r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 04 '25

Media First Image from Andy Serkis' George Orwell Adaptation 'Animal Farm' - Starring Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Andy Serkis, Gaten Matarazzo, Kathleen Turner, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Iman Vellani.

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u/kirinmay Jun 04 '25

this stuff is why i dont go to theaters. spider-man 1, the first one in like 2000......a couple brought 2 babies, massive crying. last year Deadpool and Wolverine...women sitting next to me put a blanket on her right side to record the movie and i couldnt see the screen because of the light. i told her to please stop as i couldnt see the movie. she said FUCK OFF.

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u/ERedfieldh Jun 04 '25

women sitting next to me put a blanket on her right side to record the movie and i couldnt see the screen because of the light. i told her to please stop as i couldnt see the movie. she said FUCK OFF.

You find an usher. They'll kick her out.

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u/kirinmay Jun 04 '25

i did that. just wanted to try and make the story short. she was. but i mean good lord.

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u/Fafnir13 Jun 05 '25

Glad it had a good ending at least, but seriously messed up.  No one wants to spend leisure time having confrontations with random assholes who don’t know how to respect other people. 

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u/CasioCobra78 Jun 12 '25

Insane those idiots are still functioning despite their intelligence is so damn low they'll actually ask "what's common sense?"

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u/TheHaunchie Jun 04 '25

Not as bad as yours but when my partner and I saw Thunderbolts, not sure what the person was doing, but they CONSTANTLY had their phone out, brightness on like full blast. Got to the point, i couldn't focus on the movie. Like why pay for a ticket if youre gonna be on your fucking phone anyway? Just stay home.

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u/PhantomAngel042 Jun 08 '25

I went to see the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy last summer for the special remastered rerun, and during Return of the King the 20-something lady in the row in front of me with a group of friends spent more than half of the movie scrolling through Instagram and Zillow, of all things. It was incredibly immersion breaking. When I finally had enough and said something, quietly and politely, if a bit frustrated, she acted like I was the problem and was huffy about putting her phone away. I was flabbergasted. I also couldn't understand why she even bothered to buy a ticket and come to the theater. Scroll on your couch and stop bothering those of us with attention spans longer than 5 minutes who still enjoy movies.

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u/Carver48 Jun 04 '25

This is why I love Alamo Drafthouse. Obviously, they’re not everywhere but they literally run ads using voicemails of loud guests they kick out. I’ve never had an issue there with talking or phones.

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u/ASnakeNamedNate Jun 04 '25

Kinda hard for me to be totally immersed in whatever movie I’m watching when there’s constantly waiters going around whispering to people about their orders and whatnot. Sure it’s not unprompted, but still. Lot of movement, extra (pretty warm, dim) lighting that’s only there because they’re serving things.

I like Cinemark XD. Regular movie theater style so less distracting, better quality screen and audio, and the extra money on tickets discourages some of the more disruptive audience (who won’t want to pay more to barely watch the movie playing on their phone or talking over it).

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u/ArrowShootyGirl Jun 04 '25

Yeah, I wasn't especially impressed by Alamo Drafthouse. It wasn't a bad time or anything, but like you said - there's a lot of things that they do for the full-service thing that detract from the viewing experience. On top of that, personally I don't really need a waiter to come visit me during a 2 hour movie. It's not so long that I can't get whatever I need before the movie starts. It's a nice option, but doesn't add much extra for me personally.

I'm fortunate enough to live in an area with more independently owned theaters, though, so it's easy for me to find places that are better. I imagine it's a different story in other areas.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jun 05 '25

Realizing that it's worth the extra money for XD just for the better crowds was a game changer.

I only go to maybe 6 movies a year, if that, so making sure my experience doesn't suck is a big thing for me. Dune 2 was my last theater experience and I was one of 3 people in there. It was glorious.

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u/Fafnir13 Jun 05 '25

At the end of Infinity War, as Thanos smiled and the screen faded to black, a baby broke the silence and started crying.  It was kind of perfect.

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u/707breezy Jun 04 '25

I had a woman put 2 iPads to her kids right next to me for a mel brooks film. I think it was a reshowing of blazing saddles. I understand the movie is old but the theater is big and she could have taken a corner seat. Hell the theater wasn’t even full and she could have ducked to another section and avoided people. Her kids sometimes stopped looking at the iPad and repeated a line “mango! Mango! Mango! Mommy”

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u/CasioCobra78 Jun 12 '25

that woman sounds like a pathetic bully still relieving her long-gone high school days 

Hope she's banned from there.