As to why they let babies into the theater, it’s simple. Money. The parents buy tickets. If they turn people with babies away they will lose money those people would have paid for tickets.
So if a baby ruins your movie, it is your duty to speak to the manager and demand your money back. If the theater starts to lose money when they let babies in, they will stop letting babies in.
I’m not a whiner, and I don’t like to complain, but I like going to the movies and as I see it, the theater’s are making a mistake by letting babies in. So we have to point this mistake out so they can fix it.
Not a single article,a single thread can I have more agreement for. I too saw Spiderman 3 on opening Day and let met tell you. Thats the last time im going with friends,on opening day,and Before a 10 o`clock show. The first point I have to go on is the babies and little kids. I cant beilive people are so STUPID as to let their kids see a PG-13 movie. I see little kids crying at the mere sight of Venom. As I was walking out alot of parents ahd to confirm that the movie was over and Venom wasent on the screen anymore. Nightmares and Traumatic experiences anyone. Did they serious think that Spiderman wasent going to be loud with explosions and violence? Did they think Venom was going to be a harmless character? Lets move up the ladder here. Teenagers. While I was watching the movie,the teenagers in my theaters kept on Clapping and yelling and hollaring while every big and dramatic scene unfolded. What the fuck. The guys I came in with were no better as they were trying to start a slow clap. Conversations,Cellphones,Rude Comments,this may be acceptable in class as i see it but it has no buissness in a movie theater,somewhere I payed to go see with my own money. Adults. Even when their whispering and giggling it is still rude because WE CAN STILL HEAR YOU. I was going to take these 2 black couple in the back and kick the mens teeth in and kick the pregnate lady square in the stomache. (Wow,…“A Clockwork Orange” really did a number on me)
This thread reminded me of a funny story that happened to me a few years ago when I saw Constantine. Not a bad movie. Not a good one either.
I always sit down in front, about the 4th or 5th row back. About halfway into the movie I heard a lot of talking behind me, one voice kind of loud and one quiet. I couldn’t understand what they were saying and tried to ignore them at first, but the loud voice kept getting louder. I turned around to see what was going on and there was this skinny guy, like 5’10" 120lbs, standing in the aisle talking to a big fat guy and his girl. The skinny guy saying shit like “you messin with the wrong one son, I got friends on both sides of the law. This is a whole world you don’t want no part of.” The fat guy just sat there and didn’t seem very concerned and tried to wave the guy away so he could watch the movie.
Finally his girl left and came back with the manager and two “security guards.” The manager was a very small white lady, one of the guards was an old black guy who looked like Fred Sanford, and the other was a short obese white woman. They brought the skinny guy down to the front and spoke to him for a few minutes. He was still agitated and the manager had to keep asking him to keep his voice down. It was a really cold day and all the skinny guy had was a t-shirt, really baggy jeans, and what I thought was a do-rag. The manager went to talk to the fat guy while the skinny guy waited with the two guards. While she was gone, the skinny guy started dancing around, practicing his footwork like Bruce Lee, then he reaches up to his do-rag and pulled it down over his face, like a fucking orange Ninja mask. Now, I’m just five or six seats away from him, so I’m trying to decide if I should jump him if he pulls a gun, or try to hide under the seat. At the same time I couldn’t help laughing my ass off. Then Fred Sanford asks, “Boy why the hell’d you put your mask on?” The skinny guy stopped dancing, looked at him, and rolled up his mask and just stood there looking embarrassed.
The manager came back and they escorted him out and afterwards we all got free tickets for another movie. I almost turned the free tickets down because the live drama was far more entertaining than the movie.
[quote]duece wrote:
I guess we could have left and asked the theater for a refund but why should I have to leave?
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You don’t HAVE to leave but why stay once the movie is ruined and you’re already pissed off? People are fucking rude everywhere ya’ go and there is not a damn thing you can do about it. I would have gotten a refund and left.
When I went to see 300 there was a 400lb. fat ass guy sitting just in front of me. During every fight scene he would loudly proclaim to his wife/girlfriend “Those bodies aren’t real, there’s no way a guy can look like that” or “There is no reason to work out, it’s impossible to look like that” Just trying to justify being fat and really ruined the whole movie.
I got up to leave and somehow spilled my Diet Coke all over him. I’m such a klutz sometimes.
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I went to see Spidi last night. Sat in front of a middle aged man who wouldn’t stop stalking to his three kids. He was encouraging them to talk. I even asked him to (politely) be quite three times. Didn’t stop him at all.
Drove me nuts the whole goddamn movie. They finally shut up once some fight scenes started playing. Except every time venom came up there was a three year old screaming “Venom, that venom!” at the top of his lungs, and a middle aged man responding “Yeah, wicked awesome” (can’t make this stuff up, he said it at least four times).
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
I went to see Spidi last night. Sat in front of a middle aged man who wouldn’t stop stalking to his three kids. He was encouraging them to talk. I even asked him to (politely) be quite three times. Didn’t stop him at all.
Drove me nuts the whole goddamn movie. They finally shut up once some fight scenes started playing. Except every time venom came up there was a three year old screaming “Venom, that venom!” at the top of his lungs, and a middle aged man responding “Yeah, wicked awesome” (can’t make this stuff up, he said it at least four times).
What the hell is wrong with people these days?[/quote]
“Wicked Awesome”? Did he have a New England Accent? That would have drove me to the point of homocide if I heard someone say anything in that accent for 2 hours.
One time the guy behind me kept in horking up and spitting on the floor behind me. It was disgusting! I kept on looking back at him with a WTF face but he wouldn’t stop. Then, like 20 minutes later, he suddenly spits on the back of my neck!!
I jumped up and stabbed him in the throat without even thinking about it. I was already so mad I just couldn’t control myself. 5 months of prison and another 6 house arrest later it really wasn’t worth it for me teaching him a lesson.
At least it will be kind of hard for him to meet a woman and have kids with a screwed up larynx like that. [/quote]
I wouldn’t have seen a thing.
Sometimes people need stuff like that. That is also why I don’t carry knives.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
T234 wrote:
Try and control yourself.
One time the guy behind me kept in horking up and spitting on the floor behind me. It was disgusting! I kept on looking back at him with a WTF face but he wouldn’t stop. Then, like 20 minutes later, he suddenly spits on the back of my neck!!
I jumped up and stabbed him in the throat without even thinking about it. I was already so mad I just couldn’t control myself. 5 months of prison and another 6 house arrest later it really wasn’t worth it for me teaching him a lesson.
At least it will be kind of hard for him to meet a woman and have kids with a screwed up larynx like that.
I wouldn’t have seen a thing.
Sometimes people need stuff like that. That is also why I don’t carry knives.
And why I stay out of theaters.
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Finally, someone else responded. I mean, granted, the other stories were really funny, but how have more people not commented on this?
I probably only find this so fascinating because Im pretty sure in the 100 times I’ve asked people to quiet down, I’ve also though, “I would love to slit this guy’s throat and shut him up.”
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
Then Fred Sanford asks, “Boy why the hell’d you put your mask on?” The skinny guy stopped dancing, looked at him, and rolled up his mask and just stood there looking embarrassed.[/quote]
Lol, Fred Sanford kicks ass.
Scatman Crothers works as a janitor, btw, where I make my bread.
Dammit, if I call you Scatman, it’s an honor. Stop giving me those quizzical looks…
Finally, someone else responded. I mean, granted, the other stories were really funny, but how have more people not commented on this?
I probably only find this so fascinating because Im pretty sure in the 100 times I’ve asked people to quiet down, I’ve also though, “I would love to slit this guy’s throat and shut him up.”
This guy just takes it to a whole new level. [/quote]
What is there to comment on? I’ve known people who got stabbed because they stepped on some guy’s shoe. I grew up around shit like that and was raised not to glorify it. Lack of self control is not an asset. Would I have said something to some guy kicking my chair? Yes. I would also probably get pretty loud, and from past experiences, they would probably quit after that. Stabbing some guy over it and jeopardizing my own future is just stupid. I think of consequences to my actions instead of just acting. I also know that if you look intimidating enough, it usually avoids most of this nonsense unless someone is just trying to show out in front of their friends.
I can understand completely how I would feel if someone was spitting on me. It might even break out into a fight…but attempting to kill them over it would be avoided. I think someone who so easily crosses that line has some internal issues they need to work out. There is a line between masculinity and insanity/stupidity even if some seem to not understand that.
Went to see Lethal Weapon 4 with my wife and some friends. This dude behind my wife would not shut up through the whole movie…most of the time he wasn’t even discussing the movie, just BSing with his buddies. I kept my mouth shut because there were definitely more of them than there was of me, and I really didn’t feel like getting into a fight that night.
Finally my wife turns around and tells the guy to shut up, to which his friends loudly agree. When we were walking out they were in front of us, and they were ragging him constantly about a chick telling him off.
The thing is the knife is like an extension of my hand it is so easy so take out and open. I carried the knife for protection because I am in Canada and we are not allowed handguns. After talking with the police/counsellors, they agreed I might not have been able to stop myself, but that I should have left way before I got that close to the edge. My problem is that I am passive aggressive, and I don’t really show to much anger until I snap. Not a good way to be, but I am in therapy now and working on it!
Its gotten out of hand. I have seen people with children in movie theatres, bars, dinner cruises etc…
If people spend money for atmosphere, a show, or the enviornment around them there should be no children allowed.
I took my parents on a $200/person dinner cruise around the Potomac river in DC. There was a table with an infant, two small children, and mom and dad behind us. None of the children behaved. They ruined the meal and the conversation for me and my folks. I spent over $700 on dinner and drinks that night. After the meal was over, the kids ran around on the marble dance floor. Couples couldn’t even dance…
[quote]boatguy wrote:
Went to see Lethal Weapon 4 with my wife and some friends. This dude behind my wife would not shut up through the whole movie…most of the time he wasn’t even discussing the movie, just BSing with his buddies. I kept my mouth shut because there were definitely more of them than there was of me, and I really didn’t feel like getting into a fight that night.
Finally my wife turns around and tells the guy to shut up, to which his friends loudly agree. When we were walking out they were in front of us, and they were ragging him constantly about a chick telling him off.[/quote]
Funny how that works. The problem with chicks is that they have never had to deal with getting their ass kicked for something they’ve said. Because of this they often run their suck when all they are going to accomplish is getting their boyfriend’s ass kicked.
Frankly, I have no problem speaking up when someone pisses me off in the theater. But, when it looks like it’s going to be more trouble than I can handle then I know to not press the issue.
I’m going to use different language for the little crew of high school punks than when it’s a bunch of college linebackers. Unfortunately, most women automatically talk like they’re tough because they know I am the one that has to back their words up.
[quote]T234 wrote:
The thing is the knife is like an extension of my hand it is so easy so take out and open. I carried the knife for protection because I am in Canada and we are not allowed handguns. After talking with the police/counsellors, they agreed I might not have been able to stop myself, but that I should have left way before I got that close to the edge. My problem is that I am passive aggressive, and I don’t really show to much anger until I snap. Not a good way to be, but I am in therapy now and working on it![/quote]
You should have decapitated the guy. Then you would have experienced the Quickening.