disrupted cinema going experiences (1 Viewer)

[David Norman]

I was just floored. Usually at least you expect to get a half assed apology even if you know there's no chance of them changing, but this was just unbelievable.

I'm sure if they could legally just shut things off and skip anything after it would be done.


Patient isn't a word I'd use for myself, but vindictiveness is a trait I hold dear and I do hold my grudges for a long time.

When I was in grad school, I received 2 undeserved parking tickets from the campus police ($2 apiece) for something the Police had specifically cleared. There was an appeals process that I they used so I took off class time to go and appeal to a board of Professors and Admin people that were part of the Undergrad program (they didn't seem to like the Graduate School folks much). They had the gall to actually make fun of my car, insulted my undergrad school (which is actually their far more respected parent university), and mocked my appeal. Could have gotten mad and shot them a bird, but I reminded them I was about to graduate and would soon be an alum and the generally fundraising/donations would be requested. They thought about it for 10 seconds, pounded the gavel, and denied the appeal.

No problem -- paid my $4 in pennies, requested triple receipts as proof, and xeroxed the tickets and payment receipt onto a sheet of paper. I sent one copy the President of the University and another to the Head of the Graduate School with an explanation of what the plan for alumni donations was. To this day I have sent them a letter yearly (for close to 25 years) during their Alumni Donation Campaign with a copy of those forms along with a Pledge Contribution for $0 with a running cumulative total of "Lifetime Donations Not Contributed" as well as a snarky comment asking how the interest on the $4 was coming.

I've actually had a blast rubbing their noses in it particularly when members of the Admin Board were brought before the Ethics Board for various acts and even better anytime one of them is fired for incompetance and/or felony convictions. I enjoy copying those articles for inclusions in my Pledge envelope.



Averry -- I can honestly say I HATE YOU for telling that story. I hope a glacier overruns your theater during one of your midnight screenings and I am reincarnated some distant future day to see you thawed out 10000 years in the future so I can taunt you again.

 

[Averry]

I feel like I should, but I'm not sure what you mean.


I'm back at school, but I had nearly a 3 month break.

It was some good times.

 

[Jonesy]

I think the answer is to turn the weapon of the enemy against him (and her).
Use your cell phone to call the manager if someone is talking in the theatre! (Or if there's a problem with the picture or sound.)

You should be as quick and discrete about it as possible, but theatre rows are packed so tightly together that you would probably cause a bigger disruption by crawling over other people to get out of your seat.

A post on the subject at my movie theatre blog: How to Deal with Audience Disruptions

Jonesy

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

I remember going to see Scream 2, and as I walked up to the ticket office to buy my ticket, I saw the audience from the previous screening coming down, all really annoyed. One person turned out to be a friend of mine, so I asked him what happened. Turned out the projector bulb blew right at the moment where the killer's identity was revealed. But the film kept running - so they could all hear who the killer was, but not watch the big revelation.

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

Damn that sucks lol.

 

[Henry Gale]

Got one of these last week.
Mine had four buttons:
1)Picture
2)Sound
3)Piracy
4)Other Disturbances

Of course, #4 was the one most likely to get pressed by me.

Other than a few text message glows on the other side of the room there were no problems.

20 extra points!

 

[TravisR]

My sister saw a woman with a bunch of kids (of course it was an R rated movie too) videotaping the movie one time. She snitched to an employee as she on her way to the bathroom. She said that the employee got a paniced look on his face, asked what theater and he a bunch of employees RAN towards the theater. When she got back from the bathroom, her friend told that the woman and her kids were 'escorted' from the theater.

 

[Dion C]

I posted this angry rant some time back after another lousy night at the movies. If anything, things have grown even worse, so I'm just gonna post it again.

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Just a word to all you boneheaded, ignorant, arrogant, too-cool-to-be-courteous, cell-phone-yackin', sneering, feet-up-on-the-seat-next-to-me, obnoxious, boorish, unfunny-commentary-contributing, drunk, self-absorbed-this-ain't-no-movie-theater;this-is-my-living-room, "Shut up!," "No, you shut up!" selfish, punk-ass bores that invariably assume that every patron in a movie theater has paid nine bucks to see/hear YOU...

Ummm, congratulations.

You are not funny. You are not interesting. You are not a film scholar. You are not the center of anyone's world but your own and possibly that of your pathetic, clueless, misguided, possibly developmentally disabled insignificant other. You are typical and boring. You are the reason I have cut back on my movie-going (and corresponding dollars spent) and opt instead to watch DVDs in the comfort of my own home.

Keep it up and soon the only people sitting in the theater with you will be people just like you: social parapalegics.

Have a day!

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I still feel the same way -- and have indeed greatly curtailed my going out to see a film.