People, Leave Your Kids At Home When Going To The Movie

[Tippiechick]

Yeah J,

This was The Village, too. So, you can imagine how irritating it was... The theater actually CLAPPED when she was escorted outside!

[seraphimsprite]

Ugh. I went to see The Village on Sunday and there was a group of four older women and a toddler off to my left. About a third of the way into the movie, the kid starts getting fussy and instead of taking the baby into the lobby, one of the women picks him up and just takes him down to the front of the theater where he screams even louder!! These same women spent most of the movie talking and laughing with each other. I still haven't decided which was more annoying.

I still remember going to the midnight showing of the latest Lord of the Rings and being appalled at how many parents brought their little kids. The movie didn't even get out until 4am and most of those kids got CRANKY.

And don't even get me started on little kids in nice restaurants.

[Cluey]

I had a bad experience with the toddler behind me this weekend when I went to see The Village, also. If he asked what something was once, he asked a million times. Of course, because I was annoyed by the kid, the people I was with thought that I have a kid vendetta. I don't hate all kids, just all ANNOYING kids.

[Rudey]

In certain communities it's OK to talk during movies.

-Rudey

[CASIGKAP]

I went to see the Harry Potter movie a few weeks ago & I had the worst time. I made the mistake of seeing it during a matinee thinking I'll avoid the crowds.
Instead, I have a group of 6 kids with their mom sitting behind me & her kids are kicking my chair, throwing popcorn at people, & when I turned to ask their mother to please control them, she's gone! The kids watched all the previews alone and the beginning of the movie. It turns out that their mom wanted to see something else so she walked them in, sat them down, & took off to see her movie! I was the person who complained to the manager & when I last saw them when the movie let out, the kids were with the police & people I thought were with child protective services & the mom was yelling & screaming that she just wanted one night away from the f*cking kids!

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
People should leave their kids home AND turn their cell phones off.

Of course, then the sitter can't get up with you too easily if there's a problem. That's why I never get cellphones without a vibrate function. (And I always have it on vibrate -- never on a ring tone.)

I may piss some folks off, but as far as I'm concerned unless it's a movie for kids, and unless it's a daytime or very early evening movie, kids have no business being in a movie theater. Part of it is a behavior thing -- it's a rare child who can sit through the movie without disturbing others. But part of it is a common sense thing. I've been amazed at the movies I've gone to at 9:00 or later -- Lord of the Rings (all three), Matrix (all three), Braveheart, Terminator 2 -- where I've seen a child who couldn't be older than five. A five year old simply does not need to see the violence (and sex) in these and many others movies intended for adults. What the child does need is to get a good night's sleep.

As for babies, many babies can sleep or nurse through a movie. If a parent has one of those and is willing to leave the theater if the baby gets fussy, then go for it. A lot of movie theaters now have "baby night" one night a week, so that parents of baby's can come to the movie and anyone coming that night does so knowing they will have babies around.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by Cluey
I don't hate all kids, just all ANNOYING kids.

Don't hate the kids. They're just doing what kids do, which in the context of sitting in a movie theater is very annoying.

Hate the parents -- they're the ones who seemingly lack the common sense or common courtesy to refrain from taking their children to inappropriate places or to take them out of the theater despite the fact that everyone around them is annoyed.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Why in god's name is a 3 year old child seeing the village????

Why are they allowed in. What's rating on these films.

When I was 16 my mother tried to take me to see Pulp Fiction. I was 16, capable of sitting in a theatre for 2 hours quietly and watching a film. They still wouldn't let me in. I had to be 18. Okay, so I waited for the video. How does a small child get into these films??!!

I remember going to see Troy and I was sitting in the middle with my friend. On his side a woman answered her phone during the movie and proceeded to have a 10 minute long, LOUD conversation. On my side, some punk ass teenager's phone kept ringing. He would cancel the call everytime it rang, but he wouldn't turn it off. WTH is wrong with people?!

[Cluey]

Originally posted by MysticCat81
Don't hate the kids. They're just doing what kids do, which in the context of sitting in a movie theater is very annoying.

Hate the parents -- they're the ones who seemingly lack the common sense or common courtesy to refrain from taking their children to inappropriate places or to take them out of the theater despite the fact that everyone around them is annoyed.

Oh, I hate their parents, too. There's enough hate running around in my head to share with most stupid people who decide to breed more stupid people.

I feel compelled to mention that I have met some kids that I like, so as to not make myself seem like a cruel, heartless, childless wench.

[seraphimsprite]

Oh, I have the ultimate bad parents in a restaurant story. I went out to lunch a couple of months ago at a fairly nice restaurant. Seated at the table next to ours was a couple and their two kids, probably aged 3 and 5. Well the older child spent a good portion of his meal banging together everything he could find. The parents didn't stop him, instead they just tried to carry on their conversation over the noise! Then, after they were finished eating, the parents were sitting and finishing their drinks and they told the kids to "go play." So the kids got up and started playing right in the middle of the main path for the servers. And the game they were playing involved spinning around in circles until their pants fell down. Seriously. At one point I saw the parents laughing and cheering on the kids. Parents like that should not be allowed to breed.

[AOIIsilver]

And the game they were playing involved spinning around in circles until their pants fell down.

How horrible!
Silver....

[Lady Pi Phi]

What is up with The Village???

I also had a bad experience when I went to see it last night.

There were 2 boys behind me, no older than 12 who kept kicking my chair and talking through the whole thing. They were also extremely disgusting by burping constantly throughout the movie. No parents in sight. At the end of the movie I heard one of the say "I didn't understand that". I wanted to turn around and say "well maybe if you sat still and were quiet you'd understand it".

Also, another parent brought their 2 year old child to it and she kept calling out to her mother and talking and all the mother did was shhhhhhhh her.

And there was a group of 6 teenagers behind us and they wouldn't stop talking.

I was like WTF!!! Why are there so many obnoxious people in this theatre??

I seriously think there is something about this film that attracts obnoxious people to the theatre.

I am going to tick ppl off but oh well. Until some of you who complain have kids life is rough! We as parents have a right to go out and some cannot always get babysitting. I agree in taking kids with you and sometimes maybe not. I do believe in the fact if the child is acting up past the point of non controllable actions you take the kids out into the lobby. Not banned them at home because someones noise is out of joint over it

As far as cell phones are concerned.......No ringing is inappriopiate.


Vibrate. I am a mother and i have vibrate for jus t that reason in case of an ER and i have to be reached

[PM_Mama00]

Sorry but I'm gona have to disagree. If you're gona take the responsibility of having children, then deal with the responsibility of taking care of them, and be courteous of other people. Find a babysitter, or find a child-friendly activity. Deal with it. If you can't deal with it, then don't have children.

My brother and sister in law love going out, but if they don't find a babysitter for their 3 year old, they don't go out. Or they find something to do with their friends who have kids. It sucks for them, but they chose to have children.

The key factor is if being courteous to others. But I do have a question for those with children under 1 year (not singling you out or callin you out Tippie, just a question) aren't you afraid that bringing that young of a child to the movies or something that your child will be nasty germs and stuff? I even feel gross after leaving the movie theater.

[wrigley]

Originally posted by cutiepatootie
Not banned them at home because someones noise is out of joint over it

The movie rating system has been put in place for a reason. Ideally it is to let people know about the films possible offensive content and for parents to determine something is appropriate for a child. Let's review.

G General audiences.

PG-13, not for audiences 13 and under.

R not for audiences 17 and under.

The rating system was put in place for a reason. If the film isn't appropriate for a 8 yr. old then that includes babies and toddlers too. I doubt that the babies brought to The Last Samurai were crying because they were debating in Siskel and Ebert style on Tom Cruises acting ability.

As for your right to go out as parents, sometimes you have to sit on the sidelines. It's the price you pay for raising your kids. Get a babysitter or rent the DVD.

PM_MamaOO is right. My brother and sister-in-law do the same thing as your do.