loud effers in the movie theater

[boredlikewah]

OH MAN. i was so pissed last night... errr a couple nights ago...

i went to watch lotr:rotk at an 8:30 pm showing. tell me how people can be so rude as to explain the entire trilogy throughout the movie to the person next to them, how you can open up your bright ass cell phone to tell your gf that you finally "saw that part with that crazy ass spider," how people can bring their six year olds to the movie and have them scream, how you can bring your loud ass kids to the movie and fall asleep and SNORE while they sit around and talk to each other, how you can so obnoxious and yell at the movie screen. goodness, rude mother effers.. i was so very angry. instead of paying attention to the plot, i was boiling with anger. all of this stuff was throughout the movie. does this bother you guys too? or is it just me? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... these people...

[hooligan]

where the heck was this? i was at cerritos towncenter theater and some punkass kid had a laser and was shining it on gandalf's face. some people in the audience were ready to go hunt down the kid and beat them down.

i was at the norwalk theater watching last samurai and people were straight up talking in their normal voices throughout the movie. i was like, dood, fucking shut the hell up because at this point and time i'd rather hear tom cruise's voice not yours.

grrr

[kitty]

... about a sentence and a half into that description, I woulda stood up and gotten the manager. If it's that bad, you need either a refund or the ability to kick those guys outta the theatre.

[rice cracker]

Just thinking about people like that makes me mad. Especially people that bring really little kids to the movie, and of course they scream because the sound effects are so loud. Or the mental midgets. One guy sat behind me during "Scary Movie" and the whole time kept saying, in his normal voice, "That ain't real. No, that's fake. That ain't real." No shit, it's SCARY MOVIE. Or during the LoXG, the girl who, whenever Pete Townsend or whatever his name is was on screen, would proclaim loudly, "Damn he's sexy." Hey bitchface, after the first 3 times everybody in the theater gets it, and guess what? Nobody fucking cares and they want you to stifle. Ok, I'm going to stop typing. I could go on like this for hours.

[applehead]

... about a sentence and a half into that description, I woulda stood up and gotten the manager. If it's that bad, you need either a refund or the ability to kick those guys outta the theatre.

when it's really bad,
i get up and tell one of the ushers
or one of the theater employees.
you shouldn't have to sit through that shit.

[Faithless]

Is it this type of movie that draws that type of crowd, or what?

Cell phones in the movie theatre? They should allow jamming devices in there, if not a sign and message saying that use of such devices during the movie will be grounds for escorting out of the theatre.

I know it's bad, but it sort of cracked me up to read such rude behavior.

[rice cracker]

I'm mean, I don't even like it when people clap in the theater. Laughing is ok.

[Faithless]

I'm mean, I don't even like it when people clap in the theater. Laughing is ok.

Can we clap at the end if it's a good movie? :frown:

[rice cracker]

Can we clap at the end if it's a good movie? :frown:

Yes. Once the credits are rolling you may clap. But if you're delaying my exit because you are sitting there clapping, prepare to get an ass in the face :smile:

[TB4000]

Man, this is my number one pet peeve when going to movies. I gotta go to the theatre every weekend to review movies for the paper, and I already have an idea about whose going to be making noise when the thing starts as soon as I look around the room. If a bunch of teenybopper girls or frat-type guys come in a huge ass group talking and making stupid comments, it's like a 90% chance that they'll be the ones ruining the flick for the rest of us. Though when I went to see Paycheck last night I threw a skittle at this girl that was like four rows in front of me. She had no idea who it was, but she shut up for the remainder of the evening.

[kboy75]

sometimes i like going to theaters in the ghetto where the audience is primarily black. like in oakland there is this one theater where my friends and i would go and just laugh our asses off every time. people would be standing up, talking/yelling to the screen and at the characters. just hilarious.

but when you're in a theater that is not like that, and you're there to actually watch the movie, disturbances like that are annoying as hell. when there is an empty seat next to me and i see that kids or a parent with kids want to sit there, i lie and tell them the seat is taken. i'm so mean. if a bunch of obnoxious people are talking during the movie, i just yell, "hey, shut up!"... i've had people back me up several times and clap even. they are just waiting for someone to be the 1st to speak out.

[kboy75]

^no offense to an black people... but that's just how that one theater was. i thought it was great.

but again... a time and a place....

[teaz0r]

i don't like it when people chew really loudly.
it's not a fucking new wave munch munch concerto

[moJo]

lol. i'm with ChottoMatte, this thread is making my morning.
like in oakland there is this one theater where my friends and i would go and just laugh our asses off every time. people would be standing up, talking/yelling to the screen and at the characters. just hilarious.
kboy, would this theatre happen to be the Emeryville one? I think I saw "I still know what you did last summer" there, and hehe, there was a running commentary and hoots and hollers throughout the film. I wasn't really annoyed though, cuz the movie was so bad that the audience antics made it more entertaining.

[kboy75]

lol. i'm with ChottoMatte, this thread is making my morning.

kboy, would this theatre happen to be the Emeryville one? I think I saw "I still know what you did last summer" there, and hehe, there was a running commentary and hoots and hollers throughout the film. I wasn't really annoyed though, cuz the movie was so bad that the audience antics made it more entertaining.
eh... nope. but i've seen that happen there too. i forget the name of the oakland one, it was so long ago. off of broadway or grand, i think. we just called it the ghetto theater.

off-topic, but there is this great other theater in Oakland called The Parkway where you can sit on couches. They show movies that are 3-4 months old, but it is cheap... like $5, and 2 for 1 wednesdays. You can even order beer and (good) fresh pizza and they bring it to a small table next to your couch. it's kinda old, but it still rocks.

[kitty]

Man, this is my number one pet peeve when going to movies. I gotta go to the theatre every weekend to review movies for the paper, and I already have an idea about whose going to be making noise when the thing starts as soon as I look around the room. If a bunch of teenybopper girls or frat-type guys come in a huge ass group talking and making stupid comments, it's like a 90% chance that they'll be the ones ruining the flick for the rest of us. Though when I went to see Paycheck last night I threw a skittle at this girl that was like four rows in front of me. She had no idea who it was, but she shut up for the remainder of the evening.

i want your job :)

[Rogmok]

i hate when people cry during sad movies... freakin' wuses.




just kidding, btw.

[Tao]

i don't understand why people clap at the end of a movie. yeah ok, it was good, wtf is the point of clapping? the actors aren't there to appreciate it. you're just wasting my precious time in exiting and running to the bathroom.

[teaz0r]

i don't understand why people clap at the end of a movie. yeah ok, it was good, wtf is the point of clapping? the actors aren't there to appreciate it. you're just wasting my precious time in exiting and running to the bathroom.

sometimes it's a cultural thing...
like at the end of a "good show"
you clap.

some people clap here in thailand
to show that they enjoyed the
show. it's just different cinema
etiquette i suppose.

like when i go to the cinema abroad,
i'll forget and stand up right after the
trailers end, out of habit, because in
thailand after the trailers end, we have
to stand up and pay homage to the
king's anthem.

yeah.

[Faithless]

...prepare to get an ass in the face :smile:

And that is bad, how? :biggrin:

[Faithless]

i hate when people cry during sad movies... freakin' wuses.

just kidding, btw.

Phew, thank god you were kidding. Sometimes, I have to hold myself back on the real tear jerkers.

[teaz0r]

Phew, thank god you were kidding. Sometimes, I have to hold myself back on the real tear jerkers.

lets braid our hair and paint our toe nails together!

[Faithless]

lets braid our hair and paint our toe nails together!

At the movie theater? Sorry, already plan to chew potato chips loudly,

And let everyone else know that I know how the movie ends. "Oh, my god! Look out peeeeeeople!"

[kasia]

when legolas killed the elephant, the guy next to me started clapping. he also started crying towards the end. it didn't bother me at all.

[Chester]

when legolas killed the elephant, the guy next to me started clapping. he also started crying towards the end. it didn't bother me at all.
That's good to hear, because when I saw the trailer, I had to restrain myself from clapping.

I'm seeing it tonight. I'm...so...fucking...psyched.

[kasia]

when i was a lil hoodrat, my friends and i would say aloud everything that is written on the screen, be it "popcorn," "no smoking," or logos on the clothes of the actors/actresses. :)

[dragonlord]

When "LOTR:Fellowship of the Ring" came out, there was this geek who brought the book with him and would read from it and say out loud: "That scene's wrong, that shouldn't be in there!", or mutter quietly to himself what was about to happen, totally ruining it for my bud who was sitting next to him. My bud, politely leaned over and said "Shut the fuck up, and keep that shit to yourself". I'm not kidding!

[pfc beansprout]

a few years ago, when i watched jet li's "romeo must die" we had kids in the upper tier CONSTANTLY talkin during the movie...fuckin obnoxious...to make matters worse, they started smokin WEED. fuckin bullshit...once the movie was over, we complained to the management, but it was like 130am and he didn't want to hear it; maybe he thought we were young no good college kids tryin to get a handout, but i eventually called to like the district manager of AMC theatres and complained...alotta work....

[Emperor_Mike]

People really *did* start crying the end of the Return of the King! This girl or guy behind me started pretty early before the final part. It was *sniffle* *pause* *sniffle* *sniffle* *pause* *sniffle* *sniffle* *sniffle* *cry*.

I had fun though. I haven't actually been disturbed while watching a film, but I guess throwing food at people would get them to shut up pretty quickly. This is where having a big bag of peanuts or walnuts in your pocket can really come in handy.

[AngryABCGirl]

I threaten people.

They shut up after.

[boredlikewah]

sometimes i like going to theaters in the ghetto where the audience is primarily black. like in oakland there is this one theater where my friends and i would go and just laugh our asses off every time. people would be standing up, talking/yelling to the screen and at the characters. just hilarious.

but when you're in a theater that is not like that, and you're there to actually watch the movie, disturbances like that are annoying as hell. when there is an empty seat next to me and i see that kids or a parent with kids want to sit there, i lie and tell them the seat is taken. i'm so mean. if a bunch of obnoxious people are talking during the movie, i just yell, "hey, shut up!"... i've had people back me up several times and clap even. they are just waiting for someone to be the 1st to speak out.

jack london or grand lake? i stopped going to both because i couldnt stand it. this was at some theater in frisco. i dont remember the name of the theater, i was with some of my cousins.

[TTChino]

At Last Samurai there were some stupid white kids laughing at the buddhist chanting. The movie theatre in College Point, Queens always has a bunch of stupid kids say dumb shit during the movie. Least it's been an annoyance of mine everytime I watch a movie there.

[applehead]

At Last Samurai there were some stupid white kids laughing at the buddhist chanting. The movie theatre in College Point, Queens always has a bunch of stupid kids say dumb shit during the movie. Least it's been an annoyance of mine everytime I watch a movie there.

yeah, i hate watching "serious" movies
here.
and they laugh the hardest at the
unfunniest scenes.

[Faithless]

People really *did* start crying the end of the Return of the King! This girl or guy behind me started pretty early before the final part. It was *sniffle* *pause* *sniffle* *sniffle* *pause* *sniffle* *sniffle* *sniffle* *cry*.

If the moment or the ending caused that sort of honest reaction, that wouldn't be right?

Does this hold true for the moments where something fucking-funny happens? Should people shut-up through that, too?

[tommyhtown]

when legolas killed the elephant, the guy next to me started clapping. he also started crying towards the end. it didn't bother me at all.

I was sad when the elephants die in ROTK. That came from my childhood memory when I saw a few Thai movies that evolved around friendly elephants.

[Emperor_Mike]

If the moment or the ending caused that sort of honest reaction, that wouldn't be right?

Does this hold true for the moments where something fucking-funny happens? Should people shut-up through that, too?

Sniffling I can live with, but the person behind me starting *crying* out loud. It was actually more like bawling. If you ask me, it was completely unnecessary. Have you ever had to sit through a film where someone behind you cannot turn off the water works? It was distracting, especially since he/she was loud enough to cause others to shush them. At the very least the person in question ought to have stepped out. Honestly now, it's doesn't take superhuman strength to ask people to be sensitive to their surroundings and be considerate to others. :rolleyes:

[Faithless]

Sniffling I can live with, but the person behind me starting *crying* out loud. It was actually more like bawling. If you ask me, it was completely unnecessary. Have you ever had to sit through a film where someone behind you cannot turn off the water works? It was distracting, especially since he/she was loud enough to cause others to shush them. At the very least the person in question ought to have stepped out. Honestly now, it's doesn't take superhuman strength to ask people to be sensitive to their surroundings and be considerate to others. :rolleyes:

Can't say that I have.

The last flick that I got to see in a theatre was "Kill Bill", and there was more "Oo! gross" than "Waaaah's". :rolleyes:

[Martino]

OH MAN. i was so pissed last night... errr a couple nights ago...

i went to watch lotr:rotk at an 8:30 pm showing. tell me how people can be so rude as to explain the entire trilogy throughout the movie to the person next to them, how you can open up your bright ass cell phone to tell your gf that you finally "saw that part with that crazy ass spider," how people can bring their six year olds to the movie and have them scream, how you can bring your loud ass kids to the movie and fall asleep and SNORE while they sit around and talk to each other, how you can so obnoxious and yell at the movie screen. goodness, rude mother effers.. i was so very angry. instead of paying attention to the plot, i was boiling with anger. all of this stuff was throughout the movie. does this bother you guys too? or is it just me? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... these people...

There was a whispering couple in front of me when I saw The Two Towers ... after twenty-twenty five minutes I just snapped and told them very loudly to be quiet ... which isn't really me.

Afterwards I was a little fearful of getting whupped, but I impressed my date. But there were kids, many many kids, and there's not much you can about them (stun guns are illegal here).

[Emperor_Mike]

Can't say that I have.

The last flick that I got to see in a theatre was "Kill Bill", and there was more "Oo! gross" than "Waaaah's". :rolleyes:

Well, it's an experience to tell the grandkids, let me tell you.

[Rogmok]

Can't say that I have.

The last flick that I got to see in a theatre was "Kill Bill", and there was more "Oo! gross" than "Waaaah's". :rolleyes:

a whole bunch of people walked out of the theatre half way through the movie when i saw it.

I was kind of annoyed because they were bitching and moaning about how violent and obscene it was as they were leaving.

Damn.. if your gonna leave, just get up and leave, why you gotta distract everyone else from the movie. Plus.. what else to you expect from a Tarantino film.

[contra_diction]

Shushing people doesn't always work, though... neither does getting the ushers or managers, sometimes. In one instance, I was at the Centure Theater in Richmond. It's kind of ghetto like the one kboy mentioned. There was a group of young teenagers being real obnoxious during the film, and when shushed, they got even worse. "Who told me to shut up?! You shut the $%^ up!..." and so on. In another theater, the loud people actually knew the manager, they we're friends or something, so that didn't really work, unfortunately. *sigh*

[mr. x]

hmm i spose if it were a theater like Kboy said and it was a shit movie like a cheesy horror or a comedy you were supposed to laugh with then i wouldnt mind the crowd hooting and stuff

if its something serious then it irritates me. my area i think is generally okay. its never been a problem for the matinees at all, in our big theater though (AMC Mercado for those who know it) during night im sure it can be pretty bad. not too bad though it is distracting. i was watching Swordfish and this white fratboy during the over-the-top intro where everything blows up was like "YEAH MOTHERFUCKER!" but he shut up afterwords. and during X2 this annoying indian couple (or couple who happened to be indian) were giggling and shit.

one time i was watching Mean Machine (with Vinnie Jones, the big british dude from Guy Ritchie movies) and it was just me and this one dude sat behind me, real quiet but i was paranoid thinking he'd slash my throat cuz it was just us. anyway coupla teens come in chatting and he's like "STFU PUNK!" and im like (hooooboy)

around here though dont even dare pull out a cell phone cuz im sure people will tell u to shut that thing up, cuz ive heard it before. someone brought their kid to Road to Perdition. what a genius. they left tho. good riddance.

[TB4000]

If you can't find a babysitter, then you just can't go to the movies, point blank. The worst time I had was trying to watch Cast Away back in 2000....the entire theatre was filled with teens, and that's a movie you have to watch with adults or at least mature people, because the majority of the movie is Tom Hanks fending for himself on an island with nothing else happening....need a high threshold of tolerence to watch it.

[mr. x]

for me watching LOTR people were pretty respectful (i have yet to watch ROTK tho)

in Fellowship it was pretty decent crowd, when Aragorn beheads the Uruk-hai guy everyone clapped but it wasnt annoying really

and here's a lil something from Maddox entitled "how to keep obnoxious teens out of the theater" :

http://maddox.xmission.com/adaptation.html

[boredlikewah]

Shushing people doesn't always work, though... neither does getting the ushers or managers, sometimes. In one instance, I was at the Centure Theater in Richmond. It's kind of ghetto like the one kboy mentioned. There was a group of young teenagers being real obnoxious during the film, and when shushed, they got even worse. "Who told me to shut up?! You shut the $%^ up!..." and so on. In another theater, the loud people actually knew the manager, they we're friends or something, so that didn't really work, unfortunately. *sigh*

hilltop century? that may be why... that's it, im going to rent a movie.

[dstroyerofwrlds]

obnoxious movie-goers should have their genitalia dipped in acid- preferably after the movie ends, but i'd stick around to hear their helacious screams of agony

[xdlin22]

interesting punishment, i would tell them to shut the hell up

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Man you guys go to some ghetto ass theaters. Up here even if the theater does smell like weed, the experience is never as bad as many of you describe it.

[teaz0r]

i don't like the theatres abroad.
it's not assigned sitting.

i like picking my own seat when i buy the movie tickets.

[boredlikewah]

Man you guys go to some ghetto ass theaters. Up here even if the theater does smell like weed, the experience is never as bad as many of you describe it.

eh. ghetto ass theaters in oakland of course. it is all the murder capital of the world after all.

[Emperor_Mike]

eh. ghetto ass theaters in oakland of course. it is all the murder capital of the world after all.

Murder capital of the world??? :eek:

[kasia]

Murder capital of the world??? :eek:

we actually aren't in the top 10.

here are the stats:


Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities
1 St. Louis, MO
2 NJ Detroit, MI
3 Atlanta, GA
4 Gary, IN
5 Baltimore, MD
6 Camden, NJ
7 Compton, CA
8 NY Flint, MI
9 Tampa, FL
10 Jackson, MS

By Size Safest Dangerous

Small Camden, NJ
Medium St. Louis, MO
Large Detroit, MI

[fresh22]

I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theatre....I don't take dates there anymore.

[moJo]

i don't like the theatres abroad.
it's not assigned sitting.

i like picking my own seat when i buy the movie tickets.
i've been to a theater where you get to pick your seats. but it cost $14 each, which is the most i've ever spent on a movie ticket.

[kboy75]

eh. ghetto ass theaters in oakland of course. it is all the murder capital of the world after all.
some parts of oakland are ghetto, but some parts are actually really nice, like the lake merritt area or the area near piedmont. nice safe neighborhoods.

[boredlikewah]

we actually aren't in the top 10.

here are the stats:


Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities
1 St. Louis, MO
2 NJ Detroit, MI
3 Atlanta, GA
4 Gary, IN
5 Baltimore, MD
6 Camden, NJ
7 Compton, CA
8 NY Flint, MI
9 Tampa, FL
10 Jackson, MS

By Size Safest Dangerous

Small Camden, NJ
Medium St. Louis, MO
Large Detroit, MI

wow. ive been misled for so long. i need to go tell some "gangstas" to shut the hell up.

some parts of oakland are ghetto, but some parts are actually really nice, like the lake merritt area or the area near piedmont. nice safe neighborhoods.

true but you only need to go down a couple of blocks to get to the ghetto side. oh well. who wants to take a YW trip down to the piedmont fenton's? im down for a crab sandwhich. mmmmm...

[mr. x]

well san francisco makes you think of u know "ooh nice and pretty and friendly and...gay" but u know u could walk a block and end up from posh to ghetto

though i spose it works that way for any big city

[kboy75]

who wants to take a YW trip down to the piedmont fenton's? im down for a crab sandwhich. mmmmm...
i haven't been there since before it burned down. what's it like now?

[boredlikewah]

i haven't been there since before it burned down. what's it like now?

wonderful. it looks great. a lot nicer.

[TB4000]

we actually aren't in the top 10.

here are the stats:


Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities
1 St. Louis, MO
2 NJ Detroit, MI
3 Atlanta, GA
4 Gary, IN
5 Baltimore, MD
6 Camden, NJ
7 Compton, CA
8 NY Flint, MI
9 Tampa, FL
10 Jackson, MS

By Size Safest Dangerous

Small Camden, NJ
Medium St. Louis, MO
Large Detroit, MI

LOL, I'm actually from Gary, and it used to be number one on the list...thank God St. Louis beat us out this year.

[Irezumi Kiss]

During LOTR and Last Samurai, idiots just HAD to whip out their cells to do text messaging or check the time, not thinking that the backlighting would annoy people.

If you are that concerned about time, why even bother going to see a movie that you KNOW is long-assed to begin with?

For some weird reason people shut the hell up during Revolutions. I was happy.

Everything that's been said here is gospel. I wanna kill all fuckers who ruin my theater-going experience. The fact that most movies these days are loud is actually a plus since it drains out the fuckers who just need to talk.

I went to see "Cold Mountain" last weekend. I went to see it at the Battery Park City Regal Stadium Theater. Best place in the city to see something because the seating gives you a good view, but you'd best catch the late shows, the ones nobody goes to.

Place was packed. There was this Chinese family of six who came in and sat in front of me. Last people in the world I'd ever think would act ghetto, but wouldn't you know the mama had to say something to the papa every five fucking minutes. The only time they shut the fuck up was during the battle scene, the sex scene and towards the end.

The sonics were (barely) loud enough to drone out their murmuring, but upon retrospect, I should've told them to shut up. I don't know why I held back. Maybe because it was the holidays and they were a family? It was just the parents talking, not the teens or the younger adults with them. Like the papa was FOB and the mama was translating or some shit like that. I didn't wanna do the "angry Black male" thing in their ears, but...oh fuuuck it was annoying...and then the couple two seats down from me did the check-the-cellie-for-the-time shit...nnnnnggggghhhhh

Here's what I do to keep my cinematic sanity in New York City:

Avoid: Any Times Square/42nd Street theatres. Big time ghetto crowds. You cannot enjoy any movie that is required to listen to. If you must go to any here, try to save it for an early show and try to select a movie that will have minimal interest to the lowest common denominator rejects that just exist to feed a movie's revenue.

Best Indie Joint: Sunshine Theatre on Houston in the East Village. People who go to the shows here shut the fuck up because they know what time it is. You may get a few cellphone time checks, but it's almost been all good ever since it opened up. I wish more mainstream theatres would be like this. Ditto for the Angelica and the Film Forum further west and the Quad on 13th Street, but Sunshine blows them out the water. And if you have to take a really really urgent shit, there aren't any bathrooms in the city as nice as the ones here!

Best Mainstream Joint: Kips Bay Regal or Battery Park Regal. High date/family traffic in both joints BUT — it depends on time of show and if it's first week of release. The stadium seating guarantees you a clear view of the screen at least, and that's more than enough of a plus to overcompensate for the idiots who WILL piss you off.

another plus for the Battery Park Theatre: If you time it right, you can sneak into other shows cuz nobody checks or guards at the doors. I like to save my stubs so I don't do this often, but...hey....

Iffy Mainstream Joint: 14th Street/Union Square Regal. It's too convenient, so you're walking on egg shells for peace of mind. But they do get good movies and the traffic is as about as mixed as you'll ever get. I went to see Matrix here and people shut the hell up, including the babysitterless kiddie contingent, so go figure.

Whitebread-Safe Mainstream Joints: The Paris near 5th Avenue/Central Park East and The Beekman on the Upper East Side. Mostly mature to elderly Whites go to these joints, along with yuppie A&F holdovers, which means they get about as ghetto as eating a marinated cornish hen for lunch.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

There was this Chinese family of six who came in and sat in front of me. Last people in the world I'd ever think would act ghetto


Whatcha talkin bout Willis, Chinese people act ghetto all the time. It's in da blood :biggrin: :wink:

[Green_Circle]

hilltop century? that may be why... that's it, im going to rent a movie.

Did I tell you the time I was dining at Church's in Richmond or close by there on San Pablo Av. Anyway these two young teenage girls were getting all loud n shyt and look like they were gonna start fighting. So I turned around to see the commotion when there's this guy with them could've been their older brother or something starts staring me down. So I stare back at him and there we are. When they left with their take out, he pulled up alongside the outside window and was again staring at me from his car. For a split second I thought there was gonna be a drive-by. There have been a few instances where folks have gotten drive-bys at these fried chicken eateries. I can't resist Churche's.

[TB4000]

Did I tell you the time I was dining at Church's in Richmond or close by there on San Pablo Av. Anyway these two young teenage girls were getting all loud n shyt and look like they were gonna start fighting. So I turned around to see the commotion when there's this guy with them could've been their older brother or something starts staring me down. So I stare back at him and there we are. When they left with their take out, he pulled up alongside the outside window and was again staring at me from his car. For a split second I thought there was gonna be a drive-by. There have been a few instances where folks have gotten drive-bys at these fried chicken eateries. I can't resist Churche's.


Are you talking fried chicken eateries in general, or the ones in your area?

[Green_Circle]

Are you talking fried chicken eateries in general, or the ones in your area?

Well there were a couple down in LA/So.Cal and at least one up here and one somewhere I forgot but the daughter of someone famous got shot while chilling in the parking lot of a Church's or Popeyes.

[teaz0r]

i don't think children should be allowed in theaters.
unless they come with a shutup-a-mator.

[mr. x]

i don't think children should be allowed in theaters.
unless they come with a shutup-a-mator.

meh children are no less annoying than teens. yeah kids tend to kick your seat more but yeah.

[boredlikewah]

meh children are no less annoying than teens. yeah kids tend to kick your seat more but yeah.

yes.. but death to teeny boppers.

i think im in a bad mood right now.

[Faithless]

meh children are no less annoying than teens. yeah kids tend to kick your seat more but yeah.

Yeah, but with children you can get away with flickin a booger at them, like Rice Cracker would do. :biggrin:

[TB4000]

Well, tomorrow when I check out Big Fish and/or My Baby's Daddy*shudder*, I'll have to get my ammo aka the skittles ready and armed.

[mr. x]

Well, tomorrow when I check out Big Fish and/or My Baby's Daddy*shudder*, I'll have to get my ammo aka the skittles ready and armed.

dont pick the late late show or the early bird special

[TB4000]

When I checked out Big Fish, about an hour into it, some smart ass down towards the front decided to yell out, "this is boring!". To which I politely yelled back, "then get out!"LOL...that anonymous feeling in the darkness which compelled him to try and be funny came back to bite him, see?

[mr. x]

When I checked out Big Fish, about an hour into it, some smart ass down towards the front decided to yell out, "this is boring!". To which I politely yelled back, "then get out!"LOL...that anonymous feeling in the darkness which compelled him to try and be funny came back to bite him, see?

how'd he react? i have a similar issue with people in game servers who go "OMG THIS MAP SUXORS" and i just hafta tell em "then gtf out!"

people around here are usually polite, at most they'll leave if they dont like it i guess

[TB4000]

how'd he react? i have a similar issue with people in game servers who go "OMG THIS MAP SUXORS" and i just hafta tell em "then gtf out!"

people around here are usually polite, at most they'll leave if they dont like it i guess


He just yelled back "fuck you!" No other responses after that though...somebody who knew it was me afterwards was like, he was probably scared because he heard a black guy tell him to shut up. I was like, riiiight. :rolleyes:

[mr. x]

He just yelled back "fuck you!" No other responses after that though...somebody who knew it was me afterwards was like, he was probably scared because he heard a black guy tell him to shut up. I was like, riiiight. :rolleyes:

well at least it worked. i wonder why these a-holes go to family films that are not for them in the first place

how did he know u were black? u have a velvety voice? :tongue:

[TB4000]

well at least it worked. i wonder why these a-holes go to family films that are not for them in the first place

how did he know u were black? u have a velvety voice? :tongue:

Yeah, apparantly I sound black...go figure. :wink:

[Arex]

i don't think children should be allowed in theaters.
unless they come with a shutup-a-mator.
The same should apply to their parents, too!

I finally got around to seeing LOTR this past Saturday and at the quite, suspenseful bits, I just kept hearing this woman muttering "oh noooo... oh noooo...!" At first I thought she was by herself so I was about to shout out "shut the f*ck up!" But then I saw that she was with her kid so I just bit my lip. I shoulda said, "Please tell your stupid mom to shut to her trap, or better yet, leave her ass at home next time."

RX

[stunninglyAsian]

The sadistic, devil-worshiping, baby-eating people who say things during the movie like, "Oh, this is good, this is good... watch this. Here comes the bad guy, he's gonna pop out in... 3... 2... 1... Whoa! Yeah, I like this" feed off of people's suffering. If you put them in a theater all by themselves, they wouldn't enjoy the movie at all. In fact, they'd prefer it to be in a theater packed with people, what's the fun of using the laser pointer and kicking the seat in front of you if nobody is there?

The most pain-free way to watch a movie is to watch it during the weekday, with the exception of friday, during the first showing. Ideally, it should be Monday or Tuesday @ 10AM when schools are in session (so no winter break, spring break, etc.). Nobody is in the theater, it's cheaper, there is no wait, there is no battle for a parking space 3 miles from the theater- how much better can it get?

[mr. x]

anyone ever actually see a heckler get their ass kicked? i have pornographic fantasies about these things happening.

[bluemonq]

umm yes, but there wasn't a release :rolleyes: grand lake theater in oakland, where the seats are really steeply set. noisy guy challenges management, get flipped over a couple rows, winds up with bloody nose

[mr. x]

umm yes, but there wasn't a release :rolleyes: grand lake theater in oakland, where the seats are really steeply set. noisy guy challenges management, get flipped over a couple rows, winds up with bloody nose

ouch management can do that? thats my kinda management!

[yangbahn50]

where the heck was this? i was at cerritos towncenter theater and some punkass kid had a laser and was shining it on gandalf's face. some people in the audience were ready to go hunt down the kid and beat them down.

i was at the norwalk theater watching last samurai and people were straight up talking in their normal voices throughout the movie. i was like, dood, fucking shut the hell up because at this point and time i'd rather hear tom cruise's voice not yours.

grrr


I've noticed that folks in LA talk with their cell phones a lot, regardless of who's around them. Even when studying at the library.

[TB4000]

The baby scenario took place again on Friday night. Went to see that 50 First Dates debacle, the lights were still up, the place is kinda crowded...in walks this couple, who couldn't have been anymore than 17 or 18 years old each, with a small baby and a baby bag. I'm over here thinking to myself, "they gotta have some kinda control over the kid, cause I know they would NEVER think about bringing her to a movie if they weren't absolutely sure she would be quiet." How wrong I was. The first trailers comes up, then from the back of the theatre we all hear, "waaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!" People are talking under their breath, looking behind them, trying to give her the hint, and what gets me is when they won't take the baby outside, but just let them cry themselves out right then and there. Said it before, I'll say it again...if you have a baby, either get a sitter, or if you can't, then you just can't go to the movie that night then, I'm sorry.

[mr. x]

^---ouch TB, u know what absolutely sucks? like u know that pre-movie message that has the cell phone noises and the baby crying and then goes "please dont add to the movie soundtrack by adding your own"

then right after, THEY ADD THEIR OWN! i swear a baby started crying one time after,

someone brought a baby to ROAD TO PERDITION, oh how nice baby likee tommy gun noises? wtf is wrong with these parents!?!?

i mean yu gi oh the movie i can understand but road to perdition?

[Banana]

What really gets me is why don't they make a clear soundproof plexi-glass room within the theatre with headphones? Anyone that has a child should sit in that room but can still enjoy the movie without disturbing anyone else.

[contra_diction]

What really gets me is why don't they make a clear soundproof plexi-glass room within the theatre with headphones? Anyone that has a child should sit in that room but can still enjoy the movie without disturbing anyone else.

They have this at some churches. It's really nice, and they don't have to use headphones either. They have speakers inside the room.

[Green_Jade]

At Last Samurai there were some stupid white kids laughing at the buddhist chanting. The movie theatre in College Point, Queens always has a bunch of stupid kids say dumb shit during the movie. Least it's been an annoyance of mine everytime I watch a movie there.

I LIVE in college point, absoultly hate it.
..never been to the movie theratre here though..or anywhere really. the townies scare me.

I don't get parents who bring their baby to a movie, esp ones with lots of loud noise...sure, damage kid's hearing. I remember few months ago at the movies, I wanted to take the bucket of popcorn out of the hands of the guy next to me and throw it on his head... the munching and the nauseating smell.. I like popcorn, but not when I smell it for two hours and feel his elbow moving in the bucket to reach the stuff.

[ShortNBitter]

Oh I have a story. I was about to watch LOTR: Return of the King and right in the very beginning this asshole stands up and shouts as loud as he can "FRODO LIVES!!!!"

I was like WTF?

[mr. x]

Oh I have a story. I was about to watch LOTR: Return of the King and right in the very beginning this asshole stands up and shouts as loud as he can "FRODO LIVES!!!!"

I was like WTF?

hahaha, "you wont if u dont stfu!"

i hope thats the only noise u heard during the movie

[ShortNBitter]

hahaha, "you wont if u dont stfu!"

i hope thats the only noise u heard during the movie

quite so! and i think that guy got a beat down after he said it too lol :rolleyes:

[TB4000]

This happened last weekend....a bunch of white guys up in the corner were basically acting like the quintesential rowdy frat cliche, and a black dude a few rows under them yells, "keep it quiet up there!", and one of the white guys, I kid you not, shouts back down, "shut up, nigga!" , attempting to be funny or something. The entire theatre is gasping, talking and laughing after that remark, and the guy and his two friends proceed to go up the stairs to confront the other ones, but then police and security come in and escort all of them out. Always a fun time to be had at the movies.

[mr. x]

^---sucks for the black dude tho, i mean he was doin everyone a favor

[rocketbunny]

Why can't people turn off their cell phones in the theaters?? Seriously...are they so important that they need to be accessible via cell phone 24/7? And forget about the ringing... it's when they actually answer the phone during the movie and have "outdoor-voice" conversations.... o_O;;

[TB4000]

That also goes for dancing while in the movie as well.
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