tall people in theaters

[badash]

So, I finally had a night off from EVERYTHING, so that meant that I would finally get to go see the Return of the King.

Well, I get to the damn movie theater, and it's still packed as hell. I find a seat between a fat lady and some hyperactive kids, try to get comfortable (those damn movie theater chairs!!!!!!!) and watch the previews. Just as the movie was starting, the Jolly Green Giant, Paul Bunyan, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all sat in a row right in front of me.

So, of course, I wallowed in self-pity and LISTENED to the movie. It sounded cool, at least.

Does anybody else share my pain?

[JIM]

Screw that happy crappy!
I would have gotten a refund and gone back another night.

[badash]

I would have, but I was directly in the middle, the hyperactive kids were jumping around, and actually screaming in the movie theater, and the fat lady was chomping away at JuJuBees like it was her last meal ever.

I was trapped...nowhere to go...nowhere to hide...

[JIM]

Oh God... then by all means I would have left the theater.
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and the fat lady was chomping away at JuJuBees like it was her last meal ever.


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You could have snatched Her candy and threw it at the other end of the theater...problem solved.

Hey, I've left many a time when kids were screaming, people talking on a cell phone and whatnot.
Mind You this was in NYC, usually what would happen is this:

*JIM stands up in a full theater to get out*

"Hey You! The fuck outta My way!"

They replied:
"Yeah, fugghet 'bout it."

Then I said:
"Wanna eat some steel there numbnuts!?"

Then they said:
"Yeah!? You want some-a this twinkle-toes!?"

Then I said:
"OK! Dat's it! I can't stands no more!!!"

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
*JIM stops to do a "New York reload" by pulling out another gun*
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Then all I had to do was step over the old lady's body after that.
Got My money back too.
Those Old ladies had some nerve...

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> Return of the King is the kind of movie that needs to be watched in silence so you can forget that you're even in the theater. I love living in a small town. I only got the chance to see it once in theaters compared to me 3 times for Two Towers, I didn't have the money to see it more. But my point is. I got lost in that movie so many times I thought I was in Middle Earth when I left the theater. I think I need a therapist /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif </font color>

[Prattypus]

I am sorry to hear that you got robbed of the visual half of the movie. That's why I prefer to see flicks in theaters equipped with stadium style seating to help elevate me to those giants.

I had to see this movie in a "theater" with mono sound, and an out of focus projector in Korea. But at least we we able to contribute to the ass amount of gross earnings for this film.

[Lidia]

I can't stand it either when the whole theater is practically empty, and then people come in and sit right in front of you! Then I have to get up and move! Why do they do this? They have the whole damn theater to choose where to sit! UGGGH!

[karmattack]

The second time I saw it, my friend and I sat in the very last row where the few remaining open seats were. There was an empty seat between him and the next guy. Next to that guy, though, sat his 4-year-old son. Dude, who would bring his 4-year-old to that movie? Between the giant spider, catapulted heads, horses and riders being crushed my giant elephants, and whatever else I'm not thinking of....I just can't imagine that's a normal 4-year-old's type of movie.
I love kids, but I now understand why there are so many people who don't. All he did was ask about what's going on and why. Granted, there were a couple funny times when an Orc would get stabbed and he would yell "Yeah!" My friend had never seen the movie and it was more or less spoiled for him though. I mean, it's impossible to emotionally invest in a movie like that when you can't suspend reality. I gave the guy a semi-polite "Ehem" and looked at him like "are you going to manage him, or what?" He did nothing. I just don't understand that. /forums/images/icons/confused.gif

[Prattypus]

Same type of thing happened to me when a buddy and I went to see Cast Away. Some broad brought her infant in with her. About halfway through the movie, the baby starts to cry. What does this also-ran for mother of the year do? Instead of taking the babe out of earshot of anyone trying to watch the show, she paces up and down the stairs repeatedly trying to lull the kid into submission. After a few well placed jabs at her parenting style from other audience members she finally took the child outside. People should know better than that. Tell you what I wanted to do- Sleeper hold that woman into submission. After that I was unable to emotionally connect with Wilson.

[DarthMaulRat]

Heh, reminds me of when I saw Cast Away in theatres. The scene where Hanks gets angry and throws Wilson out of the cave, some girl gasped, and then my friend yelled out loud to her: "It's a [censored] volleyball! Stop crying already!"

[karmattack]

That's the kind of thing that really makes me wonder about what gets a movie made. Like, I wonder if someone didn't just bet Robert Zemeckis he couldn't make audiences emotionally invest in an inanimate object, and he was like, "Oh yeah? Psh! Give me Tom Hanks and a volleyball!"

[TomHarrington]

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After that I was unable to emotionally connect with Wilson.

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That made me laugh. Funny stuff, for a Greenhorn. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif Keep up the good work, Sir.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Oh sure, try to make me feel like I should not go to a movie, just because I am tall! Well, you short people should leave for fuck's sake!
Seriously, I was just at the movies this week. A woman and a child sat benind me , this is important, I was there first and they have the sheer audacity to complain that they can't see because I am too tall and that I am leaning back in my chair cutting down their footspace! The theater wasn't even half full. I was even more insulted by the fact that I slouch in a movie theater, I am aware that my well over six foot frame takes up screen space. RRRRRR now I am all angry again.
Uh, I guess what I meant to say is tall people have feelings too. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Dr3vil]

I usually sit in the third row or so from the front. Sure, no one can see shit if they're behind me, but that position pretty much precludes the nagging wife n' kids scenario described above. Why do these people think, you can just fold the fuck up whenever your height is inconvenient?

[badash]

robinhooddaffy, it's okay, at least you try.

Oh, and I would have given that woman a stunner if I were in your shoes. I'm pretty tall, too, about 6'3", and I hardly ever go to theaters because I have to slouch till my butt's hanging over the edge of the seat, ESPECIALLY because EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE THEATRE wants to sit DIRECTLY BEHIND ME.

And their mothers complain when the kids can't see.

One of these days I'll just pretend that I can't understand English.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

One of these days I'll forget the little voice in my head telling me not to slap these people silly, then moon them.

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> When I went to see Return of the King I went with like 10 other people in one massive group, we all sat pretty near each other and stuff. One friend of mine, he's a Freshman and hes 6'3 hes freakishly tall. And he was slouching so much that he could barely walk when it was over cuz his back hurt so much. Right behind me and my b/f was this baby that kept making happy noises...I wanted to hurt it. My eyes glow red and I shoot lasers from them when I get angry.</font color>

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">You know, I tend to have a little bit of sympathy for parents. Its hard to get out of the house sometimes and sometimes the only alternative to get out of the house to to take your children with you. It is hard and sort of expensive to find and hire a baby sitter last minute or even when you have plans..

My friend has two and she tends to only see movies that her children want to see, why because she actually has manners and knows children will be in the audience.

BTW, I have no problem sitting behind a tall guy, its not their fault they are tall, I move. Just because I am nice. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif</font color>

[Efexeye]

There are times, though, when it is inappropriate to bring your kids places. This is kind of a sticking point for me, so I'll expound a bit-

There's a restaurant here in Detroit called the Dearborn Inn (attached to the Henry Ford museum, incidentally) that throws a huge Easter brunch every year. It's kind of a la-de-da event, everyone wears suits, they have a strolling orchestra, blah, blah, blah. It's not cheap either- like maybe 40 bucks a head plus alcohol.
Inevitably, every year, there is a screaming infant. I just think in a case like that, the parents should use their judgement and say "Hey, ya know, that brunch is nice, but, our kid can't even roll over on his own yet. Maybe we should just wait this year out?" We can't legislate these rules, or anything, but come on. A little courtesy, please. I get embarassed for them.

Then, there's the infamous "Bring your kid to an 11:30 show of Kill Bill. It's okay that it's a school night, it's okay that they are SCREAMING because they didn't get to play that video game, it's okay that they are 4 YEARS OLD."
What's not okay is when the kid starts saying they are scared and crying during the movie, and then you make them sit through it anyway, because YOU want to see the Bride dice up some 88's.

What the hell?

[Prattypus]

I've sat behind the tall people myself, and it's not really that bad. What I can't stand is when people constantly sway from the left to the right when watching something. This causes me to do the same, and I just can't help but feel like it's an unstoppable ripple mvoing throughout the audience.

I do understand that folks want to take their kids along, but, c'mon a three+ hour LofR movie for a little kid? My attention span is short enough even knowing what's going to happen let, so I can't imagine a kid with no grasp of the story trying to sit through it. Disney flicks? I expect there to be talking back to the screen and whatnot. I think I've rambled enough .

[JIM]

Yeah, I hear you.
I'm a tall guy too. Most times, people don't complain.
Maybe it's because I yell out "SNAKES! SNAKES! ALL OVER ME!!!" every few minutes before the movie starts.

[TomHarrington]

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I yell out "SNAKES! SNAKES! ALL OVER ME!!!" every few minutes

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That's weird. My wife does the exact same thing during...

Actually, never mind. Carry on.

[Remission]

Being 6'6 I can barely fit in the seats, but at least I get some satisfaction from the thought that I am ruining the person behind me evening.

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Oh, I understand what you are talking about, no doubt about it. However, my friend has two children and she only went to one movie last year, the cat in the hat because her daughter was able to enjoy it. Her whole paycheck goes to sitters after she goes to school. I feel kind of bad for her sometimes.</font color>

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Take a phone book with you into the theater. Anyone asks, you need to call one of your baby mommas afterwards. Then sit on the book in front of the giant that was in front of you. put on a steam pipe hat too. Steam.....steam roller?? PIPE?? Laters oninin.

[rockergirl06]

<font color="blue">Hey Asteban,
I would like to welcome badash to the shoot, you should too. You know him. I work with him....
Getting the picture. </font color>

[Dr3vil]

Sitters suck, but if you can't keep your kid quiet, you should just use ducktape. The problem is the parents who truly prefer to annoy the hell out of everyone, they feel fate dealt them an unfair hand with an unwanted kid and take revenge on the world at large with an infant who wails like they've been damned to the deepest circle of hell.

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> Yes, welcome to badash. I have replied to 2 of his topics, not knowing who he was. But now I do. Huzzah. And sorry about your Return of the King problem badash. But you must realize . . . you also, are freakishly tall. haha. </font color>

[DarthMaulRat]

If a movie is rated R or is over 1 1/2 hours, parents should know better than to bring their kids. Sure, I feel some sympathy for new parents, knowing their kids won't really watch a movie quietly until they're about 6 or so, but it's somthing you have to deal with. Since I love the movies, I know that I'll have to figure out some network of babysitters if I'm ever a father. I don't want to make other people suffer, I'm sure I'd suffer enough taking the tyke to see that pointless kid flick that he/she can't shut up about.

Oh, and by the way, I'm tall too, but I only go to theatres with stadium seating, so there's never a problem. There's actually very few theatres left near me that don't have stadium seating. It should be required as part of THX certification.

[HitParader]

I had a similar experience. Me and my hetero life-mate went to see Return of the King, and there was an old dude and a fat fuck next to us, and a tall chick with 2 little hyper ass kids right in front of me. Sucked balls.

[jjcourtright]

We have pretty much given up on going out to the movies since our son was born. I just see no reason to take him to the theatre. Sure, we have to wait a long time to see movies, but if I am going to have my parents watch the boy, I would rather go to the bars and see some people that I haven't talked to in a while than sit quietly in a theatre...hmmm, kind odd that I spend so much time on moviepoopshoot.com.