Are you completely fine with people talking in the cinema?

Kev W

I went to the cinema this past weekend and had to remonstrate with a couple (not for the first time, I'm sure not for the last) who wouldn't stop talking.

Now for all the times I've heard the topic discussed I've never heard anyone say "I think it's fine to talk in the cinema", in fact most people find it to be horrible, arrogant, selfish behaviour.

Yet it happens so often there must be people who think it's appropriate.

Are you one of those people?

If so, why?

jamo2oo9

Yes, I am a monster.

No, it's rude. You are just hindering other people's experience of seeing a new film.


Don't be a díck.

cruizer101

Its not so much that anyone thinks its fine its just that some people have no respect and think they are more important than others, and so that their conversation is more important than your enjoyment, the same people would probably still give out if you started talking.

duffman3833

Yes, I am a monster.

NO..... Its a cinema, not a hangout to gossip and annoy others who paid to see a film in peace

frag420

Cinemas don't care if people talk, the ticket has been bought so the money has been made. I was asked to leave a cinema here in London as I first asked three school girls who were taking calls loudly during a movie to stop and tun their phones off and when they didn't I walked out to tell someone. I was told to come back to watch the film another day when it may be quieter!!

I think a good suggestion is for cinemas to have silent movie nights, no food, no phones and no turning up late. You get there before the trailers finish or no movie, door locked as soon as opening credits start to roll.

Any film I want to see I wait until the last couple of nights it is showing as it is always quiet and generally c*nt free!!

Kev W

Yes, I am a monster.

frag420 wrote: »

Cinemas don't care if people talk, the ticket has been bought so the money has been made. I was asked to leave a cinema here in London as I first asked three school girls who were taking calls loudly during a movie to stop and tun their phones off and when they didn't I walked out to tell someone. I was told to come back to watch the film another day when it may be quieter!!

I think a good suggestion is for cinemas to have silent movie nights, no food, no phones and no turning up late. You get there before the trailers finish or no movie, door locked as soon as opening credits start to roll.

Any film I want to see I wait until the last couple of nights it is showing as it is always quiet and generally c*nt free!!

This is why I like the IFI, the odd time they show something I want to see. No snacks, they don't let people in after the film starts and most importantly the audience is there to actually watch the film!

Except Horrorthon, which is a c*nt's nest.

Ruu

It is a hang-able offense in my opinion, that or a severe arse kicking. The rare time I go to a film, I didn't pay to listen to nonsense and chatter.

foggy_lad

Yes, I am a monster.

I find producing a large Butt plug and tube of lube usually shuts them up!

Saipanne

Yes, I am a monster.

I always think the same thing when confronted with this:

Why didn't they just go to the pub?

Kev W

Yes, I am a monster.

There's a cinema chain in the US, Drafthouse I think, that has a zero-tolerance policy on movie talkers and phone users. No warnings, just kicked out. Any cinema that had such a policy here would have my custom for life.

SEPT 23 1989

the noise the animals make rustling packets of sweets and shoveling their bin bag portions of rancid smelling buttered popcorn into their mouths while slurping their 2 litres of fizzy water also annoy me

danmanw8

Yes, I am a monster.

It's very annoying and you have to wonder why anyone would pay to go the cinema and then not watch the movie....seems like a huge waste of money

NachoBusiness

Yes, I am a monster.

I see a few films a week (between the Lighthouse, Screen, IFI and Cineworld) and people talking is the number one thing that drives me nuts, close second would be people whipping out their phones to check Facebook. Don't they get that people in the rows behind them will be distracted by the bloody glare of their screen in a darkened room ffs. Ignorant people.

Did see one chap last week Red Army in the IFI telling two women to shut up during the trailers which I thought was out of line though. Do what you like during the trailers.

Hate numpties that come in 15 mins late to a film and start looking for good seats. Usually these people will sit down right in front of me or beside me after me choosing that seat cause there was nobody in front of me or beside me! If I was rich I'd open a cinema and as soon as a film would start, the doors would click shut and nobody would be able to enter the screen from that point on. Have the toilets in the screen like Savoy 1.

Saipanne

Yes, I am a monster.

If a cinema opened that charged twice the price but kicked out talkers and banned sweets, I would pay that.

I just don't bother with cinemas anymore.

jamesbere

Yes, I am a monster.

Bunch of f***king c**ts, a severe beating outside the cinema is the only answer and also getting their popcorn and other snacks.

super_furry

Talk (quietly) through the adverts and trailers if you have to but shut up when the film starts.

Andre 3000

Am I completely fine with it? Of course I am, I expect talking in the movie. I'd be annoyed if in 2015 they were still showing silent films.

py2006

Yes, I am a monster.

There is nothing that irritates me more. Its so rude, disprectful and downright selfish.

My last few cinema experiences have been ruined by teens talking out loud and/or repulsive little skangers shouting and laughing and making phonecalls and texting.

wilhelm roentgen

Mastication in the dark should be kept to an absolute minimum

Duggy747

If I ran a cinema this how I'd deal with talkers and phone fiddlers.

allibastor

I had this conversation only at the weekend, do people think it is weird to go to the cinema on your own?

My opinion was it wasn't, cause I go there to watch a film. Many said I was odd, one chap who will bring dates to the cinema. How bad, you cant talk there

Liamario

Yes, I am a monster.

The only people that talk in the cinema, are those who go once a year and or have no interest in going to see the movie in the first place.

I remember politely asking someone behind me to please stop talking and I was told to '**** off'. These words came from an adult woman.

jamesbere

Yes, I am a monster.

allibastor wrote: »

I had this conversation only at the weekend, do people think it is weird to go to the cinema on your own?

My opinion was it wasn't, cause I go there to watch a film. Many said I was odd, one chap who will bring dates to the cinema. How bad, you cant talk there

I go to the cinema on my own because it's a lot less hassle. Going with a gang can be a problem because there's always someone late which I can't stand.

frag420

foggy_lad wrote: »

I find producing a large Butt plug and tube of lube usually shuts them up!

Apparently that's standard in some cinemas and to be expected!!

Penny Tration

I hate people talking during the film! It happens very regularly in my local cinema. I say 'shhhh' twice. Then tell them to shut up. If it happens after that, I go out and tell the staff I either want them dealt with or my money back. They're usually kicked out or given a warning at that stage.

endacl

Yes, I am a monster.

If you're talking in the cinema, you'd better be on the screen.

crazygeryy

Yes, I am a monster.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the noise the animals make rustling packets of sweets and shoveling their bin bag portions of rancid smelling buttered popcorn into their mouths while slurping their 2 litres of fizzy water also annoy me

yea ban everything, make cinema ****e altogether.no eating sit up straight and no breathing to while your at it.

:rolleyes:

no talking during the movie!!!

eat all you want.

NachoBusiness

Yes, I am a monster.

crazygeryy wrote: »

..no breathing to while your at it.

:rolleyes:

Actually, now that you mention it, I was sitting beside this guy once who every time he inhaled, his nose would whistle. Was wrecking my head listening to him, sitting there oblivious to the fact that his whistling snout was ruining the film for those around him. So I grabbed him and started punching the head off him... nah, but I bloody wanted to. Damn people with their weird malfunctioning bodies.

jobbridge4life

Yes, I am a monster.

Obviously 'talking' as in having a full blown or loud conversation is not acceptable. But the odd whispered comment is fair enough IMO. It depends a lot on how full the cinema is as well.

poisonated

Yes, I am a monster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs

Datallus

But if I don't talk in the cinema how will the other people know what I think?

Capt'n Midnight

This

How movie theaters SHOULD be laid out by The Oatmeal

Kev W

Yes, I am a monster.

I notice three people have voted in the poll to say it's OK to talk in the cinema but they haven't said so on the thread. Goes to show they know they're in the wrong, in my opinion.

Datallus

I'm was at a screening of Macbeth today and it was just me and someone else there and mid-way through the film he whipped out his phone and started checking his e-mails, he was a few rows in front of me and the glaring screen was very distracting; I mean, e-mails can wait surely?

Kev W

Yes, I am a monster.

Datallus wrote: »

I'm was at a screening of Macbeth today and it was just me and someone else there and mid-way through the film he whipped out his phone and started checking his e-mails, he was a few rows in front of me and the glaring screen was very distracting; I mean, e-mails can wait surely?

And if you'd said as much to him, he'd reckon you were in the wrong. These people have no regard for anyone bar themselves.

Datallus

Phone should be on silent and in pocket throughout, it's not too hard to stay off it for 90 mins or 2 hours is it?

It didn't even occur to me to say anything, really, I'm just used to it at this stage.

Into The Blue

Yes, I am a monster.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

...shoveling their bin bag portions of rancid smelling buttered popcorn into their mouths... also annoy me

Wow, hang on a sec.. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater!

josephryan1989

Yes, I am a monster.

I was at Taken 3 when a pot bellied suited office type wearing a "VOTE YES" badge and carrying a giant bag of popcorn sat down in front of me. He had a truly dreadful pong of sweat off him. Anyway two thirds of the way through the film the guy started standing up and shouting at people up the back who were talking and threatening to have them thrown out. He kept getting up and crawling across people's laps and summoning security to have people ejected. I told him to sit down because he was ruining the movie for everyone and when I called him a "f*gg*t" he turned on me and I told him to f*ck off before he threatened to have me thrown out. He finally shut up and left when a guy from Eastern Europe who was as scary as one of the villains in the movie finally had enough and leaped to his feet threatening to take the guy apart. He finally left and the audience were left in peace to watch the last 20 minutes after losing track of the movie.

whatismyname

Oh yeah, completely fine with it.

(What a strange question).

Custardpi

Yes, I am a monster.

Unfortunately there are some films where talking, texting & loud noises are simply part of the experience & you have to adjust your expectations when going to them. This is primarily true of films which have a broad i.e. including adolescents appeal. When I go to see the new Bond film I have no doubt that I'll miss at least 20% of it due to people talking, texting, standing up, rustling sweet papers, shouting to their mates across the room, arriving 30 minutes late etc etc. Unless you want to spend your time having an argument with these people (& thus missing even more of the film) you pretty much have to go with the flow.

MilesMorales1

I think people who do that should be shot.

jamesbere

Yes, I am a monster.

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I think people who do that should be shot.

With a poison arrow

Kev W

Yes, I am a monster.

josephryan1989 wrote: »

I was at Taken 3 when a pot bellied suited office type wearing a "VOTE YES" badge and carrying a giant bag of popcorn sat down in front of me. He had a truly dreadful pong of sweat off him. Anyway two thirds of the way through the film the guy started standing up and shouting at people up the back who were talking and threatening to have them thrown out. He kept getting up and crawling across people's laps and summoning security to have people ejected. I told him to sit down because he was ruining the movie for everyone and when I called him a "f*gg*t" he turned on me and I told him to f*ck off before he threatened to have me thrown out. He finally shut up and left when a guy from Eastern Europe who was as scary as one of the villains in the movie finally had enough and leaped to his feet threatening to take the guy apart. He finally left and the audience were left in peace to watch the last 20 minutes after losing track of the movie.

In fairness that particular movie can only be improved by having your attention drawn away from it so he did you a favour there.

But hooray for you and your homophobia, I guess?

spurious

Yes, I am a monster.

Subtitles and foreign movies - the great filters.

AMKC

Yes, I am a monster.

R

AMKC

Yes, I am a monster.

Really annoying when people start to chat or mess in the cinema when the film is on. The odd whisper is ok and talking looking at your phone or whatever else before the film but as soon as it starts they should be quiet or get out. Why go to the cinema if you are not going to watch the movie. People walking in front of you too is also annoying. Go to the bathroom before the movie then go again after and you will be fine if you can,t hold it for 2 or so hours then go get a nappy for yourself but don,t ruin someone else,s cinema experience.

Say Your Number

Yeah I'm fine with it, same thing with concerts, I prefer listening to the inane ramblings of the gimps around me rather than watch the band/film I made the time to travel to and paid in to see.

hmmm

It's funny how theatres seem to make no effort to stop people from talking/using their phones. It's the number 1 reason I stopped going, and would prefer to watch something on a smaller screen at home - then the theatre owners complain about how piracy is killing their business.

jester77

No one talks in the cinema here, people are more respectful.

Custardpi

Yes, I am a monster.

Can you imagine the whinging calls to Joe Duffy & the epic social media rage that would ensue if cinemas in Ireland implemented the kind of policy which the Drafthouse chain mentioned earlier in the thread has used?

e_e

Yes, I am a monster.

Last time I was at Movies @ Dundrum they were advertisising a movie quiz app and hashtags to tweet DURING THE MOVIE. I'd be hesitant about going there again! :pac:

Lighthouse Cinema in the afternoon is a safe haven for movie watching. Love the place, IFI still has its share of arseholes though and it's not helped by all of the screens being so cramped.