Horrifying Multiplex Sights and Sounds

[Cap42086]

Jeez Frank. And I thought I had some bad times at the theater with incompetent employees. None nearly as bad as you, but here's one story:

A couple years ago, I went to go see Evolution with my brother. When I got up to the ticket-tearer, it was some Italian-American imigrant who didn't speak English very well. When we got up there, he wouldn't let us through because he insisted that the film was rated R (I was 15 at the time). Well, it took quite a doing to convince him otherwise. We eventually had to bring the newspaper out and when he claimed it to be a misprint, I went and got the manager and she let us through. Seriously people. Just learn the basic fucking facts about the movies playing before you accuse me of trying to sneak into an R-rated movie.

[GlacierMonkey]

As a future animator, I think I'm one of the few teens in my town who take animated movies seriously. I went to Emperor's New Groove when it came here (we get movies nearly a month late in our little town), and when I sushed a girl, she turned and said, "What? You actually wanna watch this?"


BTW, thank you all for the stories...they've inspired my newest comic strip, "Multiplex".

[Frank Gunn]

Jeez Frank. And I thought I had some bad times at the theater with incompetent employees.

*laughs* Actually, Ryan Supervisor was a little *too* competent.

[MurDiddlyUrdler]

Originally Posted by Frank Gunn

*laughs* Actually, Ryan Supervisor was a little *too* competent.

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you could have avoided all the trouble if you hadn't decided to try to take services from the theater at a reduced cost. You knew you were breaking the rules. Why shouldn't the ticket-taker tell you that you need to purchase the right tickets?

[Frank Gunn]

Therein lies the humor of the story, MurDiddlyUrdler. If I weren't such a low-rent petty criminal, the whole thing could've been avoided, and now, true to form, I'm being indignant about it.

But thanks for pointing that out. Boy scout.

[MurDiddlyUrdler]

Originally Posted by Frank Gunn

Therein lies the humor of the story, MurDiddlyUrdler. If I weren't such a low-rent petty criminal, the whole thing could've been avoided, and now, true to form, I'm being indignant about it.

But thanks for pointing that out. Boy scout.

Oh, believe me, I'm not Boy Scout. I'd do the exact same thing if I didn't have other ways to get free tickets to see theatrical movies. I just wouldn't have the audacity to complain when someone questions me while I'm breakin' the rules. I liked your story though.

Frank- That was an hysterical story and just the thing I needed to cheer myself up after a really shitty day at work. Thanks.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Frank Gunn

You haven't lived until you've tried to watch something even remotely "black-themed" in Ecorse, Michigan.

Wait... you're complaining about Ecorse?

[lizardking]

I was going to share my story about the shooting that took place once. It was very annoying. Someone beat me to it, though.

I could share my many stories concerning cell phones, but that's also been done already.

Believe me, I feel everyone's pain. I've been subjected to various multiplex crimes as well.

Maybe that's why I rarely go to the movies anymore. Or if I do, I wait until at least the third week before seeing it, and then I'll see it during a week day. I guess mostly I see so called "event" movies anymore. It's sad really. I used to really love the theatre experience. Not to say that it was that much better when I was younger, but I think I had more patience. Maybe I simply tuned these things out.

Ticket prices keep going up. The average matinee now in Seattle is about 5.75. The second run theatre? Ticket prices have gone up at my local second run from 4.00 to 4.50 in the last six months. And it's a crummy theatre. Bad sound. Uncomfortable seats. No stadium seating, by the way. I don't think I'll be going to that one anymore. Concession prices have always been insane, but I figured that that was where most theatres were making the majority of their money. Besides, buying concessions is voluntary. But now, combined with the increased ticket prices, it's just not worth it. I can get most DVD's for around 16.00 or less. Or I can rent a movie if necessary. But even if I purchase a movie blind it's not much different from going into a theatre blind.

But popcorn is cheaper. Drinks are cheaper. If I need to use the restroom...I can use my own, plus pause the movie. I can smoke. (Yes, I know, nasty, nasty habit). I can relax...

[Eric]

I went to see 28 Days Later at the local cheap-show. It was $1.50 for the ticket, so I suppose I shouldn't complain too much, but there was a slightly ghetto gentleman sitting behind me with his young child and apparently English girlfriend/wife/whatever.

Leaving aside for the moment the reason for bringing a small (under 10, I'd say) child to a zombie movie, they weren't too badly behaved. The little girl and the English woman said almost nothing, and the guy wasn't too loud. However, he did feel the need to ask the woman to explain every vaguely English reference. Different brands of candy bars? He had to know if they had those when she lived there. Different kind of soda? He had to ask about it. Some of the answers were so obvious that I'm forced to assume that not only had he never been to England, but that he'd never been to school.

The capper came when one of the characters explained to another that the toilets weren't working, and they'd have to use a bucket. The gentleman behind me leaned over to his wife/girlfriend/whatever, and asked "what's that?"

[incubus0]

This happened about 6 years ago and still sticks in my mind.

The drunken loud dumb chick with the large escort.

In the beginning of the relationship with my now fiancée I decided to take her to see Titanic. It had been out for a few weeks by this time and the theater was only about 1/4 full. We sat in one of the first few rows. In comes a loud obviously drunk chick with a big hairy dude on what seemed to be a 1st or 2nd date, I could tell this by the light getting to know you banter that was now filling the entire theater, and sits about 2 seats over from us. My girlfriend looks over at me with the "This better stop or I'm gonna say something" look. I'm not sure if she fully understands at this point that asking a drunk woman (if the slurred speech wasn't enough she was also swigging from a flask) to be quiet is a direct challenge to her male protector, and 9 out of 10 drunk people are defensive. So I give her the "Relax she may shut up when the movie starts" look.

She didn't.

If you are amongst the lucky 3 that haven't seen Titanic yet, I apologize for the early spoilers.

During the opening sequence, when they are moving the camera over the sunken wreckage, Drunk Girl feels the need to announce every article that is unveiled. "Oh, look a piano." "Oh, that's a staircase" "Hey, it's going through a window." This is even more annoying then it sounds.

Action must be taken.

I realize that no matter how politely I word it, whatever I say in front of these two drunkards is not going to be taken well. Now I have no problem getting into brawl, but it wasn't something I need to do during a date. Plus it wouldn't exactly fix the situation, it would only make it worse.

So I devise a plan.

Seeing as how they are drunk, I figure this guy has to take a leek at some point, and hopefully soon. So I wait, and about 2 minutes later he's up and on his way. I follow him into little boy's room and wait until we're 'done' and washing our hands to mention anything. I say, "Hey, I didn't want to say anything in front of the lady but she is being a bit loud. Would you mind keeping her a bit quieter, Buddy?" He stops smiling and says, "What you want me to do, man, she's drunk." I say, “I know, the rest of the night should be good. Just do may favor and help me out with my chick because she's probably gonna say something and we both don't want that." He says, "OK".

We go back and the next time the chick says something, he says, "OK, Babe, let's watch the movie." Not much out of her after that.

Glad to see you story had a happy ending there incubus, though I thought for a second you were going to suggest to the guy to take the girl out to car and screw her while she was still drunk.






Not that I would recommend such a thing if in a siimilar situation....

[SilentBob]

I could of thought i had responded more then i did in this thread. I have theater stories from my work place and others.


One of managers was working at one of our other theaters in Hamilton and a worker noticed a drunk man in watchinga movie. (beer in holder) Our manager went to escort the drunk man out and the guy went crazy and broke the bottle and ran to the front of the theater and tore the screen to pieces. (was latter cornered by my manager and escorted out by police)

Same theater and its a regular which they just can't really (new people hired all the time so they don't always notice the man banned from the theater for good) The man likes to releive himself in the cornors of the theaters.

When my theater got Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back we got he usual stoners. We had 2 younger ladies who were completely stoned out of there minds and asleep at the time. The people cleaning the theater worked around them and after tried to wake them up to leave the theater. PROBLEM 1) they would not awake after being shaken 2) yelled at and3) slapped on the legs with a broom. So manager called to get them out. Eventually after some more hits with the broom they awoke and complained that they never got to see their movie. We removed them a good 5-6 times from the theater as they tried to get back into the following show. Police were called

Just about 2 months ago we had to issue about 1000+ EEV coupons (free passes because of matters beyond our controls) Our brand new renovated and extension side of the theater got flooded from heavy rainfall. Fire Department called in to clean up the matter. Maybe not a bad thing to the audience but really bad for me as i had to cover our projectors and films before they became damaged. (same thing for black out 2003) Except we made the paper for the water damage one

[incubus0]

Originally Posted by frulad

Glad to see you story had a happy ending there incubus, though I thought for a second you were going to suggest to the guy to take the girl out to car and screw her while she was still drunk.

Not that I would recommend such a thing if in a siimilar situation....

I was playing the conversation by ear, but that's definitely a direction it could have gone.

[MiddleEarthGirl]

another story to add:

I ended up seeing Wrong Turn at the cheapo house.Ok,I know cheap ticket but the screaming little kids did me in.Little kids at a horror movie does not make sense


boyfriend shared this one:
He saw a couple making out during of all things Finding Nemo

[SilentBob]

Originally Posted by MiddleEarthGirl

another story to add:

I ended up seeing Wrong Turn at the cheapo house.Ok,I know cheap ticket but the screaming little kids did me in.Little kids at a horror movie does not make sense


boyfriend shared this one:
He saw a couple making out during of all things Finding Nemo

Ah nothing too new. I have spotted some pretty bad stuff going sometimes. When a movie doesn't sell a ticket and its already into the movie itself we turn off the projector bulb. It was the last show so i turned on the theater lights and there was a girl going down on her boyfriend. One of several walk ins to speak of. It mostly happens in the kiddy movies too for the late shows. No kids or parents want to see the movie at 10:00 or later at night. BAM! Horny teens find their way

Originally Posted by MiddleEarthGirl

boyfriend shared this one:
He saw a couple making out during of all things Finding Nemo

Reminds me of the one time I was in Chucky Cheese with a friend and their kid and we saw a couple heavily making out in the corner booth while their kid was off playing the games.

[MiddleEarthGirl]

I'll add a couple more:a crying baby ruined the frog scene of Magonlia and a very horny couple during 28 days later(with the second ending)

one that was more funny: when boyfriend and I saw Road Trip the old couple behind us was laughing as loud as the kids and during the South Park movie a mass sing along started

[Sycowulf]

Two very tame things compared to other stories...

The first is when i used to work at the AMC (god they suck wont set foot in that door again, horrible picture, sound, fucking walls are too thin... bah) I was an usher... during Dinosaur, some kid having a party threw up all over the isle... not a little vomit, like a full fledged spew... Someone comes out and tells us about it, i go in there and check it out, then immeadiately walk out and tell my supervisor (and I quote) "you dont pay me enough to do this shit"... he goes and asks all the others if they will nobody would do it... bottom line is that it was left there, and is STILL there (from what i hear, 3yrs later) embedded into the carpet.

The second is a much shorter story, I went to see POTC with my gf and some of my family... well in the back row there were about 4 or 5 teenagers that decided it would be funny to talk all though the movie, and try to stand on the seats... well they were noisy and annoying through almost the entire first half of the movie, until i got up and yelled "For fucks sakes if you dont shut the fuck up im gonna come back there and shut you the fuck up"... needless to say they sank in their seats and didnt say a word for the entire duration of the film... My family seems to think im a bit insane now though

[billyslits]

This is kind of an ancient story but...

One summer, I was working at a multiplex in suburban Massachusetts. It was the middle of the week and I had the day off but, being 17 years old with nothing better to do, I went to visit my co-workers and check out a free movie.

While talking to my friends at the concession stand, I noticed a couple buying tickets for a matinee. They walked in, got their tickets ripped and headed toward one of the back theatres.

On their way, the guy, obviously drunk, stumbles and almost crashes into some giant cardboard display for "The Craft" or something. We all laughed it off and I went into another theatre.

It was the middle of the week so the place was empty. I was enjoying my own private screening when the door opens and the drunk guy shuffles in by himself. He stands there for a minute, weaving from side to side, then unzips his pants and starts pissing on the wall. I'm sitting by the door about ten feet away from this guy and I can't believe it. He finishes up, zips his pants and heads out the door.

I ran and told everyone what happened. They kicked the couple out of the theatre.

The man's excuse: he couldn't find the bathroom.

[SilentBob]

Originally Posted by billyslits

. He stands there for a minute, weaving from side to side, then unzips his pants and starts pissing on the wall. I'm sitting by the door about ten feet away from this guy and I can't believe it. He finishes up, zips his pants and heads out the door.

I ran and told everyone what happened. They kicked the couple out of the theatre.

The man's excuse: he couldn't find the bathroom.

Well at least he's not a regular like the guy at Jackson Square theater in Hamilton. He has a picture in the office and regulars know his face and is not allowed to step foot in the theater. But so many new workers and changing of management has allowed the guy to return to his every other day pissing in the theater cornors. Was caught 4 times i think in a week. He even holds it to take a leak in the other 5 theaters.

Plus they had a drunk guy slice one of the movie screens to pieces with a broken beer bottle. Tried to run away from staff by going into the bathroom.



As for drunk stories. I have anothe rone to add. I was in to clean the theaters with soem workers and a guy was completely passed out in his seat. We woke him up and asked him to leave. He said ok and we just heard beer bottles rolling on the floor. The guy had a kids booster seat with him in the theater (how they got beer in i guess) and tried to leave the theater with it as he never attempted to return it into the seat holder outside the door. (caught him outside the theater with it) In total we found 3 or 4 beer bottles AND 2 Fire extinguishers with the pins pulled out underneath his seat.

But i did manage to find $10 before hand in one of the rows in the theater. Surprisingly not his row.

[Oscar Antonio M]

I'm not sure if this one would classify, but over here in Mexico before kids movies they run beer commercials!

[Oscar Antonio M]

Allright, so i went to see Freaky Friday 2 to 3 days ago, me and some friends got invited and the whole theater was packed with high school kids and as soon as the trailers started it was a complete mess, the kids were throwing popcorn, trash, chilli, sodas, you name it at each other at one point an old lady who was with one of the kids got hit in the head by a popcorn bag, Me and a friend saw the kid who did it and we decided to tell the ushers about it, they took out of the theater then he got back in giving us threatening looks but after that everyone was calmed down and enjoyed the movie with attention.

It's sad that crap like this happens when you're watching such an enjoyable movie like that.

[Monterey Jack]

It's alive, alive!

Tried to see Jarhead today, but the sound kept cutting out at inopportune times every few minutes. I mean, Jamie Foxx says something like "What'd you say?", and Jake Gyllenhall[sp?]'s line suddenly was cut off, like The Bride's name getting bleeped out in Kill Bill. After 40 minutes, I stormed out and demanded a refund (which I thankfully got). Ironically, the last time I had such a fucked-up multiplex experience sound-wise was when I saw Sam Mendes' last film, Road To Perdition, in 2002 (all distorted throughout the entire running time). Fuck...

[MooglePorn]

Elizabethtown was out of focus for the whole movie, but it was bearable. I should have complained, but I did not. I rarely go to the theatre, so it figures the one time in months it would be a fucked-up showing.

[SilentBob]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

It's alive, alive!

Tried to see Jarhead today, but the sound kept cutting out at inopportune times every few minutes. I mean, Jamie Foxx says something like "What'd you say?", and Jake Gyllenhall[sp?]'s line suddenly was cut off, like The Bride's name getting bleeped out in Kill Bill. After 40 minutes, I stormed out and demanded a refund (which I thankfully got). Ironically, the last time I had such a fucked-up multiplex experience sound-wise was when I saw Sam Mendes' last film, Road To Perdition, in 2002 (all dirtorted throughout the entire running time). Fuck...

I wonder if they got a bad reel, but most likely it seems like maybe a DTS track problem. Some movies don't run as smoothly as other sin DTS and you will get the occasional change in sound switching from DTS to Dolby SR. When we got our print in for Jarhead we are required to do a first quality check to make sure everything runs smoothly sound, picture and masking wise. Turns out the Dolby track wasn't layed between the sprockets holes properly. So our whole first reel of the movie ran without a Dolby Digital track and ran in Dolby SR and into about 2 minutes of the 2nd reel. Got a replacement reel in for the film later that night and all is good.

[Monterey Jack]

Saw Babel today, and the first two hours (roughly) go by without a hitch, but then, with less than a half-hour to go, the film gets caught in the projector and burns out a la Gremlins 2. Yeah, I got a free pass to a later show out of it, but still...

[Brikar99]

I saw "The Departed" opening weekend, but went on a Sunday afternoon so the theatre was filled with older people. A couple behind us continually asked questions of each other, utterly unable to follow the movie in the slightest sense. "Is that Matt DAmon?" "No, that's Mark Wahlberg". "Who's Mark Wahlberg? Oh, there's Jack Nicholson. What's his character's name again?" "Why did he just shoot him?" And so forth and so on.

But the real gem of the story actually happened before the movie started. A woman sat in the handicapped seats (the good ones, too, right in the center) before the commercials started. A man on his way in considerately asked, "Excuse me, but are you handicapped?" to which the woman replied harshly, "Pffft, NO." The man shook his head and walked past to take his seat elsewhere.

A few minutes later, a person in a wheelchair came in and rolled right up to the woman. "Excuse me, but I think you're in my seat." And the woman had the nerve to make a stink about it as she vacated the handicapped seat!

A few years ago when I saw "Signs", there were some teenagers in the back throwing ICE across the theatre. I didn't take kindly to that. At all. I used to pitch in baseball, so trust me when I say the aim on the return throw was golden.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Brikar99

I saw "The Departed" opening weekend, but went on a Sunday afternoon so the theatre was filled with older people. A couple behind us continually asked questions of each other, utterly unable to follow the movie in the slightest sense. "Is that Matt DAmon?" "No, that's Mark Wahlberg". "Who's Mark Wahlberg? Oh, there's Jack Nicholson. What's his character's name again?" "Why did he just shoot him?" And so forth and so on.

You know, teenagers are often singled out for rude multiplex behavior, but I'm beginning to think that older people (say 50 and over) are even worse, especially when you're watching a complex movie like, say, The Prestige, and there are senile old farts trying to (loudly) explain the movie to each other. I also hate how violence is greeted with little reaction, but show even a flash of nudity, and there are the usual gasps from the audience.

[SilentBob]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Saw Babel today, and the first two hours (roughly) go by without a hitch, but then, with less than a half-hour to go, the film gets caught in the projector and burns out a la Gremlins 2. Yeah, I got a free pass to a later show out of it, but still...

Well it didn''t happen in the movie but at the end of the movie the film got caught on our cleaner rollers. I had to remove about 10 feet of film from the print. Nothing on it but it tore the shit out of a couple parts inside the machine. So i think we should blame Paramount for any problems.

[Brikar99]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

You know, teenagers are often singled out for rude multiplex behavior, but I'm beginning to think that older people (say 50 and over) are even worse, especially when you're watching a complex movie like, say, The Prestige, and there are senile old farts trying to (loudly) explain the movie to each other. I also hate how violence is greeted with little reaction, but show even a flash of nudity, and there are the usual gasps from the audience.

Heh, after the movie, we overheard several older couples say they didn't like the movie because of how violent it was. I wanted to ask them why they went to see a movie about the mob if they didn't like violence...

And since I live just outside of Boston, every time we were introduced to a new character with a thick Boston accent, someone would shout, "Damn it! We don't all talk like that!"

[Dread Pyrate]

I just have to chime in with a few of my experiences:

King Kong: An older woman brought in two children, a boy and a girl, aged 3 and 2, approximately. I'm guessing she was their grandmother. The boy was quiet, but the girl talked constantly and loudly. "Where's Tin Tong? Is dat Tin Tong? I'm scared!" They were sitting right next to me and my wife. I kept shushing the girl, but the grandmother acted like she didn't hear me, and would even answer all the girl's questons without trying to make her be quiet. We ended up moving to the back of the theater.

Ella Enchanted: The movie was framed completely wrong, which meant most of the characters were cut off at the forehead. I complained to management about 5 minutes into the movie. Three ushers stood by the door, watched the movie awhile, shrugged, and left, never bothering to reframe the picture.

Harry Potter (Goblet of Fire): The house lights were still up when the movie started, which washed out the image. After five minutes, I complained to an usher, who informed me that as long as people were still buying tickets/being seated, they'd keep the house lights on. Incredible! It was a good 15 minutes into the movie before the lights went down.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: The center speaker was completely blown, so I couldn't make out one bit of dialogue. The surround-sound was crystal clear, meaning the score and sound effects were fine, but the dialog was unintelligible.

Simon & Garfunkel Concert: OK, so this isn't a movie, but I just wanted to show that concert-goers can be just as ignorant as movie goers. This was during the S&G reunion tour, and tickets were upwards of $75 a pop. A couple behind me and my wife were chatting loudly and constantly through the first two or three songs -- loud enough so that they could hear each other over the music. I'm not the most aggresive person, but considering what I'd paid for tickets, I wasn't having any of it. So I simply turned around and stared at them until they noticed me. Then I stared some more. After I was sure they were uncomfortable, I returned to watching the concert. I heard the girl behind me say, "I think we should stop talking." Which they did. Who pays more than $100 for tickets and then TALKS THROUGH THE SHOW?!

[plissken99]

The quality of cinemas has become ridiculously bad. Just another of the many reasons I hardly see movies anymore(mostly thanks to HT projectors). You have to seek out the new high end cinemas to get a good experience, and enjoy them as much as you can before they let themselves slide after a couple of years.

Last movie I saw was X-Men 3. Seriously, myself included, there were 8 people there. The teenage girls in the back talked, house lights never got dim enough, and the girls in the back even had a laser pointer! Luckily I grew a pair, stood up and glared that them till they shut up and put away the pointer. All that in one movie, AND it as the 1st I'd seen since Serenity.

[Iguana Man]

Originally Posted by Dread Pyrate

I just have to chime in with a few of my experiences:

King Kong: An older woman brought in two children, a boy and a girl, aged 3 and 2, approximately. I'm guessing she was their grandmother. The boy was quiet, but the girl talked constantly and loudly. "Where's Tin Tong? Is dat Tin Tong? I'm scared!" They were sitting right next to me and my wife. I finally leaned over and whisperred in the girls ear: King Kong is going to reach thru the screen and grab you. He will then squeeze you soooo hard your head will pop off and he will eat it with those big fangs! Moments later, my wife and I enjoyed the rest of the film. .

Fixed!

[esc]

ALL of these reason are why I do not go to the theater any more. I absolutely hate it there. What gets me the most is when parents defend their children who are talking non stop. There is much more to that story but I don't want to relive it.

Rockin' Home Theater = Ten Grand Well Spent

[firestorm]

Wow. This thread amazes me. I don't know if we're just fortunate around here, or if it's simply that we haven't been to the theater much in the last couple years, but we've encountered very few problems.

The biggest... back when the original StarWars trilogy revisited the big screens, we were still going to MSU, and went to a local theater. Being a college town, there were of course tons of college students, but the problem was the fact that laser pointers were becoming popular. The offending party didn't even make it through the credits before being met with threats and disdain. Problem averted.

StarTrek Nemisis: ship declocks, and some teen said, "Ohhh Klingons!!!" Made me laugh more than anything.

LOTR: FOTR, TT, and ROTK premier. Feet on the back of my seat are my only theater going petpeeve, and this excited teenage girl, with her friends, spent much of the 12 hour show kicking and bouncing my seat.

Once in a great while, a phone rings. Occasionally, there are chatty teens, but pretty minimal, and almost always ends shortly after the show starts. For the most part, it seems that people at our theaters are there for the show, and not to socialize. And I've very pleased with the multiplexes themselves. Those costing over $8 are generally very nice, but even the theater we frequent with tickets costing $7.50 fairs pretty well.

Like I said, maybe we're just lucky. I'm fairly sensitive to annoyances, so I doubt I'm overlooking them!

[plissken99]

Used to be the same way for me. Back in the day(96-2000), me and a friend went to the movies every weekend, seeing as many as three movies in a day! Very few problems for the most part, occasional laser pointers or people talking. Once, Fire Down Below started 20 minutes late because the projectionist quit(probably to avoid seeing that movie again).

But lately, since I'be built the HT, we barely see movies theatrically anymore. And when we do, 3/5 times the experience is a negative one. Not just because of the people, but techinal problems, which operating my own projector has made me painfully aware of. The light from the walkways destroying black levels in dark scenes, parts of the image being out of focus, bassless audio, image not properly centered etc. So when I do venture out anymore, I try to go to new high end places.

[jdurg]

I RARELY visit the movie theaters anymore. The only times I go are for movies that I've been waiting to see for a while and MUST see them in their big-screen glory. I saw Casino Royale a few weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon, but that's really been it. I like watching movies in my own house with my own bathroom and my own food. I'm buying a house next year and will finally be able to build my own home theater. I cannot wait.

[iluvalex]

Sat behind an older couple where the woman incessantly talked. Rolling my eyes, I fianlly started to shush her. After the 3rd time, I said. People, will you please stop talking.

It did not stop.

With the credits rolling, me fuming, I leaned over and asked them to stay at home next time to talk. They sat there grinning.

They then must have hauled ass to catch up with me to meet me outside. The guy asked me what my problem was. I said, you two were talking throughout the whole movie. Without blinking an eye, he said no they weren't.

WTF!!!

Rude, ignorant morons.

Are you kidding me. He then proceeded to ball his hands into a fist. I was ready. Then his wife dragged him off... smiling.

I'm confused.

Pissed and everything else. That just about blew it for me for going back to the theater.

But I did. Saw company of men and it was a very enjoyable evening.

[Chris Knight]

The last few times I went to the theater, my experiences were good ones: nobody talking, laughed only at the appropriate moments, no cell phone problems, no little kids crying... Maybe people in the Chicago suburbs have finally figured out how to go to the movies properly.