Good Movie Manners Cost Nothing

[Gigiree]

May 31, 2013 22:29:06 GMT -4 Brookie said:

May 31, 2013 22:25:58 GMT -4 Gigiree said:

I have a very loud and distinctive laugh, so much so that the last time I was in Chicago and went to live theater, a former student, who worked as an usher, heard my laugh and sent me an e-mail asking if I was in town and went to such-n-such show.

This quirk is something that I fully acknowledge, and as such, I choose to watch comedies only at home so that I do not disturb others in the movie theater. Why, oh why, can't others have the same consideration? (Of course, of all the comedies I've watched recently, at most I've let out a few halfhearted chuckles, not full-on, out-loud laughter. )

So, you don't want others to be able to laugh out loud at a comedy?

<snort!> I don't believe that will be much of a problem with the crap Hollywood has been shilling for laughs lately. No, what I mean is, if one has an issue that is beyond his/her ability to moderate (like an incredibly loud and distinctive laugh), then for god's sake, one should keep one's keister home--not annoying the heck out others in the theater. It's called consideration, and many people seem to have little or none for others.

[Brookie]

May 31, 2013 22:36:12 GMT -4 Gigiree said:

May 31, 2013 22:29:06 GMT -4 Brookie said:

So, you don't want others to be able to laugh out loud at a comedy?

<snort!> I don't believe that will be much of a problem with the crap Hollywood has been shilling for laughs lately. No, what I mean is, if one has an issue that is beyond his/her ability to moderate (like an incredibly loud and distinctive laugh), then for god's sake, one should keep one's keister home--not annoying the heck out others in the theater. It's called consideration, and many people seem to have little or none for others.

So people with LOUD laughs should just stay home and not go to the movies? Are you serious?

[Gigiree]

May 31, 2013 23:11:39 GMT -4 Brookie said:

May 31, 2013 22:36:12 GMT -4 Gigiree said:

<snort!> I don't believe that will be much of a problem with the crap Hollywood has been shilling for laughs lately. No, what I mean is, if one has an issue that is beyond his/her ability to moderate (like an incredibly loud and distinctive laugh), then for god's sake, one should keep one's keister home--not annoying the heck out others in the theater. It's called consideration, and many people seem to have little or none for others.

So people with LOUD laughs should just stay home and not go to the movies? Are you serious?

It's not that I never go to the movies, I just don't go to comedies at the theater because I know that my laugh can be obnoxious and embarrassing for those with whom I am attending. This was just an example, not an overall directive to any and all with a loud laugh. My main point is still the same--consideration for others should be important.

[Deleted]

So last night I saw Now You See Me in a theater with stadium seating. I'm six feet tall, and mostly leg so I try to sit in the front row whenever possible because other rows do not have enough room for my legs to fit comfortably. The people I was with didn't want to sit in the front row so we sat in the second row. Anyway, so I'm sitting perfectly normally and the guy in front of me keeps banging his seatback into my knees. I'm used to shit like this happening so I let it go. Then about halfway through the movie he turns around and asks if I could move my legs. I tell him sorry, I can't, I'm tall and I can't move them anywhere.

His response? Leaning way forward, then SLAMMING his seat back as hard as he possibly could right into my freaking knees. While I desperately wanted to dump my drink on his head, I didn't because the last time I reacted like that in a theater I was followed and physically threatened. So I settled for saying "Fuck you asshole" and sitting diagonally for the rest of the movie.

[Shalamar]

When we went to see "Django Unchained", I crossed my legs and my foot brushed - and I do mean brushed - the chair back of the guy in front of me. He turned around and gave me the Glare of Death, and my heart sank, because that's a long fucking movie and I was scared to move again. Luckily, the rest of the movie went without incident.

[LAX]

Hmmm, I wonder how hard it would be to stick some gum in the hair of these assholes? A nice gob to the back of the head they might not notice until you're long gone from the theater.

[Deleted]

Oh man, if I chewed gum I so would've done that. He was wearing a hat too so he wouldn't have felt anything either.

[Spinderella]

We went to a Drive-In to see "Now You See Me" and for some reason, two rows were full of small families (or just couples) that decided to park their car in one slot then set up their SOFA and TABLES in TWO additional slots. I stopped to ask if we could take one of the slots, to which they replied, "Does this look like YOUR living room?" WOW.

Ass. Holes.

We eventually found a slot, but the place was so packed because of the lack of caring by a lot of the movie goers that people had to park in the aisles of the driveways to get around the joint. Lovely!

[chonies]

Wow, roisin. No jury would convict you.

[Sunnyhorse]

You're nicer than I am, Spin -- I'd have gone for the manager at that point.