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I wish EVERY theatre would do this. Two cell phones rang while I was watching The Hangover Part II.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/ala...ual-voicemail/

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Saw it. I'm envious of the people in Austin.

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Urgh, people on phones in cinemas really get to me. I don't know why people can't use common sense. If it's an emergency text or call you suddenly have to make, go out of the screening like if you are going to the loo, and then use the phone...

If you are expecting a call for some reason, don't go to the cinema in the first place...

I like the sound of their rules. :)

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My friend took actually took a call while in the cinema, sat next to me. I couldn't believe it. It wasn't a busy showing but he got a beating till he put it away. Worst pet hate. And people who don't know how to lower their voice and speak at a regular pitch

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I would seriously donate a significant amount of money if doing so merely opened a theater here with these rules. I'd still pay full price for the tickets on top of that. Not kidding. I'm desperate.

I've heard suggestions that the Alamo Drafthouse will be opening other locations in the future, and I can't wait. Obviously it takes a long time for such a subtle demand to be reflected in a major theater chain, but I do think it's only a matter of time before a fairly widespread chain starts promoting its strict rules on noise during the movie. I'd pay close to double for tickets.

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That is awesome, maybe it's just me but I hate cell phones, I own one and keep it turned off unless I need to make a call. I don't want to be able to be gotten ahold of 24/7 but that's just my opinion. I would love it if a theater would enforce that where I live.

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I was at the movies a few weeks ago, and there was a group of guys(probably 16 or so) and they were all on their phones. But what was annoying is that they were all on Facebook, so in the pitch black cinema all you could see were like 6 white screens several rows in front. It's like if you can't watch a film without having to pull out your phone you should stay at home!

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if they can manage to not let the make a sound, not let the light from the phone disturb the darkness, i'm ok with it.

they minute it starts disturbing others IN ANY WAY, that's an issue for me.

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If you're on the back row alone it's cool. Otherwise GTFO.

problem is they can't manage it. the light is too disturbing (unless you're in the back like Kasper said).

i'd rather people talk during movies than text. most people who talk during movies don't do it constantly and only speak in whispers to their friends about said film. even i do that. i'm okay with that. but the use of a cell phone is always enough to piss me right off.

that girl in the voicemail is quite funny, especially how she keeps contradicting herself - first claiming she only needed her phone as a flashlight, then uses the word "texting".

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I went to the movies and a play this weekend and during both peoples phones rang :eek: at least they didn't answer them :rolleyes:

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Yeah, forgetting to turn a ringer off is no big deal; it happens. Anything beyond that is just rude.

The problem is pretty simple: these people aren't going to the movies to see the movie. They're going to do something with their friends, so they don't care about seeing it, so they don't care if other people see it. There are way, way fewer incidences of this nature for me when I see something more obscure, like Moon. When I saw Moon, I think maybe I heard one slight cough the whole time. Everyone was transfixed, because nobody who's just looking to kill time or hang out with their friends was going to see Moon.

There's always the risk of something annoying happening at the movies, but in my book, cell phones haven't been the worst thing. I don't go to the movies that much anymore, but I don't often see much phone action going on -- unless it's like a big movie just released or something. The worst phone annoyance I ever experienced had nothing to do with talking or texting -- it was some guy wearing a Bluetooth earpiece that kept flashing brightly. He was sitting to my left - I was watching Basic Instinct 2 (I know I've told this story before) - and the damn thing kept flashing repeatedly, every few seconds, BRIGHTLY. It was the most distracting thing ever. I mean, I couldn't even see Sharon Stone's vagina because of it (not that it mattered). It was like a camera flash bulb going off every five seconds. So, the people who wear the Bluetooth phone pieces are the absolute worst, if they don't turn them off. I hate these people outside of movie theatres, too, because when I see them walking around talking, I feel like I'm living in a world growing more and more schizophrenic -- I never notice those earpieces.

But the aboslute worst theatre noise I ever experienced was for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer -- everyone in the movie theatre expressed how much they still knew what Jennifer Love Hewitt did last summer. Let's just say I wound up in a very ghetto theatre and being quiet was unheard of. I was mad as hell at the time, but looking back on it, I almost wish I could re-experience it.

The best way to deal with this is for everyone who's annoyed to get up, go to management and ask for a refund (including for food and drinks. After all, you bought them to watch with the film.) When dozens of people start doing this they'll soon start to clampdown on it. Especially because the food and drink is where they make their money. In fact, you could probably just get a refund on that and they'd do something.

Exactly! I live in a college town so if you go to a movie on a Friday or Saturday night and expect to actually be able to pay attention your out of luck. I've never quite understood the act of going to a movie strictly as a social thing. Let's all go hang out where we have to be quiet. :rolleyes:

I only go to the theaters if it's something I really feel I need to see on a big screen and only if the movie has been out for awhile and only at an off time. I've had too many movies ruined for me.

And I could go on forever about how much I hate rude cell phone users in *all* sorts of situations, but I'll spare y'all and won't.

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^ Stuck on a bus with someone who is going through all their phone ringtones out loud is very annoying, that's happened a few times to me. Just standing there playing all his ringtones, would have been more bearable if it was actually good music.

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While I was in the theater watching "The Hangover 2" the woman in front of me was shuffling through her purse, making a lot of noise. Then, she proceeds to drop her purse in the crack of the seat right below my feet. She turns around and says, "Can you get my purse?" WTF?! Really?!

I just kept watching the movie, pretending like I didn't hear her bwahaha :D

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The 21st Century So Far: absolute disintegration of the dignity of the public sphere.

Simple politeness is more important than law. If someone asks me how a communist society would function without laws, I reply that our society already functions largely depending on the unspoken laws of politeness.

A film should unite people in a collective experience of enjoyment, not separate people into waring camps. One should feel a sense of duty to the rest of theater; to discipline oneself for the greater good. Strength through unity! Strength though discipline! Row! Row! Fight the powah!

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I have heard of simple damping devices that cause a very poor or no signal in places. I know when I go to Wall-mart or Target or a few other places I don't get a signal due to the building or whatever it is. Theaters should have this where it would be useless to bring your cell anyway. If you are worried about an emergency phone call, take a break every 30 mins or so to check your voice mail - or do not go to a movie. There are actually two auditoriums here that are deadzones for most providers, they are next to an electrical hub - problem is they are hardly ever playing anything I want to watch.

I don't know. I don't think this is really just a recent trend. Just thinking about the movie theatre itself, though -- they have always been a place for annoyance. I mean, you're in a room with people from all walks of life. All those different personalities and yet we're all human.

And I don't think movie theatres automatically qualify as a place for unity and respect. Most people are there because they want to see something they can't see in the privacy of their own home and maybe because they needed to get out of the house. But I think a majority of people would rather watch the movie at home. Come on now -- if everyone had a movie theatre sized screen at their homes and could access newly released films there, who'd go to the movies? Who'd go to these places to watch what you could get at home? It'd be like going to a public bathroom for the hell of it.

Movie theatres are not art museums. They are a means of seeing something you can't see at home -- although, with the internet, now lots more people are downloading new movies and not going to the theatre. I have always liked movie theatres, but the prices for tickets are getting ridiculous. People should not complain about the prices of a movie ticket because of cell phones and loud people -- people should complain about the prices irregardless of that. It's insane to pay $15 to see a movie. IT'S INSANE! Considering that the movie will - typically - be everywhere after you pay that price - it's insane. $5 is the most someone should pay to see a movie. More if it's a really fancy theatre. Before movies became so widely available through the internet, I would have said paying more for a movie seemed reasonable, but now I honestly think the limit for a typical movie should be $5. If movie theatres end up going out of business -- I can't believe I'm now saying this, but tough. Our technology is changing. Life is changing. Society is changing. We must deal with it and move on. It's a better solution that paying $20 to see a movie and complaining about the cell phones and people talking on them.

Also -- movie theatres are a great warzone. We live in a time where everyone's thinking like a famous person. Everybody is a celebrity if they have their Twitter and Facebook and their cell phone. Teenagers are walking into movie theatres and talking loudly on their phones and texting away because it's aggressive and looks cool. It is a new way to look hip and current and show that you own something modern. Guys used to hate talking on the phone -- and they probably still do -- but more modern guys probably enjoy the attention they get by appearing to have all kinds of friends and girlfriends to call. A cell phone is now a status symbol, a way of looking important and powerful, and when you're on your phone in a movie theatre, you're showing off. You're sending a message that you're important. And everyone wants the most current cell phone to look hip -- "I had to get a new cell phone again last night. LOL." Might seem crazy, but that's how it is. Unfortunately, this affects the movie theatres, but what can you do? You just have to adapt. The world changes.

You've completely and utterly offended me in every single way.

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Could you go into detail why?

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I'm just kidding around, bra.

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Oh, I figured, but ya know, just in case.

I've said it on the site before and I'll say it again. As soon as Hollywood finds a way of getting people to pay for movie streaming, you can start the countdown for cinemas. They'll probably have to become 'museums' where 'old' or 'weird' people go to watch films. You might have to travel to get to one but, on the plus side, there probably won't be loads of kids or inconsiderate people and, as they probably won't make enough money to be worth it, none of the summer blockbusters showing.

Thinking about it, I say bring it on. :)

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How does one do this, though? For one, people are attracted to the large screens that movie theatres provide. The best alternative would be to stream all newly released movies to people's TVs -- everyone's out buying big HDTVs nowadays, so that looks like a way. But not everybody has these TVs or can afford them. Second, movie theatres are still great places to go and get away from the house or a place to take kids on little mini trips. But the prices are outrageous and kids are making it terrible for serious movie lovers or people who are just polite and mature.
Streaming kinda sucks when it's on a computer, and you can't watch a movie with a date very romantically if you do it on your cell phone...

This either means movie theatres will stay or movies, in general, are going to get ... the back burner. Possibly extinguished, even. Yet, we have that longtime devotion to drama and theatre dating back centuries.

Maybe there will be a revival of movies. Maybe these prices will start to come down. Or maybe there's going to be something I just can't predict right now. I don't know. I might be onto something when I was comparing movie theatres to bathrooms. Maybe in the future, houses will have to have theatre rooms, with giant screens in them. I dunno.

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Yeah, it's nothing new at movie theaters, but there are other trends at work elsewhere that prompted me to make that statement. They are discussed briefly below.

You're right. But I was speaking of my utopia. :cool:

That's exactly right. In my utopia, for as much as it is a social exercise today to go to a film and be selfish/annoying, it will similarly be an exercise to go to a film (or any public exhibition like a concert or a play) in order to experience solidarity with the community. We will all be united in our silent enjoyment of the film. I think this emerges spontaneously during certain concerts if a performer plays a kind of song that deserves silence rather than cheers, shouts, or singalongs. The crowd unites during that moment in a double articulation. Each person can at once enjoy the song and be united with each other person in that enjoyment.

There are different ways of dealing. One can combat the change or one can ride the change. All depends on whether the change is a "good" change or not.

This is the disintegration of the public sphere I was speaking about, and be certain that we could not have gotten to the point we are now without the emergence of the technologies you mentioned which were designed precisely for the purpose of facilitating this disintegration. They view as success what I see as a negative trend.

All true, and all part of this trend.

Take for example the President. What if instead of tweeting official positions, he tweeted the trivialities of his life? Yoda's thread about post-internet politics possibly touches on this emerging issue. I say we need a level of dignity in the public sphere, and that is becoming all but impossible with the incorporation of the private into the public.

You used the example of art galleries earlier. Why is that a good example? Because art, if successful, communicates to some universality. It is meant for the public and it speaks for them. It has something we all can understand. This is what the public is. It is a space of universal expression. It is not a medium to be exploited for self-advancement and narcissism. It's a medium for itself. The purpose of the public sphere is for the public to exist as public. The only way this can be maintained is with a certain level of dignity and respect for others.

Adapt or conform? A body without organs doesn't necessarily adapt. It utilizes. It channels. Nevertheless, some things might not be worth channeling if their creative output is very low. But to be very clear, it is much harder to use what you have to your advantage than to take a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em attitude."

Perhaps I should go to movie theaters in order to hear others talk trivialities and otherwise disturb a film I am enjoying...

However, I believe the much better thing to do is reign in the entire trend before it gets truly out of control. Before you know it, movies will be designed for the sole purpose of audience interaction or other horrors based on maximizing (or adapting to) the experience of going to the cinema for profit (what else; not like theaters care about the films they are showing).

Of course not. It dies.

More tomorrow.

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You bet your bottom dollar...

Boy, I must be well lucky with the cinemas I go to. I rarely have problems in regards to mobile phones. Sometimes if it's really crowed I may see somebody's phone flash and they may text for about 10 secs or whatever but it's never enough to really distract me. And most people turn off their phones so I rarely hear anybody answering calls.

Sounds like you guys get it pretty rough though...

I can recall what is probably the antithesis of the modern moviegoing experience. A bunch of years back, on hot summer Sunday nights, a small theater in NYC would show a double feature of classic Looney Tunes cartoons. Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, etc. Bugs Bunny. The audience was on one solid page. The laughs came often, hard, and in unison. Everybody there was a diehard fan, and the anticipation in the air was almost as thick as the smoke. And nobody had cell phones. It was the sweetest movie experience I can remember. :p

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Planet News:

I am not against putting restrictions in movie theatres to keep the cell phones turned off and all that, and I agree that there needs to be respect, but the problem is that it can't be controlled to where it's not a problem anymore. Banning cell phones from even entering a movie theatre sounds like a good idea to make theatres better again, but in America, that's not gonna be acceptable to people. They already have the "Please turn off your cell phones" rule, but still the problem exists. I said we need to adapt because it's here and there's not much you can do. If most people really get sick of the cell phone disturbances in theatres, I think society will change and maybe movie theatres will close and become a thing of the past, or maybe something else. Maybe we'll hit an age where movies aren't released to theatres, but are released online and video IMMEDIATELY instead of waiting months. Maybe movie theatres will actually turn into movie museums -- it's possible, but then they will probably be scarce. This way, these movie museums will be able to showcase movies from any time period. It could happen hundreds of years from now or sooner. The thing is -- the world will change. The world will advance and things will be different. We cannot keep everything going the same way forever. No matter what kind of policy you put up in movie theatres, people will still act like people. Things will probably keep getting worse until some kind of breakthrough happens and then things will appear wonderful again. But I have no idea what to expect. I didn't see our technology being what it is now twenty years ago.

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I think some of you are looking at this backwards. Since it's mostly "kids" who buy the tix, make sure that every other movie is about super heroes, demons or vampires, use the cellphones in the theatres and also use theatres as a communal meeting place with their friends, theatres will not die out. Kids also don't care how much a movie costs because they seem to have an unbelievable amount of disposal income, mostly provided by their parents who are all too willing to get them out of the house. :cool:

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Well, my other idea is probably more frightening for us, but many will say it's already happening --- movies will just get worse and worse to the point that movies will self destruct and become a thing of the past. But I don't think that's going to happen, honestly, because as a species, we seem to be deeply connected with drama. So, rerouting from this, I think that, despite movie theatres being meeting places, there will probably be some kind of change coming our way involving them. They might be meeting places now, but in the future, kids may find some other better thing. Movie theatres may become "the place your parents hung out at when they were young." Thus, in the future, movie theatres will probably become uncool. I cannot predict the future (Psychic Isaac, where are you?) but I can guess -- with our technology developing and with the internet at full speed, it is very possible that we'll evolve to a state where people like to stay at home more, perhaps, or at least do something else. But I think movie theatres will get boring. If the cell phone usage gets out of control, then it's going to be a restrictive place. It is already restrictive with the MPAA ratings being enforced. And you know how kids are -- who likes rules? So, I think the movie theatre may very well turn into this ancient thing, this uncool place to be. Something else will probably take its place. I don't know what exactly.

Reading this thread properly makes me feel like Frank Sobotka. I can't and do not believe that cinemas will become a rare attraction.

I think the greater annoyance at the movie theatre is the 5 hours of advertisements (seems like 5 hours) that you have to sit through before the trailers. Especially those super lame Orange adverts that make you die a little inside when you watch them.

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I'll take twice as many commercials if it means everyone shuts up and puts their phone away during a movie. That's not a joke or an exaggeration.

Also, I'm pretty sure that theaters only play ads up until the published start time, which is perfectly fair and I couldn't really care less about. They only promise me the block of time they told me the movie would start. It's only a violation if they play ads past that point.

What about... intermission?

Or, better yet, multiple intermissions at 15 minute intervals!

Regarding the movie grill theaters here in Texas, they've got waiters coming around to take your orders, deliver your orders, refill your drinks, bring your check, pick up your credit card, return your credit card all the while customers are eating food and drinking beer. We're even given those little buzzer light-up electronic do-whichys so the waiters can see who wants a refill or wants to order desert. And with all this going on, someone is even gonna notice someone texting on a cell-phone?

I don't have a cell-phone and never will. There have been way too many times I didn't want a boss or a wife to find me!

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I would gladly pay another $5 a ticket to at least hire a damn usher to hang out in the theater and lay the smack down when people decide to be a-holes. It really is a symptom of a larger problem though. People are a-holes everywhere.

Me, too! Cellphone use and texting during movies in the movie theatres, with very rare exceptions, have gotten really out of hand. Here's hoping more theatres create that kind of policy in the future.

Texting and cellphone use, generally, seems to be much less of a problem in movie theatres that show better-quality movies. It's in the multi-plex cinemas with ten to thirty shoe-box-sized cinemas, where the problem is the greatest.

I disagree with what you're saying here, Sexy Celebrity. I think that there really should be a zero-tolerance policy towards cellphone use and texting in movie theatres, because, even if the phone is on silent or vibration, the bright light is still very distracting to people. Most people pay to come see the movie at the theatre, and not be rudely distracted by these rude, cellphone using, texting individuals. I say...let the rude texters/cellphone users stay home. This sort of "if one can't beat them, join them and adapt" attitude is a cop-out. Good for the manager at the Alama Drafthouse Theatre in Austin, TX for kicking that little b**tch out! She deserved it!!

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I just say THEY ALL SHOULD BE SHOT , unless it is a emergency............

Well, I like how you say there should be a zero-tolerance policy. I agree with that. In that case, though, you need the fiercest of movie theatre ushers to be willing to stand around and kick out people caught using their phones. Normally, every once in awhile during the movie, you have that goofy usher person come in and waltz around up and down the aisles, check the fire escape, etc. -- during the movie -- and that's it. Smart people will know to keep their phones off or hidden during these moments, then bring them back up for use when the usher is gone. In order to get proper expectations of the Zero Tolerance on Cell Phones policy done, you need to:

A. Let everyone know there's a Zero Tolerance policy on cell phones - if they see it, you're gone.

B. Install a Terminator-like usher into each theatre, perhaps during the whole movie, to keep careful watch of people and their phones and other behavior.

Now, B isn't that bad of an idea, BUT, it requires hiring a bunch of fierce people to stand around during each movie - and not leave, like they do. I suppose they could sit, but sitting would make it hard to watch everybody. Standing for that long is painful.

Oh, well, I don't need to go into everything. I just think it could be hard to really keep everything under control. It's a movie theatre. It's a darkened room. When movie theatres were created, nobody predicted people would soon be carrying their own telephones around, that flash as bright as flashlights and make lots of annoying sounds. I agree that these things shouldn't be in use in movie theatres, but it might be a real toughy to get everything completely wonderful again.

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It's not about actual enforcement for very long, though. It's about setting a tone that reverberates. If you kick someone out, odds are good that showing's going to be phone-less pretty much the rest of the way. And each person who saw it is going to be careful about it in the future, too. And word'll get around.

You probably don't have to kick too many people out before it starts policing itself a bit. Though thankfully, the thing that makes the phones annoying (bright screens and noise) are things easily detected by an usher just standing in the back.

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Well, as long as they make sure to watch out for those damn bluetooth earpieces that are turned on. I'm telling you, those are worse than any phone in a movie theatre.

plus, nobody wants a stern-faced looking Terminator type watching them watch a movie. it'd be unnerving.

especially since sometimes it's nice to go to a movie with someone under the pretense of watching a film, but actually you just wanna... well, y'know. :)

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I'm still really excited about this commercial ("MAGNITED STATES OF AMERICA!"). I don't know if the tide will ever turn on this issue, but if it does, this is the way it would: something goes viral and lots of people see it and then don't want to be seen the way that girl was. If this is going to "start" at any point, I think it would start like this.

Aye. But if they stand in the back, I don't mind. My usual theater usually has someone in the back to watch the reserved seats, anyway.

Oh yeah, absolutely. Sometimes a guy just needs to sit and eat copious amounts of popcorn without anyone judging him for it.

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Hey, some people like Terminators voyeuristically watching them.

:rotfl:

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People are tied to their electronics like it's part of their DNA. It's crazy. Try leaving the cell phone at home some times! :) It's a nice escape from the tether of modern communication.

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Texting during a movie drives me in sane. At the movie theatre near me they started putting someone in the theatre to watch for it and ask them to leave. Awesome.

I m in two minds about this. A ringing phone and conversation is annoying and rude while you are at the cinema. How is texting annoying? So long as the phone is not making a noise while texting. If the glow the phone makes is annoying you can t be too interested in the movie.

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I was at movie with my boyfriend, my best friend, and the girl my best friend likes. She was texting during the movie... Which I saw as very rude considering my friend had paid for her to get in. What is SO important that she had to open her bright ass phone right next to me while I'm trying to enjoy the film I paid to see?

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you shoulda said something. even if you had said it in a jokey manner, she'd have gotten the point.

shut up, movie-ruiner.

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Er, yeah, what? Giant glowing things would distract me from almost anything in a dark room, no matter how interested I was.

How about this: if you're using your phone, you can't be too interested in the movie. And that's the answer to the rhetorical question that Rone asked above: they do it because they're not that interested in the movie. They're going to just hang out with friends or have something to do, so the movie is not their first priority.

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Remember back in the day when people were civilized and stuff like this never happened? Those were good days.

What? Oh, nevermind.

Exactly!! People understand it! And, movie-goers should definately learn to read. Because it clearly states in the beginning previews before the movie starts to "TURN OFF CELLULAR DEVICES!"

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It's just rude, that's all it is. This is why I try to go to the theater late at night and on a school night if I'm really wanting to see a movie.

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Of course its rude. It's horribly rude for all the other people in the theatre. It's called consideration. I'm sorry, I'm ranting, but this is just a big pet peeve of mine.

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I like texting during movies. Got a real loud ring too.

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They should recall the firing squad, that's what they should do.

Agreed. For anyone who thinks a firing squad should be used on people texting during a movie.

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I agree. Ohmygorsh, it's such a pet peeve of mine. The least movie-texters could do is sit in the back, but a majority of time they sit in the front. IS that on purpose? xP

I don't know about others but I do it on purpose.

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Haha. Evil.

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I occasionally text in movies. I can't help it, but when someone texts me I don't wanna be rude and not text back.

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Well, I can understand that. But, my friends understand if I don't text back during a movie.

Okay, let me rephrase that: I text during a movie if a good looking girl texts me, because I don't wanna seem rude.

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Aha. Makes more sense to me now. :P

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Yeah yeah, I guess there are loop holes in everything......:rolleyes:

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As the previews say:

"Please, don't spoil the movie, by adding your own soundtrack."

I turn my phone off. You know, unless the guy in back of me is chewing his popcorn really loud. Then I turn up the volume nice and high so everyone can hear the ringer :p

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I don't turn my phone off. I leave it on vibrate, for some ungodly reason. So, I KNOW when I get a text or a call, but I'll never answer it.. It really defeats the purpose to leave it on. Haha.

we already know you don't got a phone, old man.

How do you know that?

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Anyone who thinks someone is "rude" for not texting them back right away is silly. If they don't accept "hey, I was in a movie" or "hey, I wasn't near my phone" as an excuse, then they're not reasonable people.

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That is very true.

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people who talk in theater are spared by sane people in the theater that don't want to get into a confrontation. Most suckas that talk in the theater are punks to there core and are waiting to get get jumped by every seat.

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I can't stand when people text, but honesty I do it somtimes if I'm talking to someone important. Most of the theaters by me don't even have service inside so it makes it more difficult. I thought it was creative how they used the voicemail as an ad....very smart.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpew-IfW6JQ

yeah I hate it when it happen

Inconsiderate jerks should always get beat up after the movie, it's a law.

Don't text and watch....you might crash into the movie screen and get more people mad at you.

As for the topic of not answering is rude....were you not busy at that very moment? Does that not make them rude? Did the person on the other end pay you to always be near your phone? It's your responsibility and duty to always answer them.....? In other words, you are their b*tch?

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I agree with this. I text constantly during previews, but when the movie begins, phone is off, eyes on screen.

While I agree that a ringing phone and conversation are annoying and rude while one is at the cinema, I have to strenuously disagree wholeheartedly with you about texting at the cinema. Texting is rude, because when a person texts on his/her cellphone, the small but bright lights on the cellphone(s) go on, which are a great distraction to people who're watching the movie.

I once got distracted by a man who was sitting several rows down from where I was sitting in an auditorium because he insisted on texting throughout most of the film, and the bright light was quite distracting. Neither phone conversations, let alone ringing phones or texting should be allowed in a movie theatre.

Then you should go out into the lobby of the movie theatre to text, instead of being disruptive to the other people in the movie auditorium/theatre around you. Thanks.

Israel has had a system in place for a number of years that causes people's cellphones, etc., to jam up when they try to use them in a public place such as a movie theatre, restaurant, etc. I wish they could do that for movies theatres, etc., here in the United States. That would solve the problem.

Me too, TheUsualSuspect!

In today's society, it's unreasonable to expect the people around you not to be "plugged in" 24/7...

Re: Texting during a movie
 

That is BS - they can be "plugged in" all they want - Put phones on vibrate and leave the theater to use whatever plugged in device they need to use. I understand the need to be available, kids, emeregences, etc... - but that should be the exception not the norm.