I really need to find a new theater.

[Nyx]

So we went to the theater last night to see "District 9" (very good btw) and I swear the people are getting dumber. For some reason it has become common place at this theater to use any moment of silence to shout what ever dumbass thing pops into their puny little minds*. Usually some line they heard from "South Park" or "Family Guy" which they think makes them clever. So far they shut the hell up as soon as the movie starts, but I still want to enjoy the previews.

As we were leaving though we witnessed the king of the douchebags. I heard a sound like a door and then flapping like a large paper and turn to see king douche walking past with a "Terminator" poster. Everyone around pretty much went "WTF? Is he stealing that?" to which king douche shouted his reply to all who could hear "Yeah I'm stealing it, fuck off!". Really hope karma bitch slaps him soon.
(Edit: oh and I did look around for a security guard or police but they had pretty much packed everything in for the night and it was dark.)






*This was only funny once but it's kinda a movie spoiler. We went to see the "Half Blood Prince" premiere and the theater accidentally started playing "Angels and Demons". In the middle of the shouting, at the scene where the "Pope's" body is walked past, someone in back let out an anguished cry of "DUMBLEDOOOOOOOORE!".

[Mr Hero]

Karma will catch up to the poster kid. There is no fate but what you make for yourself.

[cinema guy]

*This was only funny once but it's kinda a movie spoiler. We went to see the "Half Blood Prince" premiere and the theater accidentally started playing "Angels and Demons". In the middle of the shouting, at the scene where the "Pope's" body is walked past, someone in back let out an anguished cry of "DUMBLEDOOOOOOOORE!".

I almost put Orphans on instead of Aliens in the Attic the other day. That would have gone down well with the kiddies.

[TheSHAD0W]

I gave up on going to movie theaters years ago. Either the shows were enormously crowded with everyone making noise, or the show was almost empty except for the couples making rhythmic thumping noises in the back rows.

[Jackofalltrades]

Don't even get me started on movie theaters and the SUCK involved.

I went and saw District 9 in the Fenway. They oversold the 9:55 so they opened one at 9:56. Since there was a movie playing in the theater that ran until 9:45, the staff decided to corral everyone in like cows. It always pisses me off because they made everyone stand there (a full 200-250 people) for 25 minutes. They finally let everyone in at 10:10 but at least they delayed the start of the movie until 10:20.

My biggest gripe are the security "guards" if you want to call them that. They abuse what little authority they have to yell at people who are walking down the hall ways to the theaters and break out flashlights like they are guns. There is one guy who I swear got rejected from the police academy because he pretends to be a police office every time I see him. Case and point:

I was playing In the Groove (same as Dance Dance Revolution but better soundtrack). I play on the highest difficulty so I sweat. A lot. I took off my t-shirt, so I was down to my wife-beater. I was walking into the theater and he stopped me, asked for my ticket, and told me to roll out the shirt that I had in my hand to make sure I wasn't hiding anything. He actually verbally accused me of sneaking in alcohol.

Now, I can understand him having to be carefully. I am a mousy-looking guy with some big tattoos, but come on. There is no reason to come right out and accuse someone of carrying alcohol.

I would have complained but I kind of feel sorry for the guy. People come right out and make fun of him and he might not have much else

[GiftShopGirl]

Sheesh, I totally hear ya about the theater guards, Jackofalltrades. They act like they're the FBI. One time I went to the theater, and just after I bought a ticket, I took a photo of a funny movie poster to show my sister. Well, as I'm going into the movie, a theater guard stops me and demands to know why I had taken a photo of the employees, and I'd upset them, and it was illegal, yada yada. I told him I had taken a picture of a movie poster, not the employees. He demanded proof by seeing the photos in my camera. I told him, verbatim, "Look, none of the employees here are worth taking photos of. But if you really want to see my photos, show me a search warrant." He suddenly seemed to realize his own intellectuality and let it go.

[Nyx]

Update: We went to see Inglorious Basterds at midnight Friday (also very good), and we only had one douche. Unfortunatly he had to be seated right in front of us. He was a general idot shouting stupid crap before the previews. Then when the previews started he cupped his hands to his mouth and "shushed" everyone. "ASS! You're the only one making noise! Then after the previews before the movie he let out a loud squeal/scream. Throughout the movie I kept hearing a kind of clicking noise like someone playing with a lighter, but it was rather infrequent. Then after one of the big shooting sceens, he whips out his lighter and starts waving it in the air! AAARGH! (<---I wanted to do that)

I almost put Orphans on instead of Aliens in the Attic the other day. That would have gone down well with the kiddies.

LOL I suppose there are worse mix ups that could have been made.