Around here, there aren’t enough places that are open after 10pm besides bars, movie theaters and nightclubs for the “OMG, you’re restricting their freedom!” argument to really sway me. Do underage kids really need to be heading to bars and nightclubs after 10pm? Maybe it’s different these days, but as a 24-year-old, I remember spending a lot of time hanging out with friends in our parents’ houses. Occasionally there was the “no parents home” house party, but I wasn’t spending a ton of time loitering in places doing illegal things because it was harder to get caught doing illegal things while in someone’s home.
I’ve had to leave theaters and ask for either a trade in tickets or a refund before; most of the time, it’s a problem with the older ladies wearing a cloud of perfume and urine that makes me ill. However, there was one occasion where I was watching The Devil Wears Prada, and one elderly person shat themselves while their caretaker let them SIT IN IT FOR TWO HOURS. The stench was horrendous, and, having worked at this theater before, I knew that management wouldn’t do anything to upset the old people.
I wish we still had an indie theater nearby; the closest one is around 30 miles away and totally not worth driving that distance for. :mad: 
Yep, that’s me. I loove a/v gear (how dare you call them “toys”?!) and woud probably get along famously with your bud.
Heck, just learning to use my Universal Remote appears to be a task that eludes mere mortals…though I’m proud to say RedJr has no such issue. Funny though, if I’m not home and any of my friends come by, best they can do is turn on the TV – to a black display of course. And then when I show up, they get pissed at me! 
My biggest beef with movie theaters? Commercials! I have NO interest or desire to sit through the latest computer game ad or Pepsi bit.
I also hate all the previews–I sat through 20+ minutes of previews before HP5 this past week.
I don’t mind occasional comments from the audience–it reinforces that this is a group activity, and it can add to the energy–the audience cheered when Cho and Harry kissed, for example. An older woman near me said, “you’re a fool” to Fudge near the end of the film. Not real loudly-but enough to be oveheard.
I did go to one midnight showing of HP4. The crowd was 90% teens, and VERY unruly prior to the show. Once that WB logo appeared–there was much shushing by teens to other teens, and then silence.
I don’t go to movies much, mostly because of the high ticket prices (and then ads, too! no way), but also because it’s a crap shoot. Sure, it’s not always teens, and some of the rudest people I’ve ever met have been retired, but that’s not the point. There is usually someone there who cannot act appropriately in public. We seem to have lost some kind of public behavior standard, in general. It detracts from the experience. I cant afford a home theater (and have no wish for one), so I rent DVDs or buy them (or check them out from the public library). It takes an event like LOTR or HP to get me into the theater.
I went to the movies a couple of years ago, I think it was “The Aviator”. Just before the movie started, a bunch of the rudest little baggy pants types filed into the theater being as noisy and rowdy and profane as they could possibly be, and they sat right behind us :eek: :eek: :eek:
The movie opens with a B+W sequence to denote the time period. One of the kids immediately says “Shit motherfucker, I don’t want to see no motherfucking movie in no fuckin’ black and white” and they all left as quickly as they came! 
It helps if you pick the right movie. 