I’d love to see them try to get that prosecuted for a cell phone without a camera.
I’d also love to see NOBODY using a cell phone in a theater.
At one of the screenings of Serenity I saw, some punkass kid answered his phone, and a guy in my row said loudly but calmly “Shut up, or I will shut you up.” The rest of the kid’s party giggled and he got up, turned around to face his accuser, and discovered that the guy was mid-20s, easily 250 pounds, and had a good foot of height on the kid. The kid walked out. I guess I should be glad Joss got their money, but why would anyone who talks in the theater even think of seeing Serenity in its first week?
Wow, Jurph, it takes a special kind of stupidity to answer a phone in a movie filled with fanboys and gals; frankly, as dedicated as Whedon fans are, I’m surprised there wasn’t a lynching on the spot.
As Una mentioned, I’ve confronted these annoying people in the theaters. Whether you’re talking too loudly, answering a phone (admittedly, that rarely happens in the KC theaters I attend), or–the annoyance du jour of the week–texting on your phone, I’ll try to whisper something politely, or walk on over and tell you to stop. Unfortunately, as others have said, if it escalates to where you need to get them out, you have to leave the theater to find a manager and miss a portion of the movie.
Sometimes the effort’s worth it, a lot of the time (e.g., when you’re in a stadium-style theater and you’re at the top while the annoying texters are a mile away at the bottom) it’s not. Some days, unfortunately, you gotta swallow it and hope you can shrug off the distractions.
But, boy, what I wouldn’t give for that magical button attached to my armrest that’d allow me to hand out electrical shocks to those who won’t watch the friggin’ movie.
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I’m getting too old to sit back and stew (45), so when some jerk started to hold up the lite-brite screen his cell phone had and take a frickin’ screen shot of the movie I walked up behind him and said (in my most menacing voice) “knock it off!” I startled him and he knocked it off. Funny thing, when I got up right behind him it was then I noticed that he had an infant on his lap. Little guy was so quiet and still I did not know he was there.
Would that include sleeping through movies one didn’t want to see in the first place but was forced to attend? If so, keep your hands off of my button; if not, carry on.
Depends. Are you snoring? Loudly?
Mrs. D_Odds would put a quick end to that.
Oh, well, that’s alright, then.
Was that intended to be as silly as it is?
I missed the silly part.
annoyance du jour of the week - annoyance of the day of the week
Oof. I did miss it. I’m just not that sharp before seven AM, I guess.