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Someone Asks What Was The Worst Experience In A Movie Theater And These 50 Stories Are Wild
Ah, the movie theaters - a place to go on a date, to catch that new movie with your favorite actor or just simply have a good time with your friends. But since movie theaters are a popular form of entertainment, it is granted that you'll meet all sorts of people there. For instance, a guy who eats beans out of a can. Or a vaping guy, who likes to think he looks incredibly cool doing it. And since we all love hilarious and embarrassing stories, we've decided to compile a list of people's worst movie theater experiences. Do you have experiences which you would like to share (or forget)? Add them to the list!
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#1
Went to watch Monsters University with my wife and friend. Part way through the movie this lady answers her cell phone, walks to the nearest emergency exit, and holds the door open in the middle of the day. The entire theater lit up. I wasn't about to let this slide. I ran down and pulled the door shut, locking her out. I received an applause from the crowd. She had to do the walk of shame as she came back into the theater to sit back down.
Jodi Ellis 6 years ago
All about themselves. Never think about others, this type of behavior drives me crazy.
BusLady 6 years ago
I wouldn't have. Then again, I would never have done something that rude.
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Lazy Panda 6 years ago
If a story says “and then everyone clapped” at the end, there’s a 90% chance it never happened
Matt Richardson 6 years ago
That works just as well and more efficiently than getting an employee.
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#2
Was watching a movie and the reel kept malfunctioning so an employee started doing shadow puppets on the projector with their hands to entertain us Wait, nevermind that was the BEST experience I had at a movie theater
#3
A woman brought her toddlers to see the conjuring 2. There was a scare that made half of the audience yell out "F**K" and the woman starts lecturing us on how her kids are here and how they needed to lay off the language. F**king what.
Jodi Ellis 6 years ago
I would have lectured her back about the importance of movie ratings and the fact that children do not belong at those types of movies, especially if they cannot hear cuss words.
Cassie 6 years ago
Seriously! She thinks that's an appropriate place for little kids but they can't hear cuss words. How oblivious can you get?
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Noez 6 years ago
Rushing to catch the bus one winter morning, I slipped on an icy patch and automatically I yelled out a "HOLY f**ING sh*t", at the same time as I was passing a mom with two toddlers and a 5 or 6 year old. The mom gave me the coldest stare ever and shouted "I have kids here!" at me. Keep in mind, I was in a hurry and about to miss my bus cause I overslept and was late for work... So I blurted out "That's your problem" and then I kept on walking while her eyes probably shot daggers in my back. At least I didn't miss my bus 😁
electricblue 6 years ago
Why would you bring children to a horror movie? Especially little kids.
Bored Fox 6 years ago
Why did the movie theater staff let that child watch a movie that is meant for the adults? Here in Finland if a movie is for adults only (age rating 18) adults can't bring their children to watch a movie. For the other age ratings adults can bring a child with them who is 3 years youger than the age rating - for example if the rating is 15 then 12 year old can watch it if an adult is with him/her.
Aria FAFAT 6 years ago
Why would you bring your kids to the conjuring 2 and then... you know what never mind, I give up smh
#4
Kid next to me got bored during Infinity Wars so his dad gave him his phone to watch YouTube videos with the sound on
Siddharth Rath 6 years ago
ARE YOU F*****G KIDDING ME? HOW CAN YOU EVER GET BORED DURING INFINITY WAR????
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Is was ok but nowhere near as good as the others, i was ever so slightly disappointed.
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Brenda Pereira 6 years ago
I would never put up with that c**p! I'd either say something to the manager or to the dad, but it would end!
Daria B 6 years ago
Or they should be taught about appropriate use and manners.
Load More Replies... Nick P 6 years ago
Happened to me once and we were supper pissed. Worst was just recently I went for a movie and a lady gave her kid a "Rattler" to keep him/her quite. Ant the rattling noise started in between the movie. We were like, lady that thing is keeping your kid quite but that thing is making the noise and irritating us...
#5
I was watching mama Mia 2 and when Cher came on stage this guy jumped in front of everyone and yelled out “ do you believe in life after love” and sung it until security came :(
SaltyWalnuts 6 years ago
*queue boredpanda readers saying this is exploitation of a mentally ill person*
#6
At the Alamo Drafthouse. I bought tickets right next to the wheelchair seats at the last moment so we wouldn't have anyone on either side of us. 10 min into the movie (against the rules) a sweaty unbathed neckbeard comes in and sits in the handicap-companion seat next to my date. Ignores the server. Waits until the servers aren't nearby and pulls out multiple baggies of snacks and starts loudly breathing and eating/smacking malted milk balls with mouth open. Baggie one empties, he crumples it and drops on the floor. Opens baggie 2. Rinse repeat. The reason I love the Alamo is because you can raise an order card, the server will grab it, the manager comes back, and when neckbeard doesn't have a ticket they kick him out and take his snacks. Sorry, this is actually about a love story. I love you Alamo Drafthouse. Now everyone knows.
Final score:
58points
#7
My brother-in-law’s story: Went to see The Lion King. After the stampede scene, the crowd was silently choking back their tears while watching Simba call out, “Dad? Dad?” That’s when the tiniest, most innocent voice called out from the rear of the theater, “There’s Daddy!” My brother in law said you could HEAR the entire theater getting punched right in the feels. Ouch.
Final score:
55points
Brighton Bubbly 6 years ago
I was 7 when this movie came out, so just old enough to understand death enough that it was the first movie that made me bawl my eyes out in the middle of the cinema...I'll never forget that!
Bored Fox 6 years ago
I remember when I was watching James Cameron's Titanic in a movie theater and someone near me constantly made pee jokes when the ship started to sink. Many people became very angry but I thought that the jokes were funny. Now every time I watch Titanic I think that the ship sinks because someone just pees too much ao the toilets of the ship overflow. :D
#8
I took a girl I was into to the cinema. We saw The Scorpion King. I paid. She said she wanted salted popcorn, so I got her some, and I got sweet, because I hate salted popcorn. Halfway through the film, she wanted sweet popcorn, so, being the gentleman I am, I swapped. After the film, I say I'll call a taxi. She says, "Nah, it's ok, my boyfriend is picking me up." I stand there, stunned, as thanks me for the film, and gets into her boyfriends car, and they drive off.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
Are you sure she knew it was a date, maybe she thought you were hanging out as friends? I've paid for my friends' tickets and snacks often, and vice versa
Enuya 6 years ago
Yes, it may be. Despite having boyfriend, I also have few (male) friends and sometimes when we're hanging out, I pay for them or they pay for me. I think it is quite normal, especially since we are all students or have low-paid jobs and we do not always have money. Also, I really hate when somebody ivites me to the cinema or to coffee and automatically thinks it is a date. That is why when I go out with somebody new, I always pay for myself and let people pay for me only if the situation is clear from the beginning.
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Troux 6 years ago
This is actually perfectly acceptable, shame on you for thinking you were owed something. I have been to many non-dates with people of the opposite sex.
Ed Souza 6 years ago
hey white knight, we all know you're the protector of all waamen... it's ok. But what this girl did was obliviously wrong. Who are you to say he was expecting anything other than just a date?
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BeenElle 6 years ago
Hm, I wonder where this guy lives that they sell sweet popcorn at the cinema. Normally, you just get the salted “butter” popcorn.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
As a European, I ger your point. But here in Korea sweet popcorn is the norm. "Salty popcorn" would be "cheese popcorn", but even that one is kinda sweet. Since Korea took a lot after the USA in cultural aspects, I'm guessing sweet popcorn is available there too.
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Felix Feline 6 years ago
At least you found out on the first 'date' what kind of person she was.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
What do you mean what kind of person? A person with a boyfriend? Just because he paid for stuff doesn't mean she's automatically obligated to sleep with him or something
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Parmeisan 6 years ago
Given that this guy probably did not make it clear that he thought it was a date, and even more likely did not mention that he didn't like salty popcorn, I'm guessing "the kind of person who has friends of both genders". Now I may be wrong on both counts, in which case it's "the kind of person who take advantage of people" but we really have no idea.
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One day I decided to go and watch a movie by myself. Bought the ticket on the Internet and was pretty happy to see that I was the first person to buy a ticket for the movie. Once the movie time arrived, I checked online whether more people bought tickets. Guess what. There was. One more person. And he bought his seat... just next to me. The whole place was empty except me, and this stranger, sitting next to each other.
Final score:
52points
Brighton Bubbly 6 years ago
That's what I thought too...whole cinema empty and neither one moves? Talk about well trained lol
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Natasha Forchione 6 years ago
Its like when you park your car far where its empty and you come out and find that someone else parked right next to you...LOL
LOttawa 6 years ago
That frustrate's me. We have a pick-up truck (Dodge Ram 1500) and we always park far and alone.The truck takes a lot of room and we dont want our vehicule and yours to be damaged by the doors, also, If you are too close, we can't even get in. But nope, there's alwasy that one idiot who will park right next to us (even though there's 100 other free spots)
Load More Replies... Daria B 6 years ago
That's even worse, in my opinion. I hate the thought of being mistaken for a date if it's somebody I don't know.
Load More Replies... BusLady 6 years ago
It's like when you get on a bus and there's only one other person, and he sits right next to you. That would be creepy.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
Happened to me on a train. He was even "manspreading", completely, legs, arms... All that you could spread. And mine was a corner seat. When I realised my shrinking gave him no hints. I moved seats and I was pissed. He didn't even seem to notice I moved, guess I was lucky he didn't actually sit on my lap without noticing.
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Nancy Crocker 6 years ago
The same thing happened to me, only there was ONE seat between us. I don't remember the movie, but it became obvious right away that we didn't have anything resembling similar senses of humor. It was just cringe-worthy start to finish.
sunnyrei82 6 years ago
Maybe he wanted to make a friend, and that was the only way he could think of. (ouch! so sad!)
#10
Watching The Minions movie with my little sister. But wait, it gets worse! About 3/4 through the movie we hear a low grumbling from the seats behind us, followed by a most fowl smell and several young voices saying "ugh grandmaaaaa." Then grandma, with the voice of Devito but not as cute, responds "I can't haaalp it, popcorn goes right through me"
Bored Fox 6 years ago
Sometimes the popcorn makes children puke. I have witnessed that in a movie theater.
Kristy P 6 years ago
Happened to me... my mother found out the hard way that I cannot have the "butter" on top when I was about 6.
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#11
Fist fight in the aisle during Hot Tub Time Machine. Which was arguably the most entertaining part of Hot Tub Time Machine.
DE Ray 6 years ago
For minimum wage, I wouldn't keep an eye on nothin. People having fistfights, I'd either call the police or just stay out of the way. Let people who get paid enough deal with it.
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#12
Someone kicked their flip flop into my popcorn
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Some things are a lot funnier in retrospect.
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Jasmine Sunflower Laake 6 years ago
Look away.....perfectly good popcorn.....look back...... smelly, dirty flip flop
Brighton Bubbly 6 years ago
Once I was sitting around the middle of the cinema and people about 5 rows behind me started throwing popcorn towards the front, at nobody in particular just whoever they hit, and then someone down the front started throwing popcorn and lollies back at them with all of us in between just trying to watch the movie without getting hit...then one of the mules behind decided to throw what looked like a full or almost full large drink towards the front. They all got kicked out at that point, but that was small comfort for those of us who ended up wearing some of that drink as it sailed overhead!!
Hollie Newton 6 years ago
I would have taken the flip flop and popcorn out of the cinema told them what happened and then told them to keep the shoe let's see that b***h get around with one flip flop
Matt Richardson 6 years ago
In that case you should request either fresh popcorn, or a refund.
#13
Went to see one of the Paranormal Activity films. Some teenage girls decided to flirt with boys about the same age. Girls were sat at the front of the theater and the boys at the back, so they conducted the flirting by shouting back and forth
BusLady 6 years ago
The girls should have gotten up and gone to sit with the boys. And if they were still making noise, they should have all been escorted out.
Load More Replies... Matt Richardson 6 years ago
You do realize that any theater worth going to will have an employee more than willing to assist?
#14
Went to see Benjamin Button years ago, these 3 ancient (probably senile) old ladies a row upfront would see each moment in the film, then turn to each other and LOUDLY state exactly what just happened two seconds ago in the movie. “DID YOU SEE THAT, AGATHA?! HE GOT IN THE BOAT!!”
Lex Ellyss 6 years ago
Maybe the first time it happened...then it would get less cute and more annoying every time.
Load More Replies... #15
About 30 min into The Increadbles 2 the lady next to me asks if the previews usually go this long??
Ben Steinberg 6 years ago
Sounds more like she was on acid if thought the first 30 minutes were that disconnected...
#16
A baby sh*t on the floor. I think that’s all I need to say
#17
I was working in a movie theatre, when two girls rushed out of the screen I was stood next to. Girls: What screen is Nancy Drew in? Me: Screen 3, the one you came out of. Girls: No, the film playing in there is Saw IV Me: PROJECTION STOP THE FILM They’d put on the wrong reel
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
Funny how it's always a Saw movie that gets accidentally shown in these stories
The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
It's never an action movie or a rom-com or literally any other genre, it's always either Saw or Scream or something. Suspicious.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
I know, it always just happens to be a horror movie
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Jason Marin 6 years ago
Had a similar experience when I was a kid. A friend of my mom's took me, my mom, my brother and sister to a movie theater once. This theater had only two rooms. One room was showing Rocky IV and the other room was showing Santa Claus: The Movie. We got our tickets for Santa Claus which was noted as being in room one and Rocky IV in room 2 and about five minutes later, every patron in the room was told they had to leave room 1 and go into room 2. It turns out, Rocky IV was being shown in room 1 and Santa Claus was in room 2.
#18
Experiencing "the crawler" someone crawling under the seats to steal from people's purses. -shudder-
BusLady 6 years ago
It stays in my lap. People throw just anything on the floor, like they don't know what a trash can is for.
Load More Replies... BeenElle 6 years ago
Was it one of Fagin’s boys (Oliver Twist)? It would have to have been a child or adult of small stature. Most cinemas don’t have room for this kind of thing.
BusLady 6 years ago
Or the Artful Dodger. I think if I saw someone crawling under my seat, I would scream. That would bring people running, and the person would get caught.
Load More Replies... Jodi Ellis 6 years ago
Seriously? I have never heard of this happening, but can see people so hard up that they are doing just that.
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 6 years ago
I'd give them a good kick in the head if they tried that
#19
Due to technical difficulties the movie started 45 min late. During the wait two children were running wild around the theatre, had a man tell me “never get married”, the woman behind me accidentally opened up porn on her phone(IT WAS LOUD). However, I got a free movie pass
anarkzie 6 years ago
It was probably the porn meme, my friend keeps sending me videos with the same very loud woman having a fake orgasm, so the last one he sent is of an Arab guy picking up a shell on the beach when he puts it to his ear you her the woman voice screaming out, I've heard a few people on public transport open them too.
Kiss Army 6 years ago
We were watching The Last Jedi and the movie stopped when Leia was out in space. We sat there for about 15 minutes while they got the film restarted - we got free movie passes too! (The really weird thing was when we left the theater we heard on the radio that Carrie Fisher had stopped breathing on her flight - during the time we were in the theater when the film was stopped.)
Brighton Bubbly 6 years ago
Wow I bet the movie wasn't nearly as entertaining, and he didn't even end up having to pay for a memorable night out!
#20
Teenage girl was literally giving her bf a handie right next to my aunt and I during happy death day
Kim Knight 6 years ago
Yes sweetie people still go to movies with their aunts. Smh.
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overcat 6 years ago
this fall Disney rereleased some of their "princess" films. we went to see Moana but were a few minutes late. walk into the theater, its empty except for a coupek in the back row. she is in his lap, facing him, stradling him. when they see us she makes a little squeaky noise and climbs off him, with kind of a "disengaging" motion who the heck gets turned on by a disney movie? if we had had kids with us they could have gone to jail
#21
Drunk guy in front of me sh*t himself. He waited at least 40 minutes before moving.
Ben Steinberg 6 years ago
I was in a movie theater in Nairobi. I was in the front row of the top balcony. This drunk man sat behind me and I got a weird feeling so I got up and moved over about 5 seats but same row. About 5 minutes into the movie, I heard a loud heave and hear a splash in the vicinity of my former seat. Very grateful to have dodged that bullet...
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
The sense of smell is both a blessing and a curse.
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My friend and i went to see Race to Witch Mountain when we were like 9 and we were giggling at something in the beginning of the movie and the old lady in front of us did not like that so she turned around and started pelting us with popcorn
#23
In line for the midnight premiere for Force Awakens..dude drives past the line and yells “HAN SOLO DIES” as we were getting ushered in the theater. 40 y/o neckbeard in a Jedi outfit says in denial “I didn’t hear sh*t!” as he fought back tears
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
I don't understand what pleasure someone gets out of deliberately spoiling a movie for someone
JustABobcat 6 years ago
I like to think there's a special level of hell that they go to where they find out about a movie they -really really- wanna see and it gets spoiled for them. Or maybe it'll happen to them someday while they are alive. Karma can be a b***h after all.
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Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Some people are just begging for a nice hard kick in the 'nads.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 6 years ago
Ther was a sitcom calles Do Over, where a man gets an electroshock and returns to his teens. Now being 14 and remembering all his life, he and his friends were on line to watch Empire Strikes Back when the usher says the theatre is full. The guys in front of them starts to laught and this guy shouts to everyone to hear: DARTH VADER IS LUKE'S FATHER!!! and fleds away.
Brandon Collinsworth 6 years ago
Similar thing happened to me when I went to the midnight release of the book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Some jerk had wrote the big reveal on the back windshield of his car at Wal-Mart, I saw it but at least managed to keep my nephew from noticing it. I will just never understand what kind of jerk gets pleasure from stealing and ruining other people's joy.
Matt Richardson 6 years ago
That happened to us poor employees as well. One of our loudmouthed regulars, an ignorant old guy, just spoiled the movie for all of us and didn't understand why we were mad.
James Burke (dogberry323) 6 years ago
I won my first internet argument with someone who spoiled Han's death in Force Awakens. In the end he deleted his comment. That was a good day.
#24
The most outrageous experience was when the guy sitting next to me (in the dark) put his hand down into my hot-buttered popcorn and started helping himself.
Walter Cheego 6 years ago
Should have cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket and put a little surprise in there, and no I don't mean a cracker jack toy.
#25
At the age of 14 I watched the Wolf of Wall Street in theatres with my mom and 12 year old sister. We lived in a part of the world where a kid would just be able to walk into a theatre regardless of its rating. I wasn't that into movies back then and my mom told us that this was a movie about "80s Wall Street" so we were like "k". From start to finish none of us moved an inch. If you've seen the film you can imagine it's an extremely uncomfortable movie to watch with your two teenage kids. When the lights came on my mom immediately said "don't tell your dad" and the entire theatre heard her say that. Really really cringy movie experience
Katie Miller 6 years ago
I went to see black swan with my mother and my younger siblings...thought it was a nice ballet movie. WELL if you've seen it you know there's lesbian sex scenes and masturbation scenes. It was AWKWARD!
Rebecca Cote 6 years ago
Also, that movie was way longer than it should have been. Not sure how you "couldn't move" after a 2 and half hour movie. My butt would've been so sore.
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 6 years ago
Since I haven't seen that movie I have no idea what you're talking about.
Noez 🇸🇪 6 years ago
Lot's of sex scenes, lot's of drugs, lot's of kinky s**t...
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Giovanni 6 years ago
Not everywhere is like the USA, here in Italy there was soft porn on public television until the end of the '90s
Load More Replies... Matt Richardson 6 years ago
As long as you are with a guardian 21 years or older, no one cares.
#26
As a kid I was watching Alvin and the Chipmunks (wasn’t a bright kid in 2007) and during the previews and into the movie these teenagers were so loud and kept talking and talking, even used a laser pointer on the screen. Usher came in and kicked their asses out.
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Annoying people getting thrown out is the best happy ending.
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#27
My mom, brother, and I were visiting my grandpa about a month after my grandma had passed away. We decided to go see a movie, and "Up" was playing and looked like a fun time, so that's the movie we picked. None of us were prepared to witness Grandpa crying that hard...
Final score:
25points
Christina Sersif 6 years ago
I cried during Up also. The first 20 minutes of that movie is so sweet/sad you can't help but cry. Luckily I watched it with my friend at her house rather than the theater. It would have been embarrassing
#28
Back when Tangled came out I went see it and they accidentally played a new SAW movie. So a bunch of kids got to see a man cauterize a leg stump before they realize why everyone was yelling and walking out.
#29
Went to see Oceans 8. A woman was drunk or high, passed out during the movie,audibly snored, woke up during the last few minutes of the movie, and wondered aloud, “Is that Rihanna?!”
#30
Watching Godzilla(2016) and every time and I mean everytime the Japanese said 'gojira' a teenager would yell; "ITS GODZILLA!" or "HIS NAME IS GODZILLA!" So that was fun since I was a few seats away. Another teenager behind them tried to explain but was clearly not heard.
Final score:
22points
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
For someone who gets so angry over this matter, they don’t know much about Godzilla or his origins. Of course, they could have been joking, but...
Monique Bergeron 6 years ago
yea, but its still kind of rude to shout during a movie
Load More Replies... Siddharth Rath 6 years ago
You know what you should do to these people? Take a pair of flip flops and smack their cheeks from behind...
Night Owl 6 years ago
then one of the flip flops would end in a bowl of popcorn
Load More Replies... Sivi (Submission author) 6 years ago
I realised I got the year of the movie wrong. Haven't sleept good for 3 nights now.
#31
Went to watch some horror movie, and a girl in front of me kept looking through her photos in her phone. I politely ask her to turn off her phone cause it's distracting, and she proceeded to mock me -like the teenage bully girl she probably was- so I threw a couple of popcorns at her. It wasn't nice of me, I admit. They called the usher on me, but the guy juts gave us all a warning. She finally stopped looking at her phone, but by then I had missed the beginning part of the movie. When the movie ended, they left the theater first and as I was getting out, I see her -and her friends- waiting for me outside, wanting to pick a fight. They were like 15 years old, I was at least 10 years older. I walked passed them and they said something to me which I didn't pay attention to. I walked through the parking lot with them following me, I got in my car and drove away without even looking at them. I did watch most of the movie, but they honeslty ruinned the experience for me.
Final score:
22points
BusLady 6 years ago
Mean girls, all right. I would have been afraid in that situation. Are they all talk, or could they get violent? You never know.
blugeagua 6 years ago
There could have been boys in the group of friends too. Mean boys also exist, it’s not just girls.
Load More Replies... blugeagua 6 years ago
Yeah some teenage boys and girls can be mean bullies, it’s never fun. I’m so glad high school for me is in the past.
BusLady 6 years ago
The boys would feel a need to "protect" the girls. Mean people seldom realise they are in the wrong.
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#32
During the last ten minutes of Split, a dude two seats away from me pulls out his phone and literally has a full blown, full volume conversation.
Jodi Ellis 6 years ago
what is wrong with people who act like this in theaters? And then they wonder why they are kicked out.
Bunzilla 6 years ago
The kind of people who somehow believe that the rules don't apply to them. And yet, they're the type of people who flip out the most if someone else does the same thing.
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Matt Richardson 6 years ago
Always find an employee, we are always glad to take of these situations.
#33
Went to see Goosebumps but we were shown the first 10 minutes of The Visit. The trailers scared the f**k out of the small children there.
BusLady 6 years ago
Who makes these decisions about what trailers to play? What were they thinking?
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Thought they had to have the same rating as the film being shown.
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#34
My first time seeing Infinity War, the guy sitting next to me was vaping every 2 minutes
Matt Richardson 6 years ago
We don't permit vaping in my location, they are held to the same standards as smokers.
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
I thought smoking was not allowed in theatres. Vaping is smoking!
Phoenixx 6 years ago
Vaping and smoking are 2 complete different things.please educate yourself
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#35
Was at the cinema watching Alien: Covenant, and the place was pretty sparse, but a young 19-early 20's year old couple decided they would sit directly behind me and my family. Now, as you can imagine, it wasn't exactly a good clean and family friendly movie, as it naturally featured quite a fair amount of gore, as you'd expect from an Alien movie. However, I don't think the female half of this couple got the memo, as she would loudly shout "Ewww! Gross! What the F**k!" when the movie showed even the slightest bit of blood and gore. All whilst her boyfriend laughed loudly at her response and telling her "it isn't real" and "it's okay babe", cue the truly gross open mouth kissing sounds, and at one point "I'm gonna do you so hard when we go home." Yeah, thanks for sharing.
Final score:
18points
Tarmin Slingerfinger 6 years ago
I thought 19'-early 20's year old couple meant they were almost a hundred years old. Read that story completely wrong
danielw 6 years ago
And I now have the hicups, and my dog is looking at me like I'm insane.
Load More Replies... Matt Richardson 6 years ago
Please get an employee, we like to make sure the movie going experience is enjoyable for everyone.
#36
I do not go to a movie and spend $10 a ticket, then $20 for popcorn and drinks to listen to some a**wipe talk or be disruptive. Everyone in the movie deserves to get their money's worth. It is not a captive audience for your personal pleasure. So, if you are talking I will ask politely for you to lower your voice. If you are on your phone, I will ask you to put it away if you are reachable and throw popcorn at you if you are not. If you don't stop, I get the manager. Simple. My friend took me to see my first Tyler Perry movie. I don't remember the name of it, but what I got to see/hear of it was good. Though the entire movie, the audience was talking to the screen saying things like "you tell em, girl", "don't you take that from him", "nah uh", "oh, he's gonna get it now", etc. They were just saying it out loud, even yelling it. I had never experienced this. The theater was full. After about 1/2 the movie, I'd had all I could take. I yelled "you guys do know they can't hear you, don't you?" It got deadly quiet for a few minutes, then the whispering started like a breeze going through the audience. My friend leaned over and said "Let's get out of here before you get us both killed." I never saw the rest of the movie, but I still laugh at that audience talking to the screen, and she still loves telling about the time I almost cost her her life at the movies!
Final score:
17points
Pug Pug 6 years ago
Yeah. Kind of to be expected in a Tyler Perry movie...
Load More Replies... HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Late comment but let's all say he was talking about a mostly black audience, its may be stereotypical but we as Brits do have images of American, fat, black woman shouting things like"oh no girl you didn't" at the screen.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
If Madea pissed you off, don't watch the Deadpool movies. Dude literally talks to the audience.
Ian Smith 6 years ago
Never seen one, but I'm pretty sure they roll the "mute your phone and your face message" for Tyler Perry movies too.
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#37
Before the they changed to reserved seating, my wife and I were watching a movie in a packed theater and the only open seat was a handicap companion seat next to me. A few minutes into the movie I realized nobody was going to sit there so I put our coats in the seat. 45 minutes later, a young man and his wheelchair-bound mom showed-up and, without saying a word to me, he grabbed our coats and was about to throw them onto the ground! I quickly stopped him and asked what the heck he was doing. Only then did he ask if the seat was taken. When I saw his mom was in a wheelchair, I said "No, it's not taken but you should have asked me first before grabbing someone else's property!" I removed our coats so he could sit down and then they proceeded to talk VERY LOUDLY about the movie, wondering what was going on. He then turned and actually asked ME if I could fill him in on the movie plot since they had arrived so late! I told him, um..NO because it is very rude to talk during a movie and also unfair to the other people who are trying to enjoy the movie and who also arrived on time! He kept talking to his mom but after a few minutes they both left! On his way out he stated he really didn't care about this movie anyway because the movie they were ACTUALLY there to see was about to start!
Final score:
17points
John Qioo 6 years ago
probably not. A lot of multi-screen cinema got one single access point then you proceed for your movie. Eventually you can sneak into another cinema, undetected...
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
Sounds like he may have had some disability himself. I mean that seriously.
#38
Saw Carol in a small, 20 person theatre. One girl there alone openly and loudly wept the entire time. She made noises and reacted preemptively, it was clearly her second or third time seeing it. Was so distracted by her I missed almost the entire second half of the movie.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
Maybe she was a queer girl reacting emotionally to representation on screen? I get that it's annoying when people react preemptively, but if you can't stand other people's reactions (whether that's laughter/gasping/crying) then it's probably better to watch stuff at home alone
Stille20 6 years ago
Perhaps she was reacting something that touched her deeply, but that is still inappropriate for a movie theater.
Load More Replies... BusLady 6 years ago
If she was a teen, she was probably just discovering her sexuality, and may have been hesitant about coming out, especially to her parents. Perhaps she had an infatuation with someone, and had been rejected. I haven't seen the film, but the reviews depict is as being a very emotional film.
#39
Wore my slightly loose jeans to the movies. Felt good about potential weight loss. Didn't tie a belt because we were rushing. Got to the theatre. 2 Hands filled with popcorn and snacks. I get to the seats to find my seat in the middle of a long row. I begin walking through a long row of people's toes to get to my seats. I can feel my pants slipping down. Every step I take, my pants are slipping further. I am now 2 seats away from my seat and I am now in front of my friends who were there. I couldn't take another step without my pants falling down. I faked tripping on one of their feet, dropped the pop corn and sat on my friend's lap and as I got up, managed to pull my pants up. Everyone had a good laugh over goofy me, especially me thanking the stars that I didn't become 'that guy' that day.
D 6 years ago
Wait..you dropped your popcorn on purpose?!?! Popcorn costs like $1,065,332.04 at the theater!! You could've asked your friend to help pull up your pants lol. This did give me a good chuckle, though.
BusLady 6 years ago
Or had someone hold your snacks. But, hey, isn't that a style nowadays, for your pants to be falling down? Lol
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#40
Went to see The Nun and had to endure the movie sitting next to someone who doesn’t believe in bathing. Also, he made a lot of choking/hacking noises.
Michaela Fieberling 6 years ago
The Nun was actually the movie where I decided never to go to a movie theatre again... Only noisy 16 year olds (and this is Germany, we don't have ushers) and loud talking throughout the most tense bits... Completely made me lose the plot...
#41
Watched Crimes of Grindelwald, these kids were laughing the whole way through. Literally forcing themselves into a hysteria for no reason. Screaming artificially until they collapsed from involuntary real laughter.
Final score:
13points
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
By the sound of it, everything, and now there's no more weed, meth, bath salts, etc., left on Earth, so I'm gonna have to share my LSD with everyone, and that sucks.
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#42
Went to the theater to see the Conjuring 2 and it had the potential to be a great horror movie (for me if any part gives me shock factor it is a great horror movie) but the whole thing was ruined for me because there was this group of 4-55 people behind us loudly commenting and laughing at everything! Another time a group of 3-4 teenage girls were constantly on their phones, which of course was very bright and their giggling during the horror movie was annoying so I told my husband I was going to the bathroom... walked out and got a manager... the girls were kicked out when they got snarky with the manager about putting their phones away.
Final score:
11points
Kim 6 years ago
Honestly, it seems like teens are glued stuck to their screens. I know this makes me sounds like a bitter grandma (I'm 26), but believe me when I say how incredibly annoying it is; I teach teens and there is just no fighting it sometimes.
A r i X i u 6 years ago
I'm 16 and I agree with you too...it's kind of pitiful watching my peers become more and more withdrawn, thoughtless, and shallow.
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#43
Spilling my baked beans while watching cars 2
MN Free Spirit 6 years ago (edited)
Baked beans as in Boston Baked Beans, its a candy. Basically sugar coated peanuts.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
Thank you, I was really confused and wasn't sure why someone would bring actual baked beans to the cinema
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Lazy Panda 6 years ago
This is a meme FYI, and the story ends with someone else in the theatre yelling “THIS N***A EATING BEANS!”
I_Am_Goober 6 years ago (edited)
What movie theater has baked beans? I would like to know if this is a common thing.
#44
incredibles 2 was watching with my mom and sisters and had the misfortune of sitting in frojt this guy and his gf and the guy kept saying “what the crap haha” or “what the F**K” whenever something remotely strange or funny happened
#45
When I was a teenager and The Fault in our Stars was first coming out in theatres, I went with a couple other girls my age I was semi-friends with at the time. At the time it was a teachers' only day at our school so most other teenagers and children were still in their schools, the only other people in the theatre for the movie was a bunch of elderly people. Being around the target audience, of course, there were moments we understood a joke and of course laughed. At the end of the movie, an old lady came up to us, kicked the back of one of our seats and growled at us for "giggling throughout the movie and ruining it". Sorry for enjoying a movie I guess.
Final score:
9points
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
I don't understand people who get mad when others laugh at appropriate times during the movie, especially when it's a movie aimed at kids/teens, people should just let them have fun
Miriam 6 years ago
ya like i get it if they literally giggle the entire time, but if it is a comedic movie, let them laugh
Load More Replies... BusLady 6 years ago
This is a reoccurring theme. Teenagers vs. "old" or "elderly" people. Lol If this woman was that offended, she could have just said something, instead of sitting there angry, and then acting like that. Something tells me that the OP and her friends might have been louder than they realised.
Hannah Ingram (Submission author) 6 years ago
we actually weren't loud at all, that's what made the lady's reaction so funny to us at the time.
Load More Replies... #46
Watching Spider-man: Homecoming. Couple to the right making out the whole time, getting handsy and at one point the girl's hands are in the guy's pants. Person to the left thought it was okay to take off their shoes and socks. Stunk like heck. Then they put their feet in the air and swung them in the middle of the film. Right into my popcorn.
Final score:
9points
Matt Richardson 6 years ago (edited)
Once again... find an employee. We sure as hell don't want people getting it on in our theaters. bad enough enough we have to clean up after busted colostomy bags and puke..
#47
Went to see Spiderman 2 with my ,then, bf. The scene comes up when Spidey hits his girl, she looks up to him and says:"who are you?" The whole room is quiet and in shock. Then my bf yells "Chuck Norris".... Could've killed him.
Final score:
8points
Nela Rothenbach (Submission author) 6 years ago
Yeah, he was an Idiot. But we all make mistakes when we are young.
Load More Replies... #48
A couple o years ago went to watch a re-run of The Omen (something about it's anniversary, idk) with one of my best friends. I didn't know how many times she saw it before that day... untill she started to talk along ALL THE DIALOGS. She remembrered almost all of them!!! Told her to shut the f&%$ up, but she was too enthusiast that even she shut up, 3 seconds later she was doing it again in a lower voice. Didn't ruin our friendship (never), but the whole movie experience. THANKS ALEXANDRA!!!
Final score:
8points
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi (Submission author) 6 years ago
I went to several movies w/her in the past, but with this one i drew the line. ENOUGH FOR ME! Have a nice day!
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Winter's Dream 6 years ago
I do that too but not in the cinema. At least, not out loud in the cinema.
#49
At the end of Avengers Infinity War when Nick Fury called Captain Marvel some dude in the back yelled "WHAT DOES IT MEAN!"
Matt Richardson 6 years ago
This is sadly more common now that Marvel movies are legitimate blockbusters in their own right and no longer "geek" cinema.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
It means Brie Larson is hot as f**k! Wait, it means Captain Marvel is gonna appear in Endgame. My bad.
#50
Went to watch Coco when it was first released in the US with my sister. There was a boy sitting behind me who kept kicking my chair (my sister could also feel the vibration from the kicking). After a few kicks, I got irritated and turned around to tell him to stop which caught his dad's attention who also proceeded to tell his son to stop. The kicking stopped for 30 seconds before it continued again. Wasn't about to yell at some kid over this although I was tempted.
Final score:
4points
Matt Richardson 6 years ago
Again.. most of these problems could be solved by getting an employee involved,..
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 6 years ago
the same thing happened to me (wasn't Coco though)
#51
American Psycho - quite a few years ago. When a bit younger I had suffered a perforated eardrum and have sensitive hearing in my right ear.The volume was so uncomfortably and painfully loud I had to stuff my ears with tissues, otherwise I would have had to walk out. Since then I have always taken foam earplugs to the cinema.
Final score:
0points
Siddharth Rath 6 years ago
Imagine watching Godzilla or Jurassic world... Sorry no offense intended
BusLady 6 years ago
Why do they play movies so loud? Oh, yeah, so you can hear over all the people talking and shouting.
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Too loud and the sound just distorts in my ears so I can't hear anything!
Load More Replies... #52
went to see THUG (the hate u give) with my school.... nobody would shut up through the entire thing
Final score:
0points
Deniz Vitvitskiji 5 years ago
I went to see wonder with my school... it was boring because almost everyone watched it last year
The Leaping Lemur 6 years ago
I made the biggest mistake of my life at a movie theatre. I went to see Phantom Menace. That’s it, that’s the mistake.
What do you think ?
Bunzilla 6 years ago
Years ago, was watching an action movie in the theater. Things started well, and it was starting to get enjoyable. Then I feel someone distinctly kicking the back of my seat. I turned around to glare at them, hoping that they would get the point. They didn't. It was a kid with his mouth gaping wide open, transfixed on the movie. The second time it happened, I ask him if he can please stop kicking my seat. Ignored. It kept happening throughout the ENTIRE MOVIE during any interesting part. No matter how many times I asked this stupid kid to stop, he remained the same, mouth open, transfixed. Totally ruined the movie for me. Confronted him and his parents after the movie, and they tried to act like it was somehow my fault 'for not saying anything'. I lost count of the times I'd tried. Parents, teach your kids how to behave themselves in public spaces. Please.
BusLady 6 years ago
Yes, please. It shows a lack of respect from the parents, for allowing the child to act that way.
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Most of these are good reasons to wait till a movie comes out on DVD and watch it on your TV - or computer - at home. You can find used DVDs at thrift shops, or borrow them from the library. And the snacks are a helluva lot cheaper.
Isog Sargent 6 years ago
Aaaannd, this is why I don't go t the theater anymore. Large TV at home. Great sound. Better food. And my own private bathroom.
María Hermida 6 years ago
I totally agree with you. As far as I'm concerned, all the cinemas in the world could close down tomorrow.
Load More Replies... Lazy Panda 6 years ago
When I was younger my brother was friends with a little boy who had some issues (did not pick up on social cues, can’t really tell right from wrong, etc.) one day we went to see some movie and my brother invited his friend along, biggest mistake ever! Every time anything interesting would happen he would spring up form his chair and yell something like “WHAT?! NO WAY!” and he also laughed very, VERY loudly. He never noticed anything wrong with his behaviour, not even when he got bored and started hurling popcorn in random directions.
Ash 6 years ago
My worst one was watching Infinity Wars, crying my eyes out and gasping (as was the entire theater) while the guy who smelled like farts laughed his a*s off at everyone dying. He also kept talking and getting his phone out. I had to use a lot of self-talk to not flip the F out.
Hamsini darshan 6 years ago
Last month my Friend and our family went to watch Indian movie. In that movie hero said that as wives scolding and husband hears the scolding is very casual My Friend and I chuckled.and then the whole theater laughed .
Антон Христов(Anton Hristoff) 6 years ago
I was thrown out from the cinema at 16. Why? Because I tend to find horror movies made after 2000 funny. This one was 666: The Child, there was a scene in Italy(Rome) in which a upward sign(those signs that are fixated on the side of the building with two bolts) for a hotel or restaurant got loose on the upper bolt and slung down beheading one of the characters. His head started rolling down on some stairs and I couldn't hold myself.. They thrown me out with thears of laughter on my face and still laughing. Same goes with Carrie (2016) .. do you remember the scene where she opens her mouth wide and screams in horror? Well I won't tell you what was my first thought at that moment, but I ended waiting my friends out.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
I love horror movies but learned that I can't watch them in a cinema because for some reason, even when they are rated 18, there's always a group of young girls in there and they always spend the entire movie emitting loud and high-pitched screams every single time the slightest thing happens. Strictly an at-home watcher now.
MorningStar Kematch 6 years ago
Where ARE these theaters? I've been going to theaters for over 29 years and have never had a bad time at one.
Bunzilla 6 years ago
Years ago, was watching an action movie in the theater. Things started well, and it was starting to get enjoyable. Then I feel someone distinctly kicking the back of my seat. I turned around to glare at them, hoping that they would get the point. They didn't. It was a kid with his mouth gaping wide open, transfixed on the movie. The second time it happened, I ask him if he can please stop kicking my seat. Ignored. It kept happening throughout the ENTIRE MOVIE during any interesting part. No matter how many times I asked this stupid kid to stop, he remained the same, mouth open, transfixed. Totally ruined the movie for me. Confronted him and his parents after the movie, and they tried to act like it was somehow my fault 'for not saying anything'. I lost count of the times I'd tried. Parents, teach your kids how to behave themselves in public spaces. Please.
BusLady 6 years ago
Yes, please. It shows a lack of respect from the parents, for allowing the child to act that way.
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Most of these are good reasons to wait till a movie comes out on DVD and watch it on your TV - or computer - at home. You can find used DVDs at thrift shops, or borrow them from the library. And the snacks are a helluva lot cheaper.
Isog Sargent 6 years ago
Aaaannd, this is why I don't go t the theater anymore. Large TV at home. Great sound. Better food. And my own private bathroom.
María Hermida 6 years ago
I totally agree with you. As far as I'm concerned, all the cinemas in the world could close down tomorrow.
Load More Replies... Lazy Panda 6 years ago
When I was younger my brother was friends with a little boy who had some issues (did not pick up on social cues, can’t really tell right from wrong, etc.) one day we went to see some movie and my brother invited his friend along, biggest mistake ever! Every time anything interesting would happen he would spring up form his chair and yell something like “WHAT?! NO WAY!” and he also laughed very, VERY loudly. He never noticed anything wrong with his behaviour, not even when he got bored and started hurling popcorn in random directions.
Ash 6 years ago
My worst one was watching Infinity Wars, crying my eyes out and gasping (as was the entire theater) while the guy who smelled like farts laughed his a*s off at everyone dying. He also kept talking and getting his phone out. I had to use a lot of self-talk to not flip the F out.
Hamsini darshan 6 years ago
Last month my Friend and our family went to watch Indian movie. In that movie hero said that as wives scolding and husband hears the scolding is very casual My Friend and I chuckled.and then the whole theater laughed .
Антон Христов(Anton Hristoff) 6 years ago
I was thrown out from the cinema at 16. Why? Because I tend to find horror movies made after 2000 funny. This one was 666: The Child, there was a scene in Italy(Rome) in which a upward sign(those signs that are fixated on the side of the building with two bolts) for a hotel or restaurant got loose on the upper bolt and slung down beheading one of the characters. His head started rolling down on some stairs and I couldn't hold myself.. They thrown me out with thears of laughter on my face and still laughing. Same goes with Carrie (2016) .. do you remember the scene where she opens her mouth wide and screams in horror? Well I won't tell you what was my first thought at that moment, but I ended waiting my friends out.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
I love horror movies but learned that I can't watch them in a cinema because for some reason, even when they are rated 18, there's always a group of young girls in there and they always spend the entire movie emitting loud and high-pitched screams every single time the slightest thing happens. Strictly an at-home watcher now.
MorningStar Kematch 6 years ago
Where ARE these theaters? I've been going to theaters for over 29 years and have never had a bad time at one.
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