perhaps there is some understandable reason why an infant was at a movie theater past midnight... But I doubt it.
Regardless, I want to emphasize that this was a horrible tragedy wrought by a sick individual. And I am in no way trying to make light of the events.
So I hate to harp on this terrible tragedy, but at last night's shooting at a TDKR premiere, a six year old and a THREE MONTH OLD BABY were wounded.
Now, I'm not going to try to claim that parents shouldn't bring young children to movies because they might get shot, as this was obviously a freak occurrence.
However, the simple idea that a parent would bring a 3 month-old baby to a midnight showing of ANY movie, much less one as intense and surely deafening as TDKR, is frankly appalling. There is absolutely no way an infant could sit through an entire movie full of violent action, gunfire, and explosions without crying. This is a movie premiere for jeebus-sake! They knew full well the theater will be completely, 100% packed. Were they just trying to ruin everyone's experience?
Now, I'll admit that we do not have all the facts yet, and perhaps there is some understandable reason why an infant was at a movie theater past midnight... But I doubt it.
Regardless, I want to emphasize that this was a horrible tragedy wrought by a sick individual. And I am in no way trying to make light of the events.
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Horrible and so much more. Sometimes it amazes me how people can get "so far gone" as to be able to commit crimes such as these without people (those who spend time around them) noticing. I think that people just don't believe someone they know will go that far.
torsoboy
Sr Member
When I saw the first Sherlock Holmes movie in the theater, there was a baby crying down in one of the lower rows. For a while, the parents would take turns taking the baby out of the theater. But then they just stopped. They got tired of it, and honestly, who can blame them. But that meant everyone had to put up with a screaming baby the rest of the movie. A member of my party went down to the family and politely asked if they could quiet the baby. They barked back at him with "he's just a baby!" So my friend said "well I hope he's understanding the story, because I certainly can't hear it!"
Edit: Yeesh! Didn't see the link on the previous page. Did some more reading up on it. It certainly wasn't a spur of the moment situation where a movie-goer went nuts. It sounds like this guy came in armed to the teeth. Terrible tragedy.
Edit: Yeesh! Didn't see the link on the previous page. Did some more reading up on it. It certainly wasn't a spur of the moment situation where a movie-goer went nuts. It sounds like this guy came in armed to the teeth. Terrible tragedy.
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cboath
Master Member
As I sit in theater to write this I saw stories on this talking about the kids mentioned and I've seen reference of 3 6 an 9 year olds as well. Wvery time I saw an age like that I couldn't believe it. As noted packed to the gills theaters, midnight, 3 hr movie. You won't get out til 3am and not home til 3:30 not to sleep til nearly 4. Kids just shouldn't be there at those ages period. If that means mommy and daddy gotta wait so be it.
Bassket
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Worst offense to this I've ever seen is 3 kids came in, unsupervised to Piranha 3D. My guess would be around 12, 10, and 7. Now what kind of sane parent buys their kids tickets to this and drops them off to a movie with that much gore and nudity, the youngest kid was crying by the end of it.
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