Frank and Ernest by Thaves for August 07, 2023

Two good reasons never to go to a movie theater again.

Joel, Mike, Crow, or Tom Servo?

I could never go back to theaters. I like pausing the movie for a break once in a while.

But I liked the explosions!

Next time, pick a romantic comedy.

Even worse, it was difficult to hear the person he was talking to on his cell phone.

And there was that obnoxious bodybuilder posing a multiflex at the multiplex.

Coincidentally, there was a long article in today’s WaPo about how rudeness in movies has become the norm.

People on their dang phones or talking ran me away from movie theaters. Prices didn’t help.

In our local cinema, anyway, I find the audience is generally well behaved. Although you still have to listen to the occasional packet rustling and munching sound, there is nothing in the way of talking. If the movie is good enough, you can easily filter those out as well.Not really bothered by it. I think the info section before the start of the film which asks people to turn off their phones and (basically) shut up, seems to work

Stopped movie going when sound exceeded human tolerance levels and special effects replaced actors and dialogue as the main purpose. When one leaves a theater with headache, ear ache, and vision problems, that’s the end.

They’re too loud when you can’t hear yourself think.

Forty minutes of ads at the beginning of the last movie I saw in a theater, about seven years ago, completely turned me against theaters. Some of those same ads were running on TV at the time.

They’re being too frank and earnest, confessing their misdeeds, don’t ask, don’t tell…

louder now in theaters so you can hear the soundtrack over the talking…! Also, makes it harder to talk… People got used to taking once they got used to watching movies at home…! About ten years ago when flat screens became available….!

How about TV?

Better than a baby being that loud

Been reading how bad Barbie audiences have been.

I love going to the movies in a real theater. I’ve been doing it for decades. During the 35 years when I reviewed every SF and fantasy film that came to town for my movie-review mailing list (and panels at SF cons) I’d do 70-80 of those alone every year (not counting the mainstream films that I saw just for enjoyment), usually the very first showing after a film had hit town. I really like the previews at the beginning, too. Nothing beats the theater experience. It was practically a way of life for me.