Watching the right movie with the wrong people...

I'm not one hundred percent sure wether this belongs here, but I guess it's not suited for the Quite Place even though I'm pretty pissed off on a personal level.

Well, here's what happened today:
I was watching Spider-Man 2 with two friends from college. With one of them I had recently seen the 1st one and while she'd been sceptical beforehand (not really a comic book person), she enjoyed it quite a lot and of course wanted to see the sequel. So far so good, we got a convert here, ladies and gentlemen.
Now this time, the other person - her boyfriend - happened to be around as well and I already knew he had some sort of problem with superhero movies. But couldn't he have kept his mouth shut? Having some loyal Star Wars fanboy vocally question the logic of technical details of a comic book movie is absurd enough, not to mention irritating but the remarks or pseudo-moved sounds during the more emotional scenes really took the cake.
Granted, some movies or genres are really not for everyone but I really loathe it when people fail to treat the enjoyment others might get out of certain works respectfully, wether they can relate to it or not.

Well, so much for my rant, guess I feel a bit better now. Feel free to add similar experiences or flame my whiney, men-in-tights-worshipping ass.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

A good reaction to your rude guest should've been a rather funny line cut from Chappelle's Show:

"You want me to flip that chair over and stomp your mouth? Its the only thing moving"

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Was it your place? If so, I'd have said something. I might have said "You know, you have two choices. You can either shut up and let me enjoy this movie, or you can get the hell out of my space, because you're in the minority right here."

I don't approve of people trying to ruin your enjoyment of a movie just because it doesn't fit their own tastes. I'd never do that. I'd just remove myself from the viewing area.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

What's with the rabid fanatic loyalty to one movie or the other? Sheesh. It's just all mindless entertainment.

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Oh, it ain't no thang.

All of my films are played back at 105dB.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I think its just that sometimes people are just too self-absorbed or inconsiderate to care about how annoying they would be to others.

I had a "friend" in college that would not shut up during some movies simply because she didn't like them. Inccidentally, she also always had the tendency to talk about herself constantly in conversation.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Megalith

All of my films are played back at 105dB.

Not unlike your stupidity

FELIPE NO

I just remembered leaving the movies recently, still contemplating the characters and certain moments and stuff, while some people - the aforementioned guy among them - were actually discussing the quality of the hair animation on King Kong. Wow, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis and Naomi Watts deliver one of the most gripping takes on the beauty and the beast theme in recent history and the first thing on their mind is how much better ILM would have done than Weta.
Maybe I'm a little intolerant myself, but to me this is really one of those machismo things, you know, where the emotinal appeal of otherwise action themed movies has to be shrugged off in order to mantain a certain image or self esteem.

@ Soluzar
Yep, it was my place and I should have said something. I most likely will, if it happens again and I'll probably even chose some movies for forthcoming evenings he'll never treat with due respect.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by BigHairyFeet

Be mindful of the entertainment, young one.

I too get pissed off when people ruin my movies. Usually it's just because people are too stupid to understand the movie, or don't want to. I know only a few friends who, after seeing A History of Violence, would go "that was an interesting movie". Everyone else would say something along the lines of "the ending sucked".

Indeed, but what I hate most is when you're with a group of people and there are two of them who consistantly talk throughout the movie. Or better yet, you have the friend who apparently doesn't know what the hell is going on as every sentence she/he says throughout the movie is: "Wait, what happened?"

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I can't stand people like that, especially people who talk at cinemas, mostly because if I've paid good money to watch a film I want to do exactly that, not listen to some asinine conversation. There's an element of common courtesy some people just seem to lack, and they deserve to be beat around the head with some form of large metallic object as a result.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

When I went to see King Kong, some huge fatass behind me was getting into it and making grunting noises. I wanted to turn around and say:

"You're not King Kong so quit grunting you fat fuck."

In reference to the title of the thread...

My last girlfriend broke up with me to date some golf-playing dork. Right after our break up where we're still going through the whole "it's comfortable to still hook-up" phase, we got together and watched Closer. It couldn't have been a more uncomfortable situation. At the place where Clive Owen's character is going off on Roberts for being a slag, she said, "maybe we shouldn't watch this." To which I replied, "No, this is pretty good. I can really understand where this guy's coming from."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't mind talking during a movie. Sometimes commentary is appropriate and can enhance a scene; especially a bad one! I just hate when people won't shut the fuck up.

I must admit I love to antagonize my family members when they are watching some movie that I've deemed as shit. But I do it only to point out how lame the movie is, not just for the sake of it.

Okay, I lied. I'm just mean sometimes

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Bad mouthing a film while it's rolling shows poor judgement. Most people wait until the movie is finished to express their discontent or, if they have a bad enough problem, simply leave before the movie ends. In the case of this guy, I'd say he doesn't watch too many classic movies. Classics teach us that a good story can be told without special effects or a big action sequence every ten minutes. I'm tempted to tell you to force him to watch one just to see what his reaction would be and to make it a romantic one, just to make it more potent. But I won't.

I don't have a problem talking during movies. Usually, I have a question about something that might occur and want to discuss it with the person next to me. We share a couple of sentences (in a whisper if in a theater) and then get pulled back into the movie. Sometimes, I simply point out something in the movie that I enjoyed.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I hate fuckers who fucking constantly talk during the fucking movie!!
That's why the best place to watch a movie is at home or in the city, not your local theater unless you live in the city.
I went to a local theater to watch "Wedding Crashers" and these two boys about 15 yrs old kept talking. They said what they saw, for example, Vince is throwing up in the toilet so they would lagh and say to each other, "he's throwing up, haha" Is either of you fucking blind that you need to tell the other what's happening on screen? I had to calm my cousin because he was about to turn around and smack the little douches.
I guess it also depends on the genre. You can expect a more respectable audience in drama movies and I don't think people would talk much in horror movies neither.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

As much as I love some of my friends, I hate seeing movies with them at the cinema. Mystic River was completely ruined for me as they found the whole thing mighty hilarious when I was actually impressed with what I was seeing (I was in year 10 at the time, but still). They pissed off the entire cinema too with their laughing. They also tainted Prisoner of Azkaban for me, though I also hated the first two films so I forgive them for thinking I might hate the third as well. But I greatly enjoyed it - probably in spite of them. At least they can appreciate that now, and I think they like it too.

However, watching Die Another Day with said friends was a hilarious experience. We gave that movie so much shit it wasn't funny (and all of the zingers weren't funny - when Jinx almost drowns someone said "Water way to go!"). So yeah, the wrong film with the right people is great.

FELIPE NO

This is why I hate going to the movie theater downtown and prefer to go to Silvercity instead. It's usually stupid teens that talk throughout the whole movie or act loud and stupid.
My worst experience was watching "Enough" starring Jennifer Lopez. These stupid girls kept blabbling throughout the whole movie with the standard screams, and "what just happened guys?" Since there were some chapter sections to indicate parts throughout the movie, what a bright girl decided was that she had to narrate the chapters as they switched on the screen. They were talking so much that someone else finally got up and then brought in one of the staff who ask them to leave "if it happened again." :@
What I hate even more is if a group is briefly whispering/talking for a longer than normal, but still short period of time. My mom will give a dirty look to the group, but I'm always thinking that we should just keep watching the movie, and ignore the group.

How ya doing, buddy?

the entire duration of Lost In Translation, my mom and dad would not shut up about how boring it was. but then they really enjoy movies like Doom and Madagascar, so fuck them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by joshi

the entire duration of Lost In Translation, my mom and dad would not shut up about how boring it was. but then they really enjoy movies like Doom and Madagascar, so fuck them.

Haha that is hilarious! Completely opposite of my parents. Enjoyed Lost in Translation, though I doubt they've seen Doom or Madagascar, and I doubt they'd enjoy it much.

I remember watching the rerelease of the Exorcist in the theaters and had a couple of teenagers in front of me, granted I was a teen at the time, I was more mature than them. They were bored out of their minds and started gabbing about something. It sort of diminished the impact of the movie.

I know I showed visual disgust when I saw She's the Man with my girlfriend. I only did it to please her, otherwise I was slouching in my chair, rolling my eyes and groaning at all the stupid cliches and rancid dialog. Certainly I'm not the targeted audience, but still.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by joshi

the entire duration of Lost In Translation, my mom and dad would not shut up about how boring it was. but then they really enjoy movies like Doom and Madagascar, so fuck them.

So - you like shitty movies and then get angry that they like shittier movies than you?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I remember watching The Way of the Gun for the first time with my old roommates and a few of their friends. During the first act, it wasn't so bad - a couple of people were taking, some people were coming in and out of the apartment, but I was sitting next to the t.v., paying attention. After the second act, I paused the movie to use the restroom. When I turned around, I realized that none of the people I started watching the movie with were in the room, and the people that were there were announcing a run to taco bell, and did I maybe want to come?
So I started the third act alone, but I did notice that everyone seemed to come back just in time for the finale, and everybody wanted to know what was going on.
"Who is he?"
"He's Sarno."
"Who's Sarno?"
"He's some dude... hey, want to get me a drink? Thanks."
"Wait, isn't that Mexican guy like... he's that baby's father right? And he has a million dollars?"
"What? No. Shut up."
Oh, man. During the scene after the showdown, where Sarno is being informed that the baby belongs to Robin and the doctor, I can't begin to tell you how hard I had to fight to ignore all of the questions and just fucking listen to the movie.
I was lucky enough to be able to zone everyone out for about 90% of the movie, but Jesus... I enjoyed it a lot more the second time I viewed it. And the third and fourth, and so on.
That was actually the movie that made me start refusing to watch certain flicks for the first time with certain friends.

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