hehehehehe.....I havea good middle man I see every few weeks 25 bucks and 6 movies...

i hate when people text during movies! the light from the cell phone is so distracting when it's in front of you. lol maybe it's just me. I'm obsessed with movies though.. got to love the drive-ins and dollar theaters!

Kerasotes theaters (a chain in Illinois, Indiana, and other places) is testing ADULT ONLY MOVIES after 9pm on Friday and Saturdays. No children under the age of 8 will be allowed in. 8-16 year olds must have an adult with them to attend no matter the rating of the movie.

While I feel for the 16 year olds who just want to see a movie with their friends, I LOVE this.

OMG yes! I despise this so much. Turn your damn phone off! The light is so damn distracting, especially because I have my ADHD tendency to go 'oooh shiny!' or 'ooooh glowy!' and then miss parts of the film.

Bump for the family that decided to bring their four children to a 10:00 PM showing of X-Men Origins on a Sunday night. I cringed when I saw the stroller. Surprisingly the baby never made a sound. However, their son decided to wonder off and scream “Hi Daddy!” during the finale.

I must be jinxed. I haven’t seen a movie since a midnight showing of the last Batman movie at one of those dinner theater places and there were kids sitting directly behind me talking the whole freaking time.

What the hell is wrong with these parents? Are they oblivious or just completely inconsiderate?

For me, it seems like a lot of foreigners like to talk during a movie. I don't know how it is in their culture but they talk as if there aren't any other people around trying to watch a movie they paid to see.

Yeah, you can say that again.

Saturday.

Wolverine.


The annoying older lady 2 seats down, saying the following:

"Oh my word." about 6 times

"Oh no" countless times.

"OmyGodOmyGodOmyGod...he is going to kill him" at every fight scene.


At the end of the movie chastising the kids by saying "I thought you said that was a KID'S MOVIE!!"

IT WAS PG 13 FOR PETE'S SAKE AND YOUR KIDS LOOKED OLD ENOUGH TO HANDLE IT!!!

Don't blame THEM because YOU couldn't!

Well PG13 doesnt equal kids movie these days. Obsessed was PG13 but it wasn't a kids movie.
Speaking of PG13 movies that aren't kids movies one of my movie pet peeves is when people bring their kids to see movies that arent age appropriate.
During American Violet a huge group of little ones came in (with ONE adult who looked like he was the "camp counselor" or after school program leader). It was already 20 minutes into the movie. Of course they did all the talking and shhh-ing. Then after they'd talked through many parts of the movie and about 6 threats from camp counselor dude he follows through on his threat to make them leave for talking during the movie. Then they file out row by row (talking) and he says "Shhhh, We'll just have to catch it another time."

My other pet peeve is when they don't clean the floor. I remember one time the b/f and I went to the movies and when we got up to leave we had to peal/rip our feet off of the floor because it was so sticky.

The word isn't inconsiderate, it's selfish. Rude, self-serving, and selfish.

And I hate sticking to the floor, too. The boy hates when I give someone "the look", but he certainly appreciates it when people turn their cell phones off after I make a loud comment about being raised by wolves.

Outright laughter at the talker works, too. Mostly with a comment about why you're laughing at them. There was probably a 15 year old boy sitting behind us when we went to see Taken and he answered his cell phone (which I think was set to vibrate). After he called the caller "mommy" most of the people around him started outright mocking him. He took the call outside and didn't come back.

Both, I think. It's cheaper to take your small child with you to the movie than it is to get a babysitter, so some inconsiderate parents bring their kid(s) along - even if the movie is not appropriate for children - and to hell with everyone else in the theatre. And I'm convinced that some parents tune out the sounds their children make. A kid could be having a full-blown tantrum and the parents will say "Oh, s/he is just quietly fussing." :mad:

Last summer, I went to see The Dark Knight, and I spotted not one but two toddlers, and several elementary-school-aged children. One of the toddlers began crying during the movie. After several minutes of ineffective hushing, mom took the toddler outside... whereupon the other toddler immediately began crying, and continued crying for another half hour or so (the toddler's parents did not remove him/her).

That has to be my biggest movie pet peeve. I also get annoyed when people yak to each other during the movie, when they yak on a cell phone during the movie, or when a cell phone rings during the movie (turn it off, for crying out loud!). I paid to hear (and see) the movie, not to hear you, your cell phone, or your undisciplined brat.

Some parents brought their three year old to a midnight showing of the second Blade movie.

When that kid turns into a sociopath, they will be wondering why.

I could have understood this more back in the day when the theater was the only place to see an uncut movie.

But nowadays? Holy crap, chill out, it'll be on video or on demand in 6 (if not fewer) months!! You can see it for a lot less, no one cares if your kids scream, and if they do, you can rewind it and watch that part again.

I think the loss of drive-in theaters is a contributor to this. Lots of parents would get their kids into their jammies then take them to the drive-in. Of course everyone was in their own cars so no one cared. My belief is that these are parents who think the world is a drive-in.

LOL! I guess Ted Bundy's child is too old to be causing trouble in a theatre - but she's probably taking her kid to slasher movies.

I went to see Obsessed and a family with a boy who looked about 4 sat right behind me. During any scary part where the music swelled, he screamed. :mad: Just from the previews, it was obvious that it would be too much for a pre-schooler. And I was supposed to see it with a co-worker, but she was having trouble finding a sitter. She said, "If I can't find somebody, I'll just bring the baby." :rolleyes: I squashed that IMMEDIATELY. I told her if it was good, I'd go see it a second time when she's free but baby girl stays home.

The most irritated I've been at a movie lately was this year when I went with my sister in law to see Twilight. First, we sat in front of a large group of people who had mutliple small children with them. Besides talking through out the movie, the little girl behind my sister in law started kicking the back of her seat. We turned around to complain and the "father" glared at us so menacingly that we got up and moved.

At the new seat, there was a man and his date sitting down the row from us. They started carrying on a complete conversation during the movie - I mean if you want to talk, why would you pay to see a movie???? So, we moved again.

The only available seats were in the front of the theater where a number of teens were sitting. There were kids texting, talking, checking their phones, etc.

Needless to say, we didn't enjoy the movie, and have Xed that theater off our list of places to go see a movie. It seems like a new theater will open up and for a bit, there will be decent clientelle, then I guess word gets around and all these sketchy "raised by wolves" type people start showing up there...:mad:

I've gotten to where I'll only go see a movie at the theater if it would TRULY lose its luster by waiting and watching it at home - like the new Star Trek - that, I want to see on the big screen...

best bet sometimes...is go very early and if you can swing it....during the week.

And sometimes waiting for the hoopla over a movie to die down sometimes works....

I don't like it when people put their feet up on the chairs next to my head, especially when they take their shoes off. When I say next to my head, I'm not saying "right" next to it or one seat over, but it's usually 2-3 seats over, and it bothers me. I think it's gross, especially if I'm eating popcorn.

I hate when people take their shoes off period. I tripped on some girl's shoes that she left on the floor while I was trying to get to my seat once and almost knocked the guy out that was sitting in front of her. Of course, I looked like the jerk.

kicking seats

OMG! YES! I think: "This is not your house and I do not know you!"

It is so disrespectful. I wouldn't even let people I did know do that, so why should a complete stranger feel the need to kick up their feet and let it all out next to my face. My boyfriend takes his shoes off EVERYWHERE including the theater! I have to constantly remind him that he's not a child and this is not his house, be a big boy or wear more comfortable shoes!

What about for people who want to keep their carpet clean. Walking inside someone's house with your shoes on can be disrespectful, especially if it's new carpet.

I'm ok with people taking their shoes off in the house and in other people's houses (I certainly do that) but not at the movie theater. At the movies or in restaurants the only thing I can think when I see it is "GROSS!"

lol lol I swear this post made me laugh SO freaking hard. Ewwww, that's SO gross!!

I forgot about this one.

I also hate it when people arrive late and find a seat at the other end, but start walking on my end to get to it, especially when it's a group of people. I remember this guy was walking by me with a group of friends, and he fell backwards and rather than holding on to something to break the fall he just sat on my lap. I think I lost half of my popcorn from that.

Has anyone ever had to leave to tell a manager?

Strangers
 

There's nothing worse than strangers trying to get to know you during a movie. You know people who feel like the movie theater is the best place to meet new people. If you go to the theater alone there's always that one stranger that you share a laugh with during the previews that takes that as his/her opening to try to get to know you. Then they want to talk with you like y'all have been bffs since the womb during the whole movie. And you dont want to be rude and say STHU. You dont want to be more rude and move away from the person. So, you either sit there and pray they shut up or pretend to go to the bathroom and then come back and take another seat.

Probably already been said, but I hate people who talk in movies.

Particularly those who have verbal reactions to things or who ask questions to the person sitting next to them about what just happened. I especially don't like it when they're asking me those questions. WE ARE WATCHING THE SAME DAMNED MOVIE PEOPLE, I DON'T HAVE SOME SEPARATE SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS GOING TO RESULT IN ME HAVING MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU DO ON THIS SUBJECT.

YES. And people who feel the need to give backstory during the movie. I went to Wolverine with a large group of friends and had to suffer through the guy in the row behind us who had to give his wife the life story of every X-Man who popped up on screen.

lol lol Ditto.

^^ hilarious!

The guy next to me who fell asleep and snored through wolverine! I didn't pay 10 bucks to nap with this dude!

^^^You must admit--it was a good movie, though!

That's me to a T! But, I only talk to people I know during the movie. I don't whisper to strangers.

Wanna see a movie this weekend, Kevin? (;

Sorry, can't. I get my J.D. on Saturday, then have to study for the Bar Exam. I can pencil you in for sometime in August.:D

Hey, I'll wait. What day you thinking?

hahahahahahahahaha.