I've only ever heard applause in one movie in my entire life: when I saw The Avengers, there were two bursts of applause: one at the end, and one in scene between Hulk and Loki. Both felt entirely appropriate.
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I think that would be why you're surprised by clapping in general. Seeing a blockbuster in a theater is a completely different situation from seeing Oscar bait.klown said:
At the end of Transformers 3 when Megatron attacks Sentinel Prime everyone in the crowd started clapping and cheering. I really don't know if this is because the crowd was stupid or if Transformers is just that confusing.
On topic though clapping in the middle of a movie is pretty annoying. At the end kind of makes sense. Maybe this is only in India but almost all the movies I go to are pretty much ruined because of random clapping throughout the movie.
On topic though clapping in the middle of a movie is pretty annoying. At the end kind of makes sense. Maybe this is only in India but almost all the movies I go to are pretty much ruined because of random clapping throughout the movie.
I wouldn't call them Oscar bait for the most part, but even when I went to see something like Taken 2, or Ted people laughed at the jokes and what not, but didn't really disrupt the show with random clapping. The former did have less than 8 people for the showing.Owyn_Merrilin said:
That would do it. You don't get clapping in tiny groups like that, and Ted isn't really the kind of movie people clap for. It needs to be a big enough crowd for mob mentality to take over, and a bombastic enough movie to elicit that specific response.klown said:
[quote="DigitalSushi" post="18.392988.15871853"
I also started whooping whenever I saw Scarlet Johannsons bum too.[/quote]
Nobody in the world could blame you for that.
I also started whooping whenever I saw Scarlet Johannsons bum too.[/quote]
Nobody in the world could blame you for that.
Can't say I've ever been in a cinema where people have clapped to the movie. Even in films where you might expect it like The Avengers or Skyfall. I guess it's just not a thing in the UK but I will admit, it would kind of irritate me if they did.
I remember people clapping and doing a standing ovation at the end of the first Lord of the Rings movies. I can understand if it was a premiere and those involved are present but it seemed rather lame to basically stand up and be like 'wow great job tv screen'.
I don't mind it, if it's just clapping after the movie, even if I find it pointless.
Generally I hate it when people make noise during the movie, unless the movie is horrid, then you might find enjoyement in making fun of it. (But you'd need to be sure you aren't bothering someone who genuinely is enjoying it)
Generally I hate it when people make noise during the movie, unless the movie is horrid, then you might find enjoyement in making fun of it. (But you'd need to be sure you aren't bothering someone who genuinely is enjoying it)
It's only because you went to the midnight release.
People in midnight releases are hyper-enthusiastic.
X-Men 3 sucked, but you should've been in the theater with me for "I'm the Juggernaut, *****!". The cheering and "FUCK YEA!"s were crazy loud.
Hulk beating the shot out of Loki, likewise, tons of cheering. Hell, all throughout The Avengers we were cheering a bit at random stuff.
God that movie is awesome...
But yea, it's a midnight release thing. The more hardcore enthusiastic the audience is, the more cheering.
Going into it KNOWING that's how it is makes it great. I normally hate people who make significant noise in a movie, but that doesn't apply to showings where that is basically MEANT to happen.
Note: I was in the SUPER hardcore showing of The Avengers. The Alamo Drafthouse showed all 6 movies in a row, in a marathon event, so all the people who signed up to do that were the hardest of the hardcore Marvel enthusiasts.
Seeing it with a crowd of people who ALL genuinely get the movie and know who's who and what's what is actually pretty awesome. Amps the energy of the whole experience up when you know you can scream "FUCK YEA!!!" and there will be 100 other people right there with you, instead of an annoyed audience looking at you like "shut up".
People in midnight releases are hyper-enthusiastic.
X-Men 3 sucked, but you should've been in the theater with me for "I'm the Juggernaut, *****!". The cheering and "FUCK YEA!"s were crazy loud.
Hulk beating the shot out of Loki, likewise, tons of cheering. Hell, all throughout The Avengers we were cheering a bit at random stuff.
God that movie is awesome...
But yea, it's a midnight release thing. The more hardcore enthusiastic the audience is, the more cheering.
Going into it KNOWING that's how it is makes it great. I normally hate people who make significant noise in a movie, but that doesn't apply to showings where that is basically MEANT to happen.
Note: I was in the SUPER hardcore showing of The Avengers. The Alamo Drafthouse showed all 6 movies in a row, in a marathon event, so all the people who signed up to do that were the hardest of the hardcore Marvel enthusiasts.
Seeing it with a crowd of people who ALL genuinely get the movie and know who's who and what's what is actually pretty awesome. Amps the energy of the whole experience up when you know you can scream "FUCK YEA!!!" and there will be 100 other people right there with you, instead of an annoyed audience looking at you like "shut up".
The audience clapping or laughing at a movie is one of my favorite parts of seeing a movie in a theatre (I personally will only clap at the end, and then only very rarely). I don't hate people and/or the insignificant things they do, because I've grown to rather like them after living on Earth for a few decades. I very shy and have issues with anxiety, but I don't think it's cool to hate people just because they do something silly. Oh no, I've missed half of the following sentence (this is very rare) because of someone making a noise, surely I will not survive.
Talking throughout the movie or commentating often and other persistent obnoxiousness I do not like. And please notice that your kid has been kicking my chair periodically for the last 30 minutes, oblivious parent.
Although--I have not seen Wreck It Ralph--I imagine that movie has quite a few cameos, so perhaps cheering for every single one could grate. But I imagine I'd enjoy it. Being in a theatre with a bunch of other people that like something I like is something I enjoy. It'd be nice having video games being cheered, instead of getting disapproving looks.
Talking throughout the movie or commentating often and other persistent obnoxiousness I do not like. And please notice that your kid has been kicking my chair periodically for the last 30 minutes, oblivious parent.
Although--I have not seen Wreck It Ralph--I imagine that movie has quite a few cameos, so perhaps cheering for every single one could grate. But I imagine I'd enjoy it. Being in a theatre with a bunch of other people that like something I like is something I enjoy. It'd be nice having video games being cheered, instead of getting disapproving looks.
I'd imagine the fact that Alamo Drafthouse serves alcohol didn't hurt, eitherIeyke said:
Man do I wish they had those around here, for more reasons than just the booze.
Suggestion; inject each and every visitor to the movies with a non-lethal dose of curare and dump them into their seats. Everyone is quiet and one hundred percent still the movie throughout and everyone's happy.
Unless uneccessary eyelid fluttering becomes the next great irritation.
Unless uneccessary eyelid fluttering becomes the next great irritation.
Honestly, the Drafthouse doesn't seem to serve too much alcohol, relative to the name of the place.Owyn_Merrilin said:I'd imagine the fact that Alamo Drafthouse serves alcohol didn't hurt, eitherIeyke said:
Man do I wish they had those around here, for more reasons than just the booze.
Most people seem to order food, shakes, soda, snacks, etc more than they seem to actually order beer or anything.
But yea, the Alamo Drafthouse is awesome. We had 3 right around here, now we only have 2 :/
I'm sure the beer is ridiculously expensive. I mean, beer is a relatively expensive drink to begin with, and you add on the movie theater premium to that...Ieyke said:Honestly, the Drafthouse doesn't seem to serve too much alcohol, relative to the name of the place.Owyn_Merrilin said:I'd imagine the fact that Alamo Drafthouse serves alcohol didn't hurt, eitherIeyke said:
Man do I wish they had those around here, for more reasons than just the booze.
Most people seem to order food, shakes, soda, snacks, etc more than they seem to actually order beer or anything.
But yea, the Alamo Drafthouse is awesome. We had 3 right around here, now we only have 2 :/
Mostly I like the idea of an Alamo Drafthouse because they /really/ care about presentation. I can't tell you the number of times I've gone to chain theaters with out of focus projectors, sound systems running in mono, or both. And I'm talking about relatively new theaters with full digital sound systems. At least I haven't seen an out of focus picture since digital projection took off...
