Nikilidstrom

I hate anyone and everyone who sits within 3 rows of me. With very few exceptions, I don't go to a movie on opening day, and I do this for a reason. It is so that there won't be alot of fucking people there and i wont have to sit near any of them. It never fails however, that no matter where I sit, or when I sit, everyone aways readjusts themselves to crowd around me. There could be 10 people in the entire megaplex, hundred plus seat theatre, and they all will sit in a group around me. I fucking can't stand that shit, and will instantly get up and move to a more secluded spot, no matter how pissy the looks i get. My gf hates when i do this to, cuz she thinks they all hate her then. Who fuckin cares!!!
When they pay the 20 bones to get us into the movie they can sit in my lap for all i care, but until that happens, FUCK OFF and let me enjoy the movie!!!

here endeth the rant

Mr.Deflok

You need some help motherfucker. *he alludes to his own posts in this thread*

Nikilidstrom

yeah, help beatin the piss outta anyone who sits near me in an empty fuckin theatre. Anyone interested?

frankx

My movie pet peeves:

1. Infants or very small children in ANY movie. Why anyone would perpetuate this sort of suffering on humanity, I don't know. Toddlers who continually utter "Mommy, who's that?" or "Mommy, what's that man doing?" throughout the movie should be instantly removed from the theater.

2. Smartass teenagers who feel it is their right and obligation to make noise simply for the sake of making noise. It really gives me a great deal of pleasure to have these little bastards removed from the theater.

3. ANYONE who talks during the movie. I just cannot understand the cretins who pay full price for a movie ticket and then talk throughout the movie. Many times, they don't even talk about the movie.

4. Self important ASSHOLES who don't have the common courtesy to put their cell phones on silent during the movie. What's worse, if the phone actually rings, they hold an out-loud conversation, then have the nerve to shoot nasty looks at the people who are shushing them and asking them to leave the theater.

5. If we can have great advances in medicine and technology, it would not be implausible to devote an entire industry and research making food wrappers and other such containers containers noise-free. I suppose that this would be asking waaaaay too much.

6. One of the earlier posters mentioned people bathing themselves in cologne or perfume, and gagging all of the people around them. I have indeed experienced this, but I have also experienced the other end of the spectrum - These subhuman food-stained t-shirt wearing assholes are sometimes (but not always) insanely obese, and barely able to squeeze into the theater seat without greasing it up first. They perpetually sweat profusely and have not worn deodorant since 1994. This happens more times than I care to admit.

7. When I am fortunate enough to see a movie in a empty or near empty theater, I usually have some twit that comes in and, despite a whole theater full of empty seats, sits either right in front of or right behind me.

Oh, I could go on all day.

It is for these reasons and others that I have curtailed my movie activities to times when I know that not many people are at the theater. I will sometimes even take a day off work (Monday of Tuesday) if there are many movies that I want to see.

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Drider_it

the only thing i hate.. seen it twice.. got kicked out the second time.. thunderstorm in louisiana caused power outtage.. this long haired dork goes to the front as the emergency lights come on.. and says.. we were watching matrix of all movies..

"ok all we are gonna play the .. silence is golden game.. we are gonna try and be as quiet as we can.."

the second movie (x-men 1)
he did the same thing..

i yelled out.. "what do i get if i win.. pork your lame azz?" needless to say it didnt go over well..

my friend yelled back as we were asked to leave and escorted out.. "for a consolation prize.. well wait in the parking lot till you get off work.. we have a 9 iron for ya"

i could understand if it was a kids movie but the majority of peps at both movies was 25 and older.. sigh..

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supersix2

I work at a theater. Here is what I hate.
People who complain the floor is sticky

People who complain the floor is slippery because we just mopped it so its not sticky.

People who change thier children during a movie and leave the dirty diaper wedged in between the seats so we can't find it until 3 weeks later and the whole theater smells.

People who have sex during a movie and leave the used condom on the ground for me to pick up.

Junior High kids who come to movies in groups of 20 and insist on doing EVERYTHING together including going to the bathroom. This means that usually an ENTIRE row of kids get up in the middle of a movie at least several times during a movie.

People who ask for a certain size "drink" then stare blankly when I don't do anything.

People who say "Wow hard at work" when I'm standing there waiting to rip tickets.

When buying tickets, people who don't say the name of the movie correctly and want me to figure out what the hell they are talking about.

People who flood the bathroom when they use a broken sink. This instance occured when the drain pipe was cracked so I shut off the water to the sink at the wall. Mind you there are 3 other sinks in the bathroom but instead someone went through the effort of turning the water back on again and then use the broken sink.

People who ask for a large popcorn drenched in butter and a diet coke.

People who dont' shut off cell phones in a movie.

Junior high kids who insist on talking and running around while a movie is playing.

People who try to trick me into getting a free movie because they think I'm dumb. When infact I probably am much smarter than they are.

People who watch and entire movie, then complain because the sound was too low/high, temperature was too hot/cold, talking kids, or picture was messed up. Then they get a free movie for their trouble.

People who bring in old large cups/bags for refills and act like they are being rebelous and really getting the best of me. Mean while I know right off what they are doing but I just don't care.

I think thats it for now. I'm tired and I can't think of any more although there are MANY more.

oldtimer

BABY CRYING!!!!!!!!!!! BABY CRYING!!!!!!!!!! BABY CRYING!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my god, the WORST thing ever to happen in a movie theater. DON'T BRING EM'..............EVER!!

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Jesus Malverde

I hate when people think they know whats going to happen next, so they fucking say it to look cool if it does, and it ends up happening. Thats like a spoiler even though they didn't REALLY know it was going to happen. I hate that shit. And I hate little kids crying too. Get a babysitter man, shit.

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...and wow dude it must FUCKING suck to work at a theater.

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grayman

When we get to the theater early and are the first people there, and everyone who comes in sits down right by me instead of any of the other empty seats all around the theater.

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Alright, So I'm watching League of Extraordinary Gentleman and during on stunt that involved a car driving between two collapsing buildings the bitch behind says, "That's impossible!"

Really??? Is that more or less impossible than the Invisible Fucking Man?

That really pissed me off.

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cookiezzz

Hear, hear. This should be on a sign in the lobby, in big red letters.

geodaro

I can't make a list of the things that piss me off at movie theaters...because I gave up going to the movies about 5 years ago after each and every single person would do something to piss me off before the previews were over. It's much better to wait and watch them at home. If every movie theater in the world would close tomorrow, I would never know!

gnort

I usually have the normal problems with people at movies, and most of the time i take it with a grain of salt....but recently i almost flipped out. I try and go to wicked late shows as to avoid the whole children factor. But when I went to go see the Hulk there was this older lady with about 4 six-ten year old children in the row above and to the left of me. The older lady had smuggled in tons of candy and snack, and whenever one of the kids got bored (which was a alot) they would walk downt he row to the lady who proceeded to hand out candy and other treats to the chillin's. This continues the whole (very long) movie...good thing for them im not a violent man.

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amge

#1 Seat kickers.
#2 Loud popcorn/Gum/Candy chewers.
#3 People who try to skimp on the drink by getting a small. Then they end up drinking all of it by the time the previews are over. Then try to suck up the last few drops of liquid to quench their thirst. Then they try to get the melted water from the ice cubes every 15 minutes.

Maybe this is why it has been 4 years since I went to a movie theater.

Hrothgar

I can't stand the fucking herd mentality of people in theaters. I go on a Tuesday or Wednesday night to avoid babies or teenagers. Even then with 60 or 70 seats free some numbnuts has to sit behind me crinkling a candybar wrapper or fellating the damn straw from their 20 gallon barrel of Coke, all the while, kicking my seat incessantly.

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StormBerlin

I agree wtih supersix2. I used to manage at a movie theatre and you can be damn sure that I used my power to the best of my ability to get rid of the assheads making the movie experience a horrible one for everyone else.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people try to get their three year old in for free (because they're three...and so they're special) when those are the ones that need to be charged twice as much as adults. Then the parents would think twice about bringing their kids to a movie. They get so angry when I don't let them. Hehe...
I hate it when people ask for a Pepsi (or other beverage) and expect me to telepathically figure out what size. If I ask once and they don't hear me (or ignore me) I just get them the biggest one possible and explain that was what they ordered by being silent.

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StormBerlin

Oh, and its MY fault you show up right when your movie is about to start and the lines are long? Sorry, just had to add that.

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warrrreagl

Grancey and I had an irritating experience at the movies this past weekend so I revived this thread.

We went to see "Children of Men," and really enjoyed it. We both like near-future world-has-collapsed types of movies, so this one was perfect. Except for Beavis and Butthead behind us. Here's an example:

There's a part where the lead character is being threatened by an immigration officer with a handgun. Suddenly, an immigrant runs up behind him and disables the officer with a sledgehammer. During that gripping and suspenseful scene, here's what we hear behind us - "Ooooooh, hyuck hyuck hyuck, dude awesome ooooooh hyuck hyuck dude hyuck oooooh hyuck hyuck dude....."

Kids, right? No, they were college students who were raised on "Jackass" and YouTube wipeout videos. Every single scene of violence in the movie (and there were plenty) was accompanied by "oooooh hyuck hyuck dude awesome oooooh." I can't even begin to imagine what they thought the movie was really about.

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ratbastid

I had EXACTLY the same experience in EXACTLY the same movie!

It was two college-age couples who chatted through the whole damn movie, and said OOOOH!!! any time anyone got hit by anything.

This was, however, the first time I've had a glare over my shoulder actually shut anyone up. It was brief, but it worked.

Willravel

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.

pornclerk

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

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Lady Sage

* 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)

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Grasshopper Green

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.

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Lwang9276

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.

Redjake

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!

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inkriminator

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.

warrrreagl

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

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Halx

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.

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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.

warrrreagl

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.

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sapiens

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?).

Lasereth

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.

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Gilda

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.

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robot_parade

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.

guthmund

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.

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warrrreagl

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.

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abaya

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.

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frankx

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.

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hagatha

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?

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