People who talk in movie theaters: your reaction.

[YOY]

Just had a deliteful experience watching "The Incredible Hulk." Good flick...nice effects...good character development...decent story. Anyhoo...

Within the last 10 minutes of the film an couple (theater jumping I guessed) sits next to me and starts talking FULL VOLUME. I start polite and ask them to please be quiet and the one of them tells me "I am having a private conversation with my friend. It's none of your business." I ask her if she wants what is left of my drink...on her head. She retorts "Just try it!" After that she shut up but resumes talking at the very end.

On the way out a few minutes later they purposefully stepped on my shoes and gave me a nasty look. I told one "I didn't pay $7.50 to hear your f***ing conversation. If you want to talk go into the hallway or sit where no one else is at." They start ranting and raving as I walked away. My buddy who saw the film with me started calling me "Gangsta Rob" afterwards... I gotta laugh at that.

Oddly, I feel much better that I was rude in exiting. I really don't like being rude or aggressive.

How do you deal with folks like this?

[BlooInBloo]

1. I have no patience for that. Unless it's Rocky Horror or something like that.

[YOY]

4. You're SUPPOSED to do that at the RHPS!

Throwing toast as well is a blast...

[Cheap_Trick]

17. me and the wife's first date was RHPS

I'm not normally into musicals...but I make an exception in this case.

[YOY]

18. It's got "the Loaf".

Every thing is good with "the Loaf".

[Cheap_Trick]

19. Amen to that.

Been on a serious Meat Loaf kick lately...got a lot of his cd's loaded up on my MP3 player to listen to at work. Been listening to a lot of Jim Steinman's solo stuff too. Worth looking for.

[TheDebbieDee]

2. Other. "Shoot them in the head!" should be an option.

[Warpy]

3. Alert theater staff

Yeah, you'll miss a couple minutes of the flick you've paid to see, but it will usually get them moved or ejected.

The ones I can't stand are the clods with cell phones who never turn them off and who feel compelled to YELL everything they're seeing on the screen to the person at the other end.

This is why I no longer go to movies. I can wait for the DVD, thanks.

[iamjoy]

5. It Depends On The Situation

I was visiting Mt. Vernon and they had a film about George Washington's life. It was actually quite good quality and all, nice theater - I sort of thought I was at a "real" movie. Anyway, there's this woman talking through it, really annoying and I whirled around to tell her to hush and realized she was talking to her small child - trying to explain what was happening to him and help him deal with some of the "action" sequences which were a little intense for a kid.

I shut my own mouth without chastising her. She was talking for the right reasons.

Otherwise, I agree, if you want to blab, go to the lobby

[YOY]

7. My case had two grown adults who should have known better and no children

Neither of them looked "special" either...Unless severe rudeness is a disability.

I could see this for a child of course.

[THX1138]

6. Other:

Spitball to the back of the neck or a wad of paper bounced off their noggin. Works every time.

[YOY]

8. Easy when they don't sit RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.

I could see doing that.

[phantom power]

9. we hates them, my precious...

[sinkingfeeling]

10. I just say in a normal voice, "Shush".

[YOY]

12. and if that doesn't work?

Granted sometimes it does but in my case it wouldn't have worked. The "please be quiet" was quite polite.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. I would have replied, "Well, your private conversation is being heard by half this theater and we

are not amused."

[YOY]

21. They didn't seem to be the personality types that would care

n/t

[LiberalEsto]

11. I stopped going to the movies years ago

Who needs these loudmouth jerks?

[enlightenment]

13. Other.

Under the circumstances - and given that your viewing experience was so affected - why didn't you go out and ask for the theatre manager. You would have gotten the women evicted (and if they gave trouble, probably banned) and you would probably have gotten your money back . . . or some other monetary apology.

Don't lower yourself to the gutter to score points.

[YOY]

14. It was towards the end of the film. An action packed conclusion that I was really enjoying...

That theater's manager wouldn't have done squat. We're not talking the ritz here.

[enlightenment]

22. Your choice. nt

[sharesunited]

15. When it happens during a play it's HILARIOUS!

The actors stop in place, glare at the offenders, and shush them.

As does the entire audience.

[YOY]

16. I've seen that too. It's thoroughly enjoyable to see the consensus against rude behavior!

n/t

[DCKit]

23. Then demand that they be thrown out.

Movie tickets in my area are now $10, so an evening at the movies with drinks and snacks for two can easily run over $40. What right does anyone have to ruin your evening?

[Iggo]

24. It used to bother me....

...but the movies are so loud now, it doesn't really matter.

[residentfan]

25. talking

I've had several bad experiences with people doing this. I'm not the most polite guy about this because, hey, it's my money. I work 16 hours a day 5 days a week and I go to the movie to escape for a little while, so usually tell them to be quiet if they are being so stupidly rude. If they refuse I go to management. Once in Minnesota I actually went to the manager and complained, and he refused to do anything about it. Needless to say, I never returned to his theater. But most of the time responsible management will have their staff walk in and ask the people to quit talking or leave. I do not pay to listen to someone's trials and tribulations that aren't on the screen. Nobody should.

[MuseRider]

26. I rarely go anymore

partly because of stuff like this that always pisses me off.

The last time this happened it was a couple sitting behind me. They would not be quiet, I asked and others asked to no avail. Also the damned cell phones they were texting on were beeping away with each keystroke. I finally got up and squatted on the seat moving back and forth until they got mad and told me they could not see. I told them when I could hear they could see. They actually shut up and the rest of the movie was fine.

I do not normally act this way, in fact even though it worked I would probably never do it again but that particular time it really pissed me off because they could have been anywhere doing what they were doing and I can't believe they even knew what was going on in the movie. I sure didn't until they shut up. I do not hear very well anyway so extraneous noise is always a problem. Having something like this that should not be happening makes it impossible to follow at all.

[YOY]

27. It's worse when they're theater jumpers

You know when one movie finishes they jump to another to get in on a free show...usually halfway in the film.

I had that happen once in Ohio with a trio of partially drunk teenagers. It was Farenheit 9/11. They had the nerve to ask me what the movie was after they drunkenly stumbled in the middle of it and started talking.

I yelled back that if they didn't theater jump they wouldn't have to ask. They got up and left.

[Cleita]

28. I don't go to the movies anymore for many reasons but that is

one of them. It's much nicer to watch a movie in my home, whether I rent a DVD or do a pay-per-view or even wait until it's free on cable.

[blueraven95]

29. I was in a similar situation during "The Incredible Hulk"

Unfortunately, the talkers were a big group in the row behind me, and because of where I was sitting, it was not easy to get them to quiet or get them thrown out, without disturbing the whole theatre.

In your case, however, it would have been relatively easy to get rid of them - just talk to security and tell them that you suspect that this couple is movie-hopping and they are disturbing the film. Usually that would get rid of them quickly.

Some movie theatres now have pagers that you can sign up for that you can use in the movie theatre to alert the manager when there is a problem. That way you don't have to miss a part of the movie.

[CBHagman]

30. I give them the Look and possibly say something.

Usually I confine myself to a few meaningful glances and/or quietly ask them to stop. I might move if it seems a good option.

Other times, frankly, I have just let it be part of the experience, but that really depends on the film. Most persistent talkers, in church or the theater or elsewhere, bore and/or annoy me. I suspect cell phones, iPods, VCRs, and DVD players have weaned people away from the notion that they have to adjust their behavior in public. I think they're no longer aware that there's anything beyond themselves.