worst theater experience.

Started by NEON MERCURY, February 23, 2004, 10:12:38 PM

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Gloria

I can completely relate, Vile5.  I am horrible at choosing seats at a theater and I always end up sitting in front of someone who either kicks my seat or can't figure out the movie and asks questions every 2 seconds.  

I actually had to deal with some rude kids throwing popcorn at me and a couple friends of mine at a theater.  I turned and said "Could you boys please stop throwing things, please?" They kept throwing popcorn, and I couldn't take it anymore and complained to the manager.  So, the manager came in and said he would kick them out if they didn't behave. Those kids must have thought I was the biggest witch in the whole world, but thank goodness they stopped.

picolas

Quote from: SHAFTR
Quote from: Vile5i just told him something like PLEASE, let us watch the movie in piece sir! ...

I'd rather see the movie in full.
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grand theft sparrow

This one really isn't a BAD movie experience; in fact, it's pretty funny.

The first time I saw Boogie Nights, I sat in front of this elderly couple.  This was my own fault, as I should have realized that an elderly couple in the middle of suburbia is going to have a lot to say about a 2 1/2 hour movie about PORN!

But nevertheless, I sat down in front of them and the movie began.

Everything that was spoken in lower than a scream in the movie, the old lady behind me would whisper to her husband: "What did he/she say?" That's not the problem, though.  The old lady can't hear very well, even with the headset she had.  The problem was her husband would reply, because his wife was deaf, in a loud speaking voice:

"HE SAID HE MAKES ADULT PICTURES."

And during any sex scene or sexually suggestive dialogue in the movie (this is Boogie Nights we're talking about), the old man would say, in the same loud speaking voice:

"OH, BOY!"

or

"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?"

My favorite, though, was the scene when Rollergirl is in school and the guy is making blowjob faces at her and starts mouthing dirty things to her.  The old lady, too deaf to hear that the guy wasn't talking out loud, asks again:

"What did he say?"

"HE SAID 'I LOVE TO SUCK IT.'"

"Oh."

"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?"

I almost shit my pants trying not to laugh out loud at that.

Myxo


SoNowThen

Quote from: hacksparrowThis one really isn't a BAD movie experience; in fact, it's pretty funny.

The first time I saw Boogie Nights, I sat in front of this elderly couple.  This was my own fault, as I should have realized that an elderly couple in the middle of suburbia is going to have a lot to say about a 2 1/2 hour movie about PORN!

But nevertheless, I sat down in front of them and the movie began.

Everything that was spoken in lower than a scream in the movie, the old lady behind me would whisper to her husband: "What did he/she say?" That's not the problem, though.  The old lady can't hear very well, even with the headset she had.  The problem was her husband would reply, because his wife was deaf, in a loud speaking voice:

"HE SAID HE MAKES ADULT PICTURES."

And during any sex scene or sexually suggestive dialogue in the movie (this is Boogie Nights we're talking about), the old man would say, in the same loud speaking voice:

"OH, BOY!"

or

"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?"

My favorite, though, was the scene when Rollergirl is in school and the guy is making blowjob faces at her and starts mouthing dirty things to her.  The old lady, too deaf to hear that the guy wasn't talking out loud, asks again:

"What did he say?"

"HE SAID 'I LOVE TO SUCK IT.'"

"Oh."

"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?"

I almost shit my pants trying not to laugh out loud at that.

You need to write this into a movie scene!!
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When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

modage

yeah, but make sure you work it in where the character is sick with the flu, and is holding in his bowels because the movie is so good adn when he hears this from the old couple they release.  American Pie 4...(right here in my head.  thats right).
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

grand theft sparrow

This beats my Godfather story by a mile. 

I just went to go see Eyes Wide Shut at the Museum of the Moving Image... and they SKIPPED AN ENTIRE FUCKING REEL OF THE FUCKING FILM!!!   :yabbse-angry: 

A pretty important one too, Cruise and Pollack's final conversation in the movie.  It went right from Dr. Bill at the hospital after he finds out that the model OD'd to when he goes home and finds the mask on his bed next to Alice.  Fucking UNBELIEVABLE!  I thought I was losing my mind at first, it's been a while since I've seen it and I don't know the film back to front, but once he starts crying and says "I'll tell you everything," I knew someone had fucked up.  For our troubles, they gave us each an admit two guest pass but goddammit, I feel cheated!  Who lets that happen in a place like that?  Every showing of X3 in this country goes off without a hitch but I can't get one properly projected showing a Kubrick film?  What the fuck?!  

MacGuffin

Regal Guest Response System(SM) Launched in 13 Theatres; New Customer Service Initiative from Regal Entertainment Group

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2006--Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced details of the Regal Guest Response System(SM) (RGRS). With RGRS, patrons can utilize an in-theatre paging device to alert management of any disturbances in an auditorium. In addition to Regal's existing program of auditorium checks by staff members, the RGRS provides another way for management to be better informed and to react more quickly.

"As a leader in the movie exhibition industry, Regal is proud to announce another innovation in guest service. Regal Entertainment Group wants to ensure that our patrons have the best possible moviegoing experience in our theatres. If something needs attention, we want to know about it and respond as quickly as possible," stated Dick Westerling, Regal Entertainment Group Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising. "With the Regal Guest Response System, our patrons provide us extra eyes and ears, and can immediately report concerns without leaving their seat. The Guest Response System is a great addition to our guest service initiatives."

Regal Entertainment Group theatres participating in the Guest Response System invite selected patrons to carry a paging device with them into the auditorium. The Guest Response device is a hand-held pager with four buttons. Each button alerts local management of a different problem such as: sound, picture, disturbance or piracy. When the patron pushes a button, a message goes to a device worn by a manager which tells them the nature of the concern, and in which auditorium.

The Guest Response System is currently being tested in 13 Regal Entertainment Group theatres across the country. After evaluating input from both managers and guests, Regal intends to roll out the program nationwide.

The Regal Guest Response System(SM) is available at theatres in these markets:


Atlanta, GA
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Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16
371 17th Street, Atlanta, GA

Baton Rouge, LA
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UA Citiplace Stadium 11
2610 Citiplace Drive, Baton Rouge, LA

Knoxville, TN
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Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18
11240 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN

Los Angeles, CA
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Edwards Ontario Palace 22 & IMAX
4900 E. 4th Street, Ontario, CA

Edwards South Gate Stadium 20
8630 Garfield Avenue, South Gate, CA

Miami, FL
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Regal Kendall Village Stadium 16
8595 S.W. 124 Avenue, Miami, FL

New York, NY
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Regal Battery Park Stadium 11
102 North End Avenue, New York, NY

Orlando, FL
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Regal The Loop Stadium 16
3232 N. John Young Parkway, Kissimmee, FL

Philadelphia, PA
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Regal Brandywine Town Center 16
3300 Brandywine Parkway, Wilmington, DE

Regal Downingtown Stadium 16
100 Quarry Road, Downingtown, PA

San Antonio, TX
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Regal Northwoods Stadium 14
17640 Henderson Pass, San Antonio, TX

San Francisco, CA
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Regal Deer Valley Stadium 16
4204 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA

Washington, DC
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Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14
701 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC
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godardian

Mine's a tie, but both happened at the same (suburan multiplex, natch) theater:

--In 1995, To Die For comes out. Four or five frat guy types (apologies to any frat guys on here) sit directly behind me and my two friends. They spend the whole movie disrupstively talking out loud about how frustrated they're getting that the movie's so boring and Kidman's not taking her top off (that's exactly how they put it). It ruined the showing for me, and I had to see it again later.

--In 1999, I end up back there (even though I'd moved to a different neighborhood) to see American Beauty with a friend. This teenybopper girl and her teenybopper friends sit behind us, and at least once every five minutes, she says (in the thickest, most gum-snappingly dumb-sounding Valley girl accent imaginable), "I don't get it!" I glared at her, which only seemed to goad her on to further announcements of her stupidity.

I HATE it when people talk during movies. HATE it!!!! I wish every theater could install a "Guest Response System." I love having movies available on DVD and so much choice in TV programming, but I have this feeling that being free to talk out loud in their living rooms as movies play has ruined the manners of a huge portion of the moviegoing audience.
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MacGuffin

Unruly youths shut down movie theater

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - A movie theater in suburban Boardman Township shut down because of rowdy behavior by more than 100 juveniles and a 13-year-old girl was charged with assaulting two police officers.

After the unruly crowd was removed from Cinemark Movies 8, police found several girls screaming at one another outside the theater late Saturday.

The 13-year-old girl kicked a can of pepper spray out of a police sergeant's hand, then kicked and screamed as the officer tried to take her into custody, according to a police report.

A second officer assisted in handcuffing the girl and she kicked one officer in the groin before she was placed in the back of a cruiser, police said.

She also faces charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Police said the girl's 15-year-old sister didn't follow orders to stop yelling and was charged with disorderly conduct. Both girls were released to a family member.
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MacGuffin

Wrong Movie Horrifies Theater Goers 

Holtsville, Long Island  --  Moviegoers expecting to see the PG rated "Last Mimzy" instead watched in shock as a chained naked woman gave birth to a dead baby on screen.

It seems the folks at the Island 16 multi-plex in Holtsville mixed up the films last evening - and the R-Rated "The Hills Have Eyes 2" was played in the wrong theater.

Some 50 people - including parents with young children - began screaming and ran out. The manager at the theater got an earful from angry parents.

The staff stopped the movie, gave free ticket vouchers to upset patrons and started the "Last Mimzy" about a half-hour late.
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hedwig

that woulda been great for april foos.

Quote from: MacGuffin on April 06, 2007, 11:50:11 PMMoviegoers expecting to see the PG rated "Last Mimzy" instead watched in shock as a chained naked woman gave birth to a dead baby on screen.

before i read past this sentence i was wondering how the hotsville multiplex got a hold of my home movies. :shock:

modage

Select moviegoers get tattletale tool
Source: USA TODAY

NEW YORK — Movie theaters don't have vice principals or hall monitors to enforce the rules, but they seem headed that way as they step up their battle with a big and growing problem: rude customers.

Major chains are telling managers to monitor audiences more frequently and clamp down on disruptions, including cellphone use, talking and gross littering.

The largest theater owner even is enlisting moviegoers themselves. This week, Regal Entertainment Group will significantly expand a program to give selected patrons wireless devices to anonymously alert the manager of disruptions.

"We have noticed over the years that customer etiquette has become more and more of a problem," says Dick Westerling, Regal's senior vice president of marketing and advertising. "We're doing what we can to provide a friendly environment for all moviegoers."

Summer is the peak time for complaints as kids pack theaters for the season's high-energy adventure and animation flicks.

"I don't believe that this generation of younger folk is as respectful of fellow audience members as previous generations" were, says National Association of Theater Owners President John Fithian. "Maybe that's because I'm getting older. But the sense among our members is that this is a growing issue."

Rudeness isn't limited to kids, though. "Parents who bring really small children into R-rated movies are an annoyance," Fithian says.

Theater owners must act. As HDTV and home theater sales grow, "They have to make it worth people's time to leave home and go to the movie theater," says Research Associates analyst Marla Backer.

The financial toll isn't obvious this year. Box office sales already are up 6%, with an unusually high number of potential blockbusters on tap. Shrek the Third, Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End have set a heady pace ahead of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Simpsons Movie.

Owners still recall, though, the 2005 box office slump that led many to fear disturbances had done permanent damage.

"There's a subtle structural change going on," Backer says. "Certain people don't go to the movies anymore."

Regal will try to change that this week by introducing its Regal Guest Response System in 114 theaters, up from a test at 13 that began last year. Customers in Regal's loyalty points program will be invited to take a cellphone-size device into the theater. If something pushes their buttons — a disturbance, picture or sound glitch, someone recording the film — they can push one of four buttons to alert the manager.

"We've seen an improvement in the customer etiquette with the implementation of this program," Westerling says. "It addresses these problems on a more routine basis and in a faster manner."
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

pete

today at work they did a staff appreciation thing and took us out to pool and movies.  There were only five movies playing in the afternoon and Superbad was not one of them.  I didn't wanna see any other movie so I went with Bourne Ultimatum even though I'd seen it already.  I went with my boss's boss and two other co-wokers.  The big boss and I talk about movies all the time, which was the reason I wanted to see a movie with him, just to bond a little more.
All was well until about 5 minutes into the movie when four high school girls came in and sat down in front of us.  Then they proceeded to talk throughout the movie.  Sometimes I'd shush them, sometimes they'd shush each other, and a few scenes drowned out their voices, but still, they were chatting for pretty much the whole movie.  I didn't wanna lose it in front of the big boss so I could only shush them.
Then afterwards I was at the subway with my big boss.  He jumped on his train, when I saw those four girls on the platform, with some fresh new clothes.  I thought, God must'd put them in front of me for a reason.  I then went up to them, and I said "hey, weren't you girls at the Bourne Ultimatum earlier?"  with this really chipper voice.  They were a bit creeped out, but they said yeah.  I said "What was your favorite part of the movie?"  Still with the smiley voice, I said "My favorite part was when four girls in front of me wouldn't shut the fuck up."  They were all turning towards each other, trying to ignore me.  But the fat funny one said "My favorite part was the guy kept shushing me."  Before they could giggle amongst themselves, I said "Well, I guess my favorite part was 40 times longer than your favorite part."

I really wanted to say "well, my favorite part had tits."  But that'd be inappropriate.
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Pubrick

no no no you shoulda said "well my favourite part was 40 times FATTER than your part."
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