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These are movies for kids, guys...well, teens, but afaik if a parent wants to take a small kid to a pg-13 movie, he can.

I went to see Avengers 2 on a night showing, or I've been trying to go to the movies in the earliest in the morning show, when kids are rare.

People speaking in the cinema are annoying, but most of the time, you can avoid the kids.
 
It can be annoying yes but some of you were acting as if a kid talking during a movie as a world-ending situation, hahaha.

Honestly, if I go to theaters watching movies like the Avengers, it just comes with the territory.
 
Shark Johnson said:
"Victim blaming."

It's a fucking movie.

Oh, a child talked too much and a man laughed at things that weren't funny to me while I saw a comic book film for the second time. My delicate sensibilities! I am a victim.

I have diagnosed social anxiety and I struggle to see how many of you function in the world daily?



The reinforcement of anti-social behaviors within these spaces is fucking terrible. You're in a giant room with a bunch of human beings and yet want to feel as if you are alone. with anything less seen as offense.

This uniform and agreed upon isolation is one of the biggest head-scratchers of my life. It certainly made more sense when the cinema was the only place to see films and other productions, but today it feels silly to see complains about children talking or couples discussing among themselves.

In the era of watching a film on hundreds of different devices in virtually any place on earth, a movie theater should be a social experience where people should allowed to talk among themselves and children should absolutely be able to get lost in the awe of a film and ask questions and learn as it is happening.

Of course, many of you may disagree and that is fine. I think there should be theaters for people those that want to be disconnected from others, where everyone wears headphones and those that make noise at all are removed without refund.
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Everything in this post is correct.
 
Frog-fu said:
Everything in this post is correct.
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it's not because at the start of every movie in the theaters it's tell you to keep quiet and turn off your phones. You can talk before and after the movie like everyone else but not during the movie.

I'm OK with cheering and laughter but talking is a no go.
 
I still haven't wrapped my head around who came up with the list of food you can buy at the movies. Please shut up and turn off your phones, but enjoy that crunchy popcorn in a loud bag.
 
Heh, I remember during Where the Wild Things Are, when a couple little twits were throwing popcorn/candy towards me and a friend. Thank god the mother told them off before I was going to say something.

Otherwise thankfully I haven't really encountered that much distractions in a theater. Even the last matinee showing of avengers 2 that I went to yesterday wasn't that bad despite being a full house. I seen a lot of more family/kids movie too via animated stuff, and even then for the most part I never took much issues with kids.
 
Dominator said:
Maybe doesn't belong here but can you explain this pass you have? Theres something close to that in the US for a monthly fee but you can only see each movie once. How much do you pay to that a month/year? I'd kill for something like that where I can see movies multiple times lol
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21 euro a month, gets you an unlimited card, for the first year its a red card, that gets you unlimited access to 2D movies for nothing, and 3D and imax movies for only two quid, 10% off food and drink in the cinema, and a couple of hours of free parking in a nearby car park. After the first year your red card gets upgraded to a black card, and 3D movies become completely free as well, 25% off food and drink.
 
Probably why I can only watch movies in IMAX. Ticket prices are expensive enough to weed out the idiots, and the size of the hall and loudness of the sound system can drown out any conversation.
 
First of all, obligatory

This is typically why I go see movies at late night showings. Usually no children, and everyone there is pretty much on the same page. Only a couple occasions where it didn't work out:

-Seeing Big Hero 6, though that's to be expected. Especially considering it was on a Friday night.
-A friend and I went to go see, I want to say The Expendables 3 for $5 Tuesday movie night, though it might have been a different night. A whole family came in, kids and all. My guess is that the adults wanted to see a movie, but couldn't pawn the kids off. It was hilarious seeing one dude trying to cuddle up on his girlfriend (assumedly, though it could have been his fiancee or wife). At one point he lifted the arm rests on the seat and took a nap. It was simultaneously annoying and entertaining.
-Also, when I went to see Age of Ultron, a few dudes up in front were pretty annoying. Pretty sure one dude was drunk. I wanted to tell him to stop, but I was too lazy. He didn't ruin the movie or anything, it was just a bit irritating.

Funniest instance of little kids in a movie was when me and a few family members went to see The Dark Knight. The Joker's magic trick cause a kid to start crying. Hilarious and beyond annoying at the same time.
 
Wow at that one guy saying that going to the movies is a social experience. Be respectful to people actually trying to watch the movie and shut the fuck up. You can talk during movies when you watch it at home, not in the theatre.

BkMogul said:
I'd love a pair of headphones (or even a jack and I'll bring my own).

Do any cinemas in the world do that?
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Why would you squander superior surround sound for shitty headphone stereo?
 
OP should of done an Arnie job

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Shark Johnson said:
a movie theater should be a social experience
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Thankfully, it's not.

If it was, there wouldn't be warnings to shut up, turn off your phone, or threats of being kicked out for partaking in social activites.

Maybe find a specialty screening or cinema that would allow people to be on their phones and chat about or throw stuff around, who just can't wait until the movie ends to do all of that, but know that a cinema screening is not viewed by any company as a social experience.
 
The kid that had to be 10-ish talking through Django Unchained took the cake for me.

Since then the theater I frequent will not allow kids under 10 into R-rated movies.

Doesn't help for PG-13 movies like Avengers but helps. Last week at F&F 7 (not many people in the theater), moved down half a row because two teens kept sending and getting texts during the movie.
 
I never see films opening week anymore. Wait for them to be almost empty, if you live in a country without proper theatre etiquette.
 
Catdaddy said:
The kid that had to be 10-ish talking through Django Unchained took the cake for me.

Since then the theater I frequent will not allow kids under 10 into R-rated movies.

Doesn't help for PG-13 movies like Avengers but helps. Last week at F&F 7 (not many people in the theater), moved down half a row because two teens kept sending and getting texts during the movie.
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There are over-18s only screenings for movies here in UK (Odeon, VUE), that are for any kind of movie regardless of rating (Avengers, Fast and Furious 7). That weeds out any possiblity of kids or young teens that would cause unwanted disruptions. It's great.
 
Messofanego said:
There are over-18s only screenings for movies here in UK (Odeon, VUE), that are for any kind of movie regardless of rating (Avengers, Fast and Furious 7). That weeds out any possiblity of kids or young teens that would cause unwanted disruptions. It's great.
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We have this where I live too and people still talk or stay on their phones, despite the increased price and luxury and service. A lot of people just have no respect for others.
 
People who play the "social experience" card do understand the only reason you are watching on that huge screen and that great sound in the cinema with other people is because it wouldn't be profitable for the cinema to have a cinema for each single customer, right?

The reason people go to the cinema is to watch a movie not just months before home release but to see it on that huge screen with the surround sound at a price of like 20€ (here in Germany). I CAN NOT have the same experience at home for 20€, I would need to invest thousands of € into very specific circumstances to build my own home theater IF my living circumstances even allow it to be possible.

Cinemas exist to watch movies and you only watch with other people in the room because it would be unfeasible from a cost/efficiency POV to have a cinema room for each customer/group of customers unless you only want to cater to very very rich people. (who have their own cinemas in their homes btw)
 
Shark Johnson said:
The reinforcement of anti-social behaviors within these spaces is fucking terrible. You're in a giant room with a bunch of human beings and yet want to feel as if you are alone. with anything less seen as offense.

This uniform and agreed upon isolation is one of the biggest head-scratchers of my life. It certainly made more sense when the cinema was the only place to see films and other productions, but today it feels silly to see complains about children talking or couples discussing among themselves.

In the era of watching a film on hundreds of different devices in virtually any place on earth, a movie theater should be a social experience where people should allowed to talk among themselves and children should absolutely be able to get lost in the awe of a film and ask questions and learn as it is happening.
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What is this utter horse shit? I don't care how many other devices there are that play movies. The only place I can see Avengers (or most any other newly released film) is in the theater, which, by the way, has vastly superior picture and sound quality than just about any home viewing option available. So even limiting it just to the fact that there are numerous viewing options (even if none of them are available at release), everything you said is ridiculous, let alone this nonsensical "anti-social behavior" strawman.

Be quiet in the fucking movie theater. End of discussion.
 
Shark Johnson said:
In the era of watching a film on hundreds of different devices in virtually any place on earth, a movie theater should be a social experience where people should allowed to talk among themselves and children should absolutely be able to get lost in the awe of a film and ask questions and learn as it is happening.
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Absolutely 100% unequivocally false. How many pre-movie PSA's do they have to hit you over the head with to get you to just shut the fuck up for 2 hours and stay off your phone?
 
I expect these things when I watch a comic book movie in the theater, especially if it was fairly early in the day.

I made this mistake when I watched AoU this last weekend. It was 5pm, theater was packed with kids (alone and with families) and there was someone (most likely some asshole middle school kid) who brought a fucking laser pointer and pointed it at the screen multiple times during the movie! You can imagine the outrage/shouting from people. Security couldn't really pin-point the asshole.
 
I won't hand-wave bad behavior, but you really have to expect a certain amount of that when attending a kid-friendly blockbuster like Age of Ultron - kids are going to be there and talking about cool things as they happen is how they enjoy movies. That's not an excuse, it's just how it is. If you want to mitigate the possibility of annoying behavior, see movies at times where kids won't be awake or wait a couple weeks for the hype to die down.
 
I don't know about you guys but I not only get the obnoxious kids in like every single movie but now it's also those fucking teenagers/preteens who are on their phones constantly or take calls right in the fucking middle of the movie, or they just laugh and talk incessantly adding commentary that is neither funny or clever.

Or Middle aged/old people who don't shut the fuck up.

Christ, it's why I've stopped going to the movies because it is simply so fucking obnoxious, I mean one time they complained to the management that my mom's PulseOx oxygen system was too loud when they were having full on conversations about someone named stacy and her ridiculous antics in the middle of Iron Man 3 and again during The World's End. They(the people) asked her to turn off the machine that is pretty much keeping her from dying right there in the middle of the fucking theater. I laughed when management told them they could do nothing about my mother's life preserving device.
 
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This sums up my theater experience for THE MIST; one particular movie that definitely doesn't benefit from a loud, live commentary session.

Needless to say by the time the ball-droppingly depressing ending happened it had a far different impact than I'm sure it was supposed to. :p
 
When I saw Avengers on Sunday, someone brought an infant that started crying. The collective groan and "c'mon" from the audience led the parent with questionable judgement to leave right away. it was nice.
I was more impressed with the crowd remaining silent and not making a fuss over a man with down's syndrome being loud (some grunts and yells) repeatedly during the movie. It was respectful and understanding.
 
I can't even stand movie theaters anymore because the general public is just too ignorant and incapable of sitting quietly in a seat for 2 hours. That and the price.

99 times out of 100 it isn't a kid, but some dumbass "adult".
 
faridmon said:
I am honestly baffled by some of the stories I hear here on NeoGAF regarding Cinema's and various distractions, other people do. Is that Normal in the US?

I go to Cinema every other week, and rarely do I find people talk during film, hear other kids being a distraction or even phones going off. This is UK btw.
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Im in Canada and I feel the same as you OP.
Went to the movies once in Chicago and there was a fat lady near the entrance yelling on the phone.

Americans being americans.
 
It can be annoying for a kid to talk through the whole movie.
On the other hand a child being excited isn't the worst thing in the world, especially at a weekend day showing of a giant super hero movie.
Jesus Christ with the use of "victim blaming".
 
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