Who else is sick of Ebert/Roeper Wannabes?

[Floyd The Barber]

You know if you sit in a crowded theatre and voice out, OUT-LOUD what you think of every scene that you're an a$$h0L3 right? Even the director saves it for the DVD. No one's paying you to critique or commentate. We're all very sorry that your respective mothers and fathers didn't care about your opinions so you're desperately seeking for someone in a dark crowded theatre to maybe get "enlightened" by your "priceless" point of view. It's sad really. Just know when you do this that there's usually at least one person in the audience fantasizing about a world where they could get away with strangling you until you crap yourself at the end of the movie. You know who you are.

[Mike Smash!]

As far as I'm concerned, the only people allowed to talk during a movie are these guys:

http://www.mst3ktapes.com/mikethtr.jpg

[Donald M.]

You know if you sit in a crowded theatre and voice out, OUT-LOUD what you think of every scene that you're an a$$h0L3 right? Even the director saves it for the DVD. No one's paying you to critique or commentate. We're all very sorry that your respective mothers and fathers didn't care about your opinions so you're desperately seeking for someone in a dark crowded theatre to maybe get "enlightened" by your "priceless" point of view. It's sad really. Just know when you do this that there's usually at least one person in the audience fantasizing about a world where they could get away with strangling you until you crap yourself at the end of the movie. You know who you are.

Good lord yes, thank you.

I had the poor luck to be sitting behind a bunch of idiot teenagers while watching Spider-Man 3.

One self-appointed critic, apparently disappointed with the film, kept saying over and over, very loudly, "I need to have a word with the producers."

I wanted to turn around and tell him, "No, what you need to do is shut the fuck up!" but then I'd probably have to beat the shit out of some sixteen year old kid in front of his girlfriend and nothing good ever comes of that. I just wanted to watch the damn movie so that's what I did, though my experience was greatly lessened by my fellow audience members.

A good audience can greatly enhance the film-going experience, but a bad one can make sitting through any movie a chore.

[Chris Nowlin]

I don't approve of any talking in movie theatres. Little annoys me more than people who insist on saying anything. Do they not understand the acoustics of the theatre? If you talk to your neighbor, you can be heard in the entire theatre.

I approve of laughing/gasping/crying when appropriate. That's it.

[Shady Jack]

I wanted to turn around and tell him, "No, what you need to do is shut the fuck up!" but then I'd probably have to beat the shit out of some sixteen year old kid in front of his girlfriend and nothing good ever comes of that.

Nonsense. You could very well go home with his girlfriend.

On the other hand, beating the piss out of a loud-mouthed punk teenager is it's own reward. It can be very fulfilling spiritually.

[Donald M.]

Nonsense. You could very well go home with his girlfriend.

On the other hand, beating the piss out of a loud-mouthed punk teenager is it's own reward. It can be very fulfilling spiritually.

I'm thirty years old, unless I'm anxious to get butt raped in the state prison my days of going home with sixteen year old girls is long over.

[Shady Jack]

I'm thirty years old, unless I'm anxious to get butt raped in the state prison my days of going home with sixteen year old girls is long over.

Heh, hey, either way you're gonna get some.

I'm joking!

But I totally know what you mean by assholes making noise in the theater.

My big beef is the morons who bring their babies to the cinema. You KNOW a baby is gonna cry and annoy the piss out of everyone. Cuz that's what babies do, they cry. A lot. So keep em out of the freakin theater please!

Also, I went to see X3 last year, by myself, which sucks but it's not like I had any choice. Anyway, I went to the Sunday matinee, and I was thinking "This is gonna be awesome, there's like 10 people here max."

Except as SOON AS THE PREVIEWS started, this douchebag 2 rows in front of me decided to open the bag of potato chips he smuggled in.

*RATTLERATTLERATTLE*

I wanted to spill blood.

[Donald M.]

Heh, hey, either way you're gonna get some.

I'm joking!

But I totally know what you mean by assholes making noise in the theater.

My big beef is the morons who bring their babies to the cinema. You KNOW a baby is gonna cry and annoy the piss out of everyone. Cuz that's what babies do, they cry. A lot. So keep em out of the freakin theater please!

Also, I went to see X3 last year, by myself, which sucks but it's not like I had any choice. Anyway, I went to the Sunday matinee, and I was thinking "This is gonna be awesome, there's like 10 people here max."

Except as SOON AS THE PREVIEWS started, this douchebag 2 rows in front of me decided to open the bag of potato chips he smuggled in.

*RATTLERATTLERATTLE*

I wanted to spill blood.

Yeah, also assholes who bring their cellphones suck.

I mean, usually they put them on vibrate but that doesn't help, I can still hear that shit buzzing. Then they have to answer the shit, in the theater.

What part of turn off your motherfucking cellphones didn't you understand?

[Donald M.]

I swear, is it any wonder more and more people just wait for the DVD.

[Shady Jack]

I swear, is it any wonder more and more people just wait for the DVD.

I'm not surprised.

Wait 2-3 months for the DVD and not only do you avoid the insanely high prices at the concession stand but also you get to avoid the asshats who showed up to ruin your experience. Not to mention that home theater systems are pretty affordable nowadays so really there's no reason to bother getting dressed up when you can just stay at home.

I loved going to the cinema at one time but I rarely go anymore.

Personally, I wish the drive-in would make a comeback, but that's another topic I suppose.

[Chris Nowlin]

Yeah, also assholes who bring their cellphones suck.

I mean, usually they put them on vibrate but that doesn't help, I can still hear that shit buzzing. Then they have to answer the shit, in the theater.

What part of turn off your motherfucking cellphones didn't you understand?


I was in the theatre just last week watching Spider-Man and they answered it to say, "I can't talk now. I'm watching a movie." Come to think of it, I've called friends who have told me that. How dumb are they?

You forgot to turn of your phone despite multiple warnings, fine. It happens. Annoying, but fine. But when it goes off, turn it off!! Jeez

[Donald M.]

I'm not surprised.

Wait 2-3 months for the DVD and not only do you avoid the insanely high prices at the concession stand but also you get to avoid the asshats who showed up to ruin your experience. Not to mention that home theater systems are pretty affordable nowadays so really there's no reason to bother getting dressed up when you can just stay at home.

I loved going to the cinema at one time but I rarely go anymore.

Personally, I wish the drive-in would make a comeback, but that's another topic I suppose.

Personally, I'm sorry I was born after the days when a show at the theater entailed two feature films, several short features, cartoons and a newsreel all for a dime.

[Shady Jack]

Personally, I'm sorry I was born after the days when a show at the theater entailed two feature films, several short features, cartoons and a newsreel all for a dime.

I wouldn't go quite that far back myself but I see what you mean.

I *do* dig going to the theater, and on the right night it's still an awesome experience that NO home system can replicate. Like when I saw Attack of the Clones, that shit was INSANE! Opening night, like 200+ insane Star Wars fans, or the time my theater showed Pulp Fiction at midnight. THAT is what makes going to the movies worthwhile anymore.

Sadly, that doesn't happen very often anymore, and that's why I chose to wait for Ghost Rider/Spidey 3 on DVD.

[Donald M.]

I wouldn't go quite that far back myself but I see what you mean.

I *do* dig going to the theater, and on the right night it's still an awesome experience that NO home system can replicate. Like when I saw Attack of the Clones, that shit was INSANE! Opening night, like 200+ insane Star Wars fans, or the time my theater showed Pulp Fiction at midnight. THAT is what makes going to the movies worthwhile anymore.

Sadly, that doesn't happen very often anymore, and that's why I chose to wait for Ghost Rider/Spidey 3 on DVD.

Yeah, I have to say that any showing where there's likely to be a lot of teenagers in the audience is one to avoid. Unfortunately, in the summer that's pretty much any showing of any movie in its first two weeks of release, unless it's like some chick flick or period drama or something.

[Shady Jack]

Yeah, I have to say that any showing where there's likely to be a lot of teenagers in the audience is one to avoid. Unfortunately, in the summer that's pretty much any showing of any movie in its first two weeks of release, unless it's like some chick flick or period drama or something.

Now that I'm back home, that's the case for me as well.

I spent the last year and 1/2 in North Carolina, and Asheville had a TITE theater called Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company that showed flicks 3 months after their initial release. They removed half of the regular seats and replaced them with couches and coffee tables. They had a bar in the back where you could get several varieties of home-brewed beer, as well as pizza/wings. Movie tickets were 2 bucks.

That place was awesome, and if I thought the rednecks around here would support it, I'd buy our empty theater and open something similar myself.

[Donald M.]

Now that I'm back home, that's the case for me as well.

I spent the last year and 1/2 in North Carolina, and Asheville had a TITE theater called Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company that showed flicks 3 months after their initial release. They removed half of the regular seats and replaced them with couches and coffee tables. They had a bar in the back where you could get several varieties of home-brewed beer, as well as pizza/wings. Movie tickets were 2 bucks.

That place was awesome, and if I thought the rednecks around here would support it, I'd buy our empty theater and open something similar myself.

I assume with the sale of alcohol that the shows are 21+. Man does that sound great, even though I'm not much of a drinker.

There's a theater like that in my general area, but it's not convenient for me to get to since I don't drive.

[Shady Jack]

I assume with the sale of alcohol that the shows are 21+. Man does that sound great, even though I'm not much of a drinker.

There's a theater like that in my general area, but it's not convenient for me to get to since I don't drive.

Inexplicably, they let anyone in. I saw Fantastic Four there, and there were kids present. I don't know what rules they had, but Asheville was a pretty hippy-heavy town, so who knows. They had a few head shops operating right around the town courthouse so I assume anything went.

It's a happening town, but it sucked for me because I don't work well alone. If I could convince a friend or two to move there with me I'd totally do it.

[Tages]

I've gotten people ejected from the building for talking loudly during a movie.

I don't fuck around with that shit.

[Mike Smash!]

I've gotten people ejected from the building for talking loudly during a movie.

I don't fuck around with that shit.There have been countless times that I've wanted to do just that, but it would have meant getting up and leaving the theater.

They need some sort of a silent "someone is being a loud jackass" pager to summon an usher.

[Tages]

There have been countless times that I've wanted to do just that, but it would have meant getting up and leaving the theater.

Heh, funny story...

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man't Chest. One row ahead and to the left before the movie starts a guy turns around and offers everyone behind us a drink of the rum he snuck in in a thermos (no takers). So the movie starts, and predictably the guy's a jackass, and what's more his friends are jackasses. So I walk out and tell the usher, but leave out the part with the alcohol (I'm not that much of a dick).

The usher walks in and asks the guy to quiet down, whereupon he offers the usher some of his rum, waving it directly under his nose with the top off.

The usher's face goes white. It just about glows in the dark.

Long story short, the guy and his posse end up leaving, though he's so drunk at this point he has to be half-carried out.

[Alex]

I had to go see Return of the king three times.
Once with my friends, once with my mom, once with my girlfriend.
On the last visist, an 8 year old felt it neccesary to not only explain what was happening on screen to his friend, but why it could be better.
All was forgiven when dude in the movie got lit on fire and the kid said "He was a foolish man and got what he deserved!"

[The Mirrorball Man]

I usually take a water gun with me when I go to the movies. If you talk during the film, you're gonna get wet.

[Copper]

The annoying teenagers are bad enough. What's even worse though, are the clueless parents who act like they didn't know what the movie was going to be about. Case in point:

I went to see Ghost Rider. About two thirds into the film when Blackheart makes his scary face I hear this ear splitting screech behind me. Apparently a five year old was in the audience and obviously he couldn't handle a movie with demons in it. As I was leaving the theater, I saw the mother complaining to the usher about how the theater was showing "inappropriate material for a comic book movie aimed at children."

....

I had to remind myself to breathe.

The movie was about a guy who made a deal with the devil and got turned into a flaming skeleton. I wouldn't think this would be kiddie fare, but reading reviews of the thing was obviously too much work.

Then again, I live in a town where there's a well-to-do but vocal minority who make it their business to bitch about anything and everything that doesn't fit into their khaki-wearing suburbanite "won't someone think of the children!" world view.

[Valmore]

While it is annoying when people talk in a theater during the film, it's kind of extreme to let it ruin your life.

[Floyd The Barber]

While it is annoying when people talk in a theater during the film, it's kind of extreme to let it ruin your life.

Not my ENTIRE life mind you, just the 2 1/2 hours that I spent $9.00 on. That's plenty enough for me to be pissed off about. Hmmmm.....do I sense a talker here?

I've seen Spider-Man 3 twice. One was May 5th early Saturday morning, and the other was late Friday May 11th. The early Sat one was packed. A lot of kids and moms. But everyone was WAAAAAAAY into the movie. Lots of Oooohs and Aaaahhhs and lots of kid's asking their mom's questions, one kid screaming out "That's gotta hurt!" at one point, things like that. One lady a few rows back from me started balling her eyes out like someone she knew had died at one particular scene.

On the late FRI show almost a week later there was a completely different but worse vibe. ALL adults. Lots of out-loud critics. Lot's of "Oh that's just bad." or my personal "favorite" "That's just gay." One person felt the need to scream out "Slap that Ho!" during one scene (If you've seen it you know which one). But the worst : Everytime there was a serious part, particularly where Tobey would get a bit choked up, people would start laughing during parts that weren't funny at all. I guess to impress their girlfriends as if to say "I'd never get so choked up over a girl." Nice use of wasting everyone else's time to improve your own egos that must constantly need stroking. Waste of oxygen douchebags.

I was so glad I had already seen it once. I'll take the moms and kids over that pathetic shit anyday.

[Lee Kaye]

The last film I saw at the cinema was the second LOTR film. So what's that...5 years ago. People, well teenagers munching, talking and having phone conversations during the film. It's not the nicest area I live in so any requests to keep it down would probably ended with being stabbed in the eyeball.

Now I am one of the 'wait for the DVD' brigade.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I'm lucky; I've never had to sit through a movie with a loudmouth near me.

I've been the victim of a nervous foot though; y'know, the person that can't seem to move his feet without tapping the seat in front of him.

[Elegance Liberty]

I remember back when my dad took me and my siblings to see 'Fellowship of the Ring' (on the very rare occasions he was even home back then), during a quiet moment in the movie, someone's cell phone went off. Loudly.

I heard someone in a gruff/threatening voice yell out "Alright, who's the jackass who didn't turn off their phone?"

I then saw someone hurrying to either answer the phone or something. After answering it, they got up and they didn't come back in for the rest of the movie.

That... was EPIC.

Also, to further my hatred of Harry Potter and its fandumb, I was dragged against my will to see 'Sorceror's Stone'. There were several girls a few seats down who WOULD NOT STOP TALKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE. Talking about asinine fannish things... whatever the hell the jibber jabber HP fans talk about.

I have adamantly refused to ever see a Harry Potter movie after that and mom learned to not mess with me on the subject since either.

I also saw "Casino Royale" and some fat dumpy guy kept explaining everything that happened to a young man -roughly around my age- next to him. I had the urge to smash my slurpee cup at him, but his fat rolls probably would have absorbed 'em.

[Valmore]

Not my ENTIRE life mind you, just the 2 1/2 hours that I spent $9.00 on. That's plenty enough for me to be pissed off about. Hmmmm.....do I sense a talker here?

No, but I sense a person who lets little things bother him waaaaay too much. A simple fact of life is that people are going to be disruptive. They'll talk during movies. They'll cut you off in traffic. They'll take the last Coke Zero. Etc. Sure, it's annoying. But why stress over it?

It's not like somebody touched your dice... then you gotta punch 'em in the face.

[i_mmmchocolate]

It's not like somebody touched your dice... then you gotta punch 'em in the face.
Or, pretended to be you and slept with your girlfriend...

[Donald M.]

No, but I sense a person who lets little things bother him waaaaay too much. A simple fact of life is that people are going to be disruptive. They'll talk during movies. They'll cut you off in traffic. They'll take the last Coke Zero. Etc. Sure, it's annoying. But why stress over it?

It's not like somebody touched your dice... then you gotta punch 'em in the face.

So, who's stressing?

Just in my case I usually never think about this stuff after it happens, but it's still annoying and when the subject comes up it's fun to vent. That's all this thread is.

[Bradley]

As others have pointed out, there are some types of movies where you don't really mind a certain type of noise. When I took my ex-girlfriend's son to see the first Spider-Man movie, he got understandably excited at certain scenes and vocalized his delight. I can't imagine anyone so jaded that they can't smile when a kid says, "Wow!" during a web-slinging scene.

On the other hand, when we went to see Hot Fuzz a few weeks ago, a couple in their early twenties showed up with their baby. Frankly, I don't know why they even sell tickets to people pushing newborns in front of them. Don't we all know what's going to happen? But again... you can't blame the crying baby. That's what they do. It is, however, perfectly reasonable to hate the moron parents in this situation.

A few months ago, there was a special one-night-only screening of the original A Nightmare on Elm Street at one of our local theaters. That was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and it remains a guilty pleasure now, so I was pretty psyched to see the movie in the theater. And again, you don't expect silence when you go to see A Nightmare on Elm Street in the theater-- you expect people to groan, laugh, maybe jump and scream a little bit if they've never seen it before... That's part of the fun of going to such a movie, it seems to me.

However, the theater was filled with these... well, bratty kids. I would say there was about a dozen or fifteen of them, ranging in age from 14-17, maybe. And they were obviously there to impress each other by doing their best Mystery Science Theatre material. They were, literally, shouting at the screen. They were shouting to each other. They were shouting at the people calling their cell phones. At one point, one little princess walked up the aisle exclaiming something moronic to the person on the other end of her phone. As she walked past me, I shushed her. Her response was to actually scream at me, "Shut up!"

It was, hands-down, my worst movie theater experience. Although on the bright side, I made a friend who I'll probably never actually meet. One woman in the audience and I took turns shouting, "Shut up!" down to the kids.

Finally, though, I have a funny movie theater talking moment to share. Towards the end of the semester, I'd gone without a haircut for quite a while and was growing a beard. On days that I teach, I tend to dress professionally, but on my days off, it's T-shirts and shorts. So one Monday afternoon I decide to go see Grindhouse. It's just me and two other guys in the theater as the movie starts, but pretty soon a group of four retirees come in-- two couples. You could tell that they'd just had lunch at "the club"-- I can't really explain that look, but you see it a lot here in South Florida. Rich older people who live complete lives of leisure.

Also, I should hasten to add that I'd seen one of the men in the lobby, barking orders to the poor kid working behind the concession stand. So I was kinda predisposed to not liking these folks.

Anyway, the Rodriguez movie starts and it's, you know, really gory. And these four people just keep talking amongst themselves. Finally, one of the men says, "Yeah, we can go." And the four of them stand up and walk out. But as they go by, the guy who'd been rude to the concession stand worker looks at me, shaking his head as if I've done something he disapproves of. "This is just disgusting," he sneers-- as if I'm Rodriguez.

Later, I realized that the guy saw me sitting there and assumed that I'm just the type of jobless, slovenly deviant they make such filth for. And though I was a little insulted, I was also a little pleased that I could so thoroughly disgust a perfect stranger. Especially because I found him pretty repugnant too.

The moral of these stories? Don't talk during movies, obviously. Don't bring your baby to the movies. And don't assume that all longhaired, unshaved types are social deviants who can't hold down a job; some of us are social deviants who are teaching your children.

[Michael P]

I have adamantly refused to ever see a Harry Potter movie after that and mom learned to not mess with me on the subject since either.


With the exception of the third one, the books are better anyway.

[Chris Nowlin]

I usually take a water gun with me when I go to the movies. If you talk during the film, you're gonna get wet.

Brilliant idea!

The annoying teenagers are bad enough. What's even worse though, are the clueless parents who act like they didn't know what the movie was going to be about. Case in point:

I went to see Ghost Rider. About two thirds into the film when Blackheart makes his scary face I hear this ear splitting screech behind me. Apparently a five year old was in the audience and obviously he couldn't handle a movie with demons in it. As I was leaving the theater, I saw the mother complaining to the usher about how the theater was showing "inappropriate material for a comic book movie aimed at children."

....

I had to remind myself to breathe.

The movie was about a guy who made a deal with the devil and got turned into a flaming skeleton. I wouldn't think this would be kiddie fare, but reading reviews of the thing was obviously too much work.

Then again, I live in a town where there's a well-to-do but vocal minority who make it their business to bitch about anything and everything that doesn't fit into their khaki-wearing suburbanite "won't someone think of the children!" world view.

There was a family with very young children in the theatre when I saw Sin City.

And one when I went to see 300...

And these movies graphically portray parts of the human body, which, practical as they may be, are evil.

[Cei-U!]

I used to talk during movies until I realized I could see the screen better if I took my head out from up my ass.

Cei-U!
I summon the life lesson!

[Floyd The Barber]

No, but I sense a person who lets little things bother him waaaaay too much. A simple fact of life is that people are going to be disruptive. They'll talk during movies. They'll cut you off in traffic. They'll take the last Coke Zero. Etc. Sure, it's annoying. But why stress over it?

Simple. Because I take great pleasure in spreading the word that these people are complete assholes and maybe, just maybe someone somewhere might realize it and stop. I know it's high hopes, but hey, it could happen. And besides, I enjoy venting about how much I hate these people. I can't stab 'em in the face like I'd like so here I am venting on a forum. It's healthier and your tax dollars won't have to house me in prison. So really I'm helping you too. Capiche?

[Valmore]

So, who's stressing?

Just in my case I usually never think about this stuff after it happens, but it's still annoying and when the subject comes up it's fun to vent. That's all this thread is.

Will you just admit you took the last Coke Zero already?

Simple. Because I take great pleasure in spreading the word that these people are complete assholes and maybe, just maybe someone somewhere might realize it and stop. I know it's high hopes, but hey, it could happen. And besides, I enjoy venting about how much I hate these people. I can't stab 'em in the face like I'd like so here I am venting on a forum. It's healthier and your tax dollars won't have to house me in prison. So really I'm helping you too. Capiche?

Or was it YOU who took the last Coke Zero?

[Michael P]

Actually, I took the last Coke Zero. And poured it down the drain.

[Chris Nowlin]

Just to clarify, nobody here is actually calling me a zero, right?

[Valmore]

Actually, I took the last Coke Zero. And poured it down the drain.

No wonder Lena keeps talking smack about your ass. That was zero-calorie cola there. All the taste and none of the calories! And the chemicals will help you leave a good-looking corpse!

Just to clarify, nobody here is actually calling me a zero, right?

Nah. I just like Coke Zero.

[Winslow]

The couple next to me were talking all the way through the Spiderman 3.

It was annoying.

Since the family went, it was the price of a DVD. Maybe I should just wait for the DVD next time.

[Chris Nowlin]

Don't mind me; I'm just posting in the hopes the next page will load.

Failed. Valmore's post is 40. Mine is 42. Post 41 is yet to show up. Stupid server.

EDIT: There's Winslow's post!

I saw Spidey 3 once in IMAX. Bought tix in advance online which brought the price to $16.50 for 1 ticket. Could have certainly bought the DVD for that. Luckily, people in that showing behaved themselves.

[Floyd The Barber]

Or was it YOU who took the last Coke Zero?

Nah, wasn't me. I prefer Diet Pepsi. It tastes like regular Coke. ;)

[Valmore]

Nah, wasn't me. I prefer Diet Pepsi. It tastes like regular Coke. ;)

I like Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi to Coke Zero with Cherry. Much more tasty.

Anyway, yeah, people talking in movies does, indeed, suck. I remember going to a film and someone was playing a game on their cell phone in front of me. Can't remember which film it was, though.

Though when I went and saw Pirates I there was a bunch of guys dressed like pirates and they screamed "Captain" at Johnny Depp's first appearance. I didn't mind that so much, because they kept it to that.

[Bradley]

Though when I went and saw Pirates I there was a bunch of guys dressed like pirates and they screamed "Captain" at Johnny Depp's first appearance. I didn't mind that so much, because they kept it to that.

I think that's an example of "acceptable noise." I mean, part of going to the movies is having an experience with other people-- if they get excited about something in the movie and vocalize their excitement, that's cool, I think. But it's the people who yammer on about their jobs or their love lives or other things that have nothing to do with the movie that really bother me. That, and the people who have to loudly express how much they hate the movie while it's playing.

I remember seeing Return of the Jedi on its opening night when I was a kid. Surrounded by people who were really, really excited-- people who cheered when they read the first reference to Han Solo in the opening crawl and who booed when they got to the section about Jabba the Hutt. That, I think, is one of my favorite movie-going experiences.

[Nick Soapdish]

Yeah, crowd noise for some movies in some environs is acceptable or even preferable.

I saw Star Wars at Mugs & Movies, a now defunct movie place that sold beer and food during the movie. It was full of college student types that were cheering the screen and yelling at the characters. Kind of what you'd expect when putting college students and alcohol together. And I've seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the same place.

Both were great fun.

I might've been a bit more peeved if I'd spent more than a buck fifty on the ticket, but I was expecting that kind of atmosphere for them.

I'd be a bit more peeved if it was Spider-Man 3 for $9 and I didn't already know all the lines by heart.

[Brian "Vash" Ashby]

Some movies need talking during the movie

Like crappy horror movies, or stuff designed for it, like Snakes on a Plane. That movie would have been way better if it had like and audio track from a screening of the movie on it

Like a commentary track

It was way better with people



And sometimes people can be funny

Like during the trailer of that movie with Jamie fox and Jessica Beil's ass were they are flying planes, the robot plane gets hit by lighting and a guy was like

"i wonder if my toaster got hit by lightning it would make breakfast for me"

[Spackling Compound]

The couple next to me were talking all the way through the Spiderman 3.

It was annoying.

Since the family went, it was the price of a DVD. Maybe I should just wait for the DVD next time.

Asshole alert:

When I went to the first X-Men movie, I was sitting next to a couple of teenage girls. Every freakin' line of the movie, one girl would say to the next, "What'd he say?" or "What was that?" or "What did they say?" and I kept shifting in my seat and muttering.
Finally, I leaned over and said, "Could y'all hold it down? I can't hear the movie."
The girl who was responding to the questions the whole time said back, "She's deaf. I have to explain it to her because she can't hear."
I said, "Then crap, wait 6 weeks and then rent it on DVD and get the subtitles."

Flame on.

[jessecuster3]

i object vehemently to this thread title. Richard Roeper is a jackass. The show is what it is because of Ebert and Siskel(rest in peace). When you have two film critics working for the same newspaper it dilutes the differing opinions.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I remember the old Ebert & Siskel days, but I don't mind Roeper. In fact, I tend to agree with him more than Ebert on certain movies.

[jessecuster3]

I remember the old Ebert & Siskel days, but I don't mind Roeper. In fact, I tend to agree with him more than Ebert on certain movies.

I hate him, he brings nothing to the table, and comes across as just a regular schmo with a good gig.

I still think they should have stolen one of the better people from the NY Times.

[Spackling Compound]

I remember the old Ebert & Siskel days, but I don't mind Roeper. In fact, I tend to agree with him more than Ebert on certain movies.

I don't watch the show but I did like Roeper's column in the Chicago Sun Times back in the day. Didn't think he'd end up reviewing movies but always appreciated his outlook on things.

[Slam_Bradley]

What I really want to know is...is it necessary, in a less than half full theatre ,for the only person taller than I am to come and sit directly in front of my five year old?

[Spackling Compound]

What I really want to know is...is it necessary, in a less than half full theatre ,for the only person taller than I am to come and sit directly in front of my five year old?

Just as much as it is for the fattest person in a likewise half-empty theater to sit right next to me..and eat....pickles and nachos. Loudly.

[Typo Lad]

Suzannah has a friend who she goes to see "chickie" movies with. Well, used to anyway. The girl would sit there any text message her husband the entire time.

What's the point of going to the movie if your attention is elsewhere?

[i_mmmchocolate]

More importantly, why don't these people know that what they are doing is so damn annoying? How can they be so blind?

[Spackling Compound]

More importantly, why don't these people know that what they are doing is so damn annoying? How can they be so blind?

Because it is annoying YOU not them. They're not blind, just inconsiderate.

I wonder if the whole "home entertainment" boom has made the theater more of just a big living room for most people. Watch a movie, talk on the phone, talk to your friends, pick up snippets of the movie when you're not busy with other things....

[founder81]

What I really want to know is...is it necessary, in a less than half full theatre ,for the only person taller than I am to come and sit directly in front of my five year old?

I've had the reverse happen to me.

When we went to see The Two Towers, about 5 minutes before the previews started, a family comes in. They sit their little girl right behind me. The theater is, maybe, half full, there are alot of open seats, but they sit right behind me. During the 1st hour of the movie, all I hear is "I can't see". I'm thinking the whole time ... "WTF, how dumb are you people, I was sitting right here when you took your seats. You could see how tall I am and double stupid to sit your kid right behind me"

[bfrank]

Brilliant idea!





or the fastest way to an ass kicking.......please, oh please let some one get me in the cross fire........

[Floyd The Barber]

Asshole alert:

When I went to the first X-Men movie, I was sitting next to a couple of teenage girls. Every freakin' line of the movie, one girl would say to the next, "What'd he say?" or "What was that?" or "What did they say?" and I kept shifting in my seat and muttering.
Finally, I leaned over and said, "Could y'all hold it down? I can't hear the movie."
The girl who was responding to the questions the whole time said back, "She's deaf. I have to explain it to her because she can't hear."
I said, "Then crap, wait 6 weeks and then rent it on DVD and get the subtitles."

Flame on.

Flame you? FLAME YOU?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

You just gave me the best laugh I've had all day!

[Mike Pothier]

I get into the movie, so much that I can successfully zone out most outside noise. My wife, not so much. She's extremely sensitive to anyone talking.

What gets to me, however, are the inappropriate laughs. The snickers during the sentimental scenes, or the big guffaws during scary moments. Now, I can understand that some scenes can be more sappy then genuinely sad, or some scenes can look more stupid then scary, but hearing that damn chuckling makes me want to cast Meteor and just end it all.

[founder81]

I get into the movie, so much that I can successfully zone out most outside noise. My wife, not so much. She's extremely sensitive to anyone talking.

What gets to me, however, are the inappropriate laughs. The snickers during the sentimental scenes, or the big guffaws during scary moments. Now, I can understand that some scenes can be more sappy then genuinely sad, or some scenes can look more stupid then scary, but hearing that damn chuckling makes me want to cast Meteor and just end it all.


**Secretly leaves the black materia under the seat**