Cinema - unspoken rules..

sporina

So my buddy and i were at the movies last night.. we went to see August" Osage county.
There were 2 girls behind us who munched the wholeeeeeeeeeeee way through the movie; continuously opening crisps and munching… unwrapping sweets and sucking on them for all to hear..
It was really distracting as the movie was quite intense in places.

Surely people should be a bit more mindful of noise when at the movies?

frag420

Dont be a c*nt is the only rule one needs!!

sporina

sporina wrote: »

So my buddy and i were at the movies last night.. we went to see August" Osage county.
There were 2 girls behind us who munched the wholeeeeeeeeeeee way through the movie; continuously opening crisps and munching… unwrapping sweets and sucking on them for all to hear..
It was really distracting as the movie was quite intense in places.

Surely people should be a bit more mindful of noise when at the movies?

Did you tell them to be quiet, if so what did they say?

sporina

Deleted User wrote: »

Did you tell them to be quiet, if so what did they say?

oh i forgot to mention - one of them had her knees up against my seat and was rocking; i had to ask her to stop and she did.
I didn't say anything about the food - i mean people are allowed to eat in the cinema - but I didn't wanna have an argument in the middle of the movie. I did give a few coughs and sighs. They just could have been more discrete.

sporina

frag420 wrote: »

Dont be a c*nt is the only rule one needs!!

pardon?

AnonoBoy

sporina wrote: »

So my buddy and i were at the movies last night.. we went to see August" Osage county.
There were 2 girls behind us who munched the wholeeeeeeeeeeee way through the movie; continuously opening crisps and munching… unwrapping sweets and sucking on them for all to hear..
It was really distracting as the movie was quite intense in places.

Surely people should be a bit more mindful of noise when at the movies?

These days to be honest, if munching on food is the worst thing that happens you got off lightly.

I've seen someone read a novel aloud down the phone while cooking on a BBQ in a cinema.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

These days to be honest, if munching on food is the worst thing that happens you got off lightly.

I've seen someone read a novel aloud down the phone while cooking on a BBQ in a cinema.

True story.

sporina

sporina wrote: »

oh i forgot to mention - one of them had her knees up against my seat and was rocking; i had to ask her to stop and she did.
I didn't say anything about the food - i mean people are allowed to eat in the cinema - but I didn't wanna have an argument in the middle of the movie. I did give a few coughs and sighs. They just could have been more discrete.

Well if you don't say something nothing will change. If its turns into an argument so be it. I would not just sit there suffering in silence.

AnonoBoy

Seriously though, rocking your seat - that's a HUGE no-no.

Shred

I went to see The Wolf of Wall Street on Saturday night in Movies @ Swords and some fúckwit behind me kept constantly kicking my chair throughout. In the past I've turned around and asked the idiot nicely to please stop, but I figured I need to learn to ignore it as it's just becoming so commonplace and nobody seems to give a flying fúck about cinema etiquette anymore really.

SimonTemplar

Shred wrote: »

I went to see The Wolf of Wall Street on Saturday night in Movies @ Swords and some fúckwit behind me kept constantly kicking my chair throughout. In the past I've turned around and asked the idiot nicely to please stop, but I figured I need to learn to ignore it as it's just becoming so commonplace and nobody seems to give a flying fúck about cinema etiquette anymore really.

I never go to the cinema on a Saturday night anymore. I also wait about a week before seeing a movie. This means the screen is usually emptier and you can position yourself away from people like that.

If I go to the cinema on the weekend of a new release and I have a bad experience, I only blame myself for going at that time. It's a pity that I have to do this but we are living in a world were common courtesy is an alien concept for most people.

Shred

You do have a point in fairness and this is why I started going to late shows a few years ago - no queues, half (or more) empty cinemas where you could sit where you like etc. But I just haven't got the stamina for it since my son was born tbh

Sideshow Mark

Your cinema needs one of these...

Jesus Wept

sporina wrote: »

pardon?

Why pardon?

e_e

If a cinema opened in Dublin with an absolute zero-tolerance policy on these clowns (ushers in each screening, no talking, no rustling, no mobile phone usage or you're out) I reckon they'd do really well.

hawkwind23

independent cinemas

those cineplexes are a nightmare

dan1895

What genius thought selling nachos in a cinema was a good idea?

e_e

dan1895 wrote: »

What genius thought selling nachos in a cinema was a good idea?

They should sell marshmallows in a non-noisy cardboard container instead of popcorn too imo.

Loughc

dan1895 wrote: »

What genius thought selling nachos in a cinema was a good idea?

I've seen loads of people eat nachos in the cinema and I can honestly say you can't hear a single crunch, so as Marie-Antoinette once said, let them eat cake nachos.

Bullseye1

You can eat nachos relatively quietly if you are shown how to eat correctly by ones parents. It's the idiots who insist on eating with their mouths wide open are the problem. Rustling of crisp bags etc are another matter.

Thankfully we don't have much if any silliness going on while watching movies at our local.

Sit down, turn off your phone and shut the fuck up till the film is over is the only rule that should be enforced. If you want to eat then go ahead but do so quietly,. If you want to talk or look at your phone then don't go in the first place. It's quite simple how one should behave in the cinema and it's a shame that more people can't do it correctly.

vidor

I thought places like the IFI would be strict on things like this but there's always a handful of insufferable arseholes at every single screening I've been to there. Then again it's hard when people are just sneaking in bags of crap.

fluke

Never rub another man's rhubarb

iamyourending

I avoid cinemas on Friday and Saturday nights now, unless it's a late showing. Had an awful experience a few months ago when we went to see a film, turns out the night coincided with the bloody Junior Cert results so they were all there, thinking they were all that mattered.

Now I was a JC student once upon a time too, but their behaviour throughout the whole film was awful. Between throwing popcorn, having full blown conversations, taking 'selfies' (with flashes), and getting up to move around - we barely got to hear any of the film. Afterwards, we spoke to a few other non-Junior Cert students who were there and we all complained online about the fact that a security guard was in the cinema, but nothing was done about it. Some of us heard back with a generic apology, and more of us didn't get a reply.

Hence, I always ask if there's a youth club or anything like that attending before I get tickets now.

e_e

vidor wrote: »

I thought places like the IFI would be strict on things like this but there's always a handful of insufferable arseholes at every single screening I've been to there. Then again it's hard when people are just sneaking in bags of crap.

Yeah the patrons can still be obnoxious in the IFI, they just go about it in a more passive-aggressive way.

SimonTemplar

hawkwind23 wrote: »

independent cinemas

those cineplexes are a nightmare

I think this is a bit of a misconception. I've had bad experiences in both the Lighthouse and the IFI. I go to the cinema about 170 times a year, so cineworld with their card is a no brainer for me. It saves a fortune.

With all cinemas, it is a game of chance whether or not your screening will be annoying but you can mitigate the risk by avoiding weekends, waiting a few weeks to see a movie, etc...

e_e wrote: »

If a cinema opened in Dublin with an absolute zero-tolerance policy on these clowns (ushers in each screening, no talking, no rustling, no mobile phone usage or you're out) I reckon they'd do really well.

Seriously, if I won a decent amount of money in the lotto, I'd establish a cinema in Dublin for that exact purpose. If it did well, I'd expand to other Irish cities and perhaps the UK.

I know Cineworld does private hire screenings. I wonder is there any merit in creating a Dublin region Boards.ie film club to hire a screen a few times a month to show a new film, and the members of such a club must obey cinema etiquette. I've no idea how much that would cost and it would have to be financially viable for both Cineworld and the members (the cost per member couldn't be much more than a regular ticket). The smaller screens hold about 100 people so we'd need enough people for that. Just food for thought.

TheDoc

Shred wrote: »

I went to see The Wolf of Wall Street on Saturday night in Movies @ Swords and some fúckwit behind me kept constantly kicking my chair throughout. In the past I've turned around and asked the idiot nicely to please stop, but I figured I need to learn to ignore it as it's just becoming so commonplace and nobody seems to give a flying fúck about cinema etiquette anymore really.

As a relatively tall cinema goer, it's also worth to note that most cinema seats are ****ing torture for anyone over 6ft1/2

I'm constantly having to move, squirm and move my legs simply because of their cramped nature and rubbish style.

Have found two cinemas that me and the misses go to regularly now that affords a bit of leg room for me, but point I'm making is it's not always someone being a prick.

WatchWolf

TheDoc wrote: »

As a relatively tall cinema goer, it's also worth to note that most cinema seats are ****ing torture for anyone over 6ft1/2

I agree.

As a person over six foot, the IFI is torture.

thomas anderson.

Worked in a cinema for years. Its impossible to patrol all screens constantly, your labor cost would go through the roof. Parents treat cinemas like a creche at the weekends so they can go off and do the shopping. Ive seen people fighting, drinking, smoking and having sex in the back of screens.

ThirdMan

thomas anderson. wrote: »

Ive seen people fighting, drinking, smoking and having sex in the back of screens.

My apologies.

ThirdMan

SimonTemplar wrote: »

I go to the cinema about 170 times a year.

I'm the same. I've probably sat beside you before. You've probably breathed on me several times. I've probably touched your leg. Perhaps bumped into you in the toilets.

Cinemas are weird.

FloatingVoter

thomas anderson. wrote: »

Ive seen people fighting, drinking, smoking and having sex in the back of screens.

We're still proud of managing all four at the same time. We broke up shortly afterwards. Jeremy Kyle has expressed interest in a reunion though.

sporina

Maybe i should have turned around and asked the girls to be quiet but I didn't because
1. i didn't want to make a scene in front of my friend and
2. because i was not sure if it was just me been over sensitive.

But if this happens again, I will speak out.. i mean, picture this,, it was like one of the girls was eating chip sticks.. but slowly chomping on each stick from beginning to end until it was gone - if you get me. me nerves.

ThirdMan

sporina wrote: »

Maybe i should have turned around and asked the girls to be quiet but I didn't because
1. i didn't want to make a scene in front of my friend and
2. because i was not sure if it was just me been over sensitive.

But if this happens again, I will speak out.. i mean, picture this,, it was like one of the girls was eating chip sticks.. but slowly chomping on each stick from beginning to end until it was gone - if you get me. me nerves.

I was in Cineworld once and the guy behind me was making his way through 3 packets of Monster Munch.

I buried him on Bolton St.

That_Guy

dan1895 wrote: »

What genius thought selling nachos in a cinema was a good idea?

I've seen countless people arrive into a screen with nachos and to be honest, the sound isn't the problem for me, it's the smell.

On a few occasions I've had to move seat due to the obnoxious smell.

Snickers Man

Went to see 12 Years a Slave last weekend at CineWorld in Dublin. Next person to me was a couple of seats away and for most of the film (and it is a LONG movie) he was eating popcorn out of a very rustly paper bag. By the mid point of the film I wanted to tie him to a post and re-enact live some of the wuppings that were going on onscreen.

The main problem wasn't his munching; it was the paper rustling. We could do something about this. Demand that cinemas employ the reasonable practice of only selling popcorn in cardboard rather than paper containers and AVOIDING those that don't. And telling them why they're not getting our business any more.

You've been told Cineworld.

Loughc

Snickers Man wrote: »

The main problem wasn't his munching; it was the paper rustling. We could do something about this. Demand that cinemas employ the reasonable practice of only selling popcorn in cardboard rather than paper containers and AVOIDING those that don't. And telling them why they're not getting our business any more.

You've been told Cineworld.

Viva la revolution!

I think the reason why they opt for the rustly paper bags is they absorb butter, where the cardboard boxes leak butter out the bottom and destroys the clothes of anyone that gets butter on their popcorn.

To be honest, more often than not, it's not the item, it's the person who bought the thing.

2Mad2BeMad

TheDoc wrote: »

As a relatively tall cinema goer, it's also worth to note that most cinema seats are ****ing torture for anyone over 6ft1/2

I'm constantly having to move, squirm and move my legs simply because of their cramped nature and rubbish style.

Have found two cinemas that me and the misses go to regularly now that affords a bit of leg room for me, but point I'm making is it's not always someone being a prick.

Could you tell me which cinemas?
I am 6ft 5 and I could not agree more with your comment
its like when ever I want too go away on holidays I have too book one of those exit seats unless its with aer lingus I find their seats too be fine but ryanair my god, its like trying too sqeeze into a kiddies size onezie

Snickers Man

Loughc wrote: »

Viva la revolution!

I think the reason why they opt for the rustly paper bags is they absorb butter, where the cardboard boxes leak butter out the bottom and destroys the clothes of anyone that gets butter on their popcorn.

So that's easy then. If they want butter on their popcorn wrap the bottom of the carton in a polythene bag. Simple.

Got to make the cinemas try harder.

Loughc

Snickers Man wrote: »

Got to make the cinemas try harder.

And how will you achieve that?

prospect

I don't get to go to the Cinema often but when I do I like to enjoy the movie in peace and comfort. Hence I agree with almost all of the above.

I confess to enjoying buttered pop-corn, and when I do get it I just hold the open bag by the bottom with one or two serviettes in my hand. No rustling bag to annoy (me mostly) anyone, and no butter drips onto my clothes.


Funny, we do 'cinema night' most Fridays at home for the kids (if they behave). Basically they pull the curtains and turn off all the lights in the living room and watch a movie of their choice with some treats. When we do go to the actual cinema they have asked me why all the other kids are being so noisy! I'm not sure if I am training them to observe good cinema etiquette, or if they'll just be cantankerous auld farts like me!

Beefy78

2Mad2BeMad wrote: »

Could you tell me which cinemas?
I am 6ft 5 and I could not agree more with your comment
its like when ever I want too go away on holidays I have too book one of those exit seats unless its with aer lingus I find their seats too be fine but ryanair my god, its like trying too sqeeze into a kiddies size onezie

I'm 6'5" too. I find the seats in the cinema at Dundrum to be fine. Everywhere else though and it is the same lack of comfort and likelihood of annoying everyone around me by fidgeting constantly that I've had to endure since I was 17.

sporina

OMG went to the cinema this eve and i i kid you not…

a guy behind me made such a ractet the whoooole way through the movie..
eating fisffulls of popcorn while trying to breathe loudly through his nose..

then generally making funny breathing noises..

then people telling him to be quiet was also at play..

BUT THEN:

the same guy answered his ringing phone and spoke to the person on the line during the movie "hey ya i'm in the cinema - i'll call you later"

do i have to stop going to the cinema? really?

root69

In my opinion this is all about education and respect for the one next to you on public environments.

Nevertheless, since this a fact you can very little control, I would say the cinemas would impose codes of conduct and maybe have their room staff supervising it.

I do know this might bring impact on sales for some cinemas and they might be reluctant to adhere to such policies.

e_e

sporina wrote: »

OMG went to the cinema this eve and i i kid you not…

a guy behind me made such a ractet the whoooole way through the movie..
eating fisffulls of popcorn while trying to breathe loudly through his nose..

then generally making funny breathing noises..

then people telling him to be quiet was also at play..

BUT THEN:

the same guy answered his ringing phone and spoke to the person on the line during the movie "hey ya i'm in the cinema - i'll call you later"

do i have to stop going to the cinema? really?

What was the cinema and the film playing? Name and shame.

sporina

root69 wrote: »

In my opinion this is all about education and respect for the one next to you on public environments.

Nevertheless, since this a fact you can very little control, I would say the cinemas would impose codes of conduct and maybe have their room staff supervising it.

I do know this might bring impact on sales for some cinemas and they might be reluctant to adhere to such policies.

i went to see calvery - and such a movie requires a silent atmosphere..

jesus not to be mean but its as if there was a sow behind me munching and mooching around.. and the deep breathing…

i turned around several times hoping he would get the hint but he was too in love with his pop corn.

i will go to a cinema that is supervised next time

Omackeral

sporina wrote: »

i turned around several times hoping he would get the hint but he was too in love with his pop corn.

There's your problem. He's not a mind reader. Say it instead of being passive-aggressive. He's probably on another site now saying someone at the cinema kept turning around non stop and it annoyed him.

Thing that annoys me in the cinema is after the movie ends, the place looks like an absolute tip. There are plenty of bins provided yet people just rise up out of their filth and walk off. Takes almost no effort to bring your rubbish as far as the screen door.

sporina

Omackeral wrote: »

There's your problem. He's not a mind reader. Say it instead of being passive-aggressive. He's probably on another site now saying someone at the cinema kept turning around non stop and it annoyed him.

Thing that annoys me in the cinema is after the movie ends, the place looks like an absolute tip. There are plenty of bins provided yet people just rise up out of their filth and walk off. Takes almost no effort to bring your rubbish as far as the screen door.

i am hardly the problem.
I thought about getting up - but what was i suppose to say "em excuse me could you stop eating and breathing like a pig"?
I did reprimand him though when he answered his phone so i am not so passive aggressive.

i am sure people are paid to clean the cinema afterwards - however i pay to go to see a movie - and in this case i would have been better off at home as i was so annoyed all the way through.

Baked.noodle

I worked in a cinema for a couple of years and it was a great job. All the movies and plenty of nice work mates. The whole cinema business is about food. I'm sure there is money in tickets, but cinema are really just a front for confectionary empires. Sacks of maze the size of bags of concrete doused in msg and black sugary syrup mixed with tap water. The place was a gold mine. If you think that's butter your eating think again. Margarine. Big tins of cheese flavoured goop. Most of the stuff sold in cinemas is absolute crap. It amazes me that anybody eating that shít can sit still for five minutes.

bellinter

Rule #14

If a film is billed as a Comedy, this does not mean that you must laugh hysterically at every... single... thing.

The very first line in Calvary, for example, hardly warrants a fit of loud laughter to last about 30 seconds.

bren2001

Went to Calvary in Coolock on Tuesday night. To my left and right two people with massive bags of crisps eating them with their mouth open, behind me a man clawing at his box (home made I presume) of popcorn, behind him two women eating sweets individually wrapped, infront to the right 3 women who were either talking to each other or passing around a bag of sweets to share. There were too far away to say anything too, I could just about hear them.

What took the biscuit for me, I was waiting outside the toilets after and the three women walked by. They were having a conversation about how they didn't enjoy the film. They felt duped since, "I saw it was directed by the same person who did the Gaurd. It wasn't as funny". Maybe if you shut up and watched it you may have enjoyed it but at the very least, google the bloody film before you go. It isn't a comedy.