Worst experience in a cinema/movie theater?

[Ruined Angel]

What was yous?

Not the worst, but certainly the most shocking was yesterday when a couple of women who were at least in their 60s were sitting next to me during the Da Vinci Code and they WOULDN'T SHUT UP! One kept whispering to her buddy, but because I was so close I could hear her clearly enough for it to be a problem and I'm sure she must have known this. They also giggled at things that weren't funny and really just acted like stupid teenage school girls. I wanted to commit horrible acts of violence to the pair of them by the end of the film. More so than the teenage school girls who WERE there.

I pay good money to watch a movie in the cinema - too much to have my viewing experience distrupted like that. Now, if they'd been kids I would have excused it more because that type of thing is to be expected from the younger lot but I was aghast because I've never seen adults that age behave that way before. I thought the older generation were supposed to lead the example where manners are concerned? Apparently not.

Though, saying that, my REALLY worst experience was during Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. A guy in front of me had brought his little boy, who was barely four and obviously too young to understand the film. The kid kept asking questions loudly or pointing out "look, there's Harry" but worse was the father who kept threatening to leave, but never did. What's the point of threatening punishments and never following through? He was an absoloute moron (the Dad). It was painfully obvious that the middle age bloke had taken his kid more as a cover for HIMSELF seeing the film than for the kid's sake.

 

[Edward Brock]

You could've said something, you know. Or at least clear your throat a couple of times.

Anyway, I've never had a "made me wanna puch them" situation but I've had a frustrating one with, yes you know it, annoying teenage girls during FOTR. Chatting and cellphone cr*p. Fortunately they eventually shut up. Other than that, I can say I've been pretty lucky.

 

[JTIZZLEVILLE]

I went to see home alone 3 (yes, crappy movie) and some older man was sitting at the back with a breathing machine. the machine made a ton of racket and the man was literally gasping with each breath, probably from many years of smoking. it was very annoying but i really couldn't say much since it was a health issue he couldn't help.

 

["Iron Man"]

When I was watching Revenge of the Sith, the sound went out in the theater. That sucked!

 

[deathshead2]

When I went to go see the pink panther now the problem was the smells. There were about 30, 5 years olds there yeah you can guess what the smell was.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

People are genuinely quiet and polite in UK theatres during the film. I recall a bunch of teenagers messing around near the front before Final Destination 2 (not my choice) and a middle-aged woman yelling at them from the back to shut up. Obviously they chose not to take her advice and suffice to say in the battle words she came out the loser. Which was amusing, because the woman was as much an attention-seeker as the kids really. "Hey, look at me, I'm imposing authority in a full cinema," she must have thought.

 

[Sentinel X]

When I saw LOTR: Two Towers my second time....I had a huge project due the next day...the film seemed like it went on FOREVER.I kept on wanting to leave but I went with my family...and didnt know how to drive back then, it was the worse, I was so stressed throughout the day

 

[kainedamo]

I see alot of films with annoying kids or adults.

Kids usually shutup when you tell them to. I haven't had to tell any adults to shutup outside of work when I used to work at the cinema.

 

[Ruined Angel]

People are genuinely quiet and polite in UK theatres during the film.

Not where I live.

 

[unknownuser]

While watching Die Another Day, a few nerds sitting infront of me kept on commenting on the references from the past bond movies and while watching a bollywood movie in the theatres, couple of middle aged ladies behind me were describing their fantasies with the lead actor out loud to each other

 

[Immortalfire]

About my fifth or sixth showing of Spider-Man, some little girl apparently had no clue how to close her mouth and stop talking. About ten minutes into the film, I turned and gave her the meanest i-wish-you-were-never-born look, I have ever given. She clammed up instantly.

 

[roach]

I went to see King Kong and this old woman sat next to me and proceeded to eat saltine crackers and the wrapping paper was loud as hell

 

[Horrorfan]

About my fifth or sixth showing of Spider-Man, some little girl apparently had no clue how to close her mouth and stop talking. About ten minutes into the film, I turned and gave her the meanest i-wish-you-were-never-born look, I have ever given. She clammed up instantly.

Wow.....you make Arnie quake in fear

Next stop: putting the smackdown on a 90 year old quadraplegic with a bad heart!

 

[terry78]

Went to go check out Ice Age 2, and had to sit behind this entire row of emo/punk/goth looking kids that proceeded to make smarmy comments about anything and everything, either on the screen or going on in the theatre. I tell you, going to the movies and sitting next to a bunch of teenage girls, a bunch of punk-type kids, a bunch of frat boy types, or a bunch of wannabe gangstas is almost always a guarantee your movie experience is about to be ruined.

 

[Bat Attack]

When I saw "The Hot Chick" in 2002. It was playing on the worse screen in the theater. It smelled like rotten eggs, the seats were uncomfortable, everyone was talking, and to top it all off the movie sucked as well.

 

[Mee]

One time I went, and there were kids running all over the place, a guy in the back talking on his cell phone, and popcorn everywhere. By far my worst theater experience.

 

[Hades]

Brokeback mountain at the theater. This girl kept screaming during the sex scenes and even ran out of the theater one time.

 

[블라스]

Watching XXX.

 

[Gamma Ray]

I went to a theater where the volume wasn't loud enough and they weren't using their surround sound. So basically it was just two speakers in the front the entire time. Nobody seemed to care, except me. I was so pissed. It almost happened again, but the second time I went to management. I hate having to walk out, though.

 

[terry78]

I always wonder when something is wrong with the sound or the picture the employees don't notice until a while later. Is there not anyone in the projection booth watching?

 

[Palpadious]

I saw Revenge of the Sith and the fire alarm went off during the movie. I had to stand outside in the rain for 30 minutes until they cleared everything. I was pissed

 

[Sabretooth]

I went to see Munich and the screen kept getting messed up like the guy in the back fell asleep or something. We all thought it was intermission,but then it happened 6 more times. Annoying.

Then when I saw Batman Begins with a friend,in the middle of the movie my friend stretches out his legs and accidently hits an old lady's seat. She gets up and starts nagging and *****ing for him to stop,even though he did it once and tried to apologize.

 

[aaron]

i got told off for eating toffee popcorn too loud

 

[CrimsonMist]

worst experiences:

Spider-Man: I was sitting behind these older teenagers, 2 girls and i guess their boyfriends. When Mary Jane told off Flash Thompson during the graduation part, one of the girls yelled "YEA! YOU GO GIRL!!". The part where Peter tells MJ his feelings, the same girl made a similar reaction. Throughout the movie also, she and her female friend kept making remarks about Peter the entire time as well. Very annoying.

The Village: It was a group of my friends in the theater, along with a rather large group of teenage girls sitting behind us. That was about it. But their cell phones starting going off, they would giggle alot throughout the film, and then scream at parts that werent that scary at all. My friends and I, who thought the movie sucked anyway, starting yelling at them, and eventually, they stopped.

Van Helsing: Me and my friend went to see it. We were sitting next to 2 little kids(friends) and one of the kid's dad. I imagine the dad and the kid saw it already becuase throughout the film Kid A was always going "Shh. Watch this!" or "Hey wait! Look!! WATCH!!" or "Didja see!?!" the entire time. Not very loud was he saying this, but it was loud enough for atleast anyone sitting around him to hear. I told him to be quiet several times. The dad did once, and that was it. They didnt listen at all. To add to the problem, the lights kept going on and off every so often after the first 30 minutes.

Sin City: This was for the second time. There was some guy laughing throughout the entire movie. Of course, he would laugh at the funny parts, but being Sin City, they werent too funny. They're pretty much "haha" moments, but not for this guy. He was laugh out loud hysterical. Anytime something remotely amusing came on, he was laughing his ass off. The part where they show Kevin's dismembered body, he was hysterical. The entire movie he was laughing. Someone told him to "shut the **** up", but he didn't listen. I told him to shut up. He didn't listen. Annoying. Im not sure what happened after the movie, but i saw some movie theater official talking to him afterwards.

Batman Begins: This was the 3rd time. it was me, my friend Noah, my friend Jon and his girlfriend Val and this kid Tim. These 2 little kids were sitting behind us. They kept talking the entire time. Noah, turned around and asked the kids to be quiet. They decided to be little ****s about it. They kept talking and laughing. They even threw something at him. Noah turned around, a bit angry and told them to shut up. Then he looked at the adult with them, and asked them to do something. Apparently, the adult didnt want to, or did, to have the kids not listen. So Noah turns around, looks at the kids and goes "If you both don't shut the **** up, i'll leap back there and kill you!" The kids shut their mouths.

 

[블라스]

i got told off for eating toffee popcorn too loud

LOL!