Cinema night out ruined by Skangers

Enii

Went to see "In her Shoes" in Blanchardstown UCI tonight. Whole experience was ruined by a group of skangers shouting and answering their phones. A woman stood up in the middle of the film to ask them to be quiet.

Why are some people so uncivilised? Why do these savages think the cinema is their own private living room and they can act in a completely anti-social way?

muletide

did you not report them to one of the ushers I have seen young lads being turfed out before. The fact that they did not get thrown out means that they are currently planning which film to ruin next

Enii

muletide wrote:

did you not report them to one of the ushers I have seen young lads being turfed out before. The fact that they did not get thrown out means that they are currently planning which film to ruin next

Someone else went out and reported them. Security guy came in a few times but of course they were quiet when he was there.

Ag marbh

Enii wrote:

Went to see "In her Shoes" in Blanchardstown UCI tonight. Whole experience was ruined by a group of skangers shouting and answering their phones. A woman stood up in the middle of the film to ask them to be quiet.

Why are some people so uncivilised? Why do these savages think the cinema is their own private living room and they can act in a completely anti-social way?

Shutup complaining on a message board and take some action in the real life.

muletide

if they did nothing about it get your money back, the cinema have an obligation to provide you with a comfortable viewing environment. I know it is too late now but next time...

Nasty_Girl

Enii wrote:

Went to see "In her Shoes" in Blanchardstown UCI tonight. Whole experience was ruined by a group of skangers shouting and answering their phones. A woman stood up in the middle of the film to ask them to be quiet.

Why are some people so uncivilised? Why do these savages think the cinema is their own private living room and they can act in a completely anti-social way?

Same thing happened when I was at the cinema with the little one and a bunch of her friends for her 7th birthday.
A bunch of brats (aged around 11 or 12), kept yapping and talking messing with the two or three phones they had between them, throwing popcorn on the ground shrieking about it, then they actually got up, went out, bought more popcorn and threw that all over the place.
Thankfully they left half way through the movie, from jist of their conversation, the cinema was an alibi to fool their parents while they went somewhere else.

What a waste of money!
Why do people PAY MONEY to go the movies if they're just going to act the b*llix?
To think, I was once gave out stink to by the usher for having my feet up on the seat in front of me when I was a kid ! :mad:

Enii

Ag marbh wrote:

Shutup complaining on a message board and take some action in the real life.

I was considering going out and complaining but then I would miss part of the film - making the whole experience worse. I did say Ssshhh (as did other people) but they just laughed. Then someone went out and complained and then a further person stood up and asked them to be quiet. If this was not going to get them to behave, I don't think any more action was going to do anything.

Maybe I could take a note from you and tell them to "Shut Up" but to be honest I think that is a very rude thing to say to anyone.....

ratboy

i blame too many boring movies in the cinema, people go expecting to be entertained but they are instead forced to watch the drivel shovelled out in multitudes by hollywood these days. Can you blame young skangers, scum of the earth that they are, for getting a little bit distracted and reverting to these antics.

Enii

ratboy wrote:

i blame too many boring movies in the cinema, people go expecting to be entertained but they are instead forced to watch the drivel shovelled out in multitudes by hollywood these days. Can you blame young skangers, scum of the earth that they are, for getting a little bit distracted and reverting to these antics.

LOL! Interesting theory!

muletide

ratboy wrote:

i blame too many boring movies in the cinema, people go expecting to be entertained but they are instead forced to watch the drivel shovelled out in multitudes by hollywood these days. Can you blame young skangers, scum of the earth that they are, for getting a little bit distracted and reverting to these antics.

Are you serious - you justify those sh1ts behaviour by poor film making standards.

Prescient

Enii wrote:

Went to see "In her Shoes" in Blanchardstown UCI tonight. Whole experience was ruined by a group of skangers shouting and answering their phones. A woman stood up in the middle of the film to ask them to be quiet.

Why are some people so uncivilised? Why do these savages think the cinema is their own private living room and they can act in a completely anti-social way?

Seriously..you should have asked for your money back. Its all very well for people to say 'confront them'...but they are knackers..idiots..on a different mental level..they dont understand 'normal' people...
Leave the movie half-way through, complain...get a refund...simple

ratboy

muletide wrote:

Are you serious - you justify those sh1ts behaviour by poor film making standards.[/QUOTE
i'm just saying why they act like that and that there is some justification.

el Bastardo

Those people obviously wouldn't be offended if you got rude with them. I have to say it, if you're not prepared to stand up and do something about it yourself then don't complain about it later. You might have been better off to go out, complain and either get them turfed out or get your money back and see the film again somewhere better.

Ruaidhri

*cough* http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/Personal.htm *cough*

cant comment on their legality,but damn,if this is what it takes for silence then so be it.

Enii

Prescient wrote:

Seriously..you should have asked for your money back. Its all very well for people to say 'confront them'...but they are knackers..idiots..on a different mental level..they dont understand 'normal' people...
Leave the movie half-way through, complain...get a refund...simple

Yeah but when you leave a film half way through you will never go back and see it again and then you never get to see it because of these imbeciles...

^CwAzY^

ratboy wrote:

i blame too many boring movies in the cinema, people go expecting to be entertained but they are instead forced to watch the drivel shovelled out in multitudes by hollywood these days. Can you blame young skangers, scum of the earth that they are, for getting a little bit distracted and reverting to these antics.

I agree.. you are so right :v: :v: :v:

Enii

Ruaidhri wrote:

*cough* http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/Personal.htm *cough*

cant comment on their legality,but damn,if this is what it takes for silence then so be it.

Why don't cinema management fit signal jammers in the cinema anyway?

^CwAzY^

Or some sort of an automatic rifle fitted to the roof that blows your head off if you have a mobile switched on.. :v:

homah_7ft

Enii wrote:

Why don't cinema management fit signal jammers in the cinema anyway?

It's illegal to maliciously interfere with radio communication. It could prevent signals in an emergency.

It's totally infuriating if it's a decent film. Being a timid person myself I bring an agressive person with me for just these situations.

ratboy

homah_7ft wrote:

It's illegal to maliciously interfere with radio communication. It could prevent signals in an emergency.

the voice of reason.

Dave!

Ag marbh wrote:

Shutup complaining on a message board and take some action in the real life.

I hope you get banned for personal abuse, cos all you do is post this cynical crap...

ratboy

DaveMcG wrote:

I hope you get banned for personal abuse, cos all you do is post this cynical crap...

I disagree that that is personal abuse, he is making the point that people just sit and do nothing when they should be standing up for what's right.

muletide

DaveMcG wrote:

I hope you get banned for personal abuse, cos all you do is post this cynical crap...

Have to agree i have been looking at alot of forums recently and this guy seems to pop up regulary with nothing beneficial to add

Ag marbh

DaveMcG wrote:

I hope you get banned for personal abuse, cos all you do is post this cynical crap...

Like super wow Dave

I blame the parents

Ag marbh

muletide wrote:

Have to agree i have been looking at alot of forums recently and this guy seems to pop up regulary with nothing beneficial to add

Your post on this thread was non beneficial.

muletide

I thought my first two were and at least my third wasnt abusive

Nightwish

the same happened to me in Kilkenny where these 14 year olds shouted, talked and played with their ringtones the whole way through the movie. my boyfriend eventually stood up and said he'd deck the next one that made a sound...and it worked

Ag marbh

Nightwish wrote:

the same happened to me in Kilkenny where these 14 year olds shouted, talked and played with their ringtones the whole way through the movie. my boyfriend eventually stood up and said he'd deck the next one that made a sound...and it worked

This is the attitude to have ^

Dave!

Ag marbh wrote:

Like super wow Dave

Ag marbh wrote:

This is the attitude to have ^

Ooohhh! You're the guy that saved the day in Abrakebabra when someone said a racist comment, aren't you!!! I remember you!

Keep up t'good work boss

WellyJ

I completely lose the head in these situations,

Soon stops their shenanigans :mad:

Ag marbh

DaveMcG wrote:

Ooohhh! You're the guy that saved the day in Abrakebabra when someone said a racist comment, aren't you!!! I remember you!

Keep up t'good work boss

And whats that supposed to mean? Is that meant as some sort of patethic insult or something?

ratboy

Ag marbh wrote:

And whats that supposed to mean? Is that meant as some sort of patethic insult or something?

girls, girls, break it up, the point is sometimes you have to take a stand against these knackers or they'll never learn.

Mossy Monk

if cinema management dont do anything about these knackers then dont go back there again. tell management this

Naos

Ag marbh has the right idea here.
I've turned around and told a few lads to 'shutup', does the trick.

Also got a link to this abrakadabra story ag marbh?

Ag marbh

Mear wrote:

Ag marbh has the right idea here.
I've turned around and told a few lads to 'shutup', does the trick.

Also got a link to this abrakadabra story ag marbh?

It's on some racism thread. People didn't like it because I stood up for what I believed in and told me to get down off my high horse and then went on to animate a fake story of me mumbling something in abrakababera that was untrue or something.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Enii wrote:

Why do these savages think the cinema is their own private living room and they can act in a completely anti-social way?

tbh, if you had put it to them that way... :v:

Willymuncher

Was sitting beside two girls in harry potter last night, at first they wouldn't stop shrieking about seeing the movie....then the fookers decided to play with their phones and adjust the volume a few hundred dozen times, I'm a quiet person so I wouldn't really say anything...but its fierce annoying. I was nearly fit to kill them before the film started anyway

Ruu_Old

ah they need them mobile phone signal block thingys at the cinemas in all fareness but then what would people use if there was an emergency, but then again your not meant to have your phone on in the cinema anyway. hard to say how to silence the skangers

Giblet

Ag marbh wrote:

Shutup complaining on a message board and take some action in the real life.

Ah, our resident social critic lambasts other users who don't subscribe to his crazy punk ideals. Why don't you just shut your god damned mouth and try to be less of a prick?

Royale with Cheese

First time I ever got drunk was in a cinema when I was 14. We went to see The World Is Not Enough. A good experience for me. We made alot of noise and were thrown out eventually. I know I did wrong but it was still fun.

Kernel

I blame the cinema attendents.. it's not my job to tell scummers to shut up, I pay my money to enjoy a movie, the responsibility of service lies with the cinema. You could try complaining to a manager, or asking for your money back, that would soon force them to sort their act out.

Worse case scenario, vote with your pockets and don't go to that cinema again.

miss_gonzo

hey enii, last time that happened to me, i was so pissed that i went to the manager of the theatre and complained. he gave me free passes for a show. its one of the most annoying things ever, wanting to watch a movie and have it ruined by inconsiderate people. and especially with 'in her shoes', that was such a great film.

Hugh Hefner

Ruu wrote:

ah they need them mobile phone signal block thingys at the cinemas in all fareness but then what would people use if there was an emergency

Actually jammers used in this type of situation are programed to allow certain numbers, such as emergency services numbers.

^CwAzY^

lol when I was about 12 me and my friends got kicked out of UCI Blanchardstown for shining a laser pointer at the screen for most of the first half of 'Titanic'.. And we all got our money back?? Looking back I can see how annoying it would be for people actually trying to watch the movie and I hate the little ****s with their mobiles nowadays, but I think Kernel is right it should be the responsibility of the cinema management not the customers to keep them under control.

Ag marbh

Giblet wrote:

Ah, our resident social critic lambasts other users who don't subscribe to his crazy punk ideals. Why don't you just shut your god damned mouth and try to be less of a prick?

Why dont you shutup making assumptions.

Ag marbh

Giblet wrote:

Ah, our resident social critic lambasts other users who don't subscribe to his crazy punk ideals. Why don't you just shut your god damned mouth and try to be less of a prick?

Back on topic now

xzanti

Blanchardstown is a dump... I grew up out there, live in Rathmines now and its a totally different vibe/buzz altogether, people are so much friendlier and you're not afraid walking down the road that some little skumbag is gonna say something to you or try pick a fight with you... And I dont think it has anything to do with money or class because there are a lot of people who rent flats and bedsits and round here that wouldnt be that well off... My parents still live out there and they're used to it so it doesnt bother them but its only when you move away and go back to visit or whatever and think jesus this place is horrible...

My boyfriend is from the country and he even commented on the difference so its not just me who thinks this..

Sorry to anyone living in Blanch.. (and I know there are nice parts but they are very few)

Ag marbh

xzanti wrote:

Blanchardstown is a dump... I grew up out there, live in Rathmines now and its a totally different vibe/buzz altogether, people are so much friendlier and you're not afraid walking down the road that some little skumbag is gonna say something to you or try pick a fight with you... And I dont think it has anything to do with money or class because there are a lot of people who rent flats and bedsits and round here that wouldnt be that well off... My parents still live out there and they're used to it so it doesnt bother them but its only when you move away and go back to visit or whatever and think jesus this place is horrible...

My boyfriend is from the country and he even commented on the difference so its not just me who thinks this..

Sorry to anyone living in Blanch.. (and I know there are nice parts but they are very few)

I've lived in Blanchardstown my whole life and i've never been attacked. It has bad parts like any other place in Dublin.

What part of Blanch are you talking about now?

gerrycollins

was in the sugar club a few weeks ago to see the dublin gospel choir and they were brill but it was ruined by a group of ppl at the top near the bar chatting like it was their local after paying €22 to get in,everyone around told them to shut up (politely) and when a slow song was played they spoke low but i still missed one whole song as i could not hear a thing with them then when a more lively song was played they spoke louder there were periods of quiet from them. The whole night was ruined and i think these were supporters of the DGC so shame on them so just to point out its not just the younger generation.the manager was right beside them but who is he to care about the chatter and other ppl he made his money

xzanti

Ag marbh wrote:

I've lived in Blanchardstown my whole life and i've never been attacked. It has bad parts like any other place in Dublin.

What part of Blanch are you talking about now?

Obviously not the same part as you... I was attacked twice by 2 different groups of girls when I was a teenager and most of my friends had similar experiences there, My best friend was beaten to a pulp in front of me when we were 15 for looking at a girl the wrong way, she lost half of one of her front teeth.. I did say it had nice parts, just not very many... Maybe my/our experiences where isolated incidents but I doubt it... Glad to hear you've had such a nice life out there though.. good for you

Plastic Scouser

I'm afraid I can't just sit there and let people ruin my cinema experience...I always have to tell people to shut up if they're on the phone or whatever. I put on my bestest scouse scally voice and try to scare them into being quiet...usually works, although perhaps embarrasses the boyfriend too! oops!

I think that if we all let people get away with using their mobile in the cinema it'll eventually become accepted and I'd hate that, so I'm on a one woman campaign to never let anyone get away with even just texting in the cinema!

(You know when you can see people's light on their phone in front of you, and they're obviously texting instead of watching the film, even though there's no sound that really annoys me...am I the only one?!)