Horrible Theater Experiences

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tehjaybo said:
Didn't we agree to never mention those two bastards ever again?

And I had it pretty bad the night before last, when I was watching Pirates. A line of about 8 kids who all looked about 10 years old or younger were there, talking their ****ing heads off and asking each other questions about the movie. "What did he say?" "What's that?" "Where are they going?"
Excuse me, little fella. But are your parents complete ****tards? It's 1AM, you should be in the ****ing bed by now, not asking questions about a ****ing movie, that are going to be answered in the next two seconds of film if you'd shut the **** up long enough to see it!


Also, Bloodwake. The next time we go to Corbin, you're paying the gas. It's too far, too much gas, and I really hate the city. Not to mention, the aformentioned perpetrators of the "****ing over" would be more likely to be at the Corbin theater, as it's her hometown. Also, the London theater isn't that bad, if you overlook the crappy small theaters. Just wait till it's in the big one.
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Okay, I'll pay the gas... since you're the one driving.

And every time I've seen them, they've been at the London theater. Because she knows people at the London theater.
 
Bloodwake said:
Okay, I'll pay the gas... since you're the one driving.

And every time I've seen them, they've been at the London theater. Because she knows people at the London theater.
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No way man. She so goes to the Corbin one more.

I can't believe that bitch made me miss the Ep III release. **** the movie, I wanted in on the saber fights. :(


But also, Corbin takes more time, and these late night close calls aren't cutting it, homie.
 
Worst theater experience? Probably when i saw Two Towers, a jackass two rows in front of me picked up a cell phone halfway through the movie and started talking to his mom. And he couldn't care less if it was bothering anyone. People from all over the theater were telling him to shut the **** up, and nothing. After a 10 minute conversation, his battery went out, which was welcomed with cheering in the theater. :lol
 
:lol Some of these have me laughing so hard I can't breathe.

The worst experience I've probably had really wasn't that bad; when I went to see LoTR 1, some idiot in the front row decided it would help everyone understand the movie if he narrated the whole thing. *During the Gandalf/Saruman fight* "HEY LOOK THEY WIZARDS. THEY'RE FIGHTING! AWESOME."
 
When the last Star Wars prequel came out I had the honor of sitting next to some 13-15 year old girls. These little sluts giggled every time R2-D2 made a noise. I took every ounce of humanity in me to not speak my mind. Its terrible, George Lucas turned that movie into a freaking childrens romp around.
 
SonnyBoy said:
When the last Star Wars prequel came out I had the honor of sitting next to some 13-15 year old girls. These little sluts giggled every time R2-D2 made a noise. I took every ounce of humanity in me to not speak my mind. Its terrible, George Lucas turned that movie into a freaking childrens romp around.
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That one sounds kinda cute. R2D2 is kina funny.
 
Two FULL PARTIES of little kids (who wouldn't stfu) and a mess of pre-teens who don't know how to shut off their cell phones disrupted my enjoyment of PotC 2: Dead Man's Chest tonight.... ugh.
 
Well, i just went with a friend who wanted to see Pirates of the Carribean (my second). We get there and get our seats (ahead of the crowd), and some group of elderly people and their grandkids maybe sit next to us. Then behind them, i guess their friends sat down. These bastards laughed through the whole movie. Even at the most serious of parts, where the whole theatre was quiet, they were laughing. BWHAHAHAHAHA He said really! BWAHAHAHA, The water is blue! Bwhahahahahah its the opening credits! I'm suprised no one said anything to them. Nobody wanted to talk, since we all were enjoying the film. Seriously, a strong STFU would have made my night.
 
PezRadar said:
you know its sad when you can have these conversations in real life via phone because you know eachother, but instead you choose gaf.. =[
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Funny thing, because I chose to do that rather than derail the thread any more.
 
Haven't read the entire thread, and I'm sure most of these have been mentioned ad nauseam, but since these rank very high on my list of pet peeves in general, here you go...

Watching The Incredibles back when it was in theaters, this woman's cellphone goes off. She lets it ring twice, then reaches down to take it out of her purse. It's still ringing, even louder now that it's out of her purse. Instead of sending it to voicemail, she answers it, and starts talking. People around her are sighing, shooshing, and cursing under their breath. Not to mention it happened during a quiet, poignant scene. She talks for about 3 full minutes before hanging up and looking over at me as if *I* (and the rest of the theater) had inconvenienced *her*. That was one of those Costanza moments where I wanted to stand up and yell.

In a more general sense, I don't understand parents who bring babies into movies, either. Not even kids movies. Usually, it's a violent film or one filled with explosions. After the first explosion, almost invariably, you hear crying somewhere in the theater from an infant who shouldn't be there. And usually, what do the parents do? Nothing. They just let their baby sit there and cry, ruining the movie experience for everyone around them. My favorite example... Basic Instinct. Sex scene, ice pick finish... baby starts crying. What can you do except shake your head?

When I saw The Return of the King at The Arclight, I got stuck sitting next to some Tolkien nerd who commented on every single goddamned thing in the film. It was like sitting next to Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. Couldn't even enjoy it, and I asked for my money back afterwards.
 
ghibli99 said:
In a more general sense, I don't understand parents who bring babies into movies, either. Not even kids movies. Usually, it's a violent film or one filled with explosions. After the first explosion, almost invariably, you hear crying somewhere in the theater from an infant who shouldn't be there. And usually, what do the parents do? Nothing. They just let their baby sit there and cry, ruining the movie experience for everyone around them. My favorite example... Basic Instinct. Sex scene, ice pick finish... baby starts crying. What can you do except shake your head?
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Experienced PLENTY of this tonight at PotC 2 :(

And Basic Instinct? Double WTF for the sheer audacity of it! :o
 
During my 2nd Pirates screening some dumb popsicle-shit kid goes
when it shows Elizabeth's dress sinking

HER DRESS IS DROWNING
 
brandonh83 said:
During my 2nd Pirates screening some dumb popsicle-shit kid goes
when it shows Elizabeth's dress sinking

HER DRESS IS DROWNING
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:lol :lol :lol :lol

I would have been laughing for a good ten minutes.
 
That dress comment is nothing. Imagine the last 20 minutes (the most emotional) being drowned out by the sound of a little girl jumping up and down in her chair, throwing a popcorn bucket around and screaming at the screen like she was watching in the comfort of her own home. We get it's your birthday you stupid little bitch, now shut the **** up. And shame on her mother for watching all of this with a smile on her face.
 
Oh when it showed
Jones' heart in the chest
all the kids were like EWWWW GROSS

I was like

EWWWW you'd make good road splatter
 
master_shake_05 said:
That dress comment is nothing. Imagine the last 20 minutes (the most emotional) being drowned out by the sound of a little girl jumping up and down in her chair, throwing a popcorn bucket around and screaming at the screen like she was watching in the comfort of her own home. We get it's your birthday you stupid little bitch, now shut the **** up. And shame on her mother for watching all of this with a smile on her face.
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Did you get free passes? My folks went to see Superman, and ended up sharing the theatre with a bunch of people having a party. They told the manager (which knew about the ordeal) and got passes out of it.
 
Oldschoolgamer said:
Did you get free passes? My folks went to see Superman, and ended up sharing the theatre with a bunch of people having a party. They told the manager (which knew about the ordeal) and got passes out of it.
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Why the hell do theater chains do this? Mixing parties and general showings together? I would be amazingly pissed and would definitely complain.
 
Horrible movie theater experience: Tonight.

We buy tickets for POTC2 four hours in advance (!!!), we arrive at the theater 1 hour in advance, to find that the lineup was already going out the door.

Wait an hour in line......... not for a concert..... not for a club..... but for a movie. A ****ing movie.

We got a refund and said peace....

They need to change things, or I won't go. How about assigned or preffered seating? How about security ready and willing to boot out talkers? How about just selling some booze so I don't have to smuggle in a flask all the time? Damn.
 
Oldschoolgamer said:
Did you get free passes? My folks went to see Superman, and ended up sharing the theatre with a bunch of people having a party. They told the manager (which knew about the ordeal) and got passes out of it.
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I don't think this was a planned ordeal or anything. It was just a girl who was celebrating her birthday with like 10 friends, who's mother probably came up with the idea of going to PotC 2 at the last moment. Dunno why, it just seemed that way :/

And to make matters worse, some of the people in the theater were laughing and "ooh"ing and "aww"ing at the stupid bitch's comments. This isn't MST3K, shut the **** up or go wait outside. I don't care if you're four and it's your birthday, that behavior doesn't belong in the theater.

Holy crap I wish I was that girl's father so I could smack some sense into her and make her wait in the car. That would have shown her :D
 
I'll admit, I was the asshole once.

...during Van Helsing. But I had two options:

1) make fun of shitty movie
2) commit suicide with a power drill
 
I always say, I encourage heckling during the commercials or during movie trailers, but shut the **** up during the movie, at all times, or leave.

However, certain BAD flicks demand heckling..... Bulletproof Monk in a 2 dollar shoebox theater was an experience of a lifetime.... like being in the pit of Shakespeare's theater.... the peasents were practically throwing tomatoes.
 
brandonh83 said:
I'll admit, I was the asshole once.

...during Van Helsing. But I had two options:

1) make fun of shitty movie
2) commit suicide with a power drill
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Or:

3) Walk out and get a refund. C'mon, I know it was a shitty movie but that's still no reason to annoy others who *might* be interested by it....

Not to be harsh, but after tonight anyone who speaks during a movie gets the Shake boot up the ass! :D
 
The silence between previews is always a hot spot for stupid shit comments.

3) Walk out and get a refund. C'mon, I know it was a shitty movie but that's still no reason to annoy others who *might* be interested by it....

Not to be harsh, but after tonight anypne who speaks during a movie gets the Shake boot up the ass!
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Anyone who could possibly find even a scant amount of enjoyment in Van Helsing do not deserve clemency.
 
I was watching pirates this friday and the guy who sat next to me would make sounds like "mmf!" "ooh!" every freaking time something happened or some character came on the scene. It's a lot better than what some of you guys are posting but I was really trying to get into the movie and had a hard time because of that guy.
 
I rarely go to the movies now, and when I do I sneak off for a midweek matinee after the opening rush or go to a late night showing of whatever romantic comedy my special lady wants to see. However, I did break my rule for Superman Returns and went to the opening night 7:30 showing.

The theatre was packed and there were plenty of kids, so I was expecting the worst. Amazingly, there was hardly any noise or talking the whole time, and this was a loooong movie with plenty of lulls. I couldn't believe it. It restored my faith in humanity a bit.
 
Oldschoolgamer said:
1) When the Hulk was released, me and my family went to see an early screening of it. Now, this family comes up and sits a few chairs to the right of me. For a little while, it was quiet, but after awhile I start to hear groaning o_O... I turn and see the boy moving all around, and moaning, and his father and folks acting like that shit was normal. Needless to say, when we left, we got free passes. It turns out the kid had a deficit, and that was around the time they go to the movies.
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he's got a what now? :lol

I took my two brothers-in-law to see Matrix: Revolutions (they were 13 at the time) and this lady was letting her little ADHD/sugar-high kid run all over the place, swinging from the metal bars and everything. The family was talking pretty loudly as well, asking questions about what was going on and everything. After about 15 minutes I turn and tell them to shut the hell up and keep that little monkey-ass boy quiet. It actually worked, though I got some pretty withering looks when the movie was over and we were leaving the theater.
 
This is why I avoid certain theaters. I'll pay for the more expensive theaters to avoid the average teenagers/stoners in movies. **** that shit. I feel like an old man.
 
one time, a large group of overweight women came into the theatre, with like 6 bags of food. i could see KFC, mcdonalds, taco bell, etc etc in it. oh my god, they were so ****ing large. one girl asked, almost sarchastically, "wanna shit theeeere?" and the others nodded with a huge ****ing grin. god, i could hear all their shit moving around the entire time.

also, when i went to see MI3, these guys were heckling me and my friends half the time, and we thought they were like our age. we get out, and theyre STILL heckling us, but theyre ****ing 12. someone in our group asked them kindly, "DO YOU WANNA BLEED?!". It was ****ing hilarious
 
X-Men 3 was totally ruined by a bunch of nitwit teenage ****s about a week ago for me. I've since decided I am through with going to the movies. I will just buy the DVDs when they are released.

Superman and Pirates will both be day one purchases. The theatres can f off.
 
Man, I just continue to hate going to cinema's, and I avoid them as much as I can.

The last movie I went to was King Kong. I sat there with some friends, being quiet, trying to enjoy the movie and then some stupid kids start playing with their cellphones for more then a half hour.

Watching King Kong in the dark and then having some idiot with a very bright screen in front of you really sucks. And then there was ofcourse the general moments hearing sodacans being opened, people grabbing for chips of popcorn.

The most hatefull thing is when people start laughing at a part in the movie that's not meant to be funny at all...

They should make seperate rooms, from 0-16 and from 18-... And there should be some sort of security, which throw out people from the moment they start to get annoying.
 
I used to love going to the movies but its just so awful now. And my friends always want to go on opening nights when its packed and all the teens are there and won't STFU and talking on cell phones. Jesus, we saw Pirates 2 opening night at midnight and there was a teen there with a freaking laptop right behind us. I couldn't believe it.

That night wasn't too bad I only got pissed a couple times at some people behind us. One talking on a cell and his GF wouldn't STFU to her friend.

Now, Superman Returns on the other hand. I thought I was safe waiting a whole week and going to a matinee but nooooooo. Right off the ****ing bat in the beginning opening sequence with the bang a little girl starts screaming her head off "IM SCARE I WANT TO GO HOME CRYYYYYY". And she wouldn't shut up and I could hear her dad trying to quiet her down. 5 minutes later there is another BOOM sequence and she starts ****ing again crying and yelling. They were in the middle of the theater and I was on the side but I was just about to yell for them to shut up and take her outside when someone else did the honors "DUDE TAKE HER HOME ALREADY!"

Unfortunately I had doucebags behind me. Two ladies and I think 2 kids and the kids would not shut up the entire movie just babbling nonsensical stuff loudly and ripping bags open and kicking my seat. The ladies weren't any better talking and even clapping the entire movie. I can have fun during movies, like Pirates was a fun movie and everyone was laughing and cheering and its opening midnight showing so I can understand. But if you're consistently clapping loudly during a movie, and you are the only one doing it, DON'T.
 
There really needs to be a boycott of the theatres. The theatres need to do something about their image until then. They need ushers in EVERY ****ing room so that they can deal with the idiots and escort them out if they don't comply. Until then (and I doubt it's going to happen) I will avoid the movies except for maybe on very rare occasions.
 
One time I took my cousins and there friends to watch a Pokemon movie and in the theatre some of the kids were not watching the movie but running around and screaming it drove me ****ing bonkers and ruined my plan to sleep during my responabilities, in which forced me to actually watch the movie WHICH WAS ****ING TORTURE.
 
Dr_Cogent said:
There really needs to be a boycott of the theatres. The theatres need to do something about their image until then. They need ushers in EVERY ****ing room so that they can deal with the idiots and escort them out if they don't comply. Until then (and I doubt it's going to happen) I will avoid the movies except for maybe on very rare occasions.
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That's a great idea. Heck, they could easily pay their wages by charging an extra $.25 per ticket. $.25 for a $6-$10 ticket with the assurances of crap being kicked out promptly would be WELL worth it.
 
If some long movie fails to keep my interest I can easily fall asleep and start snoring. I've been woken up several times by friends and other people when that happens tho. But I've not had other people annoy me in theaters much except for the normal noise making or opening their cell phones to check the time or whatever.
 
The only problem i've ever had in a theater was the smell of garbage through the movie, until I realized it was the persons shoe who was hanging over the seat beside me.
 
My girlfriend and I went to see a showing of The Exorcist at a local theater. Usually the place is very nice to see movies in, but this was a midnight showing, and I think the theater lifted the "R" age limit to help pack the seats. As a result, there was lots of laughing, talking, obnoxious screaming (I don't care how scared you are, nobody screams like a ****ing banshee for five seconds at a picture on the screen), etc.

Finally, my girlfriend, fed up, said, "God, shut up!" semi-loudly after a particularly bad bout of laughter (I myself wouldn't have done this as I feel it adds to the problem, but in any case...). In response, an enlightened hippie 16 year-old girl behind us offered this sage advice:

"Hey, calm down, man. If it's going to bother you, you should've just stayed home and rented the ****ing DVD."

WELL GOLLY ****ING GEE, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT! I'LL JUST RENT THE DVD, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE MOVIES! IN FACT, WHY THE HELL ARE ANY OF US HERE, WE'LL ALL JUST GO TO MY HOUSE AND WATCH THE DAMN DVD!

I've never hit anyone seriously before, let alone a girl several years younger than me, but I was so sorely tempted to just start flailing my arms behind me.

I also remember during the second Matrix movie, a guy's cell phone rang. He answered it, and said, "Hey. I'm at the movies. I'll call you back. Later."

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Yeah, I love that argument: If you can't handle me being a turdpot, you should just stay home.

I'm not sure when it became acceptable to go to the movies and behave like an ass.


human5892 said:
My girlfriend and I went to see a showing of The Exorcist at a local theater. Usually the place is very nice to see movies in, but this was a midnight showing, and I think the theater lifted the "R" age limit to help pack the seats. As a result, there was lots of laughing, talking, obnoxious screaming (I don't care how scared you are, nobody screams like a ****ing banshee for five seconds at a picture on the screen), etc.

Finally, my girlfriend, fed up, said, "God, shut up!" semi-loudly after a particularly bad bout of laughter (I myself wouldn't have done this as I feel it adds to the problem, but in any case...). In response, an enlightened hippie 16 year-old girl behind us offered this sage advice:

"Hey, calm down, man. If it's going to bother you, you should've just stayed home and rented the ****ing DVD."

WELL GOLLY ****ING GEE, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT! I'LL JUST RENT THE DVD, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE MOVIES! IN FACT, WHY THE HELL ARE ANY OF US HERE, WE'LL ALL JUST GO TO MY HOUSE AND WATCH THE DAMN DVD!

I've never hit anyone seriously before, let alone a girl several years younger than me, but I was so sorely tempted to just start flailing my arms behind me.
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MC Safety said:
Yeah, I love that argument: If you can't handle me being a turdpot, you should just stay home.

I'm not sure when it became acceptable to go to the movies and behave like an ass.
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Seems to have happened around the time I graduated from high school, but maybe I am just old and jaded. These punk ass **** kids have no respect. My friends and I never behaved in such a way in public.
 
i went to the midnight showing of Batman Begins (where you'd figure only the diehard fans who really want to see the movie would bother to show up) and sure enough a group of teenage dipshits sit like two rows behind me and dont' shut their asses up. After countless calls of "STFU" from the audience, thankfully they decided to leave like 30 minutes into the movie.

unfortunately this happens pretty much anytime you go to a movie on a friday/saturday anytime after 7pm (especially if the theatre is in or around a mall in anyway). These punkass kids aren't even interested in watching the movie most of the time. THey sit around giggling, text messaging their other douchebag friends and getting up every 5 minutes and going to the lobby. Why these dumbasses pay $10 for a ticket just to have somewhere to hangout blows my mind.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
unfortunately this happens pretty much anytime you go to a movie on a friday/saturday anytime after 7pm (especially if the theatre is in or around a mall in anyway). These punkass kids aren't even interested in watching the movie most of the time. THey sit around giggling, text messaging their other douchebag friends and getting up every 5 minutes and going to the lobby. Why these dumbasses pay $10 for a ticket just to have somewhere to hangout blows my mind.
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This is probably because the bitch ass punks don't earn their own money and instead their parents pay for everything so they have no problems wasting it going to a show and bullshitting during it.
 
Working summers as a projectionist at a movie theatre, I know of a lot of times where customers could be pissed. A couple off the top of my head

This weekend in Pirates the DTS went out for the last 45 minutes of the show, so the whole movie sounded like it was underwater. No one even told us until the movie was almost over, even though it was sold out (WTF?)

For the midnight opening showing of Stealth (People came??? WTF?) I forgot to start the movie so it was 10 minutes late -- and when I did start it I screwed up and started The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl instead since the two movies were sharing the same projector. After sitting through 10 minutes of previews the audience angrily informed the downstairs employees of the mistake, and then they told me. So I then spent 10 minutes cutting the Sharkboy film out of the projector and threading up Stealth, then the audience had to watch 10 more minutes of previews. Then they had to watch Stealth. That ****ing sucks.

I remember a time someone threw up in the middle of Hostel, and I was suppossed to go clean it up. Seeing how disgusting that is (plus it was dark in the theatre and I didn't want to get in anyone's way) I just reached over the seat, poured a bunch of bleach on the pile and called it good for the rest of the show.

Sometimes bulbs and whatnot go out in the middle of movies and we have to cancel the show, which has to suck if your watching.

A while ago in Cars the lens popped out of place in the middle of the movie, so the screen was black and the movie was still going but all you could hear was sound. It probably took at least 5 minutes for someone to go tell them downstairs, for them to radio me, and for me to head over to the remote corner of the booth and set it back in place.

Sometimes lazy ****s that work at my theatre won't even properly focus movies after they start them so they look like blurry shit the whole time. No one ever complains (WTF?)

I've seen people eating eachothers faces out making out hardcore in packed theatres, but when I go in to do theatre checks I never do anything just because it's a hassle.

Unsuprisingly, every theatre has rats living in it. People who work there will just pretend they don't exist. They do. In every one. One lady at mine got bit once, so we gave her a free pass. She came another time and got bit again. Seriously. I've never heard of anyone else ever getting bit.
 
ShowDog said:
Unsuprisingly, every theatre has rats living in it. People who work there will just pretend they don't exist. They do. In every one. One lady at mine got bit once, so we gave her a free pass. She came another time and got bit again. Seriously. I've never heard of anyone else ever getting bit.
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she's just tasty, I guess. :lol
 
Link1110 said:
At least it wasn't Schindler's List
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a guy from my old highschool had was expelled from the highschool across town for beating his dick like it owed him money during Schindlers list. He was expelled and forced to go to our school, where prior knowledge of his wankery was given to us (as it was a smallish town).
That guys life was ruined, he pretty much became strange after that.

Recently some dutch kids started yelling shit at me and my girlfriend when we went to a movie, they were the only ones in the theatre with us and we sat in the middle while they were up the back. They started yelling shit at us which I couldn't understand except for "Jij bent niet thuis/you are not at home" when my girlfriend put her feet on the seats. It's quite unnerving taking shit in a language you can't understand to be honest, it pissed me off and then I turned around and the youngest one was in the middle of throwing something at me. After I said 'don't you ****ing throw shit at me little boy' they shut up. Maybe I sounded like one of those angry british guys or something.
 
I'm reading your posts and I can't believe the shit you have to go through when trying to watch a movie, all that stuff of kids running around, phones ringing, people not talking but having conversations... If I ever have to witness any of that in my local theater (I'm in Oviedo, a small town in the north of Spain), things would go quite wrong. In fact, my worst movie experience took place two weeks ago, during a Xmen3 showing. This group of 5 teenagers begin to play with their popcorn, lightly in the beginning. At first I found it tolerable (they are just kids and they are pissing me that much). But then they began to throw stuff, and I simply had to look back at them, with a death look and I loudly said PLEASE. And it all stopped. And that is by far my worst experience.
So, in Spain, you can go to the movies without worries.

And Lucas wonders why people are running away from "the cinema experience". Seems that America's cinema experience is closer to paid hell than anything.
 
Interesting idea: Most cell phones these days have cameras that can be used to video record parts of the movies. What if people made a big stink about that and got cell phones banned in the movie theaters?
 
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