ok..that's one tuck...one no-tuck i like to swish and swirl freak, you magnificent b*stard, you're able to overcome your musical shortcomings with brilliant seinfeld references.
That cop should be promoted. And this should be made a big deal nationally so people will turn off their cell phones for real.
Persephone: Where are you going? Merovingian: Please, ma chérie, I've told you, we are all victims of causality. I drink too much wine, I must take a piss. Cause and effect. maybe there wouldn't be shhh'ing if there weren't people making noise? hmmmm... cause and effect. i agree with jamming the signal and the disclaimer thing, but sometimes that isn't enough. it's just as annoying when they open up their cellphone or turn on their pda and the brightarse mf'ing screen blinds you. i mean seriously... did you come here to play "snake" on your f'ing phone, show the other movie watchers all the pretty little colors that your pda can make, OR to shut the freak up (usa network version) and watch the got damn movie? by the way, that "buffalo hunt/silence" thingee before the movie is funny as heck.
You're right. The ones who let it go off....just a good macing. Those that actually have a conversation...that's worth a shootin'.
yes...when jerry and george stay in the hotel room when Jerry goes out to LA to be on the Leno show. the maid comes in to clean the room...and george says he doesn't want her to tuck the sheets in on his bed...
I don't think it is the same as a plane. With a plane, the prohibition is due to safety concerns. At a movie house, it is only concerns of consideration and etiquette. The former will be respected by the courts and the latter will not. I don't know why everyone is having so many problems. Granted, I'm not in the theater every weekend, but I remember something like 2 cell-phone incidents in my whole movie-going experience. Even confining myself to the last half-decade, that's gotta be something less than 5% of movies that have had momentary cellular interuptions. Am I some sort of statistical fluke?
I find the movie theater experience to be a good value and a great time. Huh? How about: Tickets $4.75 X 2 = $9.50 4 cand of coke in wife's purse = $1.00 Assload of candy in cargo pockets = $3.00 Cell phones ringing = BFD, it happens infrequently in the nice theaters. Familes in front row = BFD I'm looking over them not at them. People talking = BFD it happens infrequently Scary bathrooms = BFD I stand. I don't crap there. For under $14 my wife and I go see four great movies sneaking around like spies in and out of the theaters. We have an entire day of glee for $14. On the occasion that I have approached a manager about a bad experiece I was awarded with a book of gift certificates that would get us into 4 times the movies. Here's how I handled it. A group of kids were farting around ad being obnoxious in the third Matrix movie during its second week of release. The theater was packed. I walked past them and found a manager. Jim: Now what is the problem, sir. Chance: Hi, what is your name, sir. Jim: Jim <hand shake> Chance: Jim, my name is Chance McClain and I have been a loyal customer of this theater for four years. <Open my wallet and show him five or six ticket stubs from that theater spanning 2 or 3 months.> Chance: My wife and I come very often and always have a good experience. I am not someone who regularly complains about things but we were very excited to see this film and our experience has been awful. There is a group of kids that are essentially just being kids but it is ruining the film for us. Jim: I apologize, sir. Point them out when you return to your seat and I will address the problem. I am teribly sorry. Chance: Theyare sitting to the right of me in the row in front of me. You can't miss them. <I walk into the theater and Jim watches from the back. I sit down and the kids are into the film, quiet as mice> Jim watches for about fifteen minutes and then walks down the row and signals for me. We go to the back> Jim: I can't hardly bust them but I believe your story. Please accept these cerificates and please come back and see us. Chance: Thank you very much. <Jim hands me $30 in certificates> Since this time I have seen him a couple of times and he remembers me by name. Asks how I am doing and if I have had anymore problems.
Chance: where do you go to get in for $4.75?? are you breaking out your old student ID's or something!!??
It's gotten worse in the last few years. It used to not be bad at all, but these days people don't seem to care.
Yup. I rarely go to the movies anymore because even though I may be excited about seeing a certain movie, I don't go see it the first couple of weeks because there's no doubt that I'll have to deal with people talking loudly during the movie, a cell phone going off, or a baby crying. Then, by the time it's been out for a few weeks, I honestly lose interest in going. There are at least five movies this summer that fall into that category. There's nearly $80 (including my fiancee) that they've lost and I'm sure I'm not alone. People's inconsideration towards others has grown exponentially, IMO, in the last few years.
the kids in totally inappropriate movies is what blows my mind. when i see a 3 year old walking into the Passion...or walking into The Village...that just freaks me out.
Heck, my theater even charges $6 for students (which is the same as the matinee price). I didn't realize it because I never go on Fridy or Saturday nights, but my local theater now charges more on Friday and Saturday night than during the week. The theater I used to go to in Fort Worth when I lived in Arlington doesn't do that (and their matinee price is $5.50).
yeah...i don't know of a movie theater around me that lets me get in for anything less than $8...$5 or so for my 3 year old son. i generally buy a drinnk at the movie that we share...but we bring in our own candy. i like smugglers. it makes me even more attracted to my wife when she schemes ways to sneak in crackers and candy for my son.
Now that is a great idea. Seriously. I'm going to start carrying a powerful flashlight with me to the movies. I'll take an aisle seat, and dress in all black. When somebody starts talking or acting the fool, I will walk down the aisle to their row, shine the light in their face, and request for them to shut their face.
