I’m Starting To Hate The Movie Theater Experience

Raise your hand if you’ve considered skipping out on movies and waiting for the movie to come on out DVD / OnDemand / Premium Channels.

I used to love going to the movies. When I was a freshman at FSU I’d leave campus after my 8am Spanish class and kill the rest of the morning and afternoon at the movies. I think I put something like 150 points on my AMC Theatres MovieWatcher card by myself, over two semesters. I saw a lot of crap, twice. I had a cell phone back then, and I turned it off. I own a cellphone now, and before the trailers roll, it’s either turned off (I’m doing more of that recently) or it’s on vibrate. Why can’t everyone else understand that?

And why can’t people understand that the movie theater isn’t your personal living room. Seriously, I thought it was only 12-year-olds. I can almost understand the behavior of kids that are without parental supervision, but when it’s 20 or 30-somethings that are blithering idiots and talk through the whole movie, I have to wonder what the hell is wrong with everyone. Does it not occur to them that they’re bothering others? Is it as simple as common courtesy, and that Americans lose more of it each day? Or are people really so ignorant that they don’t realize talking, texting, etc. is inconsiderate when we’ve all just spend $8.75 (or more) to see a recycled Hollywood crapfest?

I’m tired of it, to the point that I almost wish Cell Phone jammers were legal at the movie theater so it wouldn’t be an issue anymore. At least the texting and talking in that regard would be gone. (The worry wart in me disagrees immensely, since in an emergency situation I couldn’t get a call out. What kind of emergency situation? Yeah, well I never said it was reasonable.) Seriously, whenever I can purchase a nice big 40″+ HDTV that might be the end of all night movies, since matinées aren’t usually as bad with the talking and texting. Honestly though, I don’t think I’ve been to a movie in the last six months without some idiot opening the phone up to text or talk.

Anyone have any suggestions besides staying home? I’m a bit exasperated. Yeah I COULD just shut up, but then why would I have a blog?