Saturday afternoon we went to the last early matinee showing of a movie around 4:30pm. I'm used to catching movies way earlier in the day when fewer people go to the theater. We usually go to the newer stadium seating theater close to where we live and my favorite place to sit is at the top in the very back row. No one behind you to kick your seat for example...
Anyway we went later in the day as I mentioned and the back row was already taken. We took the next row down and sat toward the middle. As soon as the movie started when the previews were over the people that were sitting behind us left and never came back. About 5 minutes later a group of six came in and went to the very back. They were talking as they went up the stairs and then as they found their seats they bumped every seat as they walked by. Four times the entire group got up during the movie and walked out together to the concession stand bumping each seat as they walked by. These are the type of folks that also talk out loud to the movie screen. We saw "Mirrors" so you can imagine their conversations... "Uh oh. Donchu look in dat mirror!" The last time they walked out to the stand and bumped all the chairs one paticularily fat lady popped my wife in the head with her hand. My wife didn't tell me what happened until after we left the theater.
I'll stick to the early showings or just wait for the DVD from now on. Anyone else have any theater annoyances?
Posted by J.J. (Member # 24686) on :
I always wait for the DVD for exactly that reason, can't remember the last time I was in a theater. Besides you can't smoke any in the theater without people getting slightly upset so I'm happy watching the films at home.
Posted by Thundercracker (Member # 7778) on :
I totally hear you, LeDaemon. I pass a nice, recently built and very modern theater only 20 minutes away, to go like an hour out because the crowds at the one closest to me are always so loud and obnoxious.
A few years ago was the last straw.
I went to a movie and had to sit through about two hours of "DAAAMN! THEY F*CKED THAT! DUDE! UP!" and "OH SH*T! THAT B*TCH IS CRAZY! YOU SEE WHAT SHE DID?!" and "OH SH*T! YALL MOTH*RF*CKERS ARE F*CKED UP! YALL SHOULD'VE BEEN F*CKIN WITH THEM!" All this intellectual commentary, nonstop til the end, at no extra charge! And the worst part about this is that these are not teenagers, but adults!
So the theater I go to now is relatively better, but I still try to avoid the big crowds, catching the very last shows 12:00-12:30 am, and going on weekdays.
It's a shame that some knuckleheads have to ruin a movie for everybody. I'm all for the idea of simultaneous movie theater/home release of films the big studios are playing with. Posted by footjoyboy (Member # 26478) on :
Something tells me they were also popping their chewing gum loudly too.
_fjb_ Posted by Elvzz (Member # 14178) on :
Maybe if they had their gfs feet in their lap while watching the flick - they'd shut the *up
Posted by PublicName (Member # 12270) on :
I don't deal with that often, I usually join in..assuming nearly the entire audience does it. (IE Superhero movies) But what I hate, is if you haven't gotten into a story before seeing a film, and your friend knows all about it, and starts telling you everything about the characters, its like "Wow, why not just tell me everything that's going to happen as well?" A friend of mine does that, and we go in larger groups..so I try my best not to sit by him.
Posted by Second Timer (Member # 21660) on :
i went to two separate movies with two different buddies of mine in early summer. it was my last movie that i'll ever attend with either friend.
1st one: my buddy dan burped about a half dozen times, out loud, during quiet parts of the movie. he also ripped an empty box of goobers up into tiny pieces for about a half hour so all i heard was...pfff, pfff, pfff, pffff. he also gets a kick out of throwing popcorn and other garbage in an irresponsible manner on the floor. i need to not be associated with this person any longer as he just refuses to grow up. he's 45 yrs. old. it's scary.
2nd: my buddy tony, who's going through a divorce, talked throughout an ENTIRE MOVIE! AAARRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. when i asked him to please SHUT THE FUCK UP, he fidgeted and made it clear that he was bored. again, another FUCKING child who has to be the spotlight of attention. never, ever, ever, ever, ever again!!!
so yeah, ledaemon, the movie theatre has been a nightmare for me because of who i brought with me.
early daytime & solo is most enjoyable for me.
Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
You described the situation very well, it's easy to visualize what you went through. It almost seems like some of the annoyances were intentional (bumping every chair, etc.).
Another problem with movie theatres, is that even the nice guys can (unintentionally) hinder the experience. Last movie I went to, there were a couple of loud, obnoxious people a few rows back, but everything else was great - until a very tall (and very nice) guy comes walking in with his little brother and sits right in front of us. This guy was TALL and he had a pompadeau hair stoop that looked like Mink DeVille. As nice as the guy was, his height (and hairdo) had us creening and bending, trying to find positions to see past it all.
Thank Heavens for DVD and Blue Ray!
Posted by Thundercracker (Member # 7778) on :
^OMG! As soon as you told that "tall guy" story, I thought this:
what did they look like and how old would you say they were?
Posted by deputy chief koizumi (Member # 20344) on :
My biggest theater pet peeve is when a person sits right in front of you and their head is in the middle of the screen, so you have to move from side to side of your seat to see around them. A close second that I hate is when someone sits in the seat directly next to you that you don't know. I personally enjoy the one empty seat buffer-zone on each side of me.
Posted by Cain (Member # 8492) on :
Yeah my wife and i went to see Forgetting Sara Marshall and these two bitches kept talking the entire beginning of the movie and then started making comments about the guy's penis in the movie ... saying ooohh i just had one of those today. So i turned around and said will you please shut the hell up.
Posted by WillJerk4Feet (Member # 21497) on :
LD, like you guys do, we usually go to the early shows at 11:30am - 12 or so to avoid the crowds and general goofiness. Even when The Dark Knight came out the first weekend, which was sold out in the afternoons/nighttime, we saw it at 9:30 am and there were only about 20 people in the whole theater. LOL Ya!
Posted by -cfg- (Member # 13863) on :
It's cool for me because I'm good friends with several people that are managers at my local theater. When people act like asses in my movies, all I have to do is send a quick text to one of them and they bring in security to tell them to STFU. It's awesome cause I don't even have to get up to complain so they're left wondering how security even knew. Posted by Mikey P (Member # 1922) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cain: Yeah my wife and i went to see Forgetting Sara Marshall and these two bitches kept talking the entire beginning of the movie and then started making comments about the guy's penis in the movie ... saying ooohh i just had one of those today. So i turned around and said will you please shut the hell up.
awesome
people need to tell these morons to shut the fuck up, don't let them ruin the movie that you probably paid $10 to see
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
I haven't been in a movie theater since "Sleeping With the Enemy" - such has been my social life. Honestly, though, I haven't missed it at all (this from someone who used to haunt the theaters at least once a week).
I keep hearing about the wonders of all the new hi-tech theaters but really have no serious motivation to go.
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
quote:Originally posted by Toetapper: I haven't been in a movie theater since "Sleeping With the Enemy" - such has been my social life. Honestly, though, I haven't missed it at all (this from someone who used to haunt the theaters at least once a week).
I keep hearing about the wonders of all the new hi-tech theaters but really have no serious motivation to go.
I'd go catch an early showing of a movie before the idiot crowd makes it in the evening. You would probably enjoy seeing something in a theater with stadium seating and the new sound systems. Drawbacks are now they have advertisements played before movie previews. Not 30 second "TV" style commercials, but ads that run for a couple of minutes a piece. Another annoyance is that the time listed for the movie to start is actually the time that they start showing ads. Your movie won't start for about another 15 minutes after the posted time. At least that is the way its been the last several movies I've seen at this one local theater.
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote:Another annoyance is that the time listed for the movie to start is actually the time that they start showing ads. Your movie won't start for about another 15 minutes after the posted time. At least that is the way its been the last several movies I've seen at this one local theater.
So true...and sometimes even 30minutes of ads, at least over here in Germany. Even some of the children`s movies have at least 20minutes of ads...which totally sucks if you`re in the cinema with an 8 year old child and the main movie is still another 70-80minutes. Plus, some of the ads are totally inappropriate for children.
-Hal-
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
I haven't been to a late session since..... forever....
I mainly catch earlier sessions anyway to avoid long ticket lines, the parking and the hassle.... The bad thing about the newer cinemas, the seats are allocated But there is plenty of leg space and the audiences have been well behaved thus far. I pay my $15 and expect to get my moneys worth.
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
It is hit or miss. Sometimes when we go to the movies you get the annoying ass cellphone songs and the people who get pissed off when people make a noise and counter it by being even louder, even longer... Kinda reminds me of this clip from Scary Movie
That clip was hilarious! The worst I've had to do is throw ice or popcorn at asshats that talk through the movie.
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
Yeah, I like how everyone else has a shank and knifes her down and the killer is just chilling with a soda.
Patrick
Posted by Elvzz (Member # 14178) on :
Patrick:
I am with you - my phone has been on vibrate for years. I think those stupid loud rings on phones are ridiculous. Especially when a granny has "Sensual Seduction," playing.
I have worked in the DHH community and light/vibration is what works not loudness. If these people are pretending to be deaf it ain't funny.
Mine might have some Manson or Bravery, I digress.
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
Elvzz,
My ringtone is actually a sound clip of a gunshot and then Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction saying, "Oh I'm sorry... Did I break your concentration?"
Patrick
Posted by feetluvr (Member # 1570) on :
People talking, or even whispering loudly during movies is seemingly getting worse. I live in a county where 65% of our population is over 65. Very annoying when an elderly couple is sitting behind you and one of them is always asking the other "what did they say", or "who's that?". If you're too old to hear or too senile to follow the plot and characters in a movie- stay the hell home!
Also kills me how many people don't heed the 50, in some cases extended, "please turn your cell phone off" messages. What ditzes.
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by feetluvr: Very annoying when an elderly couple is sitting behind you and one of them is always asking the other "what did they say", or "who's that?". If you're too old to hear or too senile to follow the plot and characters in a movie- stay the hell home!
lol... I know what you mean. I grew up with a few older uncks and ants who were the same when watching T.V programmes and the person explaining the plot misses whats happening at that moment, then that person asks me and I just shug my shoulders saying "dunno" ....
Hang on.... I'm the same watching DVD's. I hit the rewind button alot coz alot of DVD movies the vocals are quite low and the sound effects are too loud.
But in the cinema, the sounds are balanced so I have no problem there. BTW I ain't elderly Posted by Mr. Eave (Member # 8565) on :
HAAHA i would like to see some of those older people get kicked out of the theater for being obnoxious. That would be hilarious.
The rewinding comment reminded me of something funny. Sometimes i actually try to reach for my remote while i am "in" the theater. Obviously i've been watching to many movies at home.
One thing that has been happening to me at a very alarming rate is the amount of feet distraction when im trying to pay attention to something. The last time i went to the theater right before it started, this cute lady sat right in front of me and put her feet on the chair in front of her. So now its eye level with me. They were nice looking, but not sure if its so good having that kind of distraction the entire movie. Usually they just press there feet into the top half of the seat. Would you guys be complaining if a good-looking girl put her feet were in your line of sight? Are you guys tall enough to have that be a constant distraction, even if they were just on the chair in front of them and not on top of it? Or is this a weird random coincidence i keep having?
Posted by feetluvr (Member # 1570) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Eave: The last time i went to the theater right before it started, this cute lady sat right in front of me and put her feet on the chair in front of her. So now its eye level with me.
Females, especially younger pre-teen and teen girls, putting their flip-flopped or bare feet on the backs and tops of the theater chairs in front of them is quite the rage these days, at least before the movie starts. I've seen some nice displays of feet every time I go to the movies.
But even if they're not doing that, just having a gal with nice feet sit next to you or close to can be VERY distracting. Though it can be a litle dark to see well.
The last time I was at the movies a gal with great feet in sandals sat on the aisle seat of a row, opposite side and down a few rows from me. She kept crossing her left leg over her right, putting her sandaled foot into the aisle in full view. Very distracting.
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
The downside to that feeluvr is all the dudes wearing thongs doing the same thing. I was sitting minding my own business when I turned my head and saw some shmoe's hairy toes sitting on the arm of the chair two seats down from me. Almost threw up in my mouth...
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so I'm happy watching the films at home.
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lol... I know what you mean. I grew up with a few older uncks and ants who were the same when watching T.V programmes and the person explaining the plot misses whats happening at that moment, then that person asks me and I just shug my shoulders saying "dunno" ....![[Tongue]](tongue.gif)