Devin from CHUD says: HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THE DARK KNIGHT ENOUGH ALREADY, LOSER?

[Flannel Boy]

Most of the teenagers were well behaved during the imax showing of the dark knight, too busy masturbating to talk.

[TVC15]

Last weekend, some black family got split up because the screening was sold out.  So the couple sat next to me and their kids on the other side of the theatre.  Right during the climax at the hospital, one of their kids walks up to the lady and goes, "Hey, your cell phone is ringing!"  She answers it and begins a discussion that lasts for minutes!  Then she plays with her dumb phone so you can see its bright LCD screen illuminating everything and being totally obnoxious.

I was flabbergasted.

Then the woman across from my brother answered the loudest cell phone ring just a few minutes later and had a discussion about the fucking movie.

Save for sure-thing events like The Dark Knight, I probably will avoid theatres after this year.

The answer to that is that women should not be allowed to see movies.  I think Mr. Bale Would agree with that.  Maybe he could do a PSA where he's beating and yelling at a grandma.

[Flannel Boy]

Last weekend, some black family got split up because the screening was sold out.  So the couple sat next to me and their kids on the other side of the theatre.  Right during the climax at the hospital, one of their kids walks up to the lady and goes, "Hey, your cell phone is ringing!"  She answers it and begins a discussion that lasts for minutes!  Then she plays with her dumb phone so you can see its bright LCD screen illuminating everything and being totally obnoxious.

I was flabbergasted.

Then the woman across from my brother answered the loudest cell phone ring just a few minutes later and had a discussion about the fucking movie.

Save for sure-thing events like The Dark Knight, I probably will avoid theatres after this year.

The answer to that is that women should not be allowed to see movies.  I think Mr. Bale Would agree with that.  Maybe he could do a PSA where he's beating and yelling at a grandma.

 

[FlameOfCallandor]

Last weekend, some black family got split up because the screening was sold out.  So the couple sat next to me and their kids on the other side of the theatre.  Right during the climax at the hospital, one of their kids walks up to the lady and goes, "Hey, your cell phone is ringing!"  She answers it and begins a discussion that lasts for minutes!  Then she plays with her dumb phone so you can see its bright LCD screen illuminating everything and being totally obnoxious.
his year.

Stereotypes are so funny in real life.

[The Fake Shemp]

I would pay higher ticket prices to enforce the following restrictions on select screenings:

NO CHILDREN
NO TEENAGERS
NO BLACK PEOPLE (OR STEREOTYPICAL BLACK FOLKS THAT TALK OUT LOUD)
NO CELL PHONES (BLOCK SIGNAL INSIDE AUDITORIUM)
PERSONAL HYGIENE CHECK

[thekavorka]

it's too bad you guys don't have an Alamo Drafthouse. they make going to the theater fun.

[Flannel Boy]

We need adults only theatres that serve alcohol.

[FlameOfCallandor]

I once went to a theatrical performance of twelfth night where this group of black kids were talking during it. How the fuck do you talk during Shakespeare?

[CajoleJuice]

NO CELL PHONES (BLOCK SIGNAL INSIDE AUDITORIUM)

No one was getting service inside the IMAX theater.

[Van Cruncheon]

racist. what does them being black have to do with your anecdote

[FlameOfCallandor]

We need adults only theatres that serve alcohol.

We have those in Austin.

http://www.drafthouse.com/

[The Fake Shemp]

I would be for that.  I'd like theatres to have bouncers to enforce proper decency during screenings.  Talking and cell phone usage would get you booted and/or sodomized.

[The Fake Shemp]

racist. what does them being black have to do with your anecdote

Don't be cute with me.  As someone with black family members, they'll be the first ones to tell you that they yell, "OH NO!" and "DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!" during a movie.  It's a cultural thing.  And it's obnoxious.

[Flannel Boy]

We need adults only theatres that serve alcohol.

We have those in Austin.

http://www.drafthouse.com/

Q: What is the age policy and can you explain it?
A: The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an 18- and up establishment. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.

That's not mother fuckin' good enough.

[FlameOfCallandor]

I would be for that.  I'd like theatres to have bouncers to enforce proper decency during screenings.  Talking and cell phone usage would get you booted and/or sodomized.

We have that too.
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[thekavorka]

We need adults only theatres that serve alcohol.

We have those in Austin.

http://www.drafthouse.com/

here's the REAL alamo drafthouse: http://www.originalalamo.com/Default.aspx?l=2

[Eel O'Brian]

there was a place here called the hollywood grille which showed second-run movies (once in a whle they would get a first-run flick) and also served beer and hot wings

[FlameOfCallandor]

We need adults only theatres that serve alcohol.

We have those in Austin.

http://www.drafthouse.com/

Q: What is the age policy and can you explain it?
A: The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an 18- and up establishment. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.

That's not mother fuckin' good enough.

I rarely see kids there. And they have a nice student discount.

[FlameOfCallandor]

We need adults only theatres that serve alcohol.

We have those in Austin.

http://www.drafthouse.com/

Thats the same thing dude.
here's the REAL alamo drafthouse: http://www.originalalamo.com/Default.aspx?l=2

[The Fake Shemp]

there was a place here called the hollywood grille which showed second-run movies (once in a whle they would get a first-run flick) and also served beer and hot wings

They had these in Maryland.  I remember seeing House Arrest there with my mom and she got totally hammered.  They shut down, though.

[Van Cruncheon]

racist. what does them being black have to do with your anecdote

Don't be cute with me.  As someone with black family members, they'll be the first ones to tell you that they yell, "OH NO!" and "DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!" during a movie.  It's a cultural thing.  And it's obnoxious.

do you and foc share hoods at your klan rallies

[FlameOfCallandor]

They had these in Maryland.  I remember seeing House Arrest there with my mom and she got totally hammered.  They shut down, though.

They shut down because your mom got hammered?  

[thekavorka]

no it's not. an outside company bought the rights to the alamo drafthouse. they set them up in other cities. the ones in austin are still owned by the original guys.

[Eel O'Brian]

there was a place here called the hollywood grille which showed second-run movies (once in a whle they would get a first-run flick) and also served beer and hot wings

They had these in Maryland.  I remember seeing House Arrest there with my mom and she got totally hammered.  They shut down, though.

i was surprised at how good their hot wings were

they were fuck expensive, though

[The Fake Shemp]

do you and foc share hoods at your klan rallies

Just because I don't want to see movies with my sister and the rest of my extended family, doesn't mean I don't love them or want them to be turned into lampshades!

[The Fake Shemp]

They had these in Maryland.  I remember seeing House Arrest there with my mom and she got totally hammered.  They shut down, though.

They shut down because your mom got hammered?  

 :'(

[thekavorka]

http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=5546
SPACED marathon with Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg

too bad i just saw the event and it's sold out.

[Van Cruncheon]

do you and foc share hoods at your klan rallies

Just because I don't want to see movies with my sister and the rest of my extended family, doesn't mean I don't love them or want them to be turned into lampshades!

it's cute that you nominally include them as part of your family, thomas jefferson! that's your union half shining through!

[Flannel Boy]

Do they even have black folks Bellevue?

Though I must admit that I haven't experienced many black Canadians shout at movie screens.  

[The Fake Shemp]

And furthermore, I don't like shopping with my Jewish family members because they're stereotypically frugal and will hassle store associates for discounts.  DOES THIS MAKE ME TEH RACISTS?

[Flannel Boy]

I don't like going to the bookstore with polish family members, they just run to the coloring books. 

[FlameOfCallandor]

And furthermore, I don't like shopping with my Jewish family members because they're stereotypically frugal and will hassle store associates for discounts.  DOES THIS MAKE ME TEH RACISTS?

Yes. Racist.

[The Fake Shemp]

I don't like going to the bookstore with polish family members, they just run to the coloring books. 

 

I don't drinking with my midwestern Baptist family members because all they buy is Budweiser.

[Flannel Boy]

I don't like going to the bookstore with polish family members, they just run to the coloring books. 

 

I don't drinking with my midwestern Baptist family members because all they buy is Budweiser.

I wish I had family member who weren't Polish, so I could make more jokes.

[The Fake Shemp]

I've got some Phillipino cousins too - there's lots of opporunity there.

[Flannel Boy]

I've got some Phillipino cousins too - there's lots of opporunity there.

opportunity to use them as slave laborers? Gamestop will not approve.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I saw Dark City like three times in two weeks.

But I also saw Moulin Rouge four times in the first week.

[Mandark]

Shorter rant quoted in the OP:  "Why do people have different tastes and priorities than me?  It's just not right!"

As always it includes the assumption that if the plebes weren't wasting time/money on whatever they'd be spending it on something the author considers worthy, in this case indie cinema.



PS Transformers would have been a lot better if the black people in the crowd talked smack throughout the movie, but they consistently failed to live up to stereotype, the jerks.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Moulin Rouge was pretty sweet.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

PS Transformers would have been a lot better if the black people in the crowd talked smack throughout the movie, but they consistently failed to live up to stereotype, the jerks.

That's why Michael Bay gave us Jazz.

[Flannel Boy]

Shorter rant quoted in the OP:  "Why do people have different tastes and priorities than me?  It's just not right!"

As always it includes the assumption that if the plebes weren't wasting time/money on whatever they'd be spending it on something the author considers worthy, in this case indie cinema.



PS Transformers would have been a lot better if the black people in the crowd talked smack throughout the movie, but they consistently failed to live up to stereotype, the jerks.

Transformers even sucks the energy out of a sass talkin' momma.

[The Fake Shemp]

The black Autobot was the only one who died.

[Mandark]

I made the "hey, the brother bought it!" remark WHILE STILL IN THE THEATRE.

I was also way ahead of the curve on Obama as Magical Negro, which bothers me a bit.

[The Fake Shemp]

You're bothered that you're actually a soul brother?

[TVC15]

Do they even have black folks Bellevue?

True story:  I was just out getting my sleeping "pill" of choice (Hurricane, bitches), and I saw what I thought was a herd of black kids crossing the road.  I got closer and it turns out they were just BIG ASS raccoons.  Like 3 of them.  They could have killed me.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Do they even have black folks Bellevue?

True story:  I was just out getting my sleeping "pill" of choice (Hurricane, bitches), and I saw what I thought was a herd of black kids crossing the road.  I got closer and it turns out they were just BIG ASS raccoons.  Like 3 of them.  They could have killed me.

WTF?

[Positive Touch]

tvc  :'(

[Mr. Gundam]

Huh. TDK was good, but I don't have a need to see it again anytime soon.

The last movie I saw in the theater multiple times was Amelie. I think I ended up seeing it four times.

[Eric P]

i think the last movie i saw twice in one weekend (or even multiple times) was blade 2.  once on my own and once with my roommates.

beyond that...meh.

as for audience behavior, i tend to avoid most of the "big" movies because they don't interest me, or i see them on a week day after they've opened or the pre-noon showings when it tends to be other adults.

in Arlington, we have the Cinema and Drafthouse which does second run films and other events with food and alcohol, but also with smoking, so i don't really get to go there much.

[Brehvolution]

 

[tiesto]

people generate heat

of course a late-night showing of syriana will be frigid

I remember going on a date with some girl when Syriana came out, with the fooling around we were doing in the theatre it was anything BUT frigid 

I don't think I've ever seen a movie twice in one weekend before, I don't really watch many movies more than twice, ditto for playing games. Though I'm gonna go through FF4 for like the 10th time when I start up the DS version this afternoon.

[BlueTsunami]

I dont' think I've ever gone to a movie more than once for the same movie.

[tiesto]

NO CELL PHONES (BLOCK SIGNAL INSIDE AUDITORIUM)

No one was getting service inside the IMAX theater.

Where did you go, the Cradle of Aviation? Or is there another IMAX theater out here?

[Solo]

I cant believe he wasted his time writing that article. I dont see why anyone should care in the first place. I dont really care that Star Wars nerds saw Episode 1 50 times, it doesnt affect my life in any way. Conversely, me seeing TDK several times doesnt affect anyone else in any way.

My stance on repeat viewings is pretty simple - if the movie satisfied me enough that I am willing to put down another $10 to see it again, then I will. I have done so for TDK, because I think its really good, and because 2008 has been so rotten for the most part that I tend to latch onto something good once we get it. Cant wait for the fall movie season

[muckhole]

Devin's always been a weird sort for a movie site. He's good in that he tends to give exposure to alot of films folks would never have heard of otherwise, but he's bad in that he pretty much shits on everything else. I'm sure they love him over there because he brings in hits.

[Solo]

He seems like a textbook contrarion most of the time.

[border]

that not only indicates a serious lack of other things in your life,

I wonder what it indicates when you spend your time writing a 1200 word blog post to whine about people going to see a movie they like a couple times.

Instead of spending time writing this nonsense, perhaps he should have used it to go see an independent film or something.

[BlueTsunami]

I rather enjoy people talking at the screen during movies, because most movies are kinda shitty.  If someone talks during batman i'll be overjoyed, because it's an overserious fan-wank comic book movie, and lord knows it could use some lightening up.  Plus I don't want dead time where I can hear some neckbeard being asphyxiated by his comic-con tee-shirt masturbating with popcorn butter.

The viewing at the TDK I went to was mainly silent, except for the skinny ass dude that needed to breathe through his mouth that was right next to me. The slower parts of the movie had the INHALE, EXHALE, INHALE, EXHALE... SILENCE... INHALEEXHALEINHALE OMG STOP BREATHING UGH sound throughout. There was also an overbearing BO smell :-/

[Mupepe]

I rather enjoy people talking at the screen during movies, because most movies are kinda shitty.  If someone talks during batman i'll be overjoyed, because it's an overserious fan-wank comic book movie, and lord knows it could use some lightening up.  Plus I don't want dead time where I can hear some neckbeard being asphyxiated by his comic-con tee-shirt masturbating with popcorn butter.

the worst thing at the premiere was seeing all the manbabies with their asian girlfriends.  and this guy went around asking people if they would trade seats so he could sit on the back aisle with his girlfriend and shit.  why the fuck would anyone do that for a random fagbag?  goddamn, i hate them.  the girl i went with saw a bunch of manbabies with glitter shirts and shit and we were discussing the masculinity of the apparent target audience.

[Great Rumbler]

There was an occasional smattering of laughter during TDK [mainly during scenes with The Joker], but other than that it was mostly silent. Although, I do have the rare gift of being able to become engrossed in a movie to the point where everything else becomes a dim blur.