Ten Things I Hate at the Movies
I'm taking a break from reviewing films. I'm reviewing instead the whole theater experience. Like many other movie enthusiasts I have pet peeves when it comes to watching movies in a theater. Some are quite insignificant while others are a major source of irritation for me and could destroy what would have been a great watching experience.1) I hate freezing cinemas. I have this weird "sickness" of going to the bathroom whenever temperature suddenly drops two or more degrees down. I hate missing important lines and scenes especially the crucial ones where the protagonist delivers a quotable quote.
2) I hate oven-hot theaters. There is nothing like poor airconditioning system that can really annoy me when watching a highly anticipated film.
3) I hate people chattering loudly inside the moviehouse as if the whole theater was theirs. And I detest people who watched the film earlier, stayed for another screening only to tell what the next scene would be. Grrr!!!
4) I hate people who use their cellphones inside the theater. Then there are those who let their cells ring 15 to 20 seconds longer than necessary just to boast that they have a nice and catchy ring tune. And then those who speak on their phones as if the one they are speaking to was using a hearing aid. Somebody please ask the guard to shoo(t) these people! =)
5) I hate grimy seats and sticky floors.
6) I hate people who snore inside the theater.
7) I hate popcorn with too much or too little salt.
8) I hate drinks with too much ice on it that you can barely taste the liquid content.
9) I hate snobbish and bitchy ticket tellers. When I go to the moviehouse I want to be entertained and not annoyed by ill-mannered ticket booth attendants.
10) I hate dirty and stinky C.R.'s.
How about you?
posted by sonoftheprodigal at 10:35 PM
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thanks for the comments. they are both funny and informative. one good news though, even SM Cinemas are getting a major facelift because of stiff competition with other moviehouses.
10. children who have watched the movie and gleefully narrate the next seen. "at tapos makikita mo..."
9. moviegoers seated next to you who steal your cupholders. hello?! pwede ba?!
8. mga upholstery at upuan na nananabunot.
7. people who indiscriminately ruummage through plastic bags of food while the movie is going on.
6. imbeciles who watch free screenings of art film and make lewd comments.
5. when the sound and the movie are not synchronized. para kang nanonood ng marimar.
4. mga nagkakalat ng germs sa walang humpay na pag-ubo. mas mura po ang decolgen kesa sine.
3. mga natatawa sa bawat eksena. eh, horror po ang pelikula.
2. inaccurate screening times. i had to wait 45 minutes before the actual screening started.
1. paa. yung mga ugok sa likod mo na ipinapatong ang paa sa katabi mong upuan! mukha naman kayong paa!
thanks jody for these additinal movie irritants. oh boy, i'm beginning to realize that i'm not alone. ha ha!
my top one is -- lovers who kiss inside the theatre! like duh!!! it's not like it's a private place where they can just snog or do other things than snogging! eew!
;p
I also despise it when someone leaves their cell phone on! Have you ever seen the "fake" previews sponsored by AMC Theaters? They have a campaign called "Silence is Golden," where a realistic movie preview is interrupted by a ringing cell phone, and the movie characters tell the audience member with the cell phone to "turn it off." You can see one of the "fake" previews here. (It's not a real movie!) They have a whole bunch of other ones that are really funny.
yes passionateater. i've seen it. thanks for providing the link. but some people can't really turn their phones off (better yet, they don't want to). i hope they show this in more theaters.
1-10) Opening night in the 'burbs for a PG-13 film. There is no way in HELL I used to act like that in a theater when I was younger!
My biggest theater turn-off are those sticky floors (which is why I never watch in SM cinemas). But the worst film experience was when a huge, live rat actually ran around the aisles in one of G4's cinemas. I actually didn't bother to finish the film I was watching that day.
do you know why the floors are sticky?
You wouldn't want to know!
My biggest pet peeve is the loudness of the sound. It makes my ears feel like bleeding. (and EEEuuuu sonoftheprodical...you're right. I don't want to know what makes the floors sticky but now I can't stop thinking about it. EEEUUU.)
yes crusty crone. that is very true, ha ha!
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