Rude things people do @ the movies

It seems like EVERY time I go to the movies, theres incredibly rude people


-Talking on your cell phone: They even tell you over and over before the movie to turn off your cell, yet, of course, they don't listen and DO it anyway...pisses me the hell off. I was @ this movie once and this guy's cell phone rang and he did'nt even take the call outside. He just started talking to his "girl" and when everyone shouted "SHUT UP" he said "F**K Ya'll, I can do whatever I want".

Babies- Oh my god...Why do people insist on bringing babies to movies? ESPECIALLY, movies rated R. You can afford for a movie but you can't afford a baby sitter? Why would you bring a baby/toddler to a PG-13/R movie? It makes no sense; they are OVIOUSLY not going to sit for 2 hours quiet and watch the movie.

Making out right in front of me? If your going to a movie...please watch it and not just make it an excuse for a makeout session. Come on, I don't need to see that while I'm watching a movie

Teenagers w/ friends: It's only some of them who really bug me. When some teenagers come with their friends to movies and they tend to fool around way too much, not paying attention to the movie and just talking and giggling.


Anyone have any other rude things people do at the movies?

Please share

Haha...Yeah, I know how you feel.  I will always remember, this one time the guy behind me *burped* his coke away in the middle of a *silence*.  I mean, if you want to do noise, and don't care about those other people watching the movie, at least -do it when there are loud noises or music (to cover the sound a little)-.  Then he needed to make sure the first row knew his Coke was finished, trying to drink the last drops and making loud *there's no more coke in that bottle* noise.  Of course, he also had to speak to his girlfriend so everyone around him knew he wasn't really watching the movie but having lots lots lots of 18+/R fun with his GF.  At the end of the movie, he didn't seem to have understood coke does not appear out of an empty bottle, and slurped his way through the melted ice liquid. 

The movie would have laste two more minutes that I would have gotten up to ask him if he wanted me to go down to the front row and tell =everyone= his coke was finished, or that he had a nasty girlfriend.  But really...to burp in a movie theater...was the worst of all! :(

I absolutely hate it when my friends make a lot of noise in the theaters, it's kind of embarrassing to be with them... It's not just talking and stuff like that, they call out random things and make weird noises. Eh.

I also hate it when people kick the back of the seat. It's especially annoying when you ask them to stop and they continue to do it.

When me and my friends went to see Casino Royale this couple brought their baby. Near the end of the movie the baby started crying, and I kid you not, they stayed in the theater for more then 10 minutes before they took them out... What's funny is some guy clapped when they finally did.LOL, I really don't see the point in bringing babies to a movie.. Oh and when me and my mom went to see Enchanted the person at the end of our row decided to bring the babies car seat and put it in the walkway... I had to go to the restroom soo bad but their was like 20 people to my left and them to my right.. I just waited till the end of the movie..:-P

I never go to the movies. like once a year. because everytime i go there is a few wastes of human life there. I went to Hot Rod because we had free tickets, a little while ago, i laughed maybe once or twice, but never out loud, and the people there LAUGHED OUT LOUD AS OBNOXIOUSLY as possible. And repeated all the lines after they were said. the movie wasnt even funny. We ended up leaving because i wanted to kill them

I think talking on your phone is the worst during the movies. If you wanna talk on your phone don't go to a freakin theatre. I'm sorry but unless it's an emergency no one is that important that they can't turn their phone off or on silent during a 2 hour movie. (And if it IS an emergency you will not be sitting there in the theatre gabbing away on your cell.)

But it also bugs me when people text on their phones in the movie theatre. Even though it's not noisy the light is really annoying. The theatre is dark for a reason, people!! And again, the world will not stop spinning on its axis if it takes you 2 hours to return a text.

Also bugs me when people bring alcohol into the movies and the bottles are rattling all over the floor. You wanna drink during your flick, fine, but can you pour it into a plastic flask or something at least? It seems like this one is happening more and more.

And last but not least!! hee hee It bugs me when folks eat really smelly foods in the movie theatre. Like at the mall if people get some types of Chinese food, or food with lots of onions, whatever and bring it into the theatre and it's sooooooooo stinky. I don't care if people eat stinky food. I do it all the time!! But not in an enclosed place like that where everyone else has to smell it and there is no ventilation. It's soooooooo bad at the nice mall near me (Northpark mall in Dallas) because there are some good places to eat. Not just burgers and stuff.

My number one pet peeve at any public place, whether it be a movie theatre, a restaurant, or even a concert hall, is cell phones. I hate the bloody things and have, on several occasions, had to use every bit of reserve that I had in me to hold myself back from shoving the d*mned things directly up the owner's a**es.

I just don't get it. You're paying money to see a movie, eat at a restaurant, see a concert ... why in the hell can't you just turn the phone off for the amount of time that you are watching the movie, eating your food, or enjoying the concert? Why?! Why is that so difficult?! Unless you're a doctor who's on call, there's no reason to keep your phone on during these times[*].

Right. Back to the movies ... aside from cell phones, I get rabidly annoyed by people who just won't shut the f**k up. You might be okay with spending an un-Zeusly amount of money for tickets for a movie whilst spending the whole time f**king about not watching the movie, but I personally don't enjoy it. If you're going to plant your a** anywhere near me, within hearing range, then you need to just STFU and watch the movie that we paid for.

[*] DISCLAIMER: This mini rant is referring to the jack-holes that sit in the movie theatre, at the restaurant, or next to you at a concert hall and spend the entire time either playing games on their cell phones or texting back and forth with some other jack-hole. This mini rant is not intended to refer to parents who need to keep their cell phones on in the event that they need to be reached in an emergency situation.      

Original Post by jvermaes:

Right. Back to the movies ... aside from cell phones, I get rabidly annoyed by people who just won't shut the f**k up. You might be okay with spending an un-Zeusly amount of money for tickets for a movie whilst spending the whole time f**king about not watching the movie, but I personally don't enjoy it. If you're going to plant your a** anywhere near me, within hearing range, then you need to just STFU and watch the movie that we paid for.

Now that you mention it - yeah - this probably bugs me more than anything else. I don't understand this at all. If you talk during a film, can't you watch it at home??? And people who talk during the whole thing because they are trying to "figure it out" and then they want to tell others they have "figured it out" and see if you have "figured it out." ARGH. Shut up and watch the friggin movie!!! I went on a date with this guy that was doing that the entire time. And it was "no country for old men" and the guy was obviously not the most intelligent person and all of his figuring out was -- of course -- wrong. Waaaaay wrong. And then he didn't like the movie. And I was like duh you didn't understand it. Probably because you talked during the whole thing. (That was our last date.)

I go to movies to escape and be entertained! Not to hear all you people!!!

I hate people who have their cell phones always glued to their heads too, it's just lame...and some people use it at rude times.

Anyway about the movies, the one thing I can think of that really p!ssed me off was when this guy had his legs stretched out infront of him and when the movie was over and the people were leaving, him and his wife/whoever were still sitting there. He didn't move his legs as people tried to get by, they just stepped over them...but when I got to him I just stopped and stood there waiting, he looked at me and finally pulled his legs in...just thought that was sooooo rude.

Schoonder, I completely agree with you about people who cackle like madmen at stuff that isn't even funny at all.  That happened when I went to see Meet the Fockers.  It makes me want to never go to the movies again, seeing how stupid society can be.

I can't stand to go to the movies any more. The cell phones and talking so loud on them.  Teenagers messing around. sticky floors. Screaming babies at adult movies.  I do go sometimes with grand daughter and the little kids do pretty good at movies that interest them.  I found earily matt. 12:30 to 2:00 is pretty good when I'm off from work.  I sit top left corner and know one bothers me there. I've gone to earily show and only 5 people there (us old ladies)lol. I wait for DVD and relax at home.

Hubby and I have such little precious time together without kids, when we do decide to go to a movie (without kids) I get a bit more than just a little frustrated when I hear kids screaming and the parents WON'T take them out.  I leave my kids at home to gain a little bit of my sanity back!

Since everyone has already hit on major areas of my aggravation at the theatre, so I’ll share some less common but just as annoying circumstances. 

Commentary and criticism. 

If I want to hear commentary for a film, I will rent or buy the DVD and hear the director and others involved comment on the film.  I don’t want to hear you talking about how long that scene took to shoot, or how this role was written for so and so.  It’s awesome that you have so much time to spend on IMDB message boards to gather your Tarantino-esque wealth of knowledge but I’d much rather watch the film in peace.  I don’t like my films fashioned in the way of VH1’s Pop Up Video for a reason (probably the same reason they no longer air that program).

Yes, I know the CGI vampire/monster/zombies in I Am Legend suck.  I know Michael Bay, the CGI loving destroyer of remakes, sucks too.  Yeah, I didn’t think The Darjeeling Limited was the best Wes Anderson film either.  I also know that Saw 4 wasn’t a complete story and it left too many questions unanswered.  All of these points of view are to be discussed in the car ride home not while the film is still playing.  This isn’t a private screening for critics.  I paid 15 bucks for my seat and I would like to make my own observations of the film quietly and without hearing the ramblings of a wannabe replacement for Ebert or Roper.  It doesn’t matter how much I agree or disagree with your ideas, I really do not want to hear them. 

The rudest thing a person has ever done to me, I was seeing a movie with my fiance.  At the time we had just started dating and he had no idea how much I detest being in movie theatres when I really don't want to.  However, we had a third wheel and those two wanted to see a movie so I tagged along.

I got bored of the movie and went into the lobby to text a friend and take a call.  Some jerk walked up to me and asked if I was texting my boyfriend.  I told him he was in the theatre and I was trying to pay attention to someone else.  I then asked him to go enjoy his movie so I could finish.

He tried to sit next to me, grab my thigh, and I stood up and told him to please go enjoy his movie and leave me alone.  No avail.

Finally he makes a grab for my chest and I socked him in the face.  Just then my now fiance walked out of the movie to see where I had gone to and the dude grabbed me by the shoulders and threw me down.  Alex pushed him away from me and told him, "How dare you hit a woman," picked me up, and ran off to get an usher.  I bolted out of the theatre and hid behind it and cried.  Alex ditched the friend, took me home, and bought me ice cream.

The ushers wouldn't even do anything about it.  Their response to Alex was, "Did you see how your girlfriend was dressed?"  So because I wear fish nets and short skirts, I'm a whore that deserves to be groped in public?  Thanks, guys.  I called and got those jerks fired the next day.

I'm an usher- Although I’m employed under the name “team member”.

We all hate "talkers" where I work, and are very thankful when someone tells us about them so we can kick them out, or at least give a warning.

The cinema is pretty damn expensive, and people that don't care about ruining it for others are rude and shouldn't be allowed out in public until they learn some manners.

Anyway, as I work in a cinema I've other things that annoy me that haven't been said yet.

Angry customers: Yes I know the tickets and food is expensive, but do you think yelling at an usher is really going to make any difference? Do you really think ushers enjoy charging people so much?

MESS!!: I know I know, even I have dropped food and wrappings on the floor in a cinema without thinking about it. But really, do people just casually drop rubbish on the floor anywhere else than in the cinema? No, so why do it there?

Ushers have to make sure screens are clean, before the next film starts- sometimes we are only given 3 minutes or so to clean them. My cinema has 6 screens, so often we have two of three screens coming out at around the same time, whilst also having some go in. If screens were left relatively clean, then we would have more free staff, which means more people manning tills, which makes queues much quicker. Also we’ll be able to do more screen checks- and screen checks equals a lot less noisy people watching films.

See, works out for everyone.

My husband and I have resorted to waiting to see movies until WELL after opening night, and on matinee.  That allows you to avoid 90% of the idiots. 

Just stand up to the people...   the guy on the phoen id have no second thought of throwin the 5$ large coke i paid for square at his head.  

As for kids, well this is how i deal with it...  Lady brings in 3-4 kids to an R rated movie, they are loud as all hell. i talk loudy to my friend, "I cant believe some people have no control over thier children... its pathetic..."   The lady shoots me an evil look.   It keeps up, i say, "**** F**k those loud F***ing kids man, what a B***h..."  She turns to me and with an appuald look, "Dont talk like that infront of my children!"    see now it gets fun, have her attention, "Well assuming you knew this was an R rated movie and that you arent retarded as all hell, i figured you would know that there is foul language in this film and thus wouldnt care what your kids heard you stupid c***, So shut your kids the F*** up and enjoy the movie you stupid B****. *smile*. "   She was good the rest of the film ^_~

Looks like all of you covered the reasons why I wait for the DVD releases. 

Sharz96: I tried your plan and well, it didn't work too well for me when the group behind us narrated the film, proving to everyone around them that they've seen it already, thus ruining the 'surprise' for those in earshot. 

The worst is when people laugh loudly and obnoxiously at things that are totally inappropriate.

It's one thing when it's at least supposed to be funny.  But I'm thinking of the row of @$$hole frat boys I sat behind in "The Hills Have Eyes" who cackled like mad during the (very violent) gang rape scene.

Freaking lovely.

LIAR! Get attention somewhere else. Freak

lol i LOVE this post lovestonedtim!

no.1 pet peeve - People behind me kicking my seat!!! i always swing right around, tell them ive recently been in a bad car accident and have a bad back and could they please Not to do it again.*shoots filthy, ominous look*

 

Total lies, but its the only thing that works !