Best/worst movie audiences that you've had.

[Arsen]

I hate going to movie theaters. Period.

- There's always some smelly person there.
- Everybody wants to sit next to you.
- People never shut up.
- People try to talk for the sake of easing tension during the movie.
- People actually bring their children in with them to the theaters.
- Black teenagers. Shut up...don't quote me, I don't give a damn if it sounds racist. Live in the South of the US and go to a movie theater. They are the most obnoxious of all demographics, they never behave, and they constantly try to talk louder than the movie. And I am the only person with the balls to type it. Everyone else is quiet.

This in short, is why I don't go to the movies.

 

[Marter]

The best movie audience I had was when I went to see <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.254137-Marter-to-the-Movies-Fair-Game>Fair Game. I got to the theatre about 3 minutes late, walked inside and... I was the only person there. It was sweet.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I feel sorry for the people who were in the theater with me when I saw New Moon (not my choice)

During the opening, when the title was plastered up on the screen I shouted "THAT'S A CRESCENT MOON" which got a couple of laughs from boyfriends who I assume were immediately hit afterward. I think I may have yawned a few times...don't remember...

As for a movie with a bad audience...Epic Movie. I don't know why I wanted to see that; it was probably the only thing playing. It was a terrible movie and the theater was filled with guff-awing idiots. I can understand laughter at jokes but not a full on commentary.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Worst time was back in the UK once when I saw a movie with my brother. Some stupid kids behind us were throwing popcorn at us. Back then I was a more timid person and didn't want to do anything... I am much more assertive than I used to be so if it happened to me now I would probably shout at them, or throw it back or something. Fecking teenagers.

 

[lokun489]

Best: Scott pilgrim, no one but me and my friends in the theatre.

Worst: Hop. we sat in front of a group of special ed people who kept screaming bunny.

 

[Grinsk]

The place was completely packed and the person sitting in front of us had bought a "Poutine" which is a quebec meal that comprises of Fries, BBQ sauce & curded cheese.

Umm, I don't know which part of Quebec you're talking about but an actual Poutine consists of Cheese curds, fries, and gravy. I've never heard of BBQ sauce as a substitute for gravy, although I'm sure its more disgusting than it sounds.

Back on topic,
I'd say the worst movie was The Grudge, I saw it in a packed theatre and the amount of people just totally killed any sort of scariness about it. Anytime something happened regardless of the nature everyone laughed, it was hard to take the movie seriously (and I overcame the Sarah Michelle Gellar part)

When it comes to the best, probably The first Trailer Park Boys movie. I won tickets to the premiere in Toronto with the whole cast and it was just like a giant awesome party, probably them best movie experience I've had.

 

[Sgt. Dante]

Couldn't tell you the best, being British is considered rude to cough during a showing and punishable by death if your phone rings, which is fine by me as I pay to watch the movie, not be distracted by the audience.

However I do have a worst.

The one, single film I saw in America, the original Spiderman. First thing that happens is popcorn gets thrown at me as I look for a seat. Then it's endless commentary and talking through the movie, and one woman nearby had a loud discussion by phone during the showing.

Would hesitate to go to a film in America again.

 

[smearyllama]

Couldn't tell you the best, being British is considered rude to cough during a showing and punishable by death if your phone rings, which is fine by me as I pay to watch the movie, not be distracted by the audience.

However I do have a worst.

The one, single film I saw in America, the original Spiderman. First thing that happens is popcorn gets thrown at me as I look for a seat. Then it's endless commentary and talking through the movie, and one woman nearby had a loud discussion by phone during the showing.

Would hesitate to go to a film in America again.

We're not all that bad.
(On-topic post is related)
OT: Around here, in the Manassas area, we have a the Regal Stadium 14 theater. While it's not the nicest place, the people there are usually pretty quiet.
I've had a few issues with people randomly laughing, and people talking loudly pre-show, but other than that, it's really pretty nice.

 

[Wutaiflea]

Probably a large part of the reason that I've never been interested in going to the cinema is that when I was a little girl, my mum and sister took me to see Beauty and the Beast.

It was supposed to be a special treat, instead, my experience was thoroughly ruined by a girl (not much younger than myself at the time) who'd been allowed to take about 50 billion cuddly toys, and felt the need to comment on absolutely every fucking little thing that happened. She also laughed a good 30 seconds after everyone else had stopped for each fucking joke.

My best cinema experience? I can't really think of anything special. Probably the time my best friend and I took our little brother/niece (respectively) to go see some shitty Disney film while on a rabid sugar high. Fortunately, we were the only people there.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Worst: group of 6 chicks "whispering" and giggling the whole time, not paying attention to the movie at all and that start complaining when you are constructivly throw things at them.


Best: When i watched Krabat, i was completely alone in a huge theatre. That was great.

When i watched the Lord of the Rings, no normal folks were there. just fans, some even in costume (that poor poor disappointed Tom Bombadil)

 

[Seriphina]

We went to see Drag me to Hell and I THINK a lot of people didn't get it. My boyfriend sat beside me laughing out loud at how funny and awesome it was and noone else made a sound haha.
I get it's a horror but it was total slapstick. So yeah that made me want to sink into my chair a bit. Never really had anything bad or necessarily good happen during a film tho.

Wish i could get my money back for that lame Final Fantasy spirits within film tho. Worst movie evur!

 

[Abbyrose07]

Worst: When my brother and I went to see the movie strangers...there were a bunch of under aged kids in the theater being loud and annoying. The manager had to go into the theater room and tell them all to leave because they were too young for the movie, they wouldn't leave and started yelling at the manager...who was just this poor short skinny looking girl and all these young kids were pretty big. She had the security guards with her and she was yelling at the kids while hiding behind the security guards.

The kids were getting confrontational, yelling and acting like they wanted to fight with the security guards so they called the police and they came and made the kids leave. So they shut down the movie and everyone had to leave, just because of some dumb ass kids. I being the idiot that I am threw my ticket away so I couldn't get my money back...Then I watched the movie on dvd and was pissed off because I wasn't missing anything in the 1st place....

Best: I don't know probably the Harry Potter movies or the Lord of the Rings, I just liked seeing people dress up. I went with one of my friends who dressed up like Harry Potter ...he actually did look quite a bit like him...lol.

 

[beyir]

first off i go to the movies alot and must say ive only had one bad experience, and i see quite a few im prob just lucky, but! back to topic

the one bad time: two of my friends and i where going to se the incredible hulk, we get in, take our seats, and these jackoffs come in screaming all pumped, i figured hey they are prob just excited about the movie, so they will shut up when it starts... oh how i was mistaken, you know that sceen when norton is in the bottle factory? and hulks out, they went BALISTIC!...... and that went on the entire movie, and ofc wooing when they saw live tyler....

other than that ive not had problems with movies =) but i do wish thoes douchbags would get struck by ligthning

 

[Hero in a half shell]

I went to see Rambo (The newest one) and a pile of Teenagers had come wearing the warpaint and bandannas, it was funny seeing them run about before the movie started, and when it began they were all silent, so I didn't mind the over-enthusiasm, they didn't disrupt the movie so props to them.

 

[TheAbominableDan]

The worst for me was when I went to see The Wild Hunt. The theatre was pretty much empty except for a handful of people. At a big climactic moment of drama that I won't spoil because you should all see the movie some woman in the theatre burst out laughing and the someone yelled "Shut the fuck up" moment killed.

 

[shogunblade]

The Worst: As Far as I can recall, Dark Knight. The audience had a mother with a baby and two teenage girls who would shout "Shit!" every few minutes. Amazingly, the baby never made a noise.

The Best: Strangely enough, Wall-E was probably the best audience ever. The theater was packed, it was a summer evening, warm enough outside, but it was strangely, quiet. There were children available that were probably just out of their first year of diapers and not one of them made a noise. The movie even had about a half an hour of silence before talking actually happened. Not a sound. They laughed when appropriate, and no talking that I noticed. It was all the more amazing that by the end, I bawled my eyes out, but I'm talking about audiences, not emotional response.