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Despite what a lot of tiktoks show for shit like the Minecraft movie, I have never experienced that in real life except when going to see Rocky Horror Picture Show, where audience participation is part of the fun.
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Submitted 1 day ago by CmdrGraves@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 hours ago
mech@feddit.org 1 day ago
Do you actually want an answer to your title question?
Cause you seem to already have the answer you’re convinced of.JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 day ago
Japanese audiences and just Japanese groups of people in general are quite a unique beast, and not really a great reference point for comparison, IMO.
dkppunk@piefed.social 1 day ago
I often hear about people being loud, distracting, and using phones in theaters, but I rarely see it myself. It probably depends on what you’re going to see; when I went to see TMNT Mutant Mayhem, I went in knowing there would be kids, so I expected some chatter. When I saw Barbie a few days later, the theater was pretty quiet.
I go to the more expensive theater with big comfortable recliners now though because I can’t do cheap theater seats anymore, they are horrible for my back. Most of the movies I see are aimed at adults, so it’s probably partly the demographic.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At least where I live, it has turned in a teen hangout. My 14 and 15 year old meet their friends at the movies at least once a week and for them its like a social center. Not how I want to enjoy a movie experience because they treat it like a big shared living room. I actually asked the manager about it and she said they support it because the teens are coming every week and its growing their revenue.
The big exception is our local Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. They still have rules and ushers to enforce them. That’s where I go when I want to see a movie with my wife and/or friends. Nice quiet traditional viewing experience.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
They used to go to the mall but those died. Just be glad those kids have a safe place to hang out; I was smoking weed in the park at that age.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t see what’s wrong with smoking weed in the park, assuming the park is big enough that you can find a secluded area. As long as others don’t have to breathe in your smoke, I see no issue with that.
The bigger issue is that you were 14/15. The human brain doesn’t stop developing until 25. Smoking weed has been known to stunt growth if consumed before then. One of the biggest issue you can cause yourself is memory problems.
So I guess what I’m saying is, you should go check the stove/oven/fireplace/and any pets you have. Make sure none of those things are on fire. I know, you forgot to turn something off. Let’s double check before you burn yourself alive.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh, I’m fine with it. I gave up on the big name theaters a while back. I just wanted to make sure my kids weren’t doing anything there than management was against. I’m actually glad they have a place to hangout with their friends.
CmdrGraves@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
[deleted]SanderZeldenthuis@nord.pub 1 day ago
In my experience, big chain movie theaters in the US rarely show foreign language films. You got to an “art house” cinema to see those and then they are almost always in the original language with subtitles.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
The Untied States is a big country. I would imagine it varies between different regions. I live in Canada, in my local area moviegoers are usually pretty quiet and respectful. But we get a PSA at the start of the movies warning people to be quiet and stay off their phones, so it seems the theater chain has had issues. And then there was the Minecraft movie, which I personally didn’t see, where people acted like idiots at the theatres because of a stupid meme. My cousin who worked at the theatre at the time said they had a lot of issues with that one. Apparently there was a fire at a theatre somewhere in the Untied States when people brought fireworks to the movie
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I go to the movie theater every Saturday and have been since I think 2022. I usually go to one of the earlier showings so I can see the movie and still have the rest of my day. I rarely have problems at a movie theater and the few times I have, usually someone will have sorted it out. Might be because of how early I go and the area I live in (I live in the Midwest 40 minutes away from the nearest major city).
twinnie@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I’m in the UK and only once have I been in a cinema where people were shouting the things. It was some pretty mediocre horror thing and there were some teenagers shouting jokes but it was only like two times. The cinema was pretty much empty and it was just us and them; I think they just found the film a bit boring (we certainly did).
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Go, to Alamo.
DrFunkenstein@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Alamo has gone to absolute shit since they got bought out. It really bums me out to see my favorite chain go to “just another movie theatre”
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I still prefer it over the other local choices. And Showcase cinema around here has closed and dumped some big theaters. Even lost the largest IMAX in the region.
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like most answers about the US, it depends on a lot, we’re a big place. As someone who is at the movies 3-4 times a month I’ll say the biggest factors that contribute are
I typically go during the week after work and generally wait a bit to see new releases and I usually have a couple other people with me in the theater and they’re usually chill. If you go opening weekend to a new movie in a crowded theater then I’d say you can pretty reliably count on a few people making quietish comments and a few people checking their/phones a few times. I also find if you tell people to shut up or put their phones away they usually listen. I’ll also say if you’re going to see the new prestige A24 drama expect less interruptions than say The Super Mario Galaxy movie or The Minecraft Movie