Went to see it on release day and this behaviour ruined it for my kids who were startled and frankly a little scared at how loud the older teens were.
The most awkward phase of most of our lives is when you reach that age that you’re too old to like kids movies in a healthy way but also too young to like kids movies in a healthy way.
Like that awkward teen time when you have to pretend to not enjoy a form of entertainment that is essentially universally enjoyed only to prove to people your age that you’re “not a baby”.
Idk if it is still like that. But I remember specifically being that age and my cousin who was like a year older mocked me for liking Elf with Will Farrell. It’s such a weird age.
Though I think this is primarily a part of toxic masculinity. Most girls I knew never had this pressure.
If only they would add the same warnings for the people who scream, clap, cheer and whistle during marvel movies.
The only time I was ok with this was during the “Avengers assemble” scene in Endgame.
I agree it’s okay there. But my god some people will try to do it for literally everything. I remember when I saw Deadpool and Wolverine people were cheering and whistling as the actors names came on screen. I understand people get all excited for these movies but theater etiquette should still exist.
Watching Black Panther at the Magic Johnson theater was a unique and fun experience lmao.
It’s event kino. Cant complain during a Rocky Horror screening either
Essactly
Eww no thanks
I know! Don’t watch it in theaters and watch it on Netflix in a month
Better yet, bootleg it, and keep their corporate profit in your own pocket.
Do you mean pirate it? I always used “bootleg” to mean the copies people sell or post online that are specifically camera recordings of the screen.
I have never once watched one of those versions for more than 5 minutes. It’s just garbage quality and audio. I’d sooner not watch a movie.
But if you mean pirate it when it has a digital release. Absolutely! Piracy is alive and well and getting better with every ad or price increase the streaming services add.
Thats what Ive been doing recently. Its and infinitely better experience
I just made a post about this on my own comm this morning about how the talk about the shit going on in the theatre is what is actually making me interested in going to see it, if it is at all true.
When I first saw Rocky Horror Picture Show it was at a midnight event, I didn’t know shit about it other than it was super popular for some reason. The audience participation made the film better. If that’s what going to the movies was usually like, I would want to go out to the movies more often instead of just watching everything at home.
At least for Rocky Horror, the mess is 100% expected by the staff for a one off screening every few months.
Dealing with this shit for every screening in every theater multiple times a day would have me put a lock on the doors. They don’t have the staff to deal with it constantly.
It depends on the mess, but kids movies are always messy and theaters have the staff on hand to clean those kinds of movies, or can increase staff if necessary.
I saw a compilation of clips from various theaters.
-kids were throwing shit all over the place
-people were assaulting staff
-someone set one theater on fire during the screening
Who knows what else has been happening but those were the highlights.
Ah yes the last reason for anyone of new generation to go to the cinema great idea boomer
Yeah. I’m with you. Sure some little kids might be afraid of some loud teenagers. But it’s a Minecraft movie. Half the people buying tickets to that shit are doing it specifically to meme. Let the kids be kids.
Actually, i just had a good idea. Restrict the movies age below 15 unless you’ve got a kid under 15 with you. Basically the reverse of an R rating.
Gets rid of most of the cringe 15+ year old that go there to be annoying. Add a separate showing for teens and kids basically.
Actually. This is not a bad idea in general.
Make a rocky horror thing of it, it’s no problem unless they do this everytime, and if they do then the theaters have fucking found an entire new field of revenue and it’s just idiotic to reject that
God forbid people enjoy themselves.
We have too many theaters anyway.
Its not like its shindlers list ffs
I hate corporations jesus christ
Well I was going to do the “Sit quietly and enjoy the movie without causing a disturbance” TikTok trend, but the sign said that wouldn’t be tolerated; so I guess I’ll just fucking destroy everything then.
Oh my god society is pathetic.
Let people enjoy a movie for fuck sake. Oh no people clapped because Jack Black said Minecraft boo hoo.
Grow up people if your kids are bothered by crowds and loud noises that bad maybe have a conversation with them that other people exist and have a whole life they wanna live too
It’s not just clapping, it’s people throwing popcorn and running around the isles screaming. And not kids, teens.
It’s like fucking Rocky Horror Picture Show, but most of the audience didn’t sign up for the interactive show
So exactly like Rocky Horror Picture Show
Yep, except the people going to see that expect audience partici…
…pation 😝
Wtf is a Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Movie theaters rely on an intact social contract for them to work. These movies aren’t filmed in front of a live studio audience, the actors can’t pause to wait for audience reactions. If I spend $20 for a ticket for a single viewing and miss a line because of people talking, being on their phone, air otherwise acting a fool. I’d be upset, I’m sure plenty of people are asking for their money back because of disruptions during the showing. If a theater becomes known for disruptions then they will lose customers and go out of business.
No that isn’t true. Which line did you miss of the kids movie because they had fun, can I help you? The kids of EVERY generation has done shit like this. Stop being so boring
If you want a perfect personal viewing experience don’t watch movies in public?
That’s such a bad take. Do you not know about movie theaters? Or theaters?
They actually tell you to turn off your ringer before the movie and to be mindful of others.
Next you’re gonna be telling people not to expect quiet at a library.
Im sorry but if you go see a participational movie expect to see the audience participate.
Just another reason to never go to a public movie theater.
I’m sorry I think you may be confused about terminology here. Give me an example of a movie which enlists audience participation.
If I had multiple bad experiences I definitely would consider stop watching movies in theaters.
If enough people stopped watching then theaters would go out of business for everyone so I understand why they are trying to crack down on disruptive viewers
Yeah if I went to an audience participation movie and some bitch was whining about others enjoying themselves in a non traditional way then I would start avoiding theaters more too
That’s the concept of voting with your wallet and that’s something we should do more of. Neither way is correct, but if enough people were to vote with their wallet, we could have “quiet please” and “audience participation encouraged” niches being filled by smaller theater operators instead of soulless corporate owned megaplexes.
Nah completely disagree. Your enjoyment doesn’t matter more than another’s, I like theaters with energy. Obviously it matters movie to movie but if you’re going in for a horror movie and don’t expect gasps and screams or an action movie and don’t expect possibly some cheers watch the movie at home.
Part of the theater is going to the crowd. Why would you assume a child’s movie would be quiet? They never are and never will be
I wouldn’t expect a children’s movie to be silent because kids are still learning how to act in public. The Minecraft movie is not one that would care that much about.
I also don’t think a movie theater is the place for audience interaction, a live show for certain kinds of entertainers or certain sporting events are a more appropriate venue for that.
Not that your preferences in theatre energy are wrong but I don’t agree that you ought to get to be loud because my enjoyment is not more important than yours. Some people get enjoyment out of teasing or trolling others. If your enjoyment is negatively impacting my enjoyment then it’s not acceptable in my opinion. That’s the social contracts. You can still enjoy a movie without being disruptive. Or you can be disruptive as much as you want in a private showing.
the Minecraft movie was announced more than 10 years ago, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that teenagers will want to have fun in a place where there is no expectation they should clean up and where the only people getting an interrupted experience were toddlers disrupting movies when the movie was announced.
I don’t think Minecraft movie will have this effect. It’s pretty unliked for just being starbait and not core game stuff
Put that pressure on the studios. Don’t fucking court the crazy if you don’t want the crazy
Outside of making a mess or trashing the place, I think movie theaters need to allow patrons to do more when watching a movie. The movie is going to go direct to video in a month anyway, why not let movie goers have fun?
What they should do is have 2 screenings going, one that’s for people who like to sit there and do the standard movie going things, laugh at funny things, react to shocking things, cough, you know the usual, then have another screening where it’s a borderline party,have less seating and open up the floor for people to dance, sing or whatever their hearts desire.
I like to sit there and watch a movie, but it would be nice to have a choice to go to the more loose one every so often, some movies are made to be enjoyed loudly.
Because someone has to clean that shit up.
Edit: you said outside of that, so I will amend my comment to fun for someone could be ruining the fun for others who just want to sit and enjoy watching it.
If this was over a generation ago with how movies used to get released, I’d agree with you.
However, it feels like part of the fun of seeing something in a theater is that you’re watching something with others and you could watch it alone within a few months. With what I’ve read about RRR or the Taylor Swift Eras movie release, maybe theaters should let some screenings being audience participatory because there is more enjoyment with treating the movie as something to interact with instead of passively watch.
After all, you can passively watch a movie at home.
And that’s why I stopped going to the movies.
My screens at home are not that much worse than seeing a movie in theater from a reasonable distance from the screen and I can control the other thing like the volume and whether or not their are subtitles. The people talking about how crazy the MC movie seeing was made me actually want to go and see it.
