People talking at the movies!!! Come Vent With Me!

This is why I wait for Netflix and watch it in my home theater. If everyone else is going to treat the theater like it's their damn living room, I might as well just stay in MY damn living room.

Only other times I'll go is for a matinee or something like 3-4 weeks after release. I NEVER go opening night anymore.
 
Well guys, I finally got to Finnish the movie! My friend and I went to the 11:30am show and the crowd was much better, and much thinner. No thug who thought he was a gangster that wanted to get all pissed because he was told to shh. I think I will only be going to early showing from now on!
 
I've never had an altercation before, and I do agree that going at an off-peak time does reduce the chances of dealing with loud, obnoxious a--holes, but I've noticed that going in the AM on a weekday leads to lots of old people being in the theater. And they're constantly talking, asking one another who did what or who that guy is, or explaining the story to their friend/spouse. It irks me to no end, because I feel like I can't complain about old people being old and doing their stereotypical old people things... :facepalm
 
You want to annoying old people?

I was in a screening of The Avengers and this old woman a few rows ahead kept loudly asking the stupidest questions. The ones I remember were;

"Is that Superman!? Why does he look like that!?"

"What happened?!" (maybe 60 times)

"Is that a whale?! Why is it a whale?!"

"So, those bad guys are evil?!"

"So, is this like Power Rangers?"
 
Solo4114 said:
...If everyone else is going to treat the theater like it's their damn living room...
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And you've just nailed the reason so many people are so rude and inconsiderate in movie theaters--they're behaving the same way they do at home. People have gotten so accustomed to watching movies on their big-screen televisions at home, and doing whatever they want to while they're at it, that they've forgotten how to act when they're in public. For me, so many of these *jackwagons have ruined so many movies that now I'll only go to a theater to see a movie that I really want to see on the big screen.


*Far too tame a description and most definitely not the term I'd truly like to use, but this is a family forum.
 
At least if you asked to old person to stop talking it doesn't shatter their pride enough to make them think that they need to fight you to earn back there sad idea of self worth. Also in the early showing I can sit far enough away from the other people that even if they do talk it's not going to effect me too much, however it is still annoying.
I guess I'd just prefer the old person to the wanna be gangster who thinks he is 50cent.
 
Also! On a side note, I talked to the manager for a while today, and got on the topic of movie props! He said when ever any starwars movies come out, I can bring my R2 to the theater and drive it around for the guests!
 
TheRealMe said:
Also! On a side note, I talked to the manager for a while today, and got on the topic of movie props! He said when ever any starwars movies come out, I can bring my R2 to the theater and drive it around for the guests!
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"...and this short bald guy upfront kept whistling throughout the entire movie!"

:)
 
That would suck! But the way some of these people act in public is so terrible, and no one gives a second thought to the other people around them. I wouldn't be surprised.
Any one else want to share their theater horror story?
 
Im all for a Cellphone blocker, As a member of the age group that likes to text the most (im 19) I dont know what is wrong with these people, i have never sent a text during a movie.
 
I've been very fortunate the last little while in that I haven't had any problems with people talking during the film or pulling out their phone. A couple times I was worried because a bunch of mentally handicapped people and their handlers came in the theatre and they weren't exactly quiet either but once the movie started, they piped down and all was good.

I did have an experience a while back where there was a blind guy and his buddy in the theatre and it was completely packed. His buddy was describing the entire film to him. I was lucky enough that I was far enough away that I could barely hear them but there were two girls that were sitting right behind them that got up and left. I think once they realized it was their fault, they hushed up.

Me and my buddy go to the 1200/1300 shows so there is usually not very many people.

I can understand people wanting to see movies and they have every right to but I think they need to think of others when it comes to theatre experiences like dead people loudly describing the film or parents bringing their children/baby to the film who either start screaming or get bored and start running around. I have the common decency in a theatre that I turn my phone on silent before the previews have even started and won't pull it out until the movie is done. If I have something to say to a friend during the movie about the movie, I'll lean in an whisper in their ear. I've had friends pull their phones out, start conversations and I'll rip em a new one.
 
Zombie_61 said:
And you've just nailed the reason so many people are so rude and inconsiderate in movie theaters--they're behaving the same way they do at home. People have gotten so accustomed to watching movies on their big-screen televisions at home, and doing whatever they want to while they're at it, that they've forgotten how to act when they're in public. For me, so many of these *jackwagons have ruined so many movies that now I'll only go to a theater to see a movie that I really want to see on the big screen.


*Far too tame a description and most definitely not the term I'd truly like to use, but this is a family forum.
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Yup. Even then, I try to avoid crowded showings. Or I just say "Screw it. I have a perfectly good home setup, and this way I can pause, have a beer, surf my phone, whatever. Why deal with these people, and pay $10-12 for the pleasure?"
 
Sorry to hear your terrible confrontation, but glad you finally could see IM3. This is one of the reasons I hate going. It seems 90% of the time I go to the theater, there's always someone talking, texting and/or kids running up and down the aisles, etc. I just want to watch my movie in peace and I don't want to have to tell someone to shut up. Why should I have to? Unfortunately, that's just the way it's going. More and more rude/inconsiderate people wherever you go anymore. And, I don't want to get into a confrontation with someone just for speaking up. It always seems like it's the people that come in late that are the rudest. The fact that most ticket prices are now the actual cost of buying a Bluray, makes me really want to quit going, but I love to see movies in the theater, I just hate the environment.
 
I went to see Star Trek: Wrath of Khan at the theater Saturday. There was some snickering because, admittedly, the film hasn't aged as well as others, but one guy started shouting out comments he thought were funny. I started laughing because after the second time he did this, at least one person shouted just as loud, "Shut up!"
 
Oh god, that just reminded me of my Oblivion experience. There was this middle aged guy alone in the front row that would laugh at parts that nobody else laughed at. It started with the massive blue explosion they see from the sky tower. He just cracked up like it was the funniest thing he's ever seen. Then, every flashback that Jack had, he would laugh, hysterically. I can't mention the other part without spoilers.

I know parts of the movie are mockable, but don't laugh THAT loud when everyone else is taking it seriously...

Again, arclight has solved all of these problems. Considerate, clean, quiet audience, every time.
 
Oh man, if we're just talking annoying people at the theatre like that, there was some big hulking black dude at The Wolfman who had a little girls laugh that would crack up every time the wolf was on screen.
 
I almost got stabbed, after a movie last year. Just for leaning over and politely asking a young lady to be quiet during the showing. Her boyfriend didn't like me interupting her cellphone conversation. He threatened to stab me outside the theater, holding a knife out at me. Thankfully a policeman showed up right at the right time.

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