View Full Version : Movie theatre annoyances/pet peeves
Hot Rod
1/9/2006, 12:07 PM
Please share some of yours...
My #1 would have to be kids who like to be obnoxiously loud like they are trying to get gain attention or be funny in the theater.
TexasLidig8r
1/9/2006, 12:11 PM
So, on Sunday afternoon, a friend of mine and I go to a movie. The movie had just begun when 3 young men, boys of about 13 - 14 years, walk in, start walking up the stairs, talking loudly... I simply turn to them and in a voice loud enough for all to hear say, "Shut the hell up and sit down, the movie started."
Didn't hear a word from them the rest of the time.
Oh.. cell phones suc in movie theaters.
JohnnyMack
1/9/2006, 12:13 PM
Went to see a late screening of King Kong. The King Kong that is 3+ hours long. Family brings in 3 kids, 2 of which are in diapers. Didn't end well. Shocking.
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 12:14 PM
OH MAN.
I serously get ****ed off with people talking and shaz in the theater.
I get highly confrontational and usually it at least works a while.
Ruins the movie for me.
I waited for king Kong for a year and then sat next to 2 teenage morons.
Same thing with LOTR.
I hate people.
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 12:15 PM
My wife gets in a bunch on seat kickers.
TopDaugIn2000
1/9/2006, 12:16 PM
1. kids
2. teenagers on cell phones
3. kids
honorable mention: teenagers on cell phones
mdklatt
1/9/2006, 12:18 PM
Movies in theaters are too damn loud.
Newbomb Turk
1/9/2006, 12:20 PM
When they show gay cowboy movies.
Hot Rod
1/9/2006, 12:21 PM
When the wife and I went to go see The Longest Yard we had 3 young guys (probably HS age) with their girls in the very back of theatre. They were loud before the movie started, ya know when they show they promo stuff? I just can't sit through it, and hope it comes to an end. I'm not the biggest guy, but I didn't have a problem confronting them about it. Before the previews start, two pretty good size guys come in there and sit in front of us. One of them eventually leans back to me and says "can we count on you?" I was like "heck yeah!"
As the previews start, they begin commentating on each preview. One of the theater staff comes in there, and asks them to be quiet to which one of them yells "I AM BEING QUIET!" 5 min later security guards of some sort come in and escort all 6 of them out. As they leave, one of them yells "but I'm not getting the entertainment that I paid for!". As he passes my aisle heading down, while being escorted, I say loudly "well, I just did" and begin laughing.
Veritas
1/9/2006, 12:33 PM
I think I can sum it up by just saying "everyone else."
Soonrboy
1/9/2006, 12:35 PM
people with crying babies who refuse to leave...
Ticket prices
Concession prices
Crappy movies
babies/toddlers have no place in a theater
isn't it Harkins that has the child care thing?
and turn off your damn cell phone!
remember when it used to be cold in theaters? what happened to that?
babies/toddlers have no place in a theater
Kid movies.
Ticket prices
Concession prices
Crappy movies
i forgot about the first two... i still use my student ID and refuse to buy concessions at the theater
they are lucky i'm not just downloading the movie anyway ;)
mdklatt
1/9/2006, 12:45 PM
The Popcorn Palace Economy (http://www.slate.com/id/2133612/?nav=navoa)
Indeed, the ultimate test for the popcorn economy is: Will a movie attract enough consumers of buckets of popcorn and soda to justify turning over multiple screens to it?
Movie theaters are for suckers.
Kid movies.
ok, Toy Story or something, but not Sin City or LotR
soonerbrat
1/9/2006, 12:48 PM
So, on Sunday afternoon, a friend of mine and I go to a movie. The movie had just begun when 3 young men, boys of about 13 - 14 years, walk in, start walking up the stairs, talking loudly... I simply turn to them and in a voice loud enough for all to hear say, "Shut the hell up and sit down, the movie started."
Didn't hear a word from them the rest of the time.
Oh.. cell phones suc in movie theaters.
you have a friend?
critical_phil
1/9/2006, 12:48 PM
all the above are why i rarely go to the movies. when i do, i usually sneak away to a tuesday matinee of a movie that's almost ended it's run at the theater.
i've been escorted out 2 x in the past 10 years for telling the young punks to shut up ..... then them retaliating by throwing something at me ..... then me going kung fu hustle on them.
on the rare occasion of a movie date night, mrs. critical digs her nails into my thigh whenever someone is talking loudly to let me know she doesn't intend to leave the theater before the movie's over.
in a related story, it's our anniversary today. i'm thinking about doing a dinner/movie night.....you know, before the hoe down starts.
ok, Toy Story or something, but not Sin City or LotR
I know, I just wanted to poke at you with a stick.
I had the kid of experience you're talking about at the first MIB.
TexasLidig8r
1/9/2006, 12:51 PM
you have a friend?
OK OK OK.. dang it...
A paid escort and I ....
THERE! Happy now??? Embarrassing me like that??? Happy??? :mad:
;)
all the above are why i rarely go to the movies. when i do, i usually sneak away to a tuesday matinee of a movie that's almost ended it's run at the theater.
i've been escorted out 2 x in the past 10 years for telling the young punks to shut up ..... then them retaliating by throwing something at me ..... then me going kung fu hustle on them.
on the rare occasion of a movie date night, mrs. critical digs her nails into my thigh whenever someone is talking loudly to let me know she doesn't intend to leave the theater before the movie's over.
in a related story, it's our anniversary today. i'm thinking about doing a dinner/movie night.....you know, before the hoe down starts.
i love seeing movies in the theater, that is why the above things are so annoying
soonerbrat
1/9/2006, 12:54 PM
Harkins has the child care center. i think it's a GREAT idea. i went to a theater in kansas city where there were no kids under 8 (or 6) allowed EVAR.
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 12:56 PM
I believe folks are so yappy becuase they are used to their home theaters.
I actually enjoy movies better in my home now for no one dares talk.
That, and I can pause for a leak.
it's cheaper than buying them a ticket to the movie, isn't it?
I hate it when I accidentally kick over the empty longnecks I snuck in , and they roll under the seats all the way to the front of the theater. Or worse yet, if it still had some beer in it.
soonerbrat
1/9/2006, 12:58 PM
it's cheaper than buying them a ticket to the movie, isn't it?
i believe I saw that advertised in the previews, yes.
Hot Rod
1/9/2006, 01:09 PM
I hate it when I accidentally kick over the empty longnecks I snuck in , and they roll under the seats all the way to the front of the theater. Or worse yet, if it still had some beer in it.
LOL!!! Now that's funny!
Curious, but am I the only one who wants to pull out a lighted toy lightsaber and get into a duel with one of the ushers that come in?
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 01:19 PM
I also am the anal guy that gets up to bitch if the screen doesn't fit, the sound isn't right, or the temperature is off.
But then people are like OH the sound is fixed. :)
Lazy selfish turds.
Crying babies is #1. Why anyone would bring a baby to a movie is beyond me.
I can't stand the Coke "quiz questions" they run before the movie and hearing people answer them and laugh at that mindless garbage.
Next comes the commercial during the previews imploring you to buy a tankard of the sugar fizz water and a 3,000 calorie barrel of popcorn floating in butter flavored Crisco. (Not too pleasant to see/hear fat people eating and drinking this either).
Widescreen
1/9/2006, 01:38 PM
in a related story, it's our anniversary today. i'm thinking about doing a dinner/movie night.....you know, before the hoe down starts.
Veritas meltdown in 3...2....1....
Crying babies is #1. Why anyone would bring a baby to a movie is beyond me.
I can't stand the Coke "quiz questions" they run before the movie and hearing people answer them and laugh at that mindless garbage.
Next comes the commercial during the previews imploring you to buy a tankard of the sugar fizz water and a 3,000 calorie barrel of popcorn floating in butter flavored Crisco. (Not too pleasant to see/hear fat people eating and drinking this either).
we answered so fast it was scary
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 01:42 PM
And they won't let me bring my gun in either.
So they think.
I haven't been to a movie theater since "The Sixth Sense". No problems watching movies at home.
SoonerWood
1/9/2006, 02:15 PM
two words:
Home Theater
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 02:17 PM
Yeah, but then you gotta wait 8 months for the good stuff.
That sucks too.
I had to see Catwoman the first day.
ultimatesooner1
1/9/2006, 02:20 PM
I hate it when I accidentally kick over the empty longnecks I snuck in , and they roll under the seats all the way to the front of the theater. Or worse yet, if it still had some beer in it.
heh
We got kicked out of the theater in Robinson Crossing in Norman for this my freshman year
my friends broke one of the seats in that theater wrestling around many years ago
they turned it into a handicapable spot
my friends broke one of the seats in that theater wrestling around many years ago
they turned it into a handicapable spot
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/6473/dolemiteactionshot3uu.jpg
he might have been in diapers when this happened
crawfish
1/9/2006, 02:33 PM
he might have been in diapers when this happened
That doesn't narrow the time down much.
soonerscuba
1/9/2006, 04:05 PM
my biggest pet peeve is old balls down in front telling me to shut the hell up, I'm hilarious dude.
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