Worst Movie Experience EVAR.

[Danman]

OMG, I'm so pissed at my local theater. It's fairly new and it has a great sound and visual system.

So I went to see the LOTR:ROTK movie at 12:01 AM this morning. Well, the movie started as planned but then during the commericals the picture went fuzzy. Everyone around was going "okay....what the hell.." This happened twice through the previews. Then the movie finally started and everyone was happy. Then right when we saw them fishing, BAM cut off the screen again. AHHHH WTF!!!!!!11 They finally fixed it but it was five minutes into the movie already! So I missed the whole beginning. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, THE SCREEN WENT HAZY AGAIN!11111111 OMFG I was sooooo pissed, and everyone was screaming at the employees...ugh

Then one of the employees came out and said "TO THEATER SEVEN WE GO!!!" So it was like mad chaos running to the theater across the hall. Thank god we got good seats, I would of been pissed if we didn't get good seats. Well since the new theater was fixed, that problem was solved.

During the movie, some family sat behind us. It was a Mom and Father, and 2 kids that were pretty young, from 8 to 10 years old. Well, the movie finally started the kid WOULD NOT STOP FVCKING TALKING. He kept on mimicing Smeagol and talking about Aragon and Legolas through the whole movie. People kept on saying "SHHH" but the kid did not get the picture. So I finally turned around and said "Dude, SHUT THE HELL UP." After that, smooth sailing. I was pissed, and I wanted to watch the best movie of this year.

Anyways, god I never had a problem with this theater......and during the opening of ROTK!!! :Q Such blasphemy last night.

 

[Beau]

You told the kid to shut the hell up, and the parents didn't say anything to you?

 

[ggavinmoss]

Why bring an 8 and 10 yr old to a 12:00 AM movie showing. Idiot parent.

-geoff

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: Beau
You told the kid to shut the hell up, and the parents didn't say anything to you?

They were trying to tell the kid to be quiet too during the movie because everyone was turning around and giving this kid dirty looks. And he finally stopped at the end, but yet the still made some comments.....and what kind of FVCKING parents bring their kid to a 12 to 4 o'clock in the morning movie when they are like 10 years old?! :Q

 

[Shockwave]

Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

 

[TC2181]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

I hope that is sarcasm

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: TC2181

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

I hope that is sarcasm

I'm filled with it today. Sorry.

 

[ThePresence]

I thought you went to see Gigli or something...

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

Hehehe okay...

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

Parents need to be more respectful of other people and control their kids, though -- the world does not revolve around them and their kids. Hundreds of other people have waited for 3 years (at least) for this event, paid just as much money to see it, and have every right to have it a be a good experience.


Edit:

forgot to put on my sarcasm hat and robe today.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

Parents need to be more respectful of other people and control their kids, though -- the world does not revolve around them and their kids. Hundreds of other people have waited for 3 years (at least) for this event, paid just as much money to see it, and have every right to have it a be a good experience.


Edit:

forgot to put on my sarcasm hat and robe today.

BWAHAHAHA!!
/Spaceballs Foooled Youuuu /end Spaceballs

 

[TC2181]

Thats kinda like this basketball game I was at last saturday. A younger woman (19 or 20) that I was sitting next to had her child (approx 3 yrs old) standing on her lap to watch the game. The lady behind her politely said "M'am, I cannot see over her." The younger woman said "ok", and did nothing about it. The lady behind her said "oh come on, thats not fair. I can't see over her..could you please have her sit down?" The younger woman got outraged, and yelled "YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TELLIN MY CHILD WHAT TO DO!", but then complied and let her child roam around the seats around her.

Pretty sad..

 

[EvilYoda]

Yeah, yours was probably a little worse than mine, but it was still equally annoying...the perfect "loudmouth"...no offense to them as a whole, but we went to a theater that was in a primarily black area, and you had the typical one-upping of the next loudmouth. This one guy seriously said something ever other minute, and most of the time, it was "You mah bitch Sam!"...and he kept laughing through the ending...agh.

 

[SP33Demon]

Yah, I went to see Last Samurai last weekend and the same thing happened. This stupid brother and sister behind me and my g/f were having a normal conversation for the first half of the movie. Finally I had enough and said "SHUT UP ALREADY!". Then my g/f heard the brother tell her, "stop it you're embarrassing me". About 10 minutes later, they left for good (still 45 minutes left of the movie). This was at 11pm too, on a Sat night. Why the hell would you spend $9 on ticket, talk for half the movie , not pay attention, and then leave? I figured they might have been illiterate and couldn't read the subtitles

There is no hope for our youth.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Yeah, yours was probably a little worse than mine, but it was still equally annoying...the perfect "loudmouth"...no offense to them as a whole, but we went to a theater that was in a primarily black area, and you had the typical one-upping of the next loudmouth. This one guy seriously said something ever other minute, and most of the time, it was "You mah bitch Sam!"...and he kept laughing through the ending...agh.

Yah, the loudmouths behind me were black too. Not to mention these other black punks RUN into our theater during the scene where innocent Native American women and children are being slaughtered by soldiers, and yell "DAM THEY SHOT THAT BITCH YO!" and run out of the theater thinking they just said the funniest thing in the world. I was about to run out after them and pummel them into oblivion. The day they need movie security is a sad day indeed.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Yeah, yours was probably a little worse than mine, but it was still equally annoying...the perfect "loudmouth"...no offense to them as a whole, but we went to a theater that was in a primarily black area, and you had the typical one-upping of the next loudmouth. This one guy seriously said something ever other minute, and most of the time, it was "You mah bitch Sam!"...and he kept laughing through the ending...agh.

This is why I hate to go to a movie with black people. Happens quite often.

 

[UNCjigga]

Our theater was awesome! Typical standard AMC fare but they recently upgraded their projectors in some of the larger screens at the local megacomplex (not DLP yet.) Then the manager came out and spoke on a microphone from the pit below before the movie and they handed out complimentary refreshments (tiny size popcorn and like 3 sips of coke!) I've never seen so much hubbub at a movie premiere before...but then again I've never been to one at midnite.

 

[Avatar26]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

Parents need to be more respectful of other people and control their kids, though -- the world does not revolve around them and their kids. Hundreds of other people have waited for 3 years (at least) for this event, paid just as much money to see it, and have every right to have it a be a good experience.


Edit:

forgot to put on my sarcasm hat and robe today.

Casts level 100 smart@ss on Beau

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
Our theater was awesome! Typical standard AMC fare but they recently upgraded their projectors in some of the larger screens at the local megacomplex (not DLP yet.) Then the manager came out and spoke on a microphone from the pit below before the movie and they handed out complimentary refreshments (tiny size popcorn and like 3 sips of coke!) I've never seen so much hubbub at a movie premiere before...but then again I've never been to one at midnite.

Yea, this theater I go to here has DLP and it was AWESOME. I'm gonna go see it again tommorow with my gf, ROTK was incredible.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Yeah, yours was probably a little worse than mine, but it was still equally annoying...the perfect "loudmouth"...no offense to them as a whole, but we went to a theater that was in a primarily black area, and you had the typical one-upping of the next loudmouth. This one guy seriously said something ever other minute, and most of the time, it was "You mah bitch Sam!"...and he kept laughing through the ending...agh.

This is why I hate to go to a movie with black people. Happens quite often.

See? I don't mind if i know where I am seeing a movie. One time I got pissed about this very same thing. Then I realized that since I was watching it at the movieplex in downtown Atlanta, I was the outsider and the native Atlantians were doing something normal. See my next post for what I think tops you all.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Avatar26

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Always some a-hole who wants to interrupt a family outing. Nice to see it was you. Wonder how the family felt having its enjoyable evening screwed up by some d1ck at the movies.

Parents need to be more respectful of other people and control their kids, though -- the world does not revolve around them and their kids. Hundreds of other people have waited for 3 years (at least) for this event, paid just as much money to see it, and have every right to have it a be a good experience.


Edit:

forgot to put on my sarcasm hat and robe today.

Casts level 100 smart@ss on Beau

*lightning bolt* *lightning bolt*

 

[Linux23]

i'm on my way to see it now.

brought the gun incase this sh!t happens to me.


bye bye little timmy....hehehehe

 

[MaxDepth]

Here is the letter I emailed to the customer service address. I was surprised to get a phone call an hour and a half later from the manager of customer service. He agreed completely with my beef, asked if I would let him send my letter to all the theaters, explaining why they should feel good about not letting people in with children around 6 PM to an R rated show. He even sent me some passes good for any show (including first week of a show). Cool!!!! My voice was heard! I wasn't even looking for free stuff, I just wanted someone to say that I was right and now the managers are empowered to say no for movies that play the majority past 6 PM! Yay for us all!

The letter:

To whom it may concern,
I am not pleased with the standing policy nor with the manager's attitude in a problem that occurred this past Sunday (November 30, 2003) at the Consolidated Theaters of The Streets of Southpoint in Durham, North Carolina.

I was to enjoy an evening at the movies with a friend. We purchased two tickets to the 5:50 PM showing of "Bad Santa," an R rated movie. In front of us sat a couple with a two or three year old. At first, I was very concerned that the parents may have mistaken the intent of the movie. But as the movie started, the child was quiet and I saw no need to complain. However, near the end of the movie the child became restless and fussy. (And because the parents fed the child soda and candy the whole time.) The child continued to complain; the mother put the child in another chair and proceeded to change the child's diaper! I was shocked, disgusted, and annoyed that near the end of the movie, this person had the audacity to involve those nearby in her child's toiletries.

As the credits began, I went out in the lobby in search of the manager. I pointed out the couple to the manager and asked how that theater even let these people into a movie that was an adult movie and clearly one explicitly not suited towards children. The manager said that the policy is to refuse admittance to shows to people with children after 6 PM. Also, the manager asked why that I didn't leave the movie to come and bring it to their attention? I replied that the movie was near the end and that it would be ridiculous for me to wait for the end of the next showing or pay for the same movie again to see the ending. For had I done so, the movie would be done (or nearly) and the parent would have finished diapering the child upon my return to the room. Also, I would have interrupted the movie for others as I would have to walk though them in the aisle to leave.

The manager replied that since I didn't complain at the time, there was no problem, was there? That everything was fine was the manager's final response. No, everything was not fine. We were so disgusted by the smell of a child's feces that we could not go out and enjoy dessert. We left for home without spending more money at this particular shopping mall.

While I know you cannot keep people from starting to do reprehensible things in the presence of other movie patrons (such as a changing a child's diaper), I ask that you please use discretion in applying the 6 PM rule. This movie clearly had most of the film occurring after 6 PM. The movie was enjoyable, and for that I thank you for having a clean theater, and excellent seating and film projection. But in the end, going to the theater was not an enjoyable experience for me or my friend. It would have helped even a little bit if the manager had showed some concern instead of acting as though I was an annoyance to them.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Descartes]

That happens all the damn time in my experience. I really can't fathom how parents could be so inconsiderate. I was even at an astronomy lecture at the local uni two weeks ago, and one of the pontificating attendees decided to bring her children along! Yes, because a 6 year old really cares about inferferometry! The kid was laughing, talking, and making noises throughout the entire lecture. No one said anything out of courtesy, but what's wrong w/ people?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Reminds me of the couple that brought their three year old daughter to "Saving Private Ryan."

"What's that mommy? Who are those men, mommy? Where is that man's leg, daddy? I'm hungry! I'm thirsty! I have to go to the bathroom! Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom! Waaaaaah, I told you I had to go to the bathroom!"