Films/DVD Asylum

I've read complaints like this so often

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sjb

In Reply to: RE: Frustration at the movies .... posted by reelsmith. on January 02, 2011 at 09:14:45

and have very rarely had those experiences while going to the movies a lot.

Maybe it's just that the nicer theaters in L.A. and SF don't have this problem or maybe I'm just lucky or maybe I'm good at tuning it out but it's certainly unpleasant when it does happen.

Stupidity is NOT a victimless crime.

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Around here ... - reelsmith. 06:03:16 01/07/11 (0)
...we generally have two types of theatres: new ones with great sound and stadium seating or old ones with pathetic seating and hideous sound.

The better behaved audiences can always be found in the older theatres.

I remember seeing Apollo 13 in one of those old theatres ...when the rocket launched it sounded like a bottle rocket.

Choose your poison.

Dean.

reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Depends completely on the theater - Victor Khomenko 13:27:47 01/04/11 (4)
In Phily there is the artsy-fartsy theater called Ritz. You can always go there not expecting someone's smelly snickers stuck over your shoulders - the crowd mostly consists of the so-called intelligentsia, old ladies, clean students, etc. It is clean, orderly, and usually half-deserted.
OTOH, going to a Regal 16 guarantees the opposite - dumb teenagers everywhere, popcorn and chewing gum on the carpet.
Since I never pay to see American movies, we only go to the Ritz, where you mostly get foreign films. Life is way too short to spend portions of it watching iPhone screens. We simply never go to Regal - hence we have no problem with modern day audience.
People here can avoid their frustration the same way.

Edits: 01/04/11
- RE: Depends completely on the theater - Peter Breuninger 12:30:35 01/06/11 (0)
  Once in a while you will get a good experience at King of Prussia. VK, do you ever get over there? We are stay at home'ers. 60" pioneer plasma, basic 5.1... and just love it.
  
  Peter
- Yeah, I do tend towards the tamer theaters - sjb 15:37:48 01/04/11 (2)
  and films, in terms of crowds.
  
  If I do go see a "Hollywood" film at a Regal I'm prepared for and generally not bothered by the audience.
  
  Stupidity is NOT a victimless crime.
  - What would Porky's and Animal House be without audience participation? - Victor Khomenko 16:14:58 01/04/11 (1)
    They are part of the experience.
    - Egg - sjb 16:51:51 01/04/11 (0)
      zactly!
      
      Stupidity is NOT a victimless crime.

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