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The Five Things That Annoy The Piss Out Of Me At The Theater
Seeing a movie at the theater can sometimes be a bit of a nightmare. While I enjoy the idea of sitting in a dark auditorium and watching a story unfold, certain things can make the experience unpleasant. Here are the five things that annoy me the most at the cinema.
5) The commercials shown before the movie. People used to go to the movies, partly to avoid all the obnoxious ads on TV. Now you can see them on the big screen. I don't mind the previews, its the ads for soft drinks, candy bars, cell phones and mini-vans that get to me. Like the TV commercials, they appear to be designed to get on people's nerves.
4) High prices. I'm sorry, but $12.50 per ticket to see The Switch? Hell no!!!! Then you hit the concession stand and they want $4.50 for a small soda. You could buy two 20 oz. bottles of soda for less than four bucks and sneak them in. Do you want candy or popcorn with that? Hmmm, $7 for a large popcorn and $4 for a box of Raisinettes? Keep 'em! My advice, go to matinees (after all, its the same damn movie for half the price) and bring in your own drinks and snacks (the theater employees are usually kids making minimum wage, so they don't care what you do). Although, even at $6, its still robbery when its a movie like The Switch or The Last Airbender. As for the extra $3-4 for 3D glasses (when applicable), most of them don't need the 3D (e.g. Clash Of The Titans, The Last Airbender), its just corporate greed rearing its ugly head again. Just see it 2D and use the extra dollars for soft drinks from the local convenience store.
3) Talkers. Whether its giggly teenage girls who think their conversation is more important than the one taking place on-screen or the idiot who thinks everybody needs to hear what he has to say about the movie, it's interfering with my enjoyment of the picture. Now I can make certain allowances at horror and action flicks because you know that these audiences are never quiet. And I'll laugh like hell when somebody cracks off a good one-liner at a really stupid movie. Otherwise, I paid good money to see this movie so just SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY, WOULD YA???!!!!!
2)Cell phones. Anybody who answers their phone and/or texts during the movie needs to go! This falls into the same category as the talkers, its an interference. If you need to answer your phone or text, take it to the lobby! Plus, phones light up when you activate them and it's distracting to others.
1) Babies! That's what gets me the most, what kind of parent brings a baby (any child under 3) to a movie? Of course, if its something like Toy Story 3 or The Princess & The Frog, small children are expected. I'm talking about movies that aren't for children but some parents schlep the little darlings along anyway. NEWS FLASH!!! Babies cry! Toddlers babble, chatter and whine! I had to listen to some noisy toddler while trying to watch Precious, who brings any child to a movie like that? Listen up, if you can afford the tickets, that gallon of soda and that bathtub of popcorn, then you can afford a babysitter! Either leave the kids home or wait for the DVD! Just stop annoying me!
I'm sure not everybody will agree with these points, you might have other things that you think are worse than these. What do you think really makes for a lousy time at the multiplex?
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