Yeah, I hate that too. It’s always something like:
“What’d she say? She doesn’t have any money for the pizza? How is she going to pay for it?”
“I bet she’s going to give the pizza boy oral sex!”
“What?”
“I said oral sex! Look, see? What’d I tell you?”
Vinyl Turnip The last one that was memorable for me in this regard was ‘Perfume’. Oftentimes it’s ‘adult’ movies that end up being way out of the person’s intellectual league. Like when I watched ‘Babel’, and Cate Blanchett is laying there shot. The old Moroccan woman comes up with some pot, and the lady near me was like, “Oh no, she’s being taken care of by a pothead.”, I leaned over and said, “It’s a painkiller.”, the look of realization in the woman’s eyes was priceless. It apparently had never occurred to her.
I find adults talking in movies far more irritating than teenagers. Teenagers are supposed to be self-centered and oblivious to others around them, but adults should know better. Of course, I have learned that maturity IS NOT a function of age.
So a $3,000 television, not to mention the kick ass speakers I’m sure you have, which all gets upgraded every 5 years, plus a few hundred per year on your subscriptions/rentals and you “guarantee” this will save us money? You must have either gone to a hell of a lot of movies or failed math class.
Anyway, I rarely ever have any problems at the theater. Guess I’m either lucky or oblivious.
Don’t you live in Baltimore? I’ve seen The Wire - Wikipedia , I know how that place works.
It’s FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. And as far as socializing them? Yeah, staying out on the street all night doing fuck knows what is certainly better than having them at home asleep.
EDIT: And no, they can’t be trusted. They are children and therefore not mentally capable of making sound judgments about a wide variety of issues. Lots of those issues tend to arise while prowling the streets at night.
I thought at least someone would bitch about how freaking loud they all are now. No wonder the others are always yelling at each other. I bring my earplugs to the theater.
And how can you not know how to whisper? I don’t believe that’s even possible. That’s like not being able to spit.
A favorite line of mine from some nameless comedian (well he has a name, I just can’t remember who it was) - Did you learn to whisper in a helicopter?
Worse, if we do nothing we’re just breeding a new generation of people who think it’s perfectly acceptable to talk, fight, text, whatever during the movie. That’s going to be really annoying when I’m old(er) and cranky. Damn kids.
There’s just a lack of common good manners nowadays (and I know that I just noticed the ill mannered and overlook the 99% who behave). But if nobody points it out to them will they ever know?
SD
I always thought of it more as a “resident aliens” movie.
Sailboat
We saw Harry Potter at the 3:20 showing yesterday and had no problems at all.
We saw Ratatouille a couple of weeks ago, and aside from the odd woman behind me who thought everything in the trailers was the height of hilarity, no problems.
Normally, we prefer the drive-in and have, you guessed it, no problems.
I doubt that it’s that Ohioans are nicer. I assume my husband and I are simply more tolerant of a certain level of disruption going along with being in a public space.
Actually, I still own my original set of 5.1 Acoustic Research speakers which came with a 250 watt sub and they are still in great shape (changed the cones on a couple due to moisture-related damage over the years, but that is really not expensive) just added two more for the 7.1 receiver.
Math: yes, I watch a ton of movies and sporting events, other than playing sports, pretty much a stay at home guy since my early/mid thirties, US 40 a month for directTV -- don't purchase any PPVs, movies 90% covered by rapidshare downloads, probably rent one or two a month -- and 6.99 euros monthly for Rapidshare. Upgrade, as I said, between US 2-4 thousand every five/six years (this was my third, done last year), and yes the math still works out fine for me, considering that most times I went to the movies (ex-wife, GF and/or son) not only included movie expenses but normally dinner as well. US $100.00 was nothing out of the ordinary and considering I watch 7-10 movies/sports events weekly (used to go to sports bars for those) and so does my son when he is with me, go ahead, do the math. I’d easily spend 6 to 7 hundred bucks a month going out. Mind you, I lived in CT and went down to The City a lot for movies/dinner/clubbing…so those figures are rather moderate.
Works for me.
Not that it excuses any of the behavior the OP witnessed, but he went to see:
A movie primarily aimed at teens
During the summer
At a multiplex
Within 3 days of its opening
I love going to the movies, but I find theater/time/movie combinations where I know I’m not going to be fighting a losing battle against rude patrons.
Last two movies I saw were Sicko, which obviously had none of those issues.
And, I saw HP yesterday in a mostly-filled 900-seat theater, and didn’t have any of those problems. It’s a well-managed theater that I’ve come to know doesn’t normally get populated with morons.
47 years ago, Heinlein suggested using “Nyeh Kuhl-toornee!” as a last resort. No idea how well it would work now that the USSR has been gone for 15 years.
I usually have issues with jerks in theatres (thank you to the ass who refused to take her crying infant out of the theatre during Shrek 3 last month - at an 8:30 showing - because she’d be leaving her OTHER children alone. :rolleyes: ), but Harry Potter movies are actually my favorites to see in the theatre - I have never been to a HP movie in a theatre where there’s been a disruption. Perhaps I’m lucky, but I think it’s just that everyone in there is excited to see the movie, and as intent upon the screen as we are.
Yesterday’s 2:30 showing was nearly-perfect. We did have one cell phone go off right behind us, but it was fairly comical as the music matched the scene :D.
Well, you didn’t really say anything about it replacing drinking at sports bars as well as movies, so I think I can be forgiven for the Math crack - it would have been about a hundred movies a year to break even, ISTM. Also, I would humbly wonder if you do not still take a wife/girlfriend out to dinner, even if there is no movie on the agenda.
But hey, it’s sounds nice- I’m not knocking it. Not being quite the rabid sports fan and only being a middling movie lover, it would definitely NOT work for me money saving wise. Now, my own draught tap might make some sense.
What I want is a system where I could type in someone’s seat number, then push a button and they’d get a big ol’ jolt. 
You are comparing the cost of going out and doing stuff versus staying home and watching TV. When you start including things like the cost of a restaurant meal in the equation it’s hardly a valid financial comparison. For most people an expensive home theater setup is not going to save them money compared to the cost of movie tickets.
You are right. I was unconsciously, both hyperbolic and all too inclusive – meaning that I took my lifestyle (pre and after HT) as a valid mean of comparison vis-a-vis the general population. And it isn’t. Like you say, I’m likely in the minority when it comes to my love for both movies and sporting events. It’s just the way I’ve always been, and from that perspective, I am sure I’ve saved quite a bit of money over the years after I got into HT.
As for still taking the odd GFs (plural, as I’ve have not been in a serious relation for over five years and I’d just as soon keep it that way. Guess the older one gets the more set in one’s ways one become) out somewhere, well, would you believe that I normally bring/invite them over to my place for both, dinner and a movie? Sure I still have to buy the food and have someone cook it for me if I don’t do it – still beats the hell out of most, admittedly, high-end restaurants. Not like I am a total hermit, as I said, I still do sports (racquetball) and yes, once or even twice I month I’ll go out and eat with the family, but by and large, my recreational needs are met at home. Og knows I partied enough to last two-lifetimes up till my early thirties.
Anyway, to each their own – as I’ve should have said from the start – but not only do I obviously like my “method” (hell, no crowds, noise, set starting time, cell-phones going off, great pic, sound,etc.) again, I am sure, and my bank account reflects it, that I save quite a bit of money doing it this way. Having qualified it thusly, then I think it safe to say that if someone out there has a similar lifestyle/likings as I do, the home-theater route is indeed the way to go. As it is, I stand corrected.
Better? 
Didn’t see this before:
::::lightbulb flashing:::
'cept with Scotch in it. :smack:
Yeah, RedFury, I have a friend who’s into his high end a/v toys the same way. I figured you were displaying a little unconscious over-enthusiasm. 
I have a friend who owns two movie theatres, and I keep telling him that he needs to have a “STFU Night”. Rules are simple:
The two best movie going experiences of my life were with said friend, at advanced screenings for the first two LOTR movies. The place was full of theatre owners, all of whom knew how to behave during a movie. Sublime.