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"If you take sexual advantage of her...
... you're going to burn in a very special kind of hell.
A level they reserve for child molesters...
... and people who talk at the theatre."
I hate it when people feel the need to catch up on their social chat while at a movie (in session) at the cinema - or worse still is the habit some folks have of talking on their mobile phones during a movie.
I think cinemas should run special 'silence is golden' session where the rule is that if you talk you are thrown out. That'd be great.
What *really* pisses me off, is that if someone does talk and you request them to be quiet - no matter how politely you ask - they often get righteous, start calling you names and threating you.
My last experience of such a reaction was for Tomb Raider II - ok, it's not a high brow or necessarily wonderful movie but even so the rattling of wrappers and talking is still annoying. AND, it also happens to be where my last talking-at-the-cinema exchange took place.
The movie starts and I turn around and ask the people behind me (who I could not see) to keep it down to a dull roar. (I actually did this very politely, using the word 'please' and everything!). A guy sticks his head forward and says something. I beg his pardon, not having heard what he said (I had an idea he may have been aggressive but did not want to respond or ignore without being sure). He tells me that he just told his kid to be quiet himself because he also wanted to watch the movie. I thank him and return to the movie, thinking the whole thing is over.
Movie ends, said man behind me taps my male friend on the shoulder and says to him, 'Next Time why don't you tell me to be quiet yourself, instead of getting your mim-ee to do it for you
' (and so on and so forth). This really peeved me because I am not sure what the hell a mim-ee is but I am sure it is not good. It said in the context of 'little woman'. He also went on that we should speak direct to him and get him to discipline his kid - a moot point as I did not scan the crowd before turning around and asking them to keep it to a dull roar. Even then my vision was limited and I saw no kid. He then went on to say that we could wait until the feature started which really pissed me off as the movie had started.
Anyway, what is someone with a kid with them doing picking a fight with other members of the audience after the movie, on something that had already passed, when they could just go safely home? Pretty irresponsible as for all he knew we could have been violent and agressive for all he knew and he could have been putting his kid in danger. Luckily, we were just annoyed at being called un-manly, or having the inference that women could not talk for themselves or being called liars.
If people want to talk, can't they leave the cinema, wait til the movie comes out on video, or even go on cheap night - which is also rude as they are then bothering people who might be on a tight budget and may not be able to afford another night. Surely a coffee shop or bar is a better place than the cinema to go if you want to chat?
Ironically this soapbox issue seems to be a popular one for many, I often get additional commentary from friends and aquaintances who have visited my site and read my spiel.
While at 'The Forgotten' some rude ignorant pig started messaging/playing with his/her phone 4 rows down and a bit across, I took a 5 cent piece out of my purse, aimed and fired and scored! Hah. That'll teach 'em.
I particularly enjoyed the piece about those foul rodents of society (no, not John Howard this time) who talk through movies, arrive late, sit right next to you when the cinema is practically empty, bring their 2 year olds into an M or R rated film, explain the plot (which is bleeding obvious to anyone) to their partner, etc. etc. What's to be done!Ms P