WTC a comedy? SoaP family fun?

[Ki'esha Foxx]

Firstly, my experience in WTC. The movie got me in tears through several parts, mainly just remembering that day and how I and everyone else felt about it; I was smart enough to bring a big wad of tissues though. However, at several parts throughout the film the audience was laughing. LAUGHING. Can someone explain to me how WTC was a comedy? People laughed when Nick Cage said "I can't fuckin' talk!" I hear the word 'fuck' and it doesn't get a reaction from me. Apparently, these people hear the word and they roll on the floor in laughter as the person who said it is in excruciating pain and will probably die. Later on I heard more laughter at very inappropriate times. Although, I did laugh a little bit when Pena's character said "the Marines are here!" and he laughed at it. I don't know what was wrong with these fuckers in the theater with me, but if I thought I could duct tape each and every one of them to their seats (so they can't grab their cell phones, which some were doing as well) and silence them (some were complaining of being cold in very loud and distracting voices) and not get caught, I'd have gladly done it. Sadly, I couldn't and I didn't. Maybe I should bring tape with me from now on just in case.




Now for the experience in Snakes. Anyone who has read my previous rants about assholes in theaters knows how I feel about people bringing their kids to R-rated movies. In addition to explaining how WTC was a light-hearted comedy, can someone explain how Snakes was fun for the whole family? Many times I heard kids screaming or talking incessantly with their parents just telling them to be quiet without doing anything else. Why the fuck do people continue bringing underage kids to R-rated movies when they know there will be violence, death, strong language, and sex? Do they just want their kids to avoid the slow process of becoming messed up in the head and just fuck them up at the early age of five? Or are they just fucked up themselves and on't know what the rating system or common courtesy is for? If the brat can't shut up at home, what makes them think that they'll behave any better in a movie where the sound is almost painfully loud sometimes and where everyone is expected to shut the hell up? Granted, I did applaude and cheer when Sam Jackson said "I'm tired of these motherfuckin' snakes on this motherfuckin' plane!", but that's different.



Well, I feel a little better now.

[jackson13]

Yeah, it was hilarious when the towers fell and all those people were trapped and died.

:rolleyes:


People suck I swear.

[mouldy311]

i felt that while WTC was definetly not a comedy, there were moments where i realized that these two trapped guys were human and made little, very subtle jokes. everyone makes jokes, and when the people in the movie did i was able to chuckle, not laugh out loud, but chuckle quietly along with them.

as for snakes on a plane, i really hate constant chatter at movies because...those people need to fuckin die, but when i saw the preview screening i actually felt my experience was enhanced by people yelling at the screen and cheering and hissing like snakes. little kids talking is fucked up and their parents should be punished by being crushed by a python.

[someguy]

The trailer for WTC had me in hysterics from the oversappy delivery and unintentionally hilarious bits like the 'I <3 U' note. I think if I went to the movie I would probably laugh at parts.

[Joshmo]

When you choose to have a child, you should be DENIED the ability to enter a theater or a nice restaurant with them until they are are at least 8 or 9 and know how to sit still and be respectful. In a sense, you have no right to piss me off due to your kids cuz you decided to have kids.

Actually, I shall have mercy - you can ONLY go to shithole second run theaters that only cost $1.50.

You should only be allowed in places to eat like Chucky Cheese, McDonalds, etc...

Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Lowery's Ribs, Ruth's Criss, etc - are off limits to you and your kids until they are old enough - all you cant eat buffets should only allow you to bring your kids at certain times so adults dont have to navigate these stupid bastards who you let run free while we try and eat.

I dont have kids to piss you off - therefore YOU shouldnt piss me off with yours.

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!

If you can afford theater tickets and gas to get there, you can afford a fuckin' babysitter! Same concept

Dont trust sitters?
Dont have family to watch them?

Then YOU have FORFEITED the right to being happy in your life as far as being in enclosed settings such theaters and restaurants until your kids are older

If I had the power to wield a such a dictator like law, I would in a fuckin instant.

[Scorpio24]

Originally posted by Joshmo
When you choose to have a child, you should be DENIED the ability to enter a theater or a nice restaurant with them until they are are at least 8 or 9 and know how to sit still and be respectful. In a sense, you have no right to piss me off due to your kids cuz you decided to have kids.

Actually, I shall have mercy - you can ONLY go to shithole second run theaters that only cost $1.50.

You should only be allowed in places to eat like Chucky Cheese, McDonalds, etc...

Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Lowery's Ribs, Ruth's Criss, etc - are off limits to you and your kids until they are old enough - all you cant eat buffets should only allow you to bring your kids at certain times so adults dont have to navigate these stupid bastards who you let run free while we try and eat.

I dont have kids to piss you off - therefore YOU shouldnt piss me off with yours.

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!

If you can afford theater tickets and gas to get there, you can afford a fuckin' babysitter! Same concept

Dont trust sitters?
Dont have family to watch them?

Then YOU have FORFEITED the right to being happy in your life as far as being in enclosed settings such theaters and restaurants until your kids are older

If I had the power to wield a such a dictator like law, I would in a fuckin instant.


So when's the missus due?

[chinton]

WTC can be really cheesy at times.

Oh and I saw The Descent where some parents took their little kids. Not smart.

[Lazy Boy]

I don't see how people could laugh at more of the tragic and serious elements of WTC, although some of the Marine's dialogue is ludicrously bad and worth laughing at.

I see parents take their kids to horror movies all the time. Last year was the notorious case of the group who looked like they got back from Sunday school...and the movie of choice was Land of the Dead. Yum, yum, come get some finger food.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Originally posted by someguy
The trailer for WTC had me in hysterics from the oversappy delivery and unintentionally hilarious bits like the 'I <3 U' note. I think if I went to the movie I would probably laugh at parts.

I thought the exact same thing. Honestly, is Oliver Stone now trying his hardest to be anything BUT himself?

[stickmangrit]

WTC did indeed look like crap to me, and i can see certain folks taking the MST3K route with it(and i fuckin loved United 93, which was seen with a half packed and totally silent house). as for kids, man and some people wonder why i almost only go to midnight shows. you avoid the morons quite well if you just hit the late screening.

[jackson13]

When I saw Snakes, right before it started, 2 young women walked in together and one had a little child by the hand and was walking him up the stairs. You could tell that the kid had just learned how to walk.

This, at a 10pm Thursday night showing of a 'R' rated movie.

Guess she could afford the movie but not a babysitter huh?

[Skittle_boy15]

Honestly, I don't see what all the WTC bashing is about. I just saw it yesterday and I thought it was a pretty decent movie. It was good because I know what 9/11 was like for me in the middle of CornField, IL but now I got to see what the day was like in NY and what all the "rescue efforts" I heard about on the news actually entailed.

I must say that I DID laugh quite a few times during the movie. Numerous parts of the movie did have small light-hearted moments during which I don't see how laughter can't be appropriate to break
the extreme tension. For example at one point the injured guy is talking about the theme song to a show and hums it. Then later the really injured (and chronically stoic) guy hums it and the other guys says "Look we've got Frank Sinatra over here". Given their situation, and the grim death they're facing, I'd say its worth a chuckle.

You don't have to wear a frown all day to be reverent about something.

[Kevin Lockard]

And the bad thing about bringing kids to horror movies is.........

[someguy]

They end up thinking bringing kids to horror movies isn't a bad thing?

[Shockwave]

Ive never laughed so hard as when three kids got rushed out of "SNAKES ON A PLANE" during the sex scene.:p

"Its rated R for a reason!!"

Morons.

[powersauce]

Originally posted by jackson13
Yeah, it was hilarious when the towers fell and all those people were trapped and died.

:rolleyes:


People suck I swear.

Wrong. As Bart Simpson would say, people "suck(s) AND blow(s)."

I swear, the more parents rely on screenit.com and the rating description at the bottom of the ratings, the less anyone will complain about kids in R movies.

[Gian-Sergio]

Originally posted by Joshmo
When you choose to have a child, you should be DENIED the ability to enter a theater or a nice restaurant with them until they are are at least 8 or 9 and know how to sit still and be respectful. In a sense, you have no right to piss me off due to your kids cuz you decided to have kids.

Actually, I shall have mercy - you can ONLY go to shithole second run theaters that only cost $1.50.

You should only be allowed in places to eat like Chucky Cheese, McDonalds, etc...

Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Lowery's Ribs, Ruth's Criss, etc - are off limits to you and your kids until they are old enough - all you cant eat buffets should only allow you to bring your kids at certain times so adults dont have to navigate these stupid bastards who you let run free while we try and eat.

I dont have kids to piss you off - therefore YOU shouldnt piss me off with yours.

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!

If you can afford theater tickets and gas to get there, you can afford a fuckin' babysitter! Same concept

Dont trust sitters?
Dont have family to watch them?

Then YOU have FORFEITED the right to being happy in your life as far as being in enclosed settings such theaters and restaurants until your kids are older

If I had the power to wield a such a dictator like law, I would in a fuckin instant.

Joshmo is my god