My own personal vent about going to the movies

The people who came in over an hour late were probably movie jumping. Their movie was over, so they popped into yours.

What is wrong with giving your kids popcorn?

75% of the theaters around here have reserved seating with recliners. Other people coming in doesn't impact your viewing pleasure at all because the aisles are so wide. And the theater chain we go to most often -we saw The Martian there today - called The Alamo, not only has reserved seating, but they won't seat anyone once the movie starts.

Man I wish we had something like this around my way. All of our theaters are horrible!

I do think people treat "going to the movies" a bit differently nowadays.

When I was a kid and a young adult (which was way back in the mists of time ), going to the movies was a night out and a real treat: it was something a bit special. You wouldn't dream of showing up an hour late (what?! you've just missed half the show). But now, with Netflix and Amazon Video and various other modes of streaming movies onto a screen in the privacy of one's own home, movie-going has perhaps lost some of its glamour and allure, has lost that aura of 'special treat.' I guess it's not surprising that some people now treat the movie theatre as their own living room, since most of our movie-watching is now done in our own living rooms?

One reason why I still like going out to the movies, though, is the popcorn: you just can't quite reproduce that greasy, salty (and ridiculously over-priced) movie theatre popcorn experience in your own kitchen!

Oh my gosh, isn't that the BEST? I will never go to any other type of movie theater again. I love it.

My funniest story - it was me, my sister, and our two daughters in the theater. I am not kidding, no one else. Two women came in, walked into our row and one asked us if we would move down! My sister looked at me like WTF, and I told the woman "NO!" The entire theater is empty, sit somewhere else. I kept looking around for Candid Camera or something.

We just got back from watching The Martian at our new local theater with reserved seating.  It also has in seat dining.  Worth every penny of the higher prices not to deal with theater jumpers and late comers when the theater is full and seats are reserved.  No more waiting in lines to get in, dealing with people holding seats for friends who come late, being told to scoot down.....  Reserved seating is the best!

Last time we went to our local multimate theater venue., there was a huge group of young kids ( maybe 16-20) who had been kicked out. There were 2 armed security guards around the scene, apparently they deliberately movie hop and cause a big scene, I would hope they would have been banned if indeed they keep coming back

We saw The Martian yesterday at a theater with reserved recliner seating too! Looks like that was the thing to do on Saturday. Even still, someone came in about 20 minutes into the movie, and there was a kerfuffle about seating at the end of our row.

The man next to me had a strobe light message alert on his phone, which showed through his pocket. I could see it but he couldn't. Honestly, I've found that men and their phones are worse than teenagers.

I expect a lot of movement at Disney movies, unless it's an evening show. It's hard for younger kids to judge the restroom timing- it doesn't mean their parents aren't trying to teach them. I haven't seen the beach towel but maybe it helps them settle down, whatever.

I prefer regular theatres over specialty style. I find the waiters annoying during the movie, and swiveling or reclining chairs distracting.

Isn't that funny how people can have different viewpoints?

I'll first say I am the type to notice things yet not say anything or just suck it up and deal with it. However, in the last two years I have talked to the manager at two different theatres about people being loud and obnoxious in the movie theatre. Another time at a packed HP movie this girl, who obviously had no clue about HP, was asking her friend questions constantly. I tried the "mom look" first. I finally had to turn around and politely, yet firmly, ask her to stop talking. 

I paid an awful lot of money to see the movie and I didn't  appreciate the group of teenagers hanging over seats, using their phones, and talking all the time. The grown ups with the seat thing sounds weird. I do have to say, for the most part, people are pretty decent at movies in my area.

I've been to exactly two movies in probably the last 15 years or so. We went as a family to Big Hero 6 when we were at Disneyworld last winter and it was fine, but it was a weeknight and the theater wasn't crowded. Then I took DD to see the newer Cinderella last fall when her dad was off hunting and it was just the two of us. It was my first experience with a theater with reserved seating and I had a mixed reaction to it. On the one hand, it was a little annoying to the uninformed (me) because I wanted to surprise DD and didn't know to go online to buy the tickets and choose the seats beforehand. By the time we got to the theater there were not two seats together anywhere in the entire theater.   There was no way I could put my four year old in a seat somewhere by herself and sit somewhere else myself. That meant I had to get seats for the next show where we could sit together which ruined the surprise element of it. I rolled with that because it was on me to know what the deal was and I didn't. On the other hand, the seats were very plush, the view was unobstructed and the aisles were wide, so that was nice. It also was crazy expensive considering it was one adult and one kid under five at a matinee showing, so that's only something I would do as a special treat.

My top moviegoing pet peeve is when there is some obnoxious kid right behind me kick-kick-kicking my freaking seat throughout the whole movie. Drives.Me.NUTS! I will turn around and give said kid the stink eye at first, and if that doesn't work I WILL say something polite to attempt to stop it. If it still didn't stop, I would absolutely complain to management because that is completely unacceptable.

I wouldn't fault a parent for attempting to settle their kid in at a theater before a show in an effort to keep them still and quiet, but I would hope that their doing so wouldn't be just as much of a distraction as the restless kid would be. We intentionally didn't bring our kid to a movie until we knew she would be old enough to sit through one and pay attention. Movies are too expensive to drag along little kids who really don't want to be there and make it a miserable experience for everyone else paying to enjoy the show. That's what DVDs are for!

And don't even get me started on the annoying people who don't put their phones on silent in a movie theater before the show starts. There is absolutely NO excuse for that kind of rude behavior.

femalebusiness I'd never leave the house for a movie if they delivered the popcorn! Dream...

During no - kid friendly movies the staff at local chain is vigilant about tapping on phone users. If it gets that far. Something's wrong with our town- peer pressure and seat-neighbors will nail you using a phone in a theater. But the poor teachers and school district can't stop kids in class. Ughh backwards!

Whether is be the movies, a restaurant or Church more often than not there is a family who likes to let the rest of us know THEY HAVE ARRIVED!