People talking in the cinema

Carsinian Thau · 25-07-2008 11:26PM #1

One of the most annoying things that can happen.
If you've gone to see a movie you don't want to hear idle conversation, children asking what's going on, other people asking what happened when they went to the bathroom, children fighting over sweets and idiots telling their friends that they saw that bit coming an hour ago (especially when the film hasn't been on for an hour :mad: ).

Can anyone think of any way for us to strike back and reclaim the hallowed grounds of the silent cinema (apart from the soundtrack)?

Personally, I recommend stun guns. At worse you get a little hum as the charge up and a slight fizzing when they discharge (asuming you hit them correctly so as to prevent them from yelling out or anything).
Stun guns or cattle prods. Definitely the way to go.

Carsinian Thau · 25-07-2008 11:27PM

Fast acting sedatives could be a profitable avenue as well.

trowelled · 25-07-2008 11:29PM

Carsinian Thau wrote: »

One of the most annoying things that can happen.
If you've gone to see a movie you don't want to hear idle conversation, children asking what's going on, other people asking what happened when they went to the bathroom, children fighting over sweets and idiots telling their friends that they saw that bit coming an hour ago (especially when the film hasn't been on for an hour :mad: ).

Can anyone think of any way for us to strike back and reclaim the hallowed grounds of the silent cinema (apart from the soundtrack)?

Personally, I recommend stun guns. At worse you get a little hum as the charge up and a slight fizzing when they discharge (asuming you hit them correctly so as to prevent them from yelling out or anything).
Stun guns or cattle prods. Definitely the way to go.

OOh cattle prods. I'd have way too much fun with them.

KnifeWRENCH · 25-07-2008 11:29PM

Just slip some chloroform in their popcorn.

Ruu_Old · 25-07-2008 11:31PM

A seat that would give way and just send the perpetrator down a chute and land them in the rubbish skip outside.

Like a trapdoor.

fonpokno · 25-07-2008 11:32PM

In the cinema last night, there was one fella on his phone for a good 20mins. Then one of the cinema dudes came in and told him to shut up.

"Just one minute, just one minute!......Alright I'll ring ya back, security's here making me hang up!"

Lovely man, sharing his conversational love with the whole cinema..... People like him make my brain bleed.

edit: cattle prods ftw!

Lainey · 25-07-2008 11:36PM

oh this melts my head.. why do they even bother going at all. The teenagers laughing and flirting and callin one another names at the back :mad::mad: ( i'm only jealous):p

zero19 · 25-07-2008 11:38PM

Whats worse is people who have downloaded the film and give away the plot.....Ugh backstards

akamossy · 25-07-2008 11:53PM

This is so irritating. I don't get why people pay to go in and see the movie and just sit there and talk through the whole thing :mad: Its a waste of money and they've wasted my money because i can't hear the damn thing, agh... so annoying

trowelled · 26-07-2008 12:01AM

Ruu wrote: »

A seat that would give way and just send the perpetrator down a chute and land them in the rubbish skip outside. Like a trapdoor.

I likey. You could give them a poke with the cattle prod as a sort of warning and then if they keep it up the can be dropped down the trapdoor

bronte · 26-07-2008 12:08AM

I like Ruu's idea...some lad was yakking away on the phone last time I went.
Everyone went shhhh! and he still wouldn't shut up!
Even worse... I went to see Phantom of the Opera in London a few weeks ago and some cow would not shut up talking behind me..despite being told to several times :mad: Bleedin £40 theatre tickets and it's interrupted by blather mc blathersome!

hussey · 26-07-2008 12:09AM

People on the phone gets my goat

Esp when the phone is so bright it burns.

Or a combo of talk + phone

"Sorry can't talk now, I'm in the cinema"

Actually does anyone call it the pictures anymore?

darkskol · 26-07-2008 12:12AM

phones really annoy me in the cinema and talking dont even get me started...why pay nearly €10 in if all your going to do is just talk away.

Aurora Borealis · 26-07-2008 12:18AM

I like the cattle prod idea.

brianthebard · 26-07-2008 12:21AM

A swift jarring kick to the back of the chair should end most conversations methinks.

ejmaztec · 26-07-2008 12:59AM

It must really annoy those people who take their video cameras in with them, picking up all that unnecessary chat.

nobodythere · 26-07-2008 03:19AM

Carsinian Thau wrote: »

Can anyone think of any way for us to strike back and reclaim the hallowed grounds of the silent cinema (apart from the soundtrack)?

I know, let's go on the internet and complain about instead of telling them to STFU

Ruu_Old · 26-07-2008 03:23AM

bronte wrote: »

I like Ruu's idea...some lad was yakking away on the phone last time I went.
Everyone went shhhh! and he still wouldn't shut up!
Even worse... I went to see Phantom of the Opera in London a few weeks ago and some cow would not shut up talking behind me..despite being told to several times :mad: Bleedin £40 theatre tickets and it's interrupted by blather mc blathersome!

Ejector button would be good too. "What? Ah its okay, some whiney fecker was telling me to turn off the phone, just told them..whats the..WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Even if the film was rubbish, there would be some entertainment.

kowloon · 26-07-2008 05:06AM

grasshopa wrote: »

I know, let's go on the internet and complain about instead of telling them to STFU

Or lets go on the internet and complain about people complaining on the internet. I may have started a self perpetuating complaint thread

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SV · 26-07-2008 08:51AM

One of my friends told me the other day that he answered his phone in the cinema..I still consider punching him in the face.

ronano · 26-07-2008 09:02AM

report it to security/usher

i like the cattle prod idea tho but it should be used against twats in any situation

BigglesMcGee · 26-07-2008 10:12AM

I used to go twice a week.
The mobile phone has ruined the cinema experience. That and teenage gene pool rejects yapping.
I never go anymore at all, because there is ALWAYS someone on the phone or a group of gob****es yapping.

dr.bollocko · 26-07-2008 10:20AM

BigglesMcGee wrote: »

I used to go twice a week.
The mobile phone has ruined the cinema experience. That and teenage gene pool rejects yapping.
I never go anymore at all, because there is ALWAYS someone on the phone or a group of gob****es yapping.

Your mistake there is not going to really really terrible films, so bad that not even the kind of vaccuous moron who yaps away in the cinema can enjoy it.
I'm talking Gus Van Sandt bad.

stovelid · 26-07-2008 10:57AM

Went to Dundrum on a Saturday night and I was amazed at the amount of pri*cks that were chatting and laughing all through the film.

gazzer · 26-07-2008 11:35AM

It really pisses me off when people answer their phone or start talking loudly in the cinema. However each time it happens I let out a loud 'shush'. If that doesnt stop them I go over to them and tell them to shut the hell up and either watch the film or leave. If I didnt say anything to them I would be stressed out during the movie and I would have about 20 ulcers at this stage. Some people might think I am stupid to confront them but fcuk it. I have paid money in to watch a move and I will be dammed if some ignorant twat is going to ruin that for me.

I have the same philosophy on the bus. If somebody is smoking or playing chipmunk music on their mobiles I tell them to stop. I havnt gotten my head smashed in yet. I know people are afraid of confrontation but imo its the only way to reclaim these things back. If enough people confront the morons in cinemas, on the bus etc they might finally get the message.

Epic Tissue · 26-07-2008 11:45AM

gazzer wrote: »

It really pisses me off when people answer their phone or start talking loudly in the cinema. However each time it happens I let out a loud 'shush'. If that doesnt stop them I go over to them and tell them to shut the hell up and either watch the film or leave. If I didnt say anything to them I would be stressed out during the movie and I would have about 20 ulcers at this stage. Some people might think I am stupid to confront them but fcuk it. I have paid money in to watch a move and I will be dammed if some ignorant twat is going to ruin that for me.

I have the same philosophy on the bus. If somebody is smoking or playing chipmunk music on their mobiles I tell them to stop. I havnt gotten my head smashed in yet. I know people are afraid of confrontation but imo its the only way to reclaim these things back. If enough people confront the morons in cinemas, on the bus etc they might finally get the message.

Fair play, especially on the bus:pac: but the "shush" thing is equally annoying!

Late times for the cinema are probably better.. less kids

ZygOte · 26-07-2008 11:46AM

very simple answer, mobile phone jammers, i believe they are legal in France. cinema should install these and kill the problem once and for all.

or you can always bring your own :pac:

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/09/cell_phone_jammer_is_awesome_a.php

razorblunt · 26-07-2008 11:47AM

gazzer wrote: »

It really pisses me off when people answer their phone or start talking loudly in the cinema. However each time it happens I let out a loud 'shush'. If that doesnt stop them I go over to them and tell them to shut the hell up and either watch the film or leave. If I didnt say anything to them I would be stressed out during the movie and I would have about 20 ulcers at this stage. Some people might think I am stupid to confront them but fcuk it. I have paid money in to watch a move and I will be dammed if some ignorant twat is going to ruin that for me.

I have the same philosophy on the bus. If somebody is smoking or playing chipmunk music on their mobiles I tell them to stop. I havnt gotten my head smashed in yet. I know people are afraid of confrontation but imo its the only way to reclaim these things back. If enough people confront the morons in cinemas, on the bus etc they might finally get the message.

You're spot on lad, I once saw a guy reach over and take the phone off the guy in the row in front and tell him he'd get it back when it was over. He gave it back to him 5mins later buthis point was made. Everyone got a good laugh at that.

seahorse · 26-07-2008 12:08PM

Years ago I went with my bloke to the cinema to watch a Robert De Niro film and there were a gang of teenagers a few rows ahead of me talking shyte at the tops of their voices. They were annoying everyone with their inconsiderate full-throttle waffle and people were letting out hushed tut tuts that were getting them nowhere, the pig ignorant group just continued to ignore them and they were ruining the film; eventually I snapped.

I stood up and roared at the top of my voice: "ARE YOU ROBERT DE NIRO??? HEY, HEY, YOU PEOPLE TALKING, ARE ANY OF YOU ROBERT DE NIRO?????" To which I eventually got back an embarassed muttered "No" from one of them, to which I roared "WELL THEN SHUT THE FCUK UP - BECAUSE I PAID TO LISTEN TO ROBERT DE NIRO". Lol, a lot of people started laughing and a few people even clapped, my partner was mortified, but it shut them the fcuk up, there wasnt a mutter from any of them for the rest of the film. I just thought I'd share that because it's the way I'd advise anyone to deal with this as it was very effective and definitely the way to go if you dont mind making a bit of a show of yourself! (If you'd find that a bit too embarassing just remember you're in the dark, ha ha!)

biko · 26-07-2008 12:12PM

Carsinian Thau wrote: »

Can anyone think of any way for us to strike back and reclaim the hallowed grounds of the silent cinema (apart from the soundtrack)?

Get one of them WASP knifes.

experiMental · 26-07-2008 12:17PM

This is nothin' compared to shagging in the cinema

People talking in the cinema

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