Liked the movie-- hated going to see it...

[Shemeska]

in West Philadelphia...

There's your problem

But no, seriously, I've never had a good experience with folks in Philly in general. I had some really bad experience with a streak of rudeness / racism from folks there who refused to seat us on time, served other people before us, etc because we were white (at a Denny's no less, oh the irony I suppose).

But perhaps moving away from that ugliness, I've not noticed any major surge in idiots at the movie theatre since I was a kid (when I remember tossing mike & ikes at people's heads during icky romance stuff).

 

[the Jester]

Meh, when I went to see Kong there were several phone conversations during the film. After the movie was over, I commented on how rude it was to my girlfriend. Someone else responded, "Well, I run a business on mine, so I can't really turn it off."

Well, then don't come to the movies!

 

[Lefferts]

I took myself to see King Kong today, at the early show (11:10a) here on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia...

Shemeska may have been joking, but that is the worst theater I have ever been in for rudeness (I went to school at Drexel, so it was within walking distance)

 

[Dark Jezter]

edit: what is wrong with screaming "shut the up!" at the morons who talk on the cell phone during a film?

I've seen that happen.

A few years ago when I was in a theater seeing a movie (I can't remember exactly which movie it was), some guy was talking quite loudly on his cell phone while everybody was trying to watch the movie. Finally, the person sitting in front of them stood up, turned around, and said in a very loud and irritated voice "Would you please turn off your damn phone?! Some of us are trying to watch the movie!"

It worked. The person talking on their phone quickly hung up, and the person who had the balls to stand up and say something got a round of applause from the other members of the audience.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

edit: what is wrong with screaming "shut the up!" at the morons who talk on the cell phone during a film?

Absolutely nothing.

It really needs to happen more often.

 

[Psionicist]

You don't have any idea what you're talking about. Haven't you heard? The reason people don't care about the theatre anymore is because of piracy!

 

[RichCsigs]

Meh, when I went to see Kong there were several phone conversations during the film. After the movie was over, I commented on how rude it was to my girlfriend. Someone else responded, "Well, I run a business on mine, so I can't really turn it off."

Well, then don't come to the movies!

If it's that important, then take your conversation outside the theatre.

 

[Crothian]

If they leave the theatre they can't watch the movie......

 

[Aesthetic Monk]

This was a while ago, but it's still bugging me. My wife and I have a couple of fairly young kids, and we don't go out as often as we might, so going to the movies together is fairly special. We went to see Adaptation--I said this was a while ago --and some oaf in front of me kept saying things during the movie like, "This is the dumbest movie I've ever seen." I'm kinda timid in such situations, but I was so wanting to hand over a $10 and say, "Happy now? Take it and go." A lost opportunity, alas.

More recently, I had something of the opposite happen--I went to a show on a non-holiday Friday afternoon and was completely alone in the theater. Hardly knew what to do.

 

[Crothian]

More recently, I had something of the opposite happen--I went to a show on a non-holiday Friday afternoon and was completely alone in the theater. Hardly knew what to do.

I call a friend, only time I'll do that in a movie theater