You pay anywhere from $9-$20 to get a seat, and a fortune to buy bad snacks to watch something you may or may not like...and then a discourteous moviegoer ruins it.
They are the people that make me seem like a disgruntled old person. I just want a decent experience at the movies.
Today, I'm counting down the top five worst distractions at the movies.
5. Lengthy Applause
I rarely come across this, but it can be really annoying.
While watching Gareth Edwards' Godzilla, there were a few overly excited moviegoers clapping well past an exciting moment. It got really distracting, and they were always accompanied by "SHUSH."
Clap at the end, or even during a cool scene, but just don't clap during an important scene of dialogue or literally 20 seconds after an awesome moment occurs.
4. Reserved Seating
Recently, a friend of mine came across this issue while watching Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and this lasted a few minutes. A couple of minutes doesn't seem like much, but when this distraction occurs at the opening scene, it can throw people off the rest of the movie.
For those of you who are not aware of what I'm talking about, my local AMC Theater recently put reserved seating in their policy. Some people won't care and just sit wherever, but with a packed theater, ushers trying to uphold the reserved seating policy can be a living nightmare.
3. Babies/Kids
I only put kids on the list because it does bother some people, but I had to include it alongside babies.
Parents, if you cannot find a sitter, please stay home.
I know that sounds lame on my part, but wailing babies and Roland Emmerich's 2012 don't mix. Nobody wants to hear a wailing baby while the world is ending, or when dinosaurs are eating people.
I can't blame you if there's a baby crying in the middle of Frozen, that's a movie intended for youngsters. Just keep your baby away from the PG-13 or R-rated listings.
2. Talking
Unfortunately, I'm guilty of this, because I ALWAYS have to explain things going on in the movie. To make matters worse, my mom's boyfriend's son is deaf in one of his ears and always makes a trip to the bathroom during the movie.
He asked me while watching the new Apes movie "what happened?" I shushed him and continued watching the movie.
Some other friends of mine were talking so loud, that I threatened to report them to AMC. I take my movie-going seriously.
1. Cell Phones
I hate cell phones at the movies. They bother me more than anything else in the world.
Every time someone has a cellphone ring at the movies, it's always on the brightness setting and the most obnoxious ringtone at the most important part of a movie. They tell you to turn off your cellphones at the beginning of the movie. Is it so hard to turn your phone off for two hours? If that's the case, I fear for the fate of out attention spans.
If you have a family emergency or really need the cellphone, please put it on vibrate and decrease the brightness, and move yourself from the theater quietly.
I hope you could relate to this list, and if you are someone who does all of these things at the movies, please refrain from performing them.
-Joey DeAngelis
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