REPEAT! what irritates you the most at the theater!

[The Handeman]

Ok i KNOW that this has been posted before, but i want to know if anyone has come up with any new irritating factors! The last time i read one of these was back in early '01 TIME FLIES! so post your hates, irritations, and piss off's!

Thanks again for contributing!

Oh yea if i'm around i'll announce mine

[freakandgeek]

my BIGGEST pet peeve is when someone really tall sits infront of you when there are plenty of seats around god, i hate that.

other things that bother me

-people who don't know how to shut the heck up during the movie!!!!
-people who bring their little kids and babies to unchildlike movies and let them scream through the entire thing
-people who just kick your chair when they sit behind you so you'll move (it happened to me and my mom once...some stupid jerk lady sat behind us and kept kicking our chair and we moved, then the lady and the people who were with her sat in our chairs...LAME)
-people who start to tap their foot waiting in line for popcorn (if you're that irritated, you don't need the freakin popcorn) and tapping your foot isn't going to make things go any faster!
-having to show your ticket stub when you reenter a theatre...god, that is soooo annoying.....

i think thats enough for now...i know there's more

[The Handeman]

looks like people have had dreany sessions at the theater cause no ones posting...either that or no one cares.

wha?

[uncle_el]

i have to agree- children at unchildlike movies. 'the ring' was my most recent memory of this.

the commercials that come on before the previews that come before the plug for popcorn, drinks, and candy that come before the plug for the theater.

[eleven]

I'm gonna say the whole girlfriend boyfriend talk in the seat behind you. I just want to turn around and yell SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by eleven
I'm gonna say the whole girlfriend boyfriend talk in the seat behind you. I just want to turn around and yell SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!

hells yes. and sometimes its these little teenagers who are trying to impress the opposite sex....gosh, its sooo annoying

[docholiday_13]

You guys should do what new inmates do. Kick someones ass the minute you get in the theatre. Noone will fuck with you after that.

Getting on topic. Kicking of the seats cheeses me off with extreme prejudice. I actually rarely have any trouble these days. I guess Torontonian's know how to shut up and enjoy the flick.

[The Handeman]

I have learned to go during the greatest times for movies Wednesdays at about 2 in the afternoon there is hardly if any people there! I saw Harry Potter: and the Chamber of Secrets with maybe 4 other people, and they were all senior citizens. Ah the greatest time to see a movie

[Grebdron]

Fucking motherfuckers who fucking talk on their fucking cellphones while the fucking movie is fucking playing.

Get the fuck up out of your fucking seat and go the fuck outside.

Fuckers.

[Jerk Shapiro]

Of course, cell phones. And what's worse, people actually continue their conversations on them. In the cinema!

[electriclite]

Well everyone's mentioned my top five peeves, but I'll add in a major factor that everyone can agree on:


The staggering prices for tickets and food.

Its like once you get into a theater the price of food is raised as if it was 3 days before Y2K all over again.

[Heavenley]

- someone who's sick coming to watch the movie and coughing the whole way through

- stupid people bringing infants who proceed to cry the whole way through the movie.

- cell phones ringing

- people eating noisy foods like potato chips/nachos etc. and crunching the whole time

- people opening and closing noisy bags of snacks

- people laughing and/or making jokes about parts of the movie that aren't funny

[Annie Hall]

Here is my pet peeve:

People who don't turn their cellphones off...and then when they do ring...LET them ring, in hopes that the people will give up...and then after 5 rounds of "Fur Elise" pick up and in a stage whisper go "What? I'm in a movie. I'll call you back!...Damn. Ok." and then...get up and leave.

...it's happened :mad:

[Morgana]

For the following reasons I rarely frequent the cinema anymore, I much prefer to rent.

Sticky floors...and people smacking loudly on their food
People talking
Small kids screaming
People kicking my seat
Tall people or people with bouffant hairdos blocking my view
Seats so uncomfortable they make my ass weep. (My ass STILL weeps when I think of the time I sat through Godfather III)
Insane ticket prices

[Grebdron]

Mmmmmm...weeping asses.

[Heavenley]

Originally posted by Morgana

Insane ticket prices


Yeah that totally sucks....:mad:

[bob]

What i really hate at the movies is when you go in to see a movie you've been looking forward to for a year...and it sucks.

Or when you go to see a horror film, and you're the only one in the theater....(cue Halloween theme)

[rushmore beauty]

When people laugh at the wrong times.
When someone tall sits in fromt of you.
When the people behind you won't shut up.
Ticket prices.
When people yell stupid things out during the movie.

[NuclearMisfit]

1. Teaser Trailers, these trailers are usually released wayyyyy before a movie to get people hyped up for the movie and yet they dont show shit from the movie **cough** terminator 3 **cough**.

2. Cell Phones

3. Kids running up and down the isle playing while their parents sit there and do absolutely nothing! one day im just gonna trip the kid and see if they do anything.

4. Kids in the bathroom asking me to open the backdoor for them when Im taking a piss and when I dont they are outside the theater like "Thanks for nothing"

5. people kicking my chair, well heres a news flash!!! I kick back!

6. People opening plastic bas and or candy bags, just irritating.

7. People talking loud.

well thats about it.

[Kastman]

When a large group of people go to a movie and sit around talking, and trying to be 'cool'. Fuckin dicks, i wanna fucking drown them. Calm down, stop typing what your thinking. AAAAA your still doing it.

[The Handeman]

i hate people who come in like 10 minutes into the movie and try to find the best seat...GO SIT IN THE FUCKIN FRONT BASTARDS

[Tom Samborski]

Car commericals being shown before a movie!

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
Car commericals being shown before a movie!

I've noticed at least one very cool pre-movie car commercial (for the icky Beetle Convertible) that made more happy than angry (the one where they play Mr. Blue Sky). I think if they are going to put car commercials in movie theaters, at least make them more interesting than the standard "Driving around, looking cool, notice on the bottom saying that it's an enclosed are and a professional driver" TV stuff.

[ilikehorror]

This goes out to all the mother fucking bitches who laugh out loud during horror movies....



SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!! :mad:

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Fucking motherfuckers who fucking talk on their fucking cellphones while the fucking movie is fucking playing.

Get the fuck up out of your fucking seat and go the fuck outside.

Fuckers.

yeah, thats what i meant to say.....ha ha no but really....god, how annoying!:mad:

[studlyhorrorbuf]

Teenagers who think they are so funny and cool that they try their own Mystery Science Theater 3000 imitation and fail misseribly. They just end up distracting and plain annoying. Another thing is when a freaking toddler crapped in his pants and stunk up the whole movie theater for an hour. No bull shit, folks, this really happened. Tell you more about it in my worst movie watching experience at the Best, Worst, Favorites,/Etc. Forum. You may laugh about it if you want, but it was no laughing matter if you had to sit through it. Studly Horror Buff out.

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by studlyhorrorbuf
Teenagers who think they are so funny and cool that they try their own Mystery Science Theater 3000 imitation and fail misseribly. They just end up distracting and plain annoying. Another thing is when a freaking toddler crapped in his pants and stunk up the whole movie theater for an hour. No bull shit, folks, this really happened. Tell you more about it in my worst movie watching experience at the Best, Worst, Favorites,/Etc. Forum. You may laugh about it if you want, but it was no laughing matter if you had to sit through it. Studly Horror Buff out.


YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS

that is sooo annoying

don't they know that they are NOT funny???

:mad:

[happy OUT here]

The increasing Price of the frickin tickets.

Narrators....idiots who explain it to the one next to them, apparently more stupid than themselves.

[freakandgeek]

ive had that happen a lot. erg...but one time it was funny well sorta, because my mom and i saw gosford park and there were a lot of older women there, and me and my mom sat in the middle of the middle (half way down) and in the back, i heard this old lady yell "what did he say?" it was so funny...i bet the person with her had to explain a lot of the movie.....i don't think she heard too well

[Moviefreek]

Not that it is annoiying but funny in many different ways. When someone lets out a fart. I just bust out laughin.

It has happened and what was worst...It was a female..not many people in the theatre..my friends thought it was me..i was like no...wasn't me...lol..

oh..and people who scream at horror movies that arn't scary...i've told people who've done this to shut up before.

[Dude]

People who cannot sit the fuck still once the movie is on! "Hey, asshole, either eat at home or get your fuckin' popcorn and soda BEFORE the movie starts"! I TOTALLY cannot see how ANYONE can get up and LEAVE a movie to go to the concession stand. Blows my mind every time.

Cell phones/pagers: Do you fucking miscreants SEE the CARTOON SODAS & POPCORNS on the screen telling you to turn your stupid shit off??? HELLO!!!????? This aint the 80's anymore!!! NOBODY gives a shit, cares or is impressed anymore that you own a fucking cell phone or a pager!!!!!!!

Children: I HATE kids in theaters while an adult movie is playing.

People who have an entire fucking row of seats to choose from, and they plant their ignorant ass in front ME! Why am (I) cogniscent of others, but others are just plain IGNORANT?

I usually go on Monday afternoons (Day off) I dont have to tolerate the dregs of society like I would if I go on a Saturday or Sunday.. FUCK going to the show on the weekends!

[Scarface98.9]

Sticky floors. At least strip clubs have an excuse for that, but this shit is unacceptable.

But my number one pet peeve: The audience.
Mainly, how people repeat lines someone just said. Yeah, like some dickless son of a bitch jackoff teen male can say "Hasta a la vista, baby" better than Ahnuld. Or "You're gonna die CLOWN!" better than Adam Sandler ;)

[SAI]

Isolated incidents, but they really got up my nose.

1: Notting Hill; The press conference towards the end of the film. Some fuckers phone rings; he answers and says (loud) I'm in the cinema, can't talk now. If he wasn't at the other side of the theatre I'd have strangled the fuck.

2: American Beauty
The second time I went the guy sitting behind us had brought his girlfriend. She was eiether blind, really fucking stupid, or both because he explained and narrated every single fucking frame to her as it went by. I asked him to be quiet a couple of times but he just would not shut up.

3: American Beauty
Third time. The genius at the ticket desk assigned us our seats, we went to find people already in them so we checked their tickets, same seat numbers. Then another group of people came in. FOR THE SAME FUCKING SEATS. The screening was sold out so we let the first group who had come in have the seats and got free tickets for ourselves.

4: Not sure of the film.
Empty theatre. I'm the only one there, a couple walks in and sits RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. Some people.

More generally:
When the audience gives the characters advice. It's a film, not an exercise in audience participation. SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.

[The Handeman]

heh i went to see Halloween H20 and their was a drug deal going on in the back of the theater. someone through the money on the floor and this guy starts screaming to pick up his "shit" and his money. The cops come in arrest the guy for selling cocaine and he's gone. Then 20 minutes later the fucking shit happens again but this time for heroin.

find an alley fuckers

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by SAI
3: American Beauty
Third time. The genius at the ticket desk assigned us our seats, we went to find people already in them so we checked their tickets, same seat numbers. Then another group of people came in. FOR THE SAME FUCKING SEATS. The screening was sold out so we let the first group who had come in have the seats and got free tickets for ourselves.

Assigned seats? That's how they do it in England? Man, I'd probably go to the theater even less than I do now. Nobody is going to tell me where to sit at a fucking movie theater. Get there early enough to sit where you want.

That's a trip.

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Assigned seats? That's how they do it in England? Man, I'd probably go to the theater even less than I do now. Nobody is going to tell me where to sit at a fucking movie theater. Get there early enough to sit where you want.

That's a trip.

I saw Austin Powers in Edinburgh this summer...and...imagine my surprise when we were told *where* to sit. I looked around uncomfortably, and thanked the woman, and continued to my seats. And, of course, the high teenagers behind us in line who had asked if "there were any movies playing here" were seated right in front of us...(sigh)...

[BorderEevilIII]

I just came from LOTR:TTT and this is what I observed......

Well this was premiere day & the auditorium was jammed pack with people so....

- Dont get to particular on where there are open seats are, pick one and sit down!

- Making bathroom runs, snack bar runs once or worse twice or more during the movie and the person trying to pass thru is in the middle of the aisle.

- I heard cell phones ringin! I guess those commercials & friendly reminders before the previews are not helping!

[NuclearMisfit]

I just got back from The Two Towers also and heres what got me pissed off ok Homeboy gets up to answer his phone so he kindly goes out of the theater and talks then he returns and stands right in front of me for like a good solid 40 seconds, as if he forgot he was standing. Second theres a railing near the seats with a seat behind it at the end of the row, I was near there and the guy a couple seats down was proping his feet up there blocking the flow of traffic.

[freakandgeek]

today i went to see the two towers (great movie) and i went to get popcorn as my friend stayed in her seat and GUARDED mine. the theatre was pretty full. actually, major full. but of course, i get the couple infront of me who can't stop kissing and of course they have to sit their tallest, like their mothers told them to sit up. i was like AHHHHH....seriously annoyed me. and the people infront of them weren't sitting tall, so it wasn't like this lame couple had to. luckily i didn't have to read anything at the bottom of the screen. i had TWO heads in my way!!!


oh, i almost forgot to add that when legolas first came on the screen, all these girls screamed and sighed really loud.. OH MY GOSH, SHUT THE HECK UP.....HE CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!

[Invincible]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Fucking motherfuckers who fucking talk on their fucking cellphones while the fucking movie is fucking playing.

Get the fuck up out of your fucking seat and go the fuck outside.

Fuckers.

Good 1 Greb...:p

[Invincible]

Originally posted by NuclearMisfit
1. Teaser Trailers, these trailers are usually released wayyyyy before a movie to get people hyped up for the movie and yet they dont show shit from the movie **cough** terminator 3 **cough**.

Oh fucking hell! you would NOT believe how FUCKING pissed off I was last night when I went to see TTT and was hopin to see the preview! I had my heart beating like crazy!! I thought it'll be next instead they show stupid shit 'Dumb and Dumberer, Final Destination 2' wtF!? where's my damn preview you promised to show! I was sooo pissed!

[Invincible]

Originally posted by Kastman
When a large group of people go to a movie and sit around talking, and trying to be 'cool'. Fuckin dicks, i wanna fucking drown them. Calm down, stop typing what your thinking. AAAAA your still doing it.

Dude, I hate when that happens I feel like breaking their faces! "Break Stuff" is a good song to listen to if you're mad...lol :cool:

"And if my day keep goin like this I might just break your fuckin' face tonight!!!!!!!

[Nicholas_Kross]

when the guy in front of you silently farts. you can't even look in this shitbird's face to give him that look to let him know, that you know his ass is rotten.

all you can see is the back of his head. :mad:

[Razorblade Smile]

One more for the cell phone rant. Last week I went to see Two Weeks Notice and there was a woman next to me who actually CALLED HER FRIEND on her cellphone to tell her about the movie. I couldn't believe it. Christ, you would think people would lose their minds if they didn't have their fucking Nokia crazy-glued to their palms. It's O-K to leave the phone at home for an evening. The world isn't going to stop turning.

I'm also not a big fan of this new double-checking of the ticket bullshit. Has anyone else experienced this? It seems like only AMC theaters are in the practice of doing this and only for the 'hot' new movies.

We already have our tickets checked once when we enter the lobby, but now they check them a SECOND time once you enter the theater. So now I have to balence a tub of popcorn, a barrel of soda (which is always filled way too much) and a box of candy and miraculously find a way to pull the ticket stub out of my back pocket.

[BorderEevilIII]

Originally posted by Razorblade Smile


I'm also not a big fan of this new double-checking of the ticket bullshit. Has anyone else experienced this? It seems like only AMC theaters are in the practice of doing this and only for the 'hot' new movies.

We already have our tickets checked once when we enter the lobby, but now they check them a SECOND time once you enter the theater. So now I have to balence a tub of popcorn, a barrel of soda (which is always filled way too much) and a box of candy and miraculously find a way to pull the ticket stub out of my back pocket.

They do this at the AMC I go too also, It sucks & MOSTLY they do it on Big Budget Movies, Movies Headlined By Big Names Like Hugh Grant or Sandra Bullock for example or Movies Any Indivdual Would Sneak Into.They are REALLY cracking down on this. Would They be Guarding The Doors for The Meryl Streep/Julianne Moore/Nicole Kidman The Hours? Slim Chance They May Not Do DOuble Ticket Checks On Ya But They Definately Do On Their Twilight Showings.... Its A bitch but theres no choice to have ur ticket stub ready & waiting to show when trying to get back in the auditorium for a movie u paid for.

[Jon Lyrik]

1) Huge ticket prices ($8.50 a person?!)
2) Pricy food ($5 for popcorn? gimme a break.)
3) Really tall people blocking your view (happened to me on my first and second viewing of TTT.)
4) Inconsiderate, talkative morons. Also happened on my second viewing of TTT.)
5) Loud, annoying laughs that drown out the movie. Happened during Lilo & Stitch and the Gollum & Gimli scenes in The Two Towers.)
6) Lots of annoying noises, like in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
7) People running back-n-forth-n-back-n-forth-n-back-n-forth on the aisles. Alright if you are the only person in the auditorium and you're getting tired, but not when there are huge amounts of people. Happened on third viewing of TTT.
8) Problematic sound and picture. The sound went out for about 10 minutes on my second viewing of COS to a little whisper, and the picture was down waaaaaaaaaaay too low for the entire time.

[Dietrich]

Same as everyone:

1~ Too much people
2~ Too much kids
3~ Criminal ticket prices
4~ Criminal candy/popcorn/icecream prices
5~ Bad movie-operator skills
6~ People making noise
7~ Mobile phones
8~ Stupid commercials
9~ Crappy chairs

I can think of more, but I'll stop now
:cool:

[ParileseMonster]

But instead of list the same annoyances as everyone else I must add that I can not stand Loud Male Pigs! This one guy who sat in front of me was a total jack ass and I felt bad for his wife but then again she was pretty stupid to be with this dork! He gets up and says to her real loud Im going to the john, I have to pinch one off he he he hehe he. oh yeah man that was a real impressive knee slapper!.....NOT!!! :rolleyes:

[Mikey2Dope]

1. People standing in front of you during previews. I mean good god. During the summer these 3 chicks went to sit down in front of us and then proceeded to stand there watching the new preview of The Two Towers causing us to miss half of it before I heard the most pissed off yell of SIT THE FUCK DOWN from my buddy that I had ever heard.
2.Anyone talking during movies that lasts more than 10 seconds. This chick behind us in Spider-man kept talking during the whole movie actually talking to Spider-man giving him advice and then proceeding to almost cry cause at one point Peter Parker did something to upset her.
3.Cell phones
4.People who sit in front of you or near you in an empty theatre. During Nemesis it actually happened as a guy who must have been about 6"7 proceeds to sit in front of my buddy's girlfriend and she is 5"10. WE WERE THE ONLY 3 IN THE THEATRE!!!!
5.Commercials - Two Towers had 8 in a row. With a movie that long I shouldn't even be seeing one.
6.Annoying kids
7.Parents who brings kids to movies they have no right being at - A mom and dad brought their two kids to see Jackass which was just plain wrong. I mean at one point this is from the 10 year old behind us(during part with tube that says Anal Cream): "What's that?" Mom: "Ummmmm, ask your father."
8.People who just talk about stupid things during the movie: Actual conversation from the 2 guys behind us at The Ring: Guy(doing really dorky laugh): HA I mean come on. The CGI effects in this are pretty good but they have nothing on Star Trek. I mean WTF???
9.People who eat really loudly.
10.People who kick your fucking chair! What is with these people???

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by Mikey2Dope
1. People standing in front of you during previews. I mean good god. During the summer these 3 chicks went to sit down in front of us and then proceeded to stand there watching the new preview of The Two Towers causing us to miss half of it before I heard the most pissed off yell of SIT THE FUCK DOWN from my buddy that I had ever heard.


wish i was there to have heard that!!!

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by The Handeman
i hate people who come in like 10 minutes into the movie and try to find the best seat...GO SIT IN THE FUCKIN FRONT BASTARDS

when we saw 25th hour, my friends and i had great seats on the side, and it was pretty crowded. so, during the whole showing of the previews, people kept coming in, and standing right infront of us (or next to us, blocking our view) and trying to look for a seat. and some people would walk down the isle slowly, and come back up, still looking for a seat. polite and considerate people who stand in the back and look for a seat, not stand infront of freakin people. it really pissed me off. and sometimes there were groups of five or six people all standing in my way at once. ARG............

[freakandgeek]

i have to agree about the laughing at non funny parts. when we went to see 25th hour,

spoilers

the part when slattery is beating monty up

end spoilers

the guy behind me and my friend next to me were laughing...i was like "its not funny"...they stopped laughing after that.

also, another thing that annoys me, and my friend was doing this, was during the movie, talking about something totally stupid. like saying "i like that lamp...thats a cool apartment..nice car.." WHO THE FUCK CARES?! shut up!!!

[MickeyKnox]

The Fucking Previews Annoy the Hell out of Me!

[Ren Hoek]

my favorites:

"Am I the only one who liked Madonna in this film?"

"What did he say?"

"Whaaaaat? Arnie just killed 100 people and didn't get hit by a single bullet? How unrealistic! These stupid action films are sooooooo boring. Why don't we go to see the new Freddie Prinz Jr. film instead?"

"Why did they have to kill the little rabbit?"

"Oh no! Did you say this film is 3 hours long??? Why? I gonna fall asleep!"

[Invincible]

Originally posted by freakandgeek
hells yes. and sometimes its these little teenagers who are trying to impress the opposite sex....gosh, its sooo annoying

That fucking happened to me!!! when I went to see 'The Sum Of All Fears' these 13 year olds; 1 guy and like 4 girls, sat on top left of me, I was in the center...and couldnt shut the fuck up, they were talking throughout the whole movie. I felt so pissed off I wanted to say SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! but I was with my parents, and I was alone without friends, so I'd feel uncomfortable if I did....:mad: :mad: :mad:

Faggots!

[freakandgeek]

i jsut saw a guy thing and these two girls that were sitting behind my friend kept talking and laughing and being really stupid. anyways, when the part at the end

spoilers

and jason lee is breaking up with slema blair and he's talknig about how cool she is and stuff, the two girls go (when he's done) "and you're ugly"...whatever....

end spoilers

how stupid can you be? no one freakin laughed...so shoosh!!!!

[BorderEevilIII]

I just came from About Schmidt which is a Grrreat film but I had one slight problem. I have mentioned this before in a previous thread if its only me I usually go for a row that does'nt have another row behind me cause I DONT like my seat by kicked. When the previews started, A LOT of people showed up. Fine whatever. But the row I was sitting in was filling up which any empty spaces=later comers. Well this lady made a B-Line for the seat next to me. I was saying to myself Great!!!!:mad: But to add to insult the woman wouldnt sit still & she pretended like she was sitting in her favorite lazy boy couch at home. What I mean is that she purposely stretched her arms out & NOT bothering to apologize for her rude like behavior. If it's accidental I'll over look it but the bitch did it again!!!!:mad: My patience was growing oh so thin. I was seconds away from making a scence!!!!!:mad:

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by Invincible
That fucking happened to me!!! when I went to see 'The Sum Of All Fears' these 13 year olds; 1 guy and like 4 girls, sat on top left of me, I was in the center...and couldnt shut the fuck up... but I was with my parents, and I was alone without friends, so I'd feel uncomfortable if I did....:mad: :mad: :mad:

Faggots!

i feel for you man. definately. i can't say stuff to people when i see a movie with my parents....erg....:mad:

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by BorderEevilIII
I was seconds away from making a scence!!!!!:mad:

you should have.......

[A.J. Hakari]

God, tonight I was fighting to keep myself from yelling "SHUT UP!" (sorry for the yelling, but that's what it felt like inside) to these three girls who would NOT shut up during DARKNESS FALLS. They bantered, talked, commented on the smallest thing that happened in the movie, and frickin' sang. And whenever I did my little *ahem* to let them know I was getting annoyed, all they'd do is say "What's your problem?" and proceed to talk more.

Now this was a rant...cripes, people should just learn to clam up already...

[NuclearMisfit]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
God, tonight I was fighting to keep myself from yelling "SHUT UP!" (sorry for the yelling, but that's what it felt like inside) to these three girls who would NOT shut up during DARKNESS FALLS. They bantered, talked, commented on the smallest thing that happened in the movie, and frickin' sang. And whenever I did my little *ahem* to let them know I was getting annoyed, all they'd do is say "What's your problem?" and proceed to talk more.

Now this was a rant...cripes, people should just learn to clam up already...

Thats when you should have gotten up and said something along the lines of "Your not Ebert or Ropper so shut the fuck up!" then you could have ended that line with the five above the eyes that would have shut them up.

[Moviefan1234]

Some of us are more peaceful than that tactic...

[NuclearMisfit]

sorry therapy just doesnt work for me moviefan sometimes I just cant control it.... UGHHHH HULK SMASH!!!:(

[Moviefan1234]

I bet your tactic works though. :D

[electriclite]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
God, tonight I was fighting to keep myself from yelling "SHUT UP!" (sorry for the yelling, but that's what it felt like inside) to these three girls who would NOT shut up during DARKNESS FALLS. They bantered, talked, commented on the smallest thing that happened in the movie, and frickin' sang. And whenever I did my little *ahem* to let them know I was getting annoyed, all they'd do is say "What's your problem?" and proceed to talk more.

Now this was a rant...cripes, people should just learn to clam up already...


Why didn't you just reply with "You're my fucking problem. Now shut the hell up before I get someone to kick you out."

That "ahem" shit doesn't garner any respect, its passive, and therefore doesn't strike any fear into the perpetrator. "Shut the fuck up." (not yelling, but clearly loud enough to let them hear) works, plus anyone else who was annoyed with them will join in. Now you got yourself a team. See if they don't clam up after that.

[A.J. Hakari]

I would've taken action, but the girls were apparently friends with one of the employees, so they probably would've told a story where I was the bad guy and kept harrassing them.

Plus, I think if I ever said "Shut the fuck up", I'd get in more trouble for saying "fuck" to someone than they would for talking constantly. I live in that small of an area.

[NuclearMisfit]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
I would've taken action, but the girls were apparently friends with one of the employees, so they probably would've told a story where I was the bad guy and kept harrassing them.

Plus, I think if I ever said "Shut the fuck up", I'd get in more trouble for saying "fuck" to someone than they would for talking constantly. I live in that small of an area.

would the news of you saying that travel through your small town??

[electriclite]

Were they friends of the usher?

Cause even if they were friends with him that still doesn't give them the upper hand. You could threaten the "friend" by saying you want to speak to the manager, and then they'd end up telling the noisy girls to behave for fear of losing their job.


Of course this would all take precious time away from your movie watching experience, unless of course you can extort a free movie ticket out of the whole mess.:)

[A.J. Hakari]

Nah, it wouldn't travel through my small town that I, gasp!, swore (I hear language worse than in CLERKS every day in school), but they'd probably take it pretty sensitively. I just want to avoid trouble.

I dunno if they were friends of the usher, but they looked like they were, so I just walked out of there as soon as possible. Now, I'm just happy with fate hopefully smiling on me and never have me sit near them again at a flick.

[Alicia]

I have several theatre annoyances- children in adult films, chatty people, tall people- but this (from when I went to "Bride of Chucky") was just bizarre...

During the 'doll sex scene', some man yelled out "The dolls are gonna shag!!" A bunch of morons started chit-chatting about it, but they did shut up once the scene was over.This happened when I was leaving the theatre. I tripped and bumped into the man in front of me, who turned out to be the same man who had yelled out. He had a full (small) pop container and ended up spilling it all over my shirt. He was practically groping me trying to clean it up. It was just all so bizarre :o

[Voodoodoll]

Quite a few things:

No leg room - I don't care (am short :D ) but I have to get there really early if I'm with my boyfriend, so we can get aisle seats and he doesnt get leg cramps.

Have had no prob with mobile phones - it would piss me off if I had though.

Pretentious people in art cinemas: I get annoyed as anyone with people eating really loudly during films but picture this - it's a midnight showing of Don't Look Now on saturday night, me and my mates are wrecked from going out the night before. We all had lollies (no wrappers! no noise!) to give us sugar rushes and keep us awake and people kept glaring at us. Evidently lolly pops aren't cool enough for art cinemas :mad:

Tall people sitting in front of me in an empty cinema :mad: Although some really sweet blokes moved to worse seats in case they blocked me and my mates in My Little Eye :)

Infants in non-kid films: other than the fact they're disturbing everyone, I really don't think they take the movie in.

[The Young Son]

1. When you go to see a movie that has been based a book (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc.) and there are people behind you that have read the book and are telling their friends what happens next, and you can hear them. It just pisses me off.


2. When you go to see a funny movie for all ages and there are a lot of kids that laugh at EVERYTHING. Now thats a pain in the ass.

[Mick]

I went to see Gangs Of New York last night, and the projector was really pissing me off. It was so bloody LOUD. Any time there was only dialogue you could hear this thing tick-tick-ticking away.

That Royal Marines advert was on, too. You know the one I mean "What's your limit? Here? Here? Here?" and they show you clips of the guys drowning and shit. "99.9% need not apply", super. I'm at the cinema, sitting on my ass watching a film, this will be the most strenuous point of my week - I'm certainly not going to sign up for the bloody Marines, now go away.

I also hate when people talk during trailers. Do you really have that much to say? No, you bloody well don't, 'cause you're talking about Zoe Ball or something. Can't you keep your damn mouth shut for 3 hours? Dagnabbit, if you want to sit and chat, do it in your own time - not mine.

Nacho cheese getting cold and going all thick pisses me off, too. If you buy the nachos when you go in, by the time the movie actually starts they've gone all crappy. If I eat them during the trailers I'll regret it later when I've got nothing to eat during the movie. Would a 5 minute "movie's about to start" warning be too much to ask? Probably. Cinema's suck, I can't wait 'til I can afford to build my own.

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by Mick
Cinema's suck, I can't wait 'til I can afford to build my own.

Exactly! Need a helping hand? ;)

[The Handeman]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Exactly! Need a helping hand? ;)

need 2?

[Mick]

Sure. You guys can supply the cash, I'll PM you my details for my Swiss account, and I'll do the rest.

There's a building near me that used to be my local cinema until it closed. It's still there as it's listed and can't be demolished. I'd really love to set something up if I had the money, any idea how costly setting up a cinema is? :D It's quite small, only a few screens.

[Mad Maggot]

There are just some:

1. People who start opening chips or any other food as soon as the lights are off and the movie starts!!!

2. Parents who take 3-7 y.o. kids with them to TLOTR movies.

3. People talking during the movie.

4. Shoutings like: 'Oh, I got what he meant!' or 'He's cute', or 'I can't watch scenes like that', or 'So what did he tell you on your date?'.

5. Old farters that dismissed with the movie and watch at you when you laugh.

6. Cell phones.

7. Stupid questions like 'What's next? Tell me!'

8. Commercials.

9. When they turn on the lights - you can see anything on the screen - and I want to see the cast!

10. Not enough place to put my legs where I want!

[freakandgeek]

ok, my recent little lovely thing.

i just went to see final destination 2 with my mom and before the movie started, they had this thing with john travolta. well, i heard (WAY IN BACK - LIKE TEN OR MORE ROWS) these kissing noises and yelps. i was like "what the hell, these kids should be in school" (it was almost 1 pm)....i turned to see two older ladies, older then my mom (who is 55) making these annoying noises.

also, there were about six or seven couiples there, and one guy. guess where the guys sits. almost right infront of my mom. i was annoyed. then he took out his burgekind sandwich and started to much. why couldn't he have sat somewhere that wasn't near us?


LOSERS:mad:

[DoCk]

Beat. The Nurse sets aside Nomak's file, looking
uncomfortable.

NURSE
Your blood has a very rare phenotype,
one that's quite valuable to people like
us.

NOMAK
Us? What are you talking about?

A kind-faced DOCTOR enters, nodding to Guard #1.

DOCTOR
It's a good news-bad news scenario,
Jared. Good news for us, bad for you.

MOVIGOER (OS)
Oh hell yea! Fuck man, watch this!

MOVIEGOER 2 (OS)
What man what?????

MOVIEGOER (OS)
This is da part when da fuckin' vampire.....

The Doctor and Nurse smile, BARING FANGS. We realize now that they are both vampires. The Guard, too. He grips Nomak by the throat, forcing him back into the restraint chair. As the vampire Guard does so, his hand brushes against Nomak's jaw. The flesh on Nomak's chin briefly separates along the scar - almost as if it were a seam.


MOVIEGOER (OS)
See! I told you! Boo-yah!!!!!!!!!!

MOVIEGOER 2 (OS)
(overlapping)
Ahhhhhhhh!!! Shit! Gross!!!!!

[Grim H.]

People in the theatre who deserve to be beaten with a large, heavy object.

1. These assholes who have cellphones.
There's one thing I don't understand. When the reminder to turn your cell phones off during a movie comes on, WHY THE HELL DON'T PEOPLE DO IT! This is a true story. One guy recieved 3 phone calls in the same movie! I know it was the same guy because nobody has that ringtone. As if that wasn't enough, the people telling him to turn it off were more annoying than he was. This one stupid bitch wouldn't stop telling people about it. She was complaining all the way into the bathroom, and even on the way out!

2. People who don't respect the film
Here I am, watching what could become an important film, and there's always some group of girls who won't stop giggling and talking and throwing food. Sit down and shut the fuck up!

It doesn't stop there!

3. Middle School kids who go there to hang out.
Last time I went to a theatre, me and a friend sat down. Then along come these middle shcool age asswipes. They tell us to move down so they can sit. (Cause they're too lazy to go to another row.) We move down one seat when we realize we could have stayed where we were and everybody could've fit. The kid gives me some look and goes "Good Job." I almost beat the shit out of him right there. Then they start talking, yelling, laughing, taking out cell phones. I would've been pissed if I was in a more respectable movie, but it was only Eight Crazy Nights
I'll stop there becaues I know I'm rambling.
Thank you for this oppurtunity to vent my frustrations.

[movies35]

When I was at the Ring my cell-phone went off! I would have turned it off but my mom told me to leave it on. It was the part when SPOILERS **She Was Coming Out Of The Tv** but no one was mad. One person came up to me and said, "That scared the fucking shit out of me! Don't ever do a god damn thing like that again. " And I was like, "It was my mom seeing if the movie was over. And he said it was okay, I was so fucking embarrised. And in Santa Clause 2 my dad's fucking binks (chinesse) girlfriend calls, I hate he guts, so I said dad's at home gotta go bye. I now turn off the cell-phones.

[The Postmaster General]

DESTRACTIONS.

[speed_rebel]

Little Kids in R-rated movies WITHOUT parents. I thought that was illegal.....

[BorderEevilIII]

Originally posted by speed_rebel
Little Kids in R-rated movies WITHOUT parents. I thought that was illegal.....
Looks like they may have snuck in... Usually, they would be asked for their ticket stubs and if they dont.....They would have been ejected from the theatre.

[cky_landspeed]

Probably chatters or annoying trouble makers that throw stuff at others during the movie.....They stopped one time though (and i'm not kidding about this)....I was once at the movies and there was a bunch of loud drunken teenagers throwing stuff during the movie and one of these like 20 year old huge work out fellas got up and punched of the teenagers in the face like 5 times.....it was hilarious!, they sure as hell shut up after that!....there should be like bouncers or something at the theater to shut up the idiots like those guys.

[NoSoUpFoRyOu]

ROFL!!! I seen this one big ass black lady pull out her own bag of popcorn from between her breasts when i seen this one movie lol!!! That just bothered the hell out of me. x.x

[Moviefan1234]

Originally posted by NoSoUpFoRyOu
ROFL!!! I seen this one big ass black lady pull out her own bag of popcorn from between her breasts when i seen this one movie lol!!! That just bothered the hell out of me. x.x

That just ain't right...

[freakandgeek]

Originally posted by Razorblade Smile
One more for the cell phone rant. Last week I went to see Two Weeks Notice and there was a woman next to me who actually CALLED HER FRIEND on her cellphone to tell her about the movie. I couldn't believe it. Christ, you would think people would lose their minds if they didn't have their fucking Nokia crazy-glued to their palms. It's O-K to leave the phone at home for an evening. The world isn't going to stop turning.

I'm also not a big fan of this new double-checking of the ticket bullshit. Has anyone else experienced this? It seems like only AMC theaters are in the practice of doing this and only for the 'hot' new movies.

We already have our tickets checked once when we enter the lobby, but now they check them a SECOND time once you enter the theater. So now I have to balence a tub of popcorn, a barrel of soda (which is always filled way too much) and a box of candy and miraculously find a way to pull the ticket stub out of my back pocket.

i can sorta defend the theatres with this one because i useto work at the theatre, but i can understand your pissed offness. well, when i worked at the theatre (it was a mann) we'd get a movie like not another teen movie and kids would try and sneak in. thats why we would stand guard and check tickets the second time....people sneak into movies all the time, especially kids trying to see something like tom cats or not another teen movie.

let me ask you this (and i am NOT trying to be a wiseass)...if the movie was sold out and 12 teenagers snuck in, wouldn't it piss you off that they had tickets to a different movie and caused you a tougher time to find a seat?

;)

[NoSoUpFoRyOu]

Have yall ever seen someone smuggle a video camera into the theater so they can be like one of the first people to have it on tape?

[freakandgeek]

ok, i have another one....

my friend and i went to see old school in hollywood. well, we sat down in the back on the side (but in the middle) and these people who sat behind us were really annoying. especially the girl. but i got over it....for then. and then, three guys sat infront of us, and i swear, they sat as tall as they possibly could. and those weren't the only seats left. anyways...as the movie started, the girl behind us started to really tick me off. she was like "oh my god, do you see those dykes...? those are dykes! oh my god, dykes.." i wanted to smack her in the head, but i didn't. WHY DIDN'T I?

:mad:

[Tagia_Romero]

Fuck freakandgeek that sounds damned annoying.

I was at a cinema with a male friend of mine seeing a Halloween line up and during Argento's "The Stedenthal Syndrome" I looked down in front of me and this stupid chick was giving this guy a blow. Now its not the blow that got to me it was the slurping sounds she was making while doing it. My friend and I looked at each other before he poured his icey-cold Coke onto the girl's head before saying. "That's for the bedroom, not for a cinema."
I was thinking they were going to strike back but instead they quietly composed themselves and made down the stairs for the door.

[Invincible]

Originally posted by Mikey2Dope

10.People who kick your fucking chair! What is with these people???

If that shit is going to happen to me when I see T3, I do NOT give a shit, I will seriousely shout out "Don't kick my MOTHERFUCKING CHAIR!"

Hopefully I'll sit on the very top though. :cool:

[Invincible]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
And whenever I did my little *ahem* to let them know I was getting annoyed, all they'd do is say "What's your problem?" and proceed to talk more.



Dammit man! if I was on your place I'd say..."Well my problem is you being a little bitch and not wanting to drink a tall glass of "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!"" aaaahhh, I feel so much better now!

[redleaf]

Originally posted by SAI
Isolated incidents, but they really got up my nose.




4: Not sure of the film.
Empty theatre. I'm the only one there, a couple walks in and sits RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. Some people.








You mean I am not the only one that happens to?

I am aghast, agog, stupified and plain ticked when I go into a movie and am the ONLY ONE THERE and two people show up then sit RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and decide to talk about real estate or a job issue or a family matter.

Are these people nuts?

I can go into a 300 seat theater with only two other people and I swear they will make it a point to do something so obviously annoying like yell, stand up and take off the jacket, switch seats during the movie, pause while standing, talk about getting something from the snackbar (while standing) and then walk out of the row and THEN ask the other person if they want something who is now across the theater.

Its amazing.


And you wonder why I want home theater instant releases.


Lets not even talk about the feet on chairs on top of each other (heel to toe) so that even if you are ten rows back its all you see.


The singular flaw in all of this


management enforcement of rules.

Tolerance of abuse only fosters it and soon isolated actions become a prevailing whole.

Theater is in a nose dive because it is getting more unpleasant and therefore not worth the expense. Its sad because I love cinema.


I blame management.


Try being that loud in a live theater during a play or musical. It wouldnt be tolerated.

[redleaf]

I learned not to get to movies early to pick good seats.

You do and then some WOOKIE woman snapping her gum sits in front of you. Or some foreign family comes and is mad that you have the center seat that splits them and they yell about you in some foreign tongue like as if you got there early and chose the seat to ruin their movie.


Or you get the college clique who wants to put their feet up on the back of your head.


I used to know the exact best seats to pick. I have stopped. I've had countless ruined nights because of late showing people who sat in front or behind and had to ruin it.


And would you stupid girls stop taking your shoes off and placing your bare feet on the row next to the people in front of you.

Its not your house.

[Neesh]

Aside from the obvious human variables, what irritates me the most at a theatre, is when the film isn't matted right for the screen. Sometimes you'll see that the film area is being projected slightly above or below the screen, or maybe its off center.

That really fucking pisses me off!!!!!!!

[jackson13]

This is one of the most annoying things that ever happened to me at a movie. It happened back in February during a Sunday Matinee of Just Married.
I'm the first one in the theater, like usual. I've made it a habit to be the first one there, that way I get the seat I like: back row center. So, im sitting there in the back row, middle seat, waiting for the movie to begin, yada yada you know, and in comes a family of about 7, and it musta been coincidental that none of the kids with the 2 parents were over 7 themselves. Now, they have the whole theater to find a seat, but where do they sit? No, not in front of me: RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO ME!
They plop down, whip out the soft drinks and popcorn, throw off their coats and start yakking a mile a minute. I got pissed and moved to the end of the row, but I hate sitting next to the wall, so I left a seat between me and the wall, for comfort room. Well, I no sooner sit down and get comfy, and in walks some old dude, like in his 70's, no joke, and where does he sit? No, not in front of me: RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO ME!
The old bastard sits down right in the seat between me and the wall!! I got so pissed I actually said "What the fuck, am I an annoying person magnet?!" I grabbed my coat and went out into the lobby to calm down, and ended up buying a pop at the show for the first time in ages. When I walked back in, I stopped and saw that all those dickweeds were still in the back row, where I claimed my seat first! So, I trudged down front and sat in about the 4th row, which sucked. Needless to say I was pissed.

[moviemuffin]

When I went to see Femme Fatale there was some idiot who brought a happy birthday balloon into the cinema and it floated across the screen throughout the movie.

At one point a closeup kissing scene had this gigantic balloon shadow right in the middle of their noses.

People who bring children to rated R movies should be reported to DYS by the management.

Tell ya something else... AMC theaters can bite me. I belonged to their stupid assed Movie Watcher program and it takes five million years to gain enough points to get a free movie. They won't let you use the passes on any "Special Engagements" and ALL NEW RELEASES are "Special Engagements" til they have been out a month.

Who the F*CK who sees enough movies to actually GET a free movie from these butt munchers is going to want to see ANYTHING that's been out for more than a F*CKING month?

So I wait til the previews have started, go to the lady's room, and switch theaters to a "Special Engagement." They stop checking stubs after the movie previews start. Screw em.

[The Handeman]

I hate amc as well. My favorite theater is Muvico by far.

[Dead Halloween]

Dubbin.

Well this only happen in non-english contrys.