The Audience Reaction Thread

[Octoberist]

yeah, this is the day of the internet. It doesn't take a whole lot. Just google it.

 

[-Arya-]

My audience was horrible. There were frequent stupid outbursts during any scene with nudity. When Dan's buttcheeks were out, they laughed. When the hooker pulls her breasts out, they laughed. When Doctor Manhattan was in a room naked, they laughed. They Shouted "What the F***?" When Rorschach stabbed Blaire Roche's killer, laughed when Rorschach said thing like "You're fat", "Abattoir of ******ed children", and then when Silk Spectre I finally showed up they screamed "****e", "****", and "ho" at her face. In the end at the new frontiersman, when the camera zooms in on Rorschach's journal, they shouted "what?" and then Rorschach narrates, starting with "Rorschach's Journal...." and they said "Oh!". And when Laurie asks " how are things down there?" there was a laugh, Dan starts with "Archie is running..." and the people who laughed follow with "oooohhhh". It was all very frustrating, and my brother was complaining on and on about the movie, and while I tried to justify the elaboration on certain points to make it very clear to the audience, someone walks out of the theater nexts to us and says "I didn't know what the F*** they were talking about, but the Blue guy was cool".

Honestly, I expect more from a midnight showing audience.

Clearly none of them had the intelligence or the attention span to understand the film. One wonders why they showed up to a midnight showing in the 1st place.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

They may not have been offended by the sex/violence, they just might have thought the movie really sucked.

Alot of other movies have those same things, sex and violence. But i'm sure they don't complain about those. and if they do, they don't know what the r rating means.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

yeah, this is the day of the internet. It doesn't take a whole lot. Just google it.

people just hear the word superhero and go " oh okay, that means theres gonna be lots of action and all kinds of other stuff in most CB film"


People are just lazy plain and simple.

 

[Octoberist]

that's just the general public. It'll never change.

 

[Rain Dog]

I didn't end up seeing it again tonight like I thought I would, which is sad because I was thinking the audience would have been better tonight (it's also sad 'cause it may very well mean I won't be seeing it again for a long, long time).

Anyways, this was my experience last night:

The audience was completely silent for a majority of the film. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. There was also no applause at the beginning/end, so I can't tell if most of them liked it or not. There was a lot of giggling at Manhattan's junk(unfortunately it mostly came from the people sitting directly behind me). At first, I was like "alright, they'll get it out of their system now and then keep quiet for the rest of the movie." But no. The giggling actually go worse as the movie progressed.

But that was my only major problem with my experience. I probably would have enjoyed it more it the audience was more into the film (like when I saw TDK there were cheers, gasps, laughs, etc.) but all in all, it was a good viewing.

 

[Crook]

I saw at least twenty or so kids (under 13) at my showing. And I'm...kinda glad.

I don't know if it affected the children in any bad way, but at the very least I know some of the parents got a culture shock at what they just witnessed and put their kids through. If this doesn't get it through their heads that superheroes can be melodramatic and serious, I don't what will.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

that's just the general public. It'll never change.

And why movies like paul blart are always number 1.

 

[Octoberist]

I might want to add that I always get great crowd reactions from theaters in LA since it's you know..Hollywood afterall and you're surrounded by movie geeks and people in the biz. Honestly, they are the best crowd to be with because not only they are polite and have some knowledge on the movie itself, but they can be freakin' fun too.

 

[Bunker]

No one in my theater giggled at Mr. Blue Wang, but a lot of people laughed when Dan was standing in front of his suit nekkid, including me. "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with ME!" also got a nice reaction.

So all in all, the crowd was pretty kewl.

 

[bullets]

I saw the movie with people mostly being mid twenties. there were some people who i thought would talk through the whole movie but as it turne d out everyone was quiet , respectful and laughed at the appropriate times. Also Rorshach was cheered on especially at the scene in the prison cafeteria.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I live in a almost ghetto like place. Where either its quiet or the people never shut the hell up. Most of the time they have no manners at all what so ever. Or you hear bags crinkling really loud. that peeves me.

 

[terry78]

I might want to add that I always get great crowd reactions from theaters in LA since it's you know..Hollywood afterall and you're surrounded by movie geeks and people in the biz. Honestly, they are the best crowd to be with because not only they are polite and have some knowledge on the movie itself, but they can be freakin' fun too.

Well, here in the midwest we think you cats on either coast are a bunch of nutjobs, so we don't have the luxury of watching movies with people in the biz.

 

[danoyse]

I might want to add that I always get great crowd reactions from theaters in LA since it's you know..Hollywood afterall and you're surrounded by movie geeks and people in the biz. Honestly, they are the best crowd to be with because not only they are polite and have some knowledge on the movie itself, but they can be freakin' fun too.

NY crowds are pretty much the same way.

 

[SamuraiSon6]

i was pretty impressed with my crowd actually, i was concerned becuase there where a lot of high school kids on dates, most of which dont know how to handle nudity in movies, but they took it and the violence well, and with a few exceptions, laughed at all the right moments

 

[K.B.]

I honestly think this will make it's money this weekend and drop off with the nerd/geek crowd keeping it afloat.

My audience was packed, PACKED and was not very impressed. Many who weren't part of the geek/nerd fanbase did not seem impressed at all by the time the credits rolled and I think that spells "word of mouth" death.

Just before the end section, everyone seemed to just want to go home and have it finally be over. Many also fealt the payoff wasn't worth it

 

[Leenie]

There were a few giggles here and there the first time Dr. Manhattan's penis was shown, but it was nothing, really. They didn't laugh for the rest of the time it showed up.

The biggest reaction in the theater, though, was the sex scene. People laughed and said "what the ... ?"

Other than that, there weren't any reactions. I was with a boring audience.

 

[K.B.]

Mine was people were into it the first hour-hour 20 mins but then just did not give any real reactions through the rest of the film..it was really werid

I just don't think many knew what they were walking into, they figured it was just another cool looking comic/action film and not a 3 hour long film that seemed to last much longer then that.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

My audience was quiet and respectful, and laughed at all the right times. I have to admit, there were a lot of laughs during the riot scene in '77, especially when the Comedian punched the woman first. Otherwise, pretty normal laughs, including the sex scene, although some sounded very akward, the fireball ending said scene, Rorscach in the prison cafeteria, etc. It was an amazing midnight showing.

 

[Figs]

My audience was quiet and respectful, and laughed at all the right times. I have to admit, there were a lot of laughs during the riot scene in '77, especially when the Comedian punched the woman first. Otherwise, pretty normal laughs, including the sex scene, although some sounded very akward, the fireball ending said scene, Rorscach in the prison cafeteria, etc. It was an amazing midnight showing.

When I saw it at the midnight showing a good number of people also laughed when the Comedian punched the woman first. I laughed as well when he shot the guy in the back with the gas canister.

 

[Ryudoz]

There was about a dozen or so people in my theater when I went and saw it at noon yesterday (usually it's a small crowd even for the big theater I usually go to), and was even surprised to see a few kids. I know myself I laughed at a few parts (mostly the sex scene) and there was another guy a row behind me that did as well. Aside from that it was kind of quiet except for when a couple people got up and left at various parts of the movie, never to return, and this one kid who kept asking "What happened?" every 15-20 minutes or so during a scene change. The best part though was when Doc was pleasuring Laurie and the kid asks, "What's a pity f***?"

I almost blew Cherry Coke out of my nostrils.

 

[PyroChamber]

THe crowd I saw it with did some of the same things the crowds you all were with did. Plus when it was over, there were people that were clapping.

 

[Timstuff]

Something HILARIOUS happened when they rolled the trailer for Inglourious Basterds with Watchmen at the midnight showing. Someone must have put the reel in upside down or something, because the entire trailer was upside down, backwards, and playing from end to beginning. The audience was ROARING WITH LAUGHTER when they heard the dialogue in reverse, with the characters upside-down and moving backwards!

I actually thought it was intentional at first, like it was some sort of ingenious, innovative joke. I have not been following the movie so for all I knew, it was supposed to be the World War 2 equivalent to Tropic Thunder, but when I saw the MPAA green band at the end it hit me that by the MPAA's policies, it would have had to be at the front and un-obscured (it was upside down and backwards). Even so, it was hilarious, and the audience seemed to agree judging from their cheers at the end. t:

 

[AlteredEgo]

There was about a dozen or so people in my theater when I went and saw it at noon yesterday (usually it's a small crowd even for the big theater I usually go to), and was even surprised to see a few kids. I know myself I laughed at a few parts (mostly the sex scene) and there was another guy a row behind me that did as well. Aside from that it was kind of quiet except for when a couple people got up and left at various parts of the movie, never to return, and this one kid who kept asking "What happened?" every 15-20 minutes or so during a scene change. The best part though was when Doc was pleasuring Laurie and the kid asks, "What's a pity f***?"

I almost blew Cherry Coke out of my nostrils.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

change. The best part though was when Doc was pleasuring Laurie and the kid asks, "What's a pity f***?"

I almost blew Cherry Coke out of my nostrils.

Man, I glad I wasn't there. I would have had to leave the room from laughting.