I've luckily never experienced this, but I don't go to the movies that often and don't usually see family films in theaters.
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Screaming children and crying babies at a movie theater
- Thread starter BarryAllen
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Yes I did say that lol I was 6 when the first came out loved it had the little handheld game.
I even took the day off work to be at the 8pm Thursday night showing somehow bought it on Blu ray when it came out. It took a long time for the nostalgia hype to wear off it is pretty bad.
I've never experienced this, but I generally don't go to the cinema before 8pm and my local cinemas don't allow kids in after 8pm.
Do you really yell at the parents? Why not just talk to the staff?
I was going to make an over the top post about assaulting the offenders because I'm such a cinephile and my rights trump everyone else's but in reality, I just don't go to the theaters anymore.
This. The fuck is yelling at the parent going to do? At best it's gonna just annoy everyone around you at worse you're going to deal with escalating an already shitty situation.
Other alternative is get up and go get a staff member and get THEM to deal with the disturbing party.
Despite my strongests urges I realize I'm not an asshole and know that some people have on other recourse than to take their kids to the movies with them.
I will take some crying in the background whilst i fall asleep to thor: ragnarok. They can have some reprieve.
I will take some crying in the background whilst i fall asleep to thor: ragnarok. They can have some reprieve.
If I'm with the kids at an actually kids movie I don't mind. Most parents have been there st some point and can empathise haha.
I mind going to see Jurassic World at a late showing (like 10PM) and folk came in with babies which I found a bit inappropriate (for people there and the babies :p )
I mind going to see Jurassic World at a late showing (like 10PM) and folk came in with babies which I found a bit inappropriate (for people there and the babies :p )
I have never had this happen. If it were a kids movie, I would tolerate it, luckily I don't have kids so I don't have to worry about that. If it weren't strictly a kids movie, I'd tell a staff member. I would think most people have the courtesy that they'd step out with the crying child of their own accord, though.
I don't take my kids anywhere past 8pm. It's inexcusable to have young children at a freaking 10pm showing. Good theatres would tell those parents to come back at another time.
Agreed completely. I'm kinda shocked parents can be so fucking selfish they put their desire to go out and have a good time over their kid's need to get a good quality night sleep. Some shit I just can't do right now having a toddler and taking her out to public spots at 10pm is one of them.
How do Apple Watches bug you? They're OLED displays with mostly black backgrounds. They don't have a backlight thats gonna blast a ton of ambient light.
Yeah that's only time I've actually seen people bring their kid in when it wasn't a kids movie.
Definitely agree though. Very inappropriate at that time. No idea why staff let them in. I'm not really judgmental of other parents but that was the one time I've been like "what are you doing you utter melons."
When they're in the row in front of you it's distracting as shit. Especially when folks have their watch on full brightness and hold it up like a jerk.
It's so loud that it should potentially demage the, childs hearing capability. If the parent is aware of that and keeps them there I don't know what else it could be but child abuse. -> Go to a theatre that hasn't a super loud sound system.
But most of the watch faces look like this. And only the non-black pixels are emitting light. The photo background watch faces would be annoying, but that watch face is terrible and almost nobody uses it.
Think I've only had this once and the parent went out with the child pretty much immediately so didn't bother me. Just avoid Saturday morning showings.
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I mean I know what an apple watch looks like I wear mine every day. And those watch faces vary. And what's on screen varies. And it's still distracting when someone is fiddling with their shit during a movie. The movie light doesn't magically block that shit out. Same for phones.
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No because everyone else claps after you do it because they were too scared to
Obviously. Kids are going to cry, parents are the real culprits but that doesn't stop me from not liking kids. Also it's common sense to expect kids at a kids movie. It would be insane of me complaining about that. We would be taking about an adult movie with kids being annoying there
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I guess my point is that it's more on you for looking at it than on them. I get it with phones since they are blasting light at you whether you look at it or not.
Children at least do understand when you tell them to be quiet. Adults fucking with their phones and babies crying are the worst.
Why do people keep bringing babies to movie theaters? Either find someone who can look over your baby for a couple of hours or im sorry but you don't go to the theater. Wait for it to come out for rent.
Why do people keep bringing babies to movie theaters? Either find someone who can look over your baby for a couple of hours or im sorry but you don't go to the theater. Wait for it to come out for rent.
My point is if someone is holding a phone or watch up it's in the line of sight of someone trying to watch the movie. If I were hunching over trying to see what they're doing on their watch you'd have a point. Remember not all movies are deep stadium seating. Some are positioned where it's very easy to see shit like other folks electronic devices even though they don't want to.
I've seen people try to text from their watch and held it up or some jerk literally on speaking phone on their watch whispering into it. Distracting all the same. I think the normal movie etiquette rules apply: Keep your electronic devices away and muted during the showing.
Ohhh, yeah some are definitely too loud for young kids.
Im the type to just not bring my kids. You sacrifice some things when you have young kids, going to the movies without a sitter is one of those things. No biggie.
During Blade Runner 2049 some dickhole had his smart watch on the whole time, and he kept raising his arms up to yawn like every 5-10 minutes. Was super irritating to see a white light coming into my field of vision when I'm trying to get immersed in the film.
Our family had to walk out of a movie theater once because my younger daughter started losing it. $30+ down the toilet.
You definitely have to sacrifice some things when you have young children. But on the occasion that you do have someone to watch them it's special.
I'm getting a sitter to watch my two kids for The Last Jedi and I am looking forward to it to an almost insane degree. I have a really, really good feeling about it, similar to how I felt about the Fellowship of the Ring. I'm probably dooming myself to disappointment, but I have my fingers crossed.
I took my daughter to Legoland when she was 3 and she started freaking out during the 4D theater due to all the spooky stuff popping out. We immediately walked out, I didn't want to ruin everyone else's experience.
Unfortunately, some people don't give a fuck and let their kids cry up a storm. I only go to theaters like Alamo Drafthouse who have a zero tolerance policy for noise complaints.
Unfortunately, some people don't give a fuck and let their kids cry up a storm. I only go to theaters like Alamo Drafthouse who have a zero tolerance policy for noise complaints.
One time back when I had a job at a theater as a teenager, I was working the shift as an usher and had a couple people come out and get ahold of me. They told me that there was a crying baby in the auditorium and it had been crying for quite a while. I pulled a coworker aside to go with me as backup and we followed the patrons back to the auditorium. We entered and immediately heard the incredibly loud wailing of a baby coming from the last row, in the top corner of the auditorium. So we began marching of the steps towards the corner, only for the people sitting there to get up and leave, saying "We know, we know..."
I glanced at the baby that a teenager was holding as they rushed past only to see that it wasn't a baby at all; it was a fake baby issued by a parenting or child development class from a local high school, the ones that record if they are shaken or how long you let them cry before sticking a key in their back and holding it there for five minutes. Apparently they had not brought the key with them and decided to just let it cry for the whole movie once it 'woke up.'
I glanced at the baby that a teenager was holding as they rushed past only to see that it wasn't a baby at all; it was a fake baby issued by a parenting or child development class from a local high school, the ones that record if they are shaken or how long you let them cry before sticking a key in their back and holding it there for five minutes. Apparently they had not brought the key with them and decided to just let it cry for the whole movie once it 'woke up.'
Experienced this a few nights ago when I went to see Thor. I almost talked with an employee to have it taken care of, but the Mother did a good job hushing up the child for the entire film after that first incident.
I don't take my baby to the movies, nor should any parent. If you complain about my crying baby in a plane though then fuck you, you should have gotten a private jet.
I go to midnight shows just to avoid this, and once at 12:30 I walk in to see a big family with 5 kids (no older than 6 with two infants). I still can't believe that.
Never once experienced this. People in the UK don't seem to take their kids to movie screenings except obvious kids films that no adult would go see.
In the past I would go get an usher. Luckily I live close enough to a Drafthouse so I never experience this anymore.
Babies do not belong in a theater. Defeating speakers can damage the poor kids hearing, and the bright lights in dark areas can't be good for their eyes.
Plus, it's downright inconsiderate of others as they cry.
Find a sitter, or wait for it to get on Redbox.
My experience with this is for the horror movie, The Conjuring. This movie was terrifying and I heard a baby crying. How the hell did you justify that as a parent?
Plus, it's downright inconsiderate of others as they cry.
Find a sitter, or wait for it to get on Redbox.
My experience with this is for the horror movie, The Conjuring. This movie was terrifying and I heard a baby crying. How the hell did you justify that as a parent?