Murder.

I can't stand it when people try to murder other people in the theater when I'm trying to watch Chow Yun Fat dance on the edge of a sword. Take it outside, for God's sake.

Things that annoy me at the movies:
- people who eat too loud
- people who wear too much perfume
- teenagers who act like idiots through the whole movie
- sitting in the front row because it's packed
- the price of the damn popcorn

* People who cant pretend to be civil
* People who litter= messes everywhere once the lights go back on
* Kids in R theaters (I expect kids to be kids in kid rated movie)
* Way too much salt on the popcorn
* Not enough butter on the popcorn
* Prices of the tickets
* Prices of the food
* People who laugh obnoxiously (Pan)

I used to work in a movie theater, and I would just like to explain the sticky floor phenomenon.

Movie theater floors get mopped every night (at least big theaters in big cities do, the tiny theater in the podunk town I grew up in wasn't nicknamed the Sticky Shoe for nothing). However, drinks get spilled all the time. A large tipped over coke covers a lot of floor. Most theaters only have a few minutes to clean up major problems between showings. Add numerous spills, spilled candy, and tracking caused by walking through the spill, and it makes for very sticky floors.

As for my pet peeves...most have already been covered numerous times, but one thing I can't freaking stand is when people buy something with a crinkly wrapper and open it slowly, as if that will lessen the noise. It just extends the crinkling, so rip the damn thing open already and be done with it!

Anyone else have theaters with reserved seating? I hate that too.

I worked at a theater over summer and the things i hate most are:

when people buy tickets they have this tendency to always say "why is it so expensive?" I dont know, I just answer inflation, and people should know how much a ticket is beforehand.

Then theres the people that come in when a movie starts then comes back to me and complains that its too full. (as mentioned earlier i believe)

Ok this one was funny, some guy answers a call. I tell him to either hang up or talk outside. He follows me out. Moments later I get another complaint and I come back and hes talkin inside the theater in the hallway not even watching the movie but near the trashcans... and its like is it so hard to walk out that door 2 feet in front of you and talk?

Well this ones kind of the workers fault but when the turnover for a movie is like 10 min and u dont have enough time to clean the theater and people are sitting in there and you ask them if they can please step outside so that you can clean. They get mad and wont move. I know its my fault, but still cmon I could have just pretended I forgot and left you in the filth.

Myself, Lasereth, and now that I think about it, my sister, usually get really angry at people who "ruin the show" in theaters. I guess it runs in the family. Anyway, if someone is being loud, I just give a gentle "ssssshhhhhh." If they keep being loud, "can you please stop talking?" If they keep talking, "SHUT THE FUCK UP." If you do it when there's not much going on in the movie, when it's really quiet, the effect it has is astounding. Trust me, 90% of those people that are being loud are cowards and will shut up when you get hostile. It's either listen to them ruin them the movie, or get hostile....choose. your. destiny. More people need to yell at others when they are being rude. The world would be a better place!

And you sir, appear to be a racist. There is a lot of anger in this thread, but you have officially outed yourself as a bigot.

I agree with you, colored folk do tend to emote (talk/scream/laugh) in a movie theatre than the general population (I say colored because I am simply referring to non-whites, although in my experience asians are also very quiet)

That being said, when I got to this part of your filth

I got angry.

You are clearly a racist, and have no shame in being one...if I were an admin I would ban you immediately unless you gave some very good explanations.

I know I don't post much, but I am shocked that you can say this kind of filth without giving anybody pause. You phrased your comments in such a way that they have become innocous, but let me give a translation for those who may have missed it.

"Being black doesn't give you a right to talk to the screen. I used to live near a lot of these ghetto people who said stupid shit in ebonics. (*Here's the kicker*) This gives me some support in my dislike of black folk. Go somewhere else blacks."

Sounds a helluva lot worse don't it? It's roughly the same message.

Unless you're bothered specifically by racist behavior in movie theaters, I'd say you picked the wrong thread for your rant.

I hate it when minor celebrities run up to the front of the theater, whip out their dicks, and masturbate.

I suppose this ultimately makes me jealous of their fame to begin with.

warrrreagl

i'm getting the impression you completely mis-read my post.

To reiterate, I pointed out that one of the members of this community, said, "I don't like black people" and nobody seems to give a rat's ass. Many respected members of this community have posted on this thread and even the founder. Yet nobody sees a problem with somebody saying, "I don't like black people?" Really? I didn't think that kind of behavior would be allowed in this community...seems as if I was mistaken.

Post...the...movie...theater...behaviors...you...hate.

That's as clearly as I can say it.

Tilted Philosophy, Tilted Politics, Tilted Living, Tilted General Discussion, etc., are all located somewhere else.

Generally, if you find a post offensive, report it. There's a button on the left.

That said, I hate most of the things that other people have already mentioned.

I hate it when people sit behind me and complain about me obscuring their vision. (I'm tall). I show up to the theater 15 minutes+ early in order to select a seat I like, without people behind me. If you want a good seat, come early.

I hate people who come into the theater after the movie has already begun and ask me if the seats next to me are taken, interrupting the movie.

I hate friends who ask me to save a seat for them at a new movie and then show up late.

I hate people who save more than 1 seat for others (and the "others" are not currently in the movie theater).

I hate people who have not taught their children how to properly behave in a theater. I'm a parent. You're making the rest of us look bad.

I hate people that bring children to movies that are inappropriate for them to see.
I don't mind people bringing babies to movies as long as the baby is quiet. (Though wouldn't loud, violent, noises be upsetting to a baby?).

1. Excessive laughing during movies (usually done by 14-15 year olds)

2. People who actually answer their cell phone and talk to the person during movies

3. The rustling of popcorn in popcorn bags during movies that aren't very loud (seriously, next time you're in a theater, just sit back and listen to the sound the popcorn bags are making)

4. The chewing noises that a theater full of people make (again, you don't notice it at first, especially if you're one of them)

5. AND THE GRAND FINALE!!!!!!! People talking during movies. This one has been mentioned in this thread, but not as much as I'd think. Crying babies, people dropping candy or drinks, cell phones ringing...none of it is even close to being as annoying as people talking. In my area a large majority of black movie-goers do this, though it is not limited to black people. It's just observation that in my town, roughly 50% of black people yell and talk and laugh hysterically during movies and clap. This number goes up to approximately 85% if there is more than 3 black people together. I'm sure it's simply an unconscious aspect of the way they were raised, but it's still annoying.

Oh, I have one that hasn't been mentioned, and a new version of that one from a couple of weeks ago.

Cell phones have been mentioned. In addition to the talking, I hate those bright screens opening in my field of vision as someone checks a call or text message. If you can't shut off your phone for the duration of the movie, don't go.

The newest version is the earpiece with the bright blue light on in that blinked constantly the whole movie. Well, except for when the whole thing lit up like a Christmas tree, with a dozen red and blue lights blinking rapidly. Ugh.

Inappropriate laughter and cheering at violence. The worst I've seen was a couple of years back at Baby Boy. At one point in the movie, a character has two others lie down on a sidewalk and executes them by shooting them in the back. It was in context meant to be horrifying and wake up the protagonist to the true nature of his friends. When it happened, half the theater erupted in laughter and cheers, and there were several shouts of "Yeah" and other expressions of agreement, as if it were something to cheer.

At another point a man is trying to rape a woman and the audience was shouting encouragement.

I've witnessed laughter and cheers at wildly inappropriate times and in response to horrific violence more than a few times since then.

And my last complaint is boys trying to impress their dates at horror movies by scaring them, or otherwise acting the "bad boy." The most egregious example being during a screening of The Skeleton Key, just after the climactic moment, just before the big reveal, yells "You done got smacked!" This following frequent cracks during tense moments followed by laughter from the four women with him.

Be quiet, don't use any device that makes intrusive noise or light. Surely that isn't hard to understand.

We do most of our movie watching at home.

Heh.

My worst movie experience...a couple of the local theatre's serve b33r (bless them!). Once when watching a movie (can't remember which one now), an enormous lady spilled quite a bit on my head as she walked past. At least she said sorry. I smelled like beer for the rest of the night. Guess it's a good thing I didn't get pulled over on my way home.

Second worst experience: Actually...no...this is the worst.

Sat down. Mostly empty theater. Watching the movie. Eating the popcorn. No problem....then...ouch. A little pinprick feeling.

Then another.

Then another.

wtf?

Couldn't figure it out.

Finally did.

Fleas!

Bastards. Whoever sat in the chair previously must've had quite a colony.

Left the movie early, stopped by k-mart on the way home for some flea-b-gone shampoo.

ew, ew, ew.

Fleas?! Wow. Never caught fleas at the theater, but I can certainly believe it.

I hate all of the above and I'm a firm believer in "sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up," but the one thing that I can't stand that I haven't seen mentioned (after a quick scan of the thread...)

Body odor.

You're in a theater with dozens upon dozens of complete strangers...take the time, make the effort and try not to smell like you just crawled out of a septic tank. Grab the hose, some Lava and go to town, buddy. You deserve a little treat.

I went to the movies this weekend and sat down with my box o' popcorn and soda only to be greeted by a funk that words cannot describe properly. I accidentally released it from its movie plush chair purgatory and it repaid the favor by following me around the movie theater. The worse thing about it--other than the smell, which was stunningly bad--was that everybody I passed thought it was me. Nothing like being blamed for someone elses funk because nobody....no. body. believes you when you try to explain.

Weird, but I agree. Last summer, Grancey and I went to see one of the major comedy blockbusters and had that experience. Sitting two rows in front of us was a person of either questionable sanity or questionable intoxication. Every line in the movie that was even remotely funny was followed by LOUD and exaggerated guffawing and snorting from this one person. It got to the point where nobody else in the theater was laughing anymore because that one person sort of ruined the humor for everybody.

Weird experience.

Most have already been mentioned, but wanted to chime in since we just went to a movie on Saturday...

1) Food & ticket prices
2) Cell phone screens flipping open below me (even if it's silent)... what Gilda said.
3) My dad's ongoing commentary (out loud!!) the whole movie... even when I've shushed him and gotten pissed off. He just can't stay quiet when he goes with someone else to the movies.
4) Anyone around me chewing audibly. Popcorn is notorious.

And, the most annoying movie behavior actually happens in Iceland. Thank god they don't do it here in the US:

5) At exactly the halfway point of the movie, the film stops and the lights turn on for a 15 minute intermission. FIFTEEN MINUTES. No joke. It doesn't matter how tense the scene is, or how short the movie is. Icelanders want their intermission. The one good side is that everyone gets up at the same time to get more food, go to the bathroom, talk on cell phones, etc. But I think there is a much greater downside of INTERRUPTING THE DAMN MOVIE. Directors don't plan for an effing intermission when they make a movie, duh... (not even Icelandic directors!) so it's ALWAYS jarring to me. Hella annoying.

1. Teenagers who buy a ticket and do nothing but talk to their friends during the whole movie. I know for a fact that they do this on purpose, because I have heard gaggles (?) of them discussing how much fun it is to go in and disrupt the film for other people. I take great pleasure in having these miscreants ejected from the theater.

2. Asshats who not only lack the common courtesy to turn off their phones during the movie, but will sit there and conduct a conversation right there in the movie theater, with no regard to their volume. I have a friend who was arrested and fined for taking a flip phone away from one of these idiots and breaking it in two. Cost him $250 and the cost of the phone, but he says it was well worth it.

3. People who see fit to bring any child under the age of five to any movie. Ought to be illegal.

I am your worse nightmare. When my friend and I go to the theatre we are loud and talk over the movie. We laugh inappropriately at jokes we made during the movie, we scrunch our bags of chips really loudly and if people turn around and say "shut up" we laugh.
We've only been warned once, though, and that was during a screening of 9 1/2 weeks, but really, could you blame us for laughing hysterically through most of the movie?

Things i hate at the cinema:

Everyone except me and the people i'm with (i just midly dislike them).

Are you being serious? I hope not.

I'm ashamed to say it, but yes. I've since gone to movies with others who don't like me talking at them during the film (which was off putting at first) as a result, I'm trying to behave.

Nothing new here:

Talkers (especially that bunch o' teens who just snuck in 15 minutes into the film) are terrible. I really don't mind folks shouting at the screen appropriately (e.g. "Don't go down there, you fool!") but when they're talking to their date it can get annoying.

Call me insensitive but also crying babies. I can tolerate it most times but sometimes it can be pretty annoying - especially if it breaks the mood of an engaging scene.

Cellphones - What's worse is when someone actually carries on a conversation in the theater. Yeah I've seen it happen.

The guy drinking in the back row who kicks over a beer bottle every 10 minutes.

The fella who decides to lean his feet on the back of my chair. I'm not too shy turn around and say "Cut it out!"

The person who spilled their soda on the floor during the last screening.

When, out of the corner of your eye, you notice that the stranger beside you is picking their nose.

The really, really, really tall person who sits right in front of you.

I work in a theater and its getting so I dont even like going out of my house to watch a movie. It seems people are getting worse and worse. I hate the whole idea of cell phones. its very distratcing when they even open the damn thing. Hate the lights from it and find it very distracting. Or kids who bring there Game Boy.. YIKES go to the frackin lobby and play it kid! I better stop here or I will go on and on. Oh and yes I have caught people humping there to. Thats not so bad as long as there are not any kiddies around. One night I had a couple alone in there after the movie going at it. Wish they would have asked me to join..

ditto that...

i hate going to the movies -people annoy me way too much :D

but the short list
cell phones
people who say what's going to happen next because they saw the movie 12 times.
people who bring children to a movie inappropriate for children (get a babysitter or wait for the video)
chewing or eating sounds
crunching ice
SHHHHHHHHHH to talkers the shhhhh is more annoying tha the talkers are
teenagers making out - use the back row or balcony - and oh b y the way you're doing it wrong.
People in general

The guy at the end of the aisle wearing a trenchcoat and using the old-popcorn-bucket-with-a-hole-in-it trick to secretly masturbate.

Having my wife's wallet stolen out of her purse by the idiots that insisted on sitting directly behind us in an empty theater.

People who bring small children to late-night shows (after 9 pm), let them wander the aisles, get lost and cause the manager to have to shut down the projector to reunite the child with the parents who didn't even know he was missing.

All 3 have happened to me in the last 5 years.