Are there more A**holes in movie theaters lately?

There sure are more assholes in theaters in recent years. These days, I only go to the theater if it's not a blockbuster and if I know not many people will be there. Hell, when I saw the Alien re-release I had to yell all to a group all the way at the back to STFU.

Don't worry. You aren't the only one noticing it. I've heard and seen it mentioned quite a few times.

At The Village yesterday a baby started crying. Who the hell brings babies to theaters much less to suspense movies?

If you are reading this and are offended because you bring babies to theaters, stop. It is a baby and other people paid money to be there. You get to have the magical wonder of a newborn child and we get to have movies in the theater, that is the deal.
And you don't bring babies to kids' movies either, because they are not kids, they are babies. There are no baby movies. Your babies should not be in that area, it's bad for their mental development. Put them in a calm room with bold primary colors on the walls with some nice classical music playing.
In short, if you are a parent with a baby in the theater, it is bad for your baby and the others in the theather so you suck. Yes, even you.

Kids belong in kids' movies. If I go to seen Finding Nemo and some kids are babbling that is the deal. I am fine with that. Kids come to cartoons and they don't have long attention spans, I am not going to freak out expecting a 5-year-old to act like a 20-year-old.

Originally posted by Giaguara
... it's annoying if the movies such as Shrek 2 are full of kids who are not behaving like they should in a movie theatre.

and it is 10 times worse when you see any movie and the ADULTS are behaving like you would expect kids to behave ...

I took my niece to see a matinee of shrek 2 awhile back. There was one kid
there that was psycho! He was literally playing hide & seek from his parents.
I made a stink about it when I noticed that friggin kid was crawling under my
legs to pass me & keep hidden from his parents. Even my nine year old niece
gave me this look like this kid needs some serious medication.

Note to moderator, I accidently posted this thread twice & it won't let me
delete the duplicate.

Originally posted by curiousuburb
Watching Lord of the Rings RoTK and some asshat in front of us takes two cell phone calls in the theatre. After the first one (three rings before he picks up) most of the row next to him while he sits and talks gets up and leaves. I'm ready to throw snacks at him and he finally hangs up.
When the next call comes in, insults fly from all over the theatre and captain clueless takes the call again and talks all the way out into the lobby.

His kid, next to him, is trying to disappear under the seat due to embarrassment.
Hope he asks dad what all those angry words meant the whole way home.

Some days, I wish I had a phaser on heavy stun. Or a tranquilizer gun. Or a brick.

When I saw ROTK a kid next to me kept pointing out stuff that was cut out
from the book. I'm thinking, "who the F**k are you & why are you talking
to me!?!"

The other thing that pissed me off was this huge teenage girl that literally
ate during the entire movie! (Opening bags of chips, nachos, popcorn, etc!)

This is definitley a worldwide problem :grumble: Seems everytime I go to the cinema (which isn't that often, just for the 'big' movies, ahh...home theater I love you) there's a bunch of teenage a**holes having a conversation and kicking the back of my seat .. little sh1ts! :mad:
Management at the theater don't give a damn either as they're never to be found around the place.
Can't beat a 52 inch rear projection Tv and the comfort of your own armchair ;)

Well things should get a little better as I've stopped going to the theater recently.

Originally posted by Scott
I don't go to the theater much any more. When I do it's early in the day and after the attendance has dropped off.

Shit Scott, between you and me the theaters should be a joy!

I'd get in a Cone of Silence with 99 :D

Disclaimer: as she was, not now - she could be wrinkly crumpet now! :smokey:

Originally posted by groverat
I think all theaters should offer high-quality surround-sound headphones to all customers that request them.

That wont stop the jerk-offs from distracting you. We are not paying money for a good movie going experience to listen to headphones. I vote for guards with whips, canes and rubber bullets. :devil:

Electrify all the seats and hand out buttons like that Simpsons episode. :devil:

Originally posted by groverat
Who the hell brings babies to theaters much less to suspense movies?



My guess is parents who can't afford, or won't fork out the money for a baby sitter.

What usually happens is the baby cries for a few minutes until the lights go down...then it's (hopefully) falls into a deep sleep. The parents then get to watch a movie without paying for a baby sitter. It's not fair to others, but it happens all the time.

So my lady and I went to a late showing of "I, Robot" recently. I have not been to a movie-mall-theater in a while. Except to see "The Village" a couple of weeks ago. With that exception, eight years to be exact.

Sitting behind us a three-couple group of early-twenties-maybe friends. It's a fairly loud movie. Which must be the reason they felt the need to laugh and talk out loud about what they did Friday night. At various times throughout the movie folks sitting around us would offer up the "shhhhhhh" sound which was met with a response of "f**k off" by one of the girls! This then set their male dates on a laughter explosion.

I was just about to tell my lady let's go when a grandmotherly type asked them nicely to please behave with courtesy and civility. Yeah, that's a quote. What ICE guts! The ape sitting right behind me tells her to "shut the f**k up..." I turned around and said to him, "that's not cool man." His response to this was "wha'chu gonna do 'bout it baldy ol' mutha****er..." I turned to my lady to say "let's go now" and moved my head in time to not take the kick full on the side of my face... When he threw the kick he left himself slightly hanging off his seat if you all can picture what I'm talking about. I grabbed his foot with a vice grip and very quickly and aggressively turned it far left and far right in one motion... There was a definite "crunchy" sound.

I did not want to stick around so we got our asses up and tried to make a quick exit. Halfway to the car his two buddies and the loudmouth girl caught up with us. One guy pulls a gun on us. The girl starts to excitedly yell, "cap them, CAP THEM!" I'm not gonna pretend that I wasn't ready to drop a fifty pound gold brick right there... I went to Iraq and never felt this helpless. Unbelievable.

Turns out there were two off duty cops with their wives who showed up late to the movie but just in time for the "real" action. They followed the knuckleheads out. These guys may have saved our lives!

It will be another eight years...

Scary story Hardhead : unbelievable.

You think people and loud and inconsiderate at the movies in the States, you should try India. Every movie I've been to here is filled with ringing cell phones and people talking. Indians do not turn off their cell phones in the theater, and everyone carries them and they take the calls in their seat. It's just a reflection of the loud and anarchic nature of Indian society, I guess.

Plus, the movies start about five minutes early here. No idea why. But if it's a 3:00 movie, you better be seated by 2:55, cause they ain't waiting.

And they show movies at weird times. I just saw Spider Man II at 10:00 am on a Sunday. Who the heck shows movies before lunch? I thought a 1:00 matinee was early, but no.

One feature I really like, however, is that you reserve a specific seat when you buy a ticket. None of the bullshit seat scramble that you go through in the States. Lots of the nicer theaters here have balconies too. Try finding that in the States anymore.

And tickets are really cheap (by American standards). The best seat in the house is $2.00, and food $2.00 more. Last time I went to a movie in the States I spent like $15.00.

I went to a showing of star wars episode II... family in front has two kids and the wife begins breast feeding the one that won't STFU. Oddly enough it was during the scene where Portman is wearing her mega-push-up dress. Attack of the boobs.

"I truly. Deeply. Hate idiots in the theaters."

Originally posted by Placebo
I had some arachnaphobes sitting behind me who started screaming in eevery scene involving Shelob...it was such a pain in the ass. Plan of actiom if this happens again:

1: Sneeze and cough loudly
2: say something like "oa!, not this again"
3: cough again
4: say to yourself "hey, I think my SARS is comeing back."

this can clear most any riff-raff with great ease.

That's why I download movies from XFactor. :)

It's really amazing how bad some people behave in such public places. Breast feeding her kid? Yelling at old ladies? Man. In Gregg Easterbrook's words: More evidence of the decline of the western civilization.

I haven't had so many bad experiences in movies lately. I have a 3 1/2 year old son so I regularly take him to movies to give the wifey a break. He's great. As long as he gets popcorn and lemonade we have a nice couple hours together. I've taken him to see Nemo, Cat in the hat, Shrek 2, Spiderman 2 and a few others. I know he'll behave so I feel fine bringing him out with me. I wish other parents exercised some judgement though.

Holy crap some of you have some ugly movie-going stories.

Originally posted by Bancho
He's great. As long as he gets popcorn and lemonade we have a nice couple hours together.

I took my little cousin to see Pirates of the Caribbean. He was about 4 back then. I regret giving him that much soda. We had to take a couple of trips to the restrooms. :grumble:

i live in a small city in ontario, canada, and truly, it isn't that bad at all! i've been to opening nights for many movies, with no problems. the worst i've had is people putting their feet up on the seats, but, asking nicely always does the trick. this is at the megaplex.

the independant theatre is downright amazing.

cheers,
jonathan