Disruptive crowd not part of movie-goers expectations
By: Jordan Smith
Issue date: 9/28/09 Section: Opinion
comes out, there could be someone in the theatre that is just now
getting the opportunity to see the trailer for the first time.
After I hear about the coming attractions, I expect the silence to continue
throughout the entirety of the feature film. Not to say that I don't
expect laughs when they are meant to be had, sniffles when they are
prompted and screams when they are extracted. That's supposed to
happen if a movie is good enough to deserve them.
After the movie is
finished, I expect everyone to pause for a little bit, take in the film
and then discuss it on their way out to their rides, taking their trash
with them.
What I get is another thing entirely.
When I arrive, I am greeted by 1 million children screaming profanities
at each other, wearing things that I wouldn't catch a hooker in, with
no parent in sight. After a few minutes of trying to figure out if the
short, annoying people are actually in line or just gossiping about
what Jill and John did last night, I get to buy my tickets, highly priced, as expected. My
party and I weave in and out of all the kids throwing popcorn around
the lobby and get into our assigned theatre. After we sit, waiting for
the show to begin, we are surrounded by people who look like they
really don't want to be there, like they had better things to do with
their Friday nights. After the theatre is filled and the movie is about
to start the crowd is pretty unruly. You couldn't hear a lion roar if
you had hearing aids. When the previews begin, the sound rarely ever
quiets down. This annoys me, and I know a lot of people who agree with
me, because the previews do happen to be one of the best parts of the
movie going experience. But you know, it's just the previews. I didn't
pay for that. So I wait for the feature to start. Once it does, you do
getting the opportunity to see the trailer for the first time.
After I hear about the coming attractions, I expect the silence to continue
throughout the entirety of the feature film. Not to say that I don't
expect laughs when they are meant to be had, sniffles when they are
prompted and screams when they are extracted. That's supposed to
happen if a movie is good enough to deserve them.
After the movie is
finished, I expect everyone to pause for a little bit, take in the film
and then discuss it on their way out to their rides, taking their trash
with them.
What I get is another thing entirely.
When I arrive, I am greeted by 1 million children screaming profanities
at each other, wearing things that I wouldn't catch a hooker in, with
no parent in sight. After a few minutes of trying to figure out if the
short, annoying people are actually in line or just gossiping about
what Jill and John did last night, I get to buy my tickets, highly priced, as expected. My
party and I weave in and out of all the kids throwing popcorn around
the lobby and get into our assigned theatre. After we sit, waiting for
the show to begin, we are surrounded by people who look like they
really don't want to be there, like they had better things to do with
their Friday nights. After the theatre is filled and the movie is about
to start the crowd is pretty unruly. You couldn't hear a lion roar if
you had hearing aids. When the previews begin, the sound rarely ever
quiets down. This annoys me, and I know a lot of people who agree with
me, because the previews do happen to be one of the best parts of the
movie going experience. But you know, it's just the previews. I didn't
pay for that. So I wait for the feature to start. Once it does, you do
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