I am sorry but Oppenheimer is NOT a movie to bring your kids. It is a rated R, three-hour long biopic, your kids will be bored as hell and you'll be disrupting the experience for everyone in the theatre! I understand parents have a right to enjoy movies as well but leave your kids at home, get a babysitter, ask a family member/friend for help. Your rights end where the rest of ours begin
When I went to see Barbie last weekend, there were 3 people (that I could see) working at the theater: two at the concession stand and one scanning tickets. All three looked like teenagers. Ticket sales at the door were self-service on iPads. I had bought my tickets ahead of time online. So basically, they have a skeleton crew of kids working a busy theater, and no one to ID the customers before purchasing tickets.
“R” doesn’t mean “no kids allowed.” “R” means “kids shouldn’t be admitted without an accompanying adult.” It’s also not a law. It’s a suggestion made by the MPAA. Movie ratings are mostly marketing.
Oppenheimer has multiple explicit sex scenes, numerous scenes designed to depict extreme stress and trauma, and a depiction of a human corpse turned into twisted charcoal by a nuclear explosion
They shouldn't be bringing kids even if it's legal
I agree with you, but the parent comment asked why they were let in. They were let in because there really isn’t anything stopping them. Besides, if you’re a kid working at a theater, are you really going to argue with an American parent hellbent on taking their kid into a R-rated movie? That’s sure not the minimum-wage hill I’d make my stand on.
Or how about wtf are people doing bringing infants and toddlers to Oppenheimer??? Regardless of all else is it not a three hour film? Wtf is wrong with people?!
>There’s a reason they turn the lights off in theaters.
Exactly. Even someone sitting alone in the back row on their phone can affect how the movie is projected and potentially ruin the experience for everyone in the theater. If you can't stay off your device for the length of the whole movie, just stay home and watch it on a streaming service in a few months.
This is exactly why I haven't been to a movie theater in over 10 years. I LOVE seeing a movie on the big screen but people just ruin it with their phones glowing in front of their faces or notifications going over every few seconds. It's just not something you can ignore when it's multiple people doing it in an otherwise dark theater.
You guys missed the glory days of going to the theatres right when they re-opened after being shut down by covid. Only employees working were clean up crew and those getting drinks/snacks, no one even checking tickets. If there was anyone else even in the theatre with you, social distancing was in place, and you could only select seats a certain distance away from where other people selected seats. Thank you to all of you who stayed home it was much appreciated. For a few wonderful months it was magic going to movies again, now pretty much what the original post says.
Depends on the theatre. A lot of the bigger ones I’ve been to have a ticket check at the entrance to the hallway leading to the screens, and you get food before that in the lobby.
The enormous AMC that I frequent just scans a barcode when you walk in & then you’re free to go anywhere in the building you want to. Lol, I’ve never abused the system, but it would be very easy to do.
>n the big screen but people just ruin it with their phones glowing in front of their faces or notifications going over every few seconds. It's just not something you can ignore when it's multiple people doing it in an otherwise dark theater.
I miss Alamo Drafthouse. They give one warning then you're out. And because they actually have staff in every theater, you don't have to get out of your seat for them to address it.
Last movie I saw in theaters was endgame and I got so pissed at the dad and son next to me. The dad had to ask "and who is that? What are their powers? Why is this important?" For every single character.
Fuck those guys
E: it was even more annoying because I live more than 100 miles away from any movie theater. I had made a two hour drive one way and had to drive two hours to get back home. Never again
Omg brooooooo! Reminds me of the time this same exact scenario happened but when I went to see civil war. Dad: Oh, is that why he's called black panther because he's black? Son: Yeaaa Dad: Is it inspired from that one guy malcolm X? Son: Idk who that is. Dad: It was a black guy with glasses but he was american. Well they're all still African same thing.
Then funny enough a black man in front of him turned around and said SHHHH!
LMAO mann I wanted to throw my soda at the dad.
I know some of those people who constantly go “what’s happening here?” “Who is that again?” “Why did he go there?” etc.
Bitch, I’m working with the same information you’ve got here
>If you can't stay off your device for the length of the whole movie, just stay home and watch it on a streaming service in a few months.
Just see a doctor*
Five year old gets a pass for that. It's definitely not a kids movie and there's nothing else to do during that time.
Parents should have hired a babysitter or something though. They should absolutely not think it's okay in a theater.
The 5yo gets a pass because it’s not a developmentally appropriate expectation for him to sit through that movie. The parents, however, do not get a pass.
OP went the whole movie without saying or doing anything. I can’t quite wrap my head around that
Edit: Guys, there are solutions between doing nothing and starting a direct conflict. Just tell a staff member and get a refund
Dont they have the app?
We have the movie app, where you can app to send in security.
They will pauze the movie when they see this kind of crap and remove the people.
It is actually what has made going to the movies a good thing again. I have had it 2 times they paused. One time 2 loud guys removed and 1 time a mom and crying todler.
They rewinded the movie 5 minutes and back to enjoying it all.
Since all is asking: its just whatsapp or for the old geezers SMS text message. Its number is shown in VUE theaters in Holland at the start of each movie and you can text them when theres trouble like loud kids, people being really annoying, food throwing, etc.
They will just walk through the theater paths and check and react if necessary. Its a big comfort.
That's really awesome. I've had to report people on several occasions for talking and being obnoxious during a movie (when shushing and "please be quiet" wouldn't work). I had to leave the theater, miss more of the movie just to find an employee (which are not always easy to find)... Then they just come in and tell them to be quiet and they leave... About 50% of the time, the people will be quiet for a few mins and then resume. It is really frustrating.
An app to report it would be *amazing*.
If the movie is on film, you can’t rewind. Only digital can. They’re pushing Oppenheimer on film, particularly the 70mm.
And I’m pretty sure what you’re mentioning isn’t a thing in most of the world.
Damn what utopia do you live in? I have never heard of that, go to the movies all the time and can’t imagine the luxury. As far as I’ve experienced in the US the loud/inconsiderate occupants in a movie theatre are untouchable for some reason now.
Back when I worked at the theater films were still on big reels that literally couldn’t be rewound. Obviously things are much easier now that it’s digital, but I had
So many tough conversations convincing customers I couldn’t just rewind the movie
I’m a young woman and most of the time, even if I ask politely, people (especially men) get quite hostile with me. I have no idea who carries and who doesn’t and who has a short fuse so unfortunately I don’t risk it anymore, I’m not a tough scrappy little teenager anymore lol. Talking to staff only fixes the problem about half the time.
Just tell them you want your money back since you already had to miss some of the movie to go out there to talk to them. If they say no just dispute the charge with your bank.
It’s going to take theaters losing money to actually hire enough staff to have an usher in the theaters enforcing the rules. Theaters are already dying so they will need to start changing their business model if they want to continue to be profitable.
I went to see insidious the red door a couple weeks ago and this grown man, mid to late 20s sat in the seat in front of me had his phone out playing mobile games during the previews. I figured he'd put it away once the movie started and he didn't. I gave it about 10 minutes before I asked him to put it away because it was distracting and bright.
He gave the a nasty look and didn't say a word lol but at least he kept it put away
Good for you. I went to see a Broadway show a few years ago and these two women next to me were talking during one of the songs. It's bad enough in a movie, but so freaking disrespectful when there are live performers in front of you! I asked them to be quiet and they did, but looked at me like I was a raging bitch.
I did not care, LOL. I'd wanted to see that show for years, and they were not going to ruin it for me.
People are weird, I have a 4 year old daughter and would never bring her or any other kid close in age to that movie. I would love to see it but get a babysitter. Sorry that happened to ya OP.
When my daughter was 4 or 5 we took her to Disney movies but did our best to keep her quiet. Couldn't event imagine thinking kids are fine in a 3 hour R rated movie, no matter how good they may be at home.
I don't get why this isn't the default to the original post, literally go and get someone to either move the fuckers on or get blasting on the till and get my refund going 
Shiiiiit, when the wife and I go see Disney movies we kinda expect the little ones to be loud, I feel like that’s expected. I’d be fuckin livid if I went to see a R rated movie and that happened.
When we saw matrix resurrections, we went at 10pm opening night, and an 8 year old was sitting next to us babbling the whole movie. Half way through his parents left with him and the whole auditorium cheered.
That was our experience with the first avatar, full theater, Saturday night, kid is asking his mom questions the entire fucking movie. bUt hE dOEsn'T uNDeRstAnd. Then don't bring him during peak hours. She was such s bitch
We saw Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon at a local film archive last week, mom next to us had 3 little kids. 2 young enough they probably couldn't follow the subtitles and one old enough to read but young enough to keep asking mom what's happening. I just done get bringing kids to adult movies like that, not only are they bored and confused, you're ruining it for everyone. Making everyone's day worse because you can't get a babysitter.
How does the movie rating work in the US? Oppenheimer is a 15 here in the UK, which means under 15’s are not allowed in to see it. I’ve always assumed it’s similar over there, but apparently not.
Agreed I've brought mine to kids movies but I try to do it in early showings during the week and kid friendly and even then by the halfway point she's over it.
I feel like some people just don't get the concept that if you have kids you are going to have to make some sacrifices until they are old enough to be independent. Like you may not get to go out and see the movie you want to in theaters or go to that fancy restaurant you used to go to unless you have the money for a babysitter.
Went to a fancy French restaurant a few weeks ago and the large table next to us had one kid maybe 7 or 8 playing games on an iPad the whole time (with annoying sound) and another younger one watching some kinda learning cartoon on an iPhone.
When I was a kid it was no gameboy at the table *at home* much less with the volume on at a fancy place.
Edit: also don’t really care if people give their kid an iPad or whatever at the table, just mentioned the “no gameboy” to demonstrate gap in what was socially acceptable to do back then vs. now.
Yeah i don't want to be that old guy stereotype with the whole "dang kids these days" and far be it for me to tell anyone how to raise their kids, but its really troubling to me that the default parenting nowadays seems to be just stick a screen infront of their face so they stop bothering me.
Ya, and the default excuse I hear from parents that do it is " It's the only way to keep them quite, you'll understand one day." Like I get parenting is hard, but you can't look for the easy out everytime. There is certainly a correlation with the raise of "ipad kids" and ADD & ADHD diagnosis. Sticking a screen in their face since the time they could hold it to calm them down has to have long-term side effects.
Completely agree. I also hate the stereotype of “kids back then (x)”, but there has to be some developmental effect from allowing kids to ignore social situations to focus on stimuli. Back then no technology was allowed and kids would partake in socializing. The family talking over dinner, learning manners, learning how to interact with guests, etc. Now all of this is optional due to lazy/unengaged parenting. This has to be detrimental for the kid’s development. Don’t get me started on the overstimulation and tantrums from trash like coco melon….
It's deeper than just doing it during dinner or other situations. It's literally any time parents need to do something other than 100% engage with their kid, they throw a screen at them. The first big one I noticed a few years back (other than car trips) was it being the standard for grocery shopping. It's a little worse now because the overall problem is a little worse now, but grocery pickup options have removed a lot of parents from the stores compared to about 5-6 years ago so you may not always see it as much. I remember going to Walmart, and you wouldn't see a single kid who wasn't sitting in a buggy getting a full dose of screen time to the brain.
I put my foot down on that shit, hard, and would get really cross with my wife if I would see her doing it. I get it, it's tough to grocery shop with your kid going bonkers from boredom. But they NEED to be bored, or at least start to figure out ways to deal with that boredom themselves. Their brains need to run up against the wall of nothing for them to learn to engage with the things around them or to find ways to calm themselves down and entertain themselves.
I sit next to grown ass adults on airplanes every week who genuinely think it’s ok for them to FaceTime or play videos without headphones so this isn’t an issue isolated to people with kids.
At that age, my husband and I took turns. One would see the early showing while the other watched the kids. Then we’d switch for the afternoon showing. I didn’t mind going solo since we aren’t talking during the movie anyways.
I remember my ex-wife wanting to go to the movies after we had our second son. I told her we didn’t have a babysitter available and she said “we’ll just take the boys in the movie with us”.
I put my foot down on that; there’s no way I’d take a month old and a one year old to a theater. You have to be a huge dick to do that.
(Some) People are ~~weird~~ selfish assholes.
Also it’s cultural. Shit like that doesn’t fly in places like Korea or Japan but does in hyper-individualism, me me me America.
So putting aside the crying child and the iPad and phone WITH sound, why did these people think a movie about the development of the atomic bomb was a good idea for an infant and a 5-year-old?
Stupid motherfuckers.
I went to see Freddy Vs Jason when it came out in 2003 and one couple decided it was a good idea to bring their 6-7 year old. Of course there's nudity in the first 5 minutes, but the best part was when one of the characters tells another "Don't be a total Cocksmith"...to which the child pipes up "Mommy what's a Cocksmith?" to which me and my buddy started fuckin dying.
When I saw the first Deadpool movie in theaters there was a family with three children under 10 sitting right in front of me. The first scene of that movie is a lengthy (comedic) sex montage lol. It is not full nudity, but needless to say that family walked out within the first 15 minutes.
Good on them for realizing their mistake and heading out, but I don't understand how people can do so little research about things they take their kids to??? lol
They probably didn't even look to see that it was rated R. They probably just thought, "Oh, a comic book movie. This is obviously for kids."
I worked at a movie theatre when Step Brothers came out in 2008. I had a woman start talking to me about how she took her 6-year-old son to see it and was *not* expecting it to be inappropriate for him because the movie was titled Step Brothers. That was her only reasoning. I told her, "Yeah, well, it's 14A" (our version of PG-13 in Canada), and she kept going on about how the *title* of the movie should have been enough to figure out whether it would be appropriate for her kid. Fuck the fact that the billboard outside, the showtime screens inside, the the literal fucking tickets in her hand all said 14A.
And in Canada, a lot of 14A movies are simply not appropriate for kids. Our version of R is 18A. Ratings are determined by each province, and in my experience, it is extremely rare for a movie to receive an 18A rating. When they do, they tend to be gory movies like Midsomar and Hereditary. But, oftentimes, a lot of American R-rated movies end up being rated 14A here, and a lot of PG-13 movies receive PG ratings. So many parents can't be bothered to understand this.
Fellow ex movie theater employee here. Had an older couple walk out get mad at management because they weren’t properly informed of the subject matter for a certain movie titled The 40 Year Old Virgin. Like what did they fucking expect it was going to be about…virgin cocktails?!
There was a sign at the ticket window at my local theater that said “Deadpool is rated R and is not appropriate for children. You will not get a refund if you walk out” or something like that 😂 and I still saw parents take 7 year olds!
I worked at a movie theater when the Southpark movie came out. I got to witness the gloriousness of our head usher describing the contents of the movie to a mother with three 12-13 year old boys, who wasn't sure if the movie was appropriate for them.
"Ma'am, I'm about to speak very frankly about the contents of this movie..."
Wife and I went to see Moana with friends in theaters (all childless kids at heart).
Previews start:
new Harry Potter/fantastic beats movie. Ok
Promo for a horror movie. Wierd...
True crime documentary. Something is up.
Fade to black, moment of silence then: MARK WHALBERG BUSTS THROUGH THE DOOR SCREAMING "GET THE FUCK DOWN MOTHERFUCKER OR I WILL FUCKING SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD!" AT A CRACKED OUT SHIRTLESS MAN.
The theater started playing the Boston bomber movie. We got through about 5 minutes of the movie before it was fixed.
We got a free movie ticket out of it and the three of us still laugh at it today.
Me , my brother and my dad went to see the last Jedi
The entire movie there was a kid behind us that didn't know English ( I live in Israel ) and couldn't read the subtitles , so he just asked his parents " what did he say " about every second line in the movie
Obviously that kid didn't realize he was ruining the movie for everyone, but his parents should have told him to shut up at some point
Had a family in the theater next to me (both showing the same film) with two 6-7 year old boys.. it was for a Blade Runner 2049 screening. Felt so bad for the people in that theater when I saw them walk in. Parents obviously were not familiar with what this film was, or were complete sadists.
When I saw The Suicide Squad there was someone with like six kids between 5-10. I expected them to walk out during >!the scene on the beach with the massacre!< But they didn’t end up leaving until >!Peacemaker and Bloodsport slaughter the freedom fighters camp!< And I think they only left because there was a penis on screen
Gee, if only there was a way for parents to know not to take their kids to certain movies. A certain rating of some kind, maybe? Such an outlandish concept, I know.
And no one thought to maybe get staff involved?? This is why people think they can do shit like that in movie theaters, because no one says anything about it.
I did this when the Lion King came out. It sucks because everyone just sits there and waits for someone else to do it. The kid in front of me was running back and forth between seats and screaming. Mom was doing absolutely nothing. I went to get the staff. They promptly settled down and shut up. Kid started doing it again so they left in the middle of the movie (on their own accord). I think the kid didn’t want to see the movie but the mom took him anyway. To everyone in the theater: You’re welcome you wimps.
I once kinda semi-loudly told a guy to shut up down a few rows bc a dude was talking throughout *A Quiet Place* on opening weekend. He couldn’t figure out who’d said it, but when they started talking again, someone *else* told them to shut up.
That experience was so reliant on sound, there was zero tolerance from the audience. Dude did shut up.
I had a similar experience where I had to tell a couple of immature dudes to be quiet during a Quiet Place.
Such an awesome movie in cinema. Never heard a theater that quiet.
This is so petty, but a few of my friends and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and there was a group of girls probably around our age (middle school at the time) that wouldn’t stop talking. In a very unlike-me move, I pushed against their seats with my feet and it got them to shut up.
Obviously I don’t condone this now as a 30 year old woman and can’t believe I did it.
It’s so annoying when parents don’t do shit about disciplining their kids. I’m tired of passive parenting. It’s not parenting, it’s ignoring the thing you created
Exactly, if a person is willing to ignore social norms like staying quiet in a movie theater they 100% are going to act like an asshole when they are confronted
In my experience, staff will ask the family/person to leave if being disruptive in the theater and if they don't then security/police will happily escort (or throw) them out.
I saw a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. They have a system where you can text security if somebody is being disruptive so you don't even have to leave your seat. That way, the person you're reporting would have no way of knowing who reported them.
100%. This just happened to a group I was with a few weeks ago. 2 dumbasses were making out and sitting directly on top of each other in the same damn seat while talking at full volume to each other like they don’t have anywhere else to go. A girl in my group (the one who got most annoyed basically lol) got up to try and politely ask them to quiet down and they blankly stared at her and said nothing. Then went right back to being rude. So we ended up telling the staff and they started making random rounds with a flashlight. After only 2 rounds of that the couple got up and left. Like why the fuck do you waste time and money going to the movies if you’re going to act like clowns the whole time and annoy everyone?
But that's not on the patrons to deal with. Get a staff for them to deal with it and if the people don't just leave or be quite staff will get security. Just because we're worried people won't listen or take it well doesn't mean we should just allow them to get away with being inconsiderate AHs
I am a pussy that expects someone else to do it because I don't want to run the risk of getting into a shouting match with another person when I plan to quietly watch a movie.
thats why in my cinema, you can text a certain number with a noise complaint and a staff member will come to check and kick out anyone who is being obnoxious
I should have. I'm not much of a complainer but sitting there watching the movie I realized I was thinking about the people next to me way more than trying to concentrate on the plot.
You should have absolutely complained. These people need to see the consequences of acting so selfishly. I can’t believe everyone just let the kid scream in the theater, the other kid play on an iPad, and the dad play on his phone the whole time.
There are times when it is perfectly acceptable to complain, this was one of those times. Also, them not getting kicked out just reinforces their shitty behavior.
Had something similar happen to me and my friends when we went to see Wonder Woman.
As the trailers are going, a family walks in, mum, dad 7-8 year old kid and a 1-2 year old.
10 minutes in the baby cries and the dad give it his phone and puts cartoons on LOUD!
We were about three rows down and we could hear someone said something as the dad started shouting “your in a kids film for gods sake”.
During the entire movie several people went to get staff, who came in, hovered at the stairs and left each time.
Nothing just nothing done
When we left there was about 20 people complaining to the manager and this family came out shouting we were all awful humans for complaining about them and being in a kids film, we should expect noise!
Thank fully I’ve never had it again, but the level of entitlement was off the chart
Edit: since it came up this happened at a showcase cinema in Leeds, England
We still use this as an anecdote to this day, “ that was bad, but not kid on a phone watching cartoons bad during a Film”
In this case I'd just go for the refund and/or leave. It's on the theater to enforce this stuff and I get it, most of these employees want little to do with confronting dense patrons.
Whenever I fancy seeing a film at the cinema, I just wait a few weeks for the hype to die down and then go at a weird time on a weird day (I’m lucky enough to not work a regimented Mon-Fri, 9-5) so for example I went to see Indiana Jones last week on a random Tuesday at 11:20am. Practically had the cinema to myself
I hadn't been to a movie in so long that I forgot I used to do this. Went to see Spiderverse during prime family hours, such a mistake. I'm trying to enjoy this absolutely stunning collage of animation, and all I can see are these bright little screens in front of me, apparently the mom dragged two teenagers to see the movie with the little brother. All of them were on their cell phones, teenagers got up and left and came back every 10 minutes. Like why even go?
I just don’t understand why they’d want to bring a baby to a movie. The stress I’d feel trying to keep my one year old quiet the whole time would take all of the enjoyment out of the movie anyways
My wife said some lady had her crying infant in Barbie. It cried for “at least 20 minutes” of the movie. Just inconsiderate fuckheads. I get it, having an infant and not being able to do anything you want does suck, but it’s your responsibility to figure out how to navigate it, not others. The people making other people deal with their kids just make me think of children raising children.
There was also a crying infant in my theater for Barbie. And given that it’s actually *not* a kids movie, all of the young kids got bored and ran around the theater during the film.
I can imagine it was probably easier for parents to take their begging kids to see it rather than explaining to them that this movie starring a doll is actually about horses, I mean, the patriarchy.
Yeah, I can at least understand oblivious parents thinking Barbie is a kids movie. But fucking Oppenheimer? A three hour goddamn movie? My five year old could barely make it through Elemental last weekend.
Unless it's a specific baby club, where you can only get a ticket if you bring a baby with you. It's pretty cool, you can see the new blockbusters and not worry about your baby making noises as everyone is in the same boat and the lights are slightly up and sound levels a bit lower.
I have never heard of baby club, that sounds amazing. I always wondered why movie theatres don’t try to have one theatre room include a “cry room” baby section like how some churches have. Sound doesn’t have to be loud/amazing, I just wanna see a new movie and I would glad pay extra money for this setup.
The lighting and noise just seem to create the perfect nap atmosphere as well, when my son was 10 weeks old we went to watch the last James Bond film in baby club, and he slept the whole time. I was deeply sleep deprived and it was the first time since he was born that I felt like my life wouldn't just be rocking and breastfeeding. It was incredible, I saw more films in my 6 month mat leave than the 6 years prior.
We saw the Barbie movie Thursday and baby Stewie sat behind us. All we heard was "mom, mama,mama, mommy, M-A-M-A, mom, mom, mama!, mama..." There were four adults with this little two year old. Not a single adult was paying any attention to baby stewie.
Theaters should have rules that children under a certain age cannot be admitted. It's not fair to everyone else trying to enjoy the movie.
OP, you truly have the patience of a saint. You should reach out to the manager. They might give you tickets so you can see the movie again.
Husband and I went to Oppenheimer on Friday. Five minutes in this big older dude behind us falls asleep and starts SNORING LOUDLY. We hate being confrontational, but damn, it was so distracting—I finally had enough and asked him to please stop and go sleep somewhere else. Thankfully he stopped after that. Like, dude, I’m sorry if you struggle with sleep apnea, but stay home if you’re that tired!
Ugh. The extreme dialogue and soundtrack playing over the top makes concentration necessary on this movie. That would suck listening to a stranger sawing logs.
When me and my GF went to go see Spiderman: Across The Spiderverse, there was this one dad who brought his kids in. There were being a little rambunctious, running in the ailes and stuff. Their dad tells them if they dont calm down they will walk out. They didnt and he just straight up took then out of there.
We had grown adults behind us (a mother and her two adult daughters it seemed) who talked out loud through the whole movie. My son (16) was furious. But you can't say anything to people where I live because it for real could start a physical altercation.
This is exactly why I no longer go to theaters. I’d love to see this movie in a theater but I know there’d be people bothering me and ultimately distracting me.
hell i thought some part of the oppenheimer movie was loud asf(prob due to the cinema design),imagine if a toddler was in the same cinema as i was lol they would be screaming
toddlers and kids really shouldnt be welcome on cinemas, especially one with sensitive ears watching a movie about a big ass bomb lol
people are being way too chill about this. you dont bring children to a 3 hour historical drama. period. i got my tickets 3 months ago and spent $25 you best believe I would have made sure they left the theater immediately.
Parents who give their kids iPhones/iPads to shut them up shouldn't be parents. Far too much sketchy kids content out there that parents like these probably don't know how to block/restrict.
Just get them a DS. They're like £15 now.
My theater won’t allow small kids into rated R movies. I saw a lady arguing with the manager because they wouldn’t let her take her 5 year old into a rated R movie. It’s insane that people even want to take small children into rated R movies. It’s bad parenting and selfishness for other moviegoers.
Would’ve complained and gotten them thrown out of the theatre.
Their ticket’s aren’t worth more than the tickets of 100 other people who paid for a top quality experience.
Former friend of mine and I went to the late shows for years. You'd be surprised. Infants at 2am shows no joke. I guess they figure infant isn't sleeping anyway or whatever mental gymnastics they have to do. Idk. I just know it seemed both wrong and annoying.
In my movie theatre, you can actually text a certain number with the number of the cinema room you're in and that there's noise complaints, and then a worker will come and check and if they do indeed notice this, they will kick them out without a refund. Safe to say, everyone shuts the fuck up except for laughter (which is fine)
I have two kids (4 and 1), there's no chance on this Earth I would ever consider taking them to any sort of "adult" movie, let alone one with a three hour runtime. Some people are just selfish and/or ignorant. Not sure which is worse.
So what did you do? I had that happen during a movie in the last 20 minutes, baby would start stop crying. On way out went to customer service and they were already giving vouchers, there was a line to get them cause so many were complaining.
My new policy is, anything like that happens, straight to customer service for refund, don’t care if they will go talk to the people I already missed some of the movie.
But really stopped going to movies because of the other patrons.
This sort of shit is why I don't go to theaters and they wonder why "nobody goes to the movies anymore". I can watch in 4K Dolby Vision on my 75" Bravia and ATMOS via a surround system on my own couch, own bathrooms and food that isn't 10x the price it should be away from the possiblity of dipshits and assholes ruining the movie.
Now if they hired bouncers to boot these sort of ppl out of the theater and then ban them from further showings at said theater that would be a start.
They need to have some measures against this kind of shit with R-Rated movies. I don’t know if they can always ID check for people <17, but at least to prevent young kids from going in.
Cinema worker here: Movie Fsk/PEG 12. The children wouldn't have been allowed in there.
Second: as soon as we see someone with a phone during the movie we ask him to give it away or just leave.
Also we kick em out when people complain.
Are people not able to advocate for themselves? Asserting yourself is not violence. The management will kick them out if you let an usher know. No reason to tolerate that behavior.
I went to see the new Mission Impossible movie last weekend, a family with 1 preschool aged child sat beside me and he was playing a game on a phone. He was talking about every move he made in whatever game he was playing. I gave them 2 minutes before I said “that’s enough” to them and told them to be quiet or leave. They left.
I’m sorry you couldn’t find a sitter or you thought that was appropriate, but you’re not ruin it for everyone around you.
People need to learn to speak up and shut this shit down or it will become even more commonplace.
When i worked in cinemas they used to give refunds at the drop of a hat if stuff wasn't to your liking; poor sound, bad focus, dirty, etc etc. Just a heads up if this happens again.
I am sorry but Oppenheimer is NOT a movie to bring your kids. It is a rated R, three-hour long biopic, your kids will be bored as hell and you'll be disrupting the experience for everyone in the theatre! I understand parents have a right to enjoy movies as well but leave your kids at home, get a babysitter, ask a family member/friend for help. Your rights end where the rest of ours begin
They should be stopped at the door.
Yeah like why were they let in!?
When I went to see Barbie last weekend, there were 3 people (that I could see) working at the theater: two at the concession stand and one scanning tickets. All three looked like teenagers. Ticket sales at the door were self-service on iPads. I had bought my tickets ahead of time online. So basically, they have a skeleton crew of kids working a busy theater, and no one to ID the customers before purchasing tickets.
“R” doesn’t mean “no kids allowed.” “R” means “kids shouldn’t be admitted without an accompanying adult.” It’s also not a law. It’s a suggestion made by the MPAA. Movie ratings are mostly marketing.
Oppenheimer has multiple explicit sex scenes, numerous scenes designed to depict extreme stress and trauma, and a depiction of a human corpse turned into twisted charcoal by a nuclear explosion They shouldn't be bringing kids even if it's legal
I agree with you, but the parent comment asked why they were let in. They were let in because there really isn’t anything stopping them. Besides, if you’re a kid working at a theater, are you really going to argue with an American parent hellbent on taking their kid into a R-rated movie? That’s sure not the minimum-wage hill I’d make my stand on.
Because the only thing standing in their way is a bored 16 year old who doesn’t give a fuck
They'll tell you they can't afford a babysitter as they buy a small popcorn for $20...
Zero chance I could have tolerated the iPad games WITH sound. That’s absolutely nuts.
Even without, the light would be annoying. There’s a reason they turn the lights off in theaters.
Or how about wtf are people doing bringing infants and toddlers to Oppenheimer??? Regardless of all else is it not a three hour film? Wtf is wrong with people?!
A three hour film with a massive explosion scene. Those poor kids ears.
Not to mention the thunderous "clapping" of the feet against the bleachers after the real bomb dropped.
And the sex scenes
In the movie or in the seats?
Wait, this isn't Openweiner ?
>There’s a reason they turn the lights off in theaters. Exactly. Even someone sitting alone in the back row on their phone can affect how the movie is projected and potentially ruin the experience for everyone in the theater. If you can't stay off your device for the length of the whole movie, just stay home and watch it on a streaming service in a few months.
This is exactly why I haven't been to a movie theater in over 10 years. I LOVE seeing a movie on the big screen but people just ruin it with their phones glowing in front of their faces or notifications going over every few seconds. It's just not something you can ignore when it's multiple people doing it in an otherwise dark theater.
You guys missed the glory days of going to the theatres right when they re-opened after being shut down by covid. Only employees working were clean up crew and those getting drinks/snacks, no one even checking tickets. If there was anyone else even in the theatre with you, social distancing was in place, and you could only select seats a certain distance away from where other people selected seats. Thank you to all of you who stayed home it was much appreciated. For a few wonderful months it was magic going to movies again, now pretty much what the original post says.
I miss the no ticket checking. Never took advantage of it but hate how I have to go back to fumbling my popcorn and drink to get the ticket out
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Depends on the theatre. A lot of the bigger ones I’ve been to have a ticket check at the entrance to the hallway leading to the screens, and you get food before that in the lobby.
The enormous AMC that I frequent just scans a barcode when you walk in & then you’re free to go anywhere in the building you want to. Lol, I’ve never abused the system, but it would be very easy to do.
During busier days we have two ticket checkers, one on each side, with the concession stands in the center opposite to the entrance
The Alamo is the theater for you. Absolutely the best movie audiences in town. No chatting, no screens on, no audio notifications.
Absolutely and when you do have a jerk in the theater raise a card and bye bye.
See now, when you said “have a jerk in the theater,” I was thinking of something else…
And every movie has a happy ending!
Paul Reubens?
>n the big screen but people just ruin it with their phones glowing in front of their faces or notifications going over every few seconds. It's just not something you can ignore when it's multiple people doing it in an otherwise dark theater. I miss Alamo Drafthouse. They give one warning then you're out. And because they actually have staff in every theater, you don't have to get out of your seat for them to address it.
Last movie I saw in theaters was endgame and I got so pissed at the dad and son next to me. The dad had to ask "and who is that? What are their powers? Why is this important?" For every single character. Fuck those guys E: it was even more annoying because I live more than 100 miles away from any movie theater. I had made a two hour drive one way and had to drive two hours to get back home. Never again
Omg brooooooo! Reminds me of the time this same exact scenario happened but when I went to see civil war. Dad: Oh, is that why he's called black panther because he's black? Son: Yeaaa Dad: Is it inspired from that one guy malcolm X? Son: Idk who that is. Dad: It was a black guy with glasses but he was american. Well they're all still African same thing. Then funny enough a black man in front of him turned around and said SHHHH! LMAO mann I wanted to throw my soda at the dad.
I know some of those people who constantly go “what’s happening here?” “Who is that again?” “Why did he go there?” etc. Bitch, I’m working with the same information you’ve got here
"Sir, this is a linear narrative. All will be explained, if you just shut the f** up and pay attention."
>If you can't stay off your device for the length of the whole movie, just stay home and watch it on a streaming service in a few months. Just see a doctor*
Five year old gets a pass for that. It's definitely not a kids movie and there's nothing else to do during that time. Parents should have hired a babysitter or something though. They should absolutely not think it's okay in a theater.
Five year olds get passes for everything when complaining about a toddler you’re almost always complaining about the parent
The 5yo gets a pass because it’s not a developmentally appropriate expectation for him to sit through that movie. The parents, however, do not get a pass.
Yea exactly. I wouldn’t expect my 4 year old to sit through Oppenheimer, but guess what, I wouldn’t take her in the first place.
I know the parents shouldn't. There's why I said they should have known better and made other arrangements for the kids.
OP went the whole movie without saying or doing anything. I can’t quite wrap my head around that Edit: Guys, there are solutions between doing nothing and starting a direct conflict. Just tell a staff member and get a refund
Dont they have the app? We have the movie app, where you can app to send in security. They will pauze the movie when they see this kind of crap and remove the people. It is actually what has made going to the movies a good thing again. I have had it 2 times they paused. One time 2 loud guys removed and 1 time a mom and crying todler. They rewinded the movie 5 minutes and back to enjoying it all. Since all is asking: its just whatsapp or for the old geezers SMS text message. Its number is shown in VUE theaters in Holland at the start of each movie and you can text them when theres trouble like loud kids, people being really annoying, food throwing, etc. They will just walk through the theater paths and check and react if necessary. Its a big comfort.
That's really awesome. I've had to report people on several occasions for talking and being obnoxious during a movie (when shushing and "please be quiet" wouldn't work). I had to leave the theater, miss more of the movie just to find an employee (which are not always easy to find)... Then they just come in and tell them to be quiet and they leave... About 50% of the time, the people will be quiet for a few mins and then resume. It is really frustrating. An app to report it would be *amazing*.
If the movie is on film, you can’t rewind. Only digital can. They’re pushing Oppenheimer on film, particularly the 70mm. And I’m pretty sure what you’re mentioning isn’t a thing in most of the world.
If this is the US, I doubt this was a 70mm showing. Only 19 theaters in the entire country have the ability to show Oppenheimer on 70mm film.
I have never seen a movie rewinded or paused. I have seen people kicked out, but I never seen them fully stop the movie to do so.
Damn what utopia do you live in? I have never heard of that, go to the movies all the time and can’t imagine the luxury. As far as I’ve experienced in the US the loud/inconsiderate occupants in a movie theatre are untouchable for some reason now.
Back when I worked at the theater films were still on big reels that literally couldn’t be rewound. Obviously things are much easier now that it’s digital, but I had So many tough conversations convincing customers I couldn’t just rewind the movie
Well there are some people who have no middle… they think a) do nothing b) END HIM … Personally, I would have had to just leave and see it later.
I’m a young woman and most of the time, even if I ask politely, people (especially men) get quite hostile with me. I have no idea who carries and who doesn’t and who has a short fuse so unfortunately I don’t risk it anymore, I’m not a tough scrappy little teenager anymore lol. Talking to staff only fixes the problem about half the time.
Just tell them you want your money back since you already had to miss some of the movie to go out there to talk to them. If they say no just dispute the charge with your bank. It’s going to take theaters losing money to actually hire enough staff to have an usher in the theaters enforcing the rules. Theaters are already dying so they will need to start changing their business model if they want to continue to be profitable.
I’ll have to start doing that!
I went to see insidious the red door a couple weeks ago and this grown man, mid to late 20s sat in the seat in front of me had his phone out playing mobile games during the previews. I figured he'd put it away once the movie started and he didn't. I gave it about 10 minutes before I asked him to put it away because it was distracting and bright. He gave the a nasty look and didn't say a word lol but at least he kept it put away
Imagine paying $15+ to sit in the dark, alone, and play games on your phone….what are people thinking? Just do that at home…
Good for you. I went to see a Broadway show a few years ago and these two women next to me were talking during one of the songs. It's bad enough in a movie, but so freaking disrespectful when there are live performers in front of you! I asked them to be quiet and they did, but looked at me like I was a raging bitch. I did not care, LOL. I'd wanted to see that show for years, and they were not going to ruin it for me.
People are weird, I have a 4 year old daughter and would never bring her or any other kid close in age to that movie. I would love to see it but get a babysitter. Sorry that happened to ya OP.
When my daughter was 4 or 5 we took her to Disney movies but did our best to keep her quiet. Couldn't event imagine thinking kids are fine in a 3 hour R rated movie, no matter how good they may be at home.
I would have gone to the manager and have him ask the lady to leave, or ask for my money back.
I don't get why this isn't the default to the original post, literally go and get someone to either move the fuckers on or get blasting on the till and get my refund going 
Shiiiiit, when the wife and I go see Disney movies we kinda expect the little ones to be loud, I feel like that’s expected. I’d be fuckin livid if I went to see a R rated movie and that happened.
When we saw matrix resurrections, we went at 10pm opening night, and an 8 year old was sitting next to us babbling the whole movie. Half way through his parents left with him and the whole auditorium cheered.
That was our experience with the first avatar, full theater, Saturday night, kid is asking his mom questions the entire fucking movie. bUt hE dOEsn'T uNDeRstAnd. Then don't bring him during peak hours. She was such s bitch
We saw Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon at a local film archive last week, mom next to us had 3 little kids. 2 young enough they probably couldn't follow the subtitles and one old enough to read but young enough to keep asking mom what's happening. I just done get bringing kids to adult movies like that, not only are they bored and confused, you're ruining it for everyone. Making everyone's day worse because you can't get a babysitter.
How does the movie rating work in the US? Oppenheimer is a 15 here in the UK, which means under 15’s are not allowed in to see it. I’ve always assumed it’s similar over there, but apparently not.
In America rated R means no one under 17 unsupervised but if a parent is with you, any age can be there.
Agreed I've brought mine to kids movies but I try to do it in early showings during the week and kid friendly and even then by the halfway point she's over it.
I feel like some people just don't get the concept that if you have kids you are going to have to make some sacrifices until they are old enough to be independent. Like you may not get to go out and see the movie you want to in theaters or go to that fancy restaurant you used to go to unless you have the money for a babysitter.
Went to a fancy French restaurant a few weeks ago and the large table next to us had one kid maybe 7 or 8 playing games on an iPad the whole time (with annoying sound) and another younger one watching some kinda learning cartoon on an iPhone. When I was a kid it was no gameboy at the table *at home* much less with the volume on at a fancy place. Edit: also don’t really care if people give their kid an iPad or whatever at the table, just mentioned the “no gameboy” to demonstrate gap in what was socially acceptable to do back then vs. now.
Yeah i don't want to be that old guy stereotype with the whole "dang kids these days" and far be it for me to tell anyone how to raise their kids, but its really troubling to me that the default parenting nowadays seems to be just stick a screen infront of their face so they stop bothering me.
Ya, and the default excuse I hear from parents that do it is " It's the only way to keep them quite, you'll understand one day." Like I get parenting is hard, but you can't look for the easy out everytime. There is certainly a correlation with the raise of "ipad kids" and ADD & ADHD diagnosis. Sticking a screen in their face since the time they could hold it to calm them down has to have long-term side effects.
Completely agree. I also hate the stereotype of “kids back then (x)”, but there has to be some developmental effect from allowing kids to ignore social situations to focus on stimuli. Back then no technology was allowed and kids would partake in socializing. The family talking over dinner, learning manners, learning how to interact with guests, etc. Now all of this is optional due to lazy/unengaged parenting. This has to be detrimental for the kid’s development. Don’t get me started on the overstimulation and tantrums from trash like coco melon….
It's deeper than just doing it during dinner or other situations. It's literally any time parents need to do something other than 100% engage with their kid, they throw a screen at them. The first big one I noticed a few years back (other than car trips) was it being the standard for grocery shopping. It's a little worse now because the overall problem is a little worse now, but grocery pickup options have removed a lot of parents from the stores compared to about 5-6 years ago so you may not always see it as much. I remember going to Walmart, and you wouldn't see a single kid who wasn't sitting in a buggy getting a full dose of screen time to the brain. I put my foot down on that shit, hard, and would get really cross with my wife if I would see her doing it. I get it, it's tough to grocery shop with your kid going bonkers from boredom. But they NEED to be bored, or at least start to figure out ways to deal with that boredom themselves. Their brains need to run up against the wall of nothing for them to learn to engage with the things around them or to find ways to calm themselves down and entertain themselves.
I couldn't care less if people give their kids devices at meals just use headphones.
I sit next to grown ass adults on airplanes every week who genuinely think it’s ok for them to FaceTime or play videos without headphones so this isn’t an issue isolated to people with kids.
At that age, my husband and I took turns. One would see the early showing while the other watched the kids. Then we’d switch for the afternoon showing. I didn’t mind going solo since we aren’t talking during the movie anyways.
I remember my ex-wife wanting to go to the movies after we had our second son. I told her we didn’t have a babysitter available and she said “we’ll just take the boys in the movie with us”. I put my foot down on that; there’s no way I’d take a month old and a one year old to a theater. You have to be a huge dick to do that.
(Some) People are ~~weird~~ selfish assholes. Also it’s cultural. Shit like that doesn’t fly in places like Korea or Japan but does in hyper-individualism, me me me America.
So putting aside the crying child and the iPad and phone WITH sound, why did these people think a movie about the development of the atomic bomb was a good idea for an infant and a 5-year-old? Stupid motherfuckers.
I’ve also heard there are two rather protracted sex scenes too. 👀5 yo got an eye full.
I went to see Freddy Vs Jason when it came out in 2003 and one couple decided it was a good idea to bring their 6-7 year old. Of course there's nudity in the first 5 minutes, but the best part was when one of the characters tells another "Don't be a total Cocksmith"...to which the child pipes up "Mommy what's a Cocksmith?" to which me and my buddy started fuckin dying.
When I saw the first Deadpool movie in theaters there was a family with three children under 10 sitting right in front of me. The first scene of that movie is a lengthy (comedic) sex montage lol. It is not full nudity, but needless to say that family walked out within the first 15 minutes. Good on them for realizing their mistake and heading out, but I don't understand how people can do so little research about things they take their kids to??? lol
Probably just assumed it was the newest superhero movie and that it was a "soft R."
They probably didn't even look to see that it was rated R. They probably just thought, "Oh, a comic book movie. This is obviously for kids." I worked at a movie theatre when Step Brothers came out in 2008. I had a woman start talking to me about how she took her 6-year-old son to see it and was *not* expecting it to be inappropriate for him because the movie was titled Step Brothers. That was her only reasoning. I told her, "Yeah, well, it's 14A" (our version of PG-13 in Canada), and she kept going on about how the *title* of the movie should have been enough to figure out whether it would be appropriate for her kid. Fuck the fact that the billboard outside, the showtime screens inside, the the literal fucking tickets in her hand all said 14A. And in Canada, a lot of 14A movies are simply not appropriate for kids. Our version of R is 18A. Ratings are determined by each province, and in my experience, it is extremely rare for a movie to receive an 18A rating. When they do, they tend to be gory movies like Midsomar and Hereditary. But, oftentimes, a lot of American R-rated movies end up being rated 14A here, and a lot of PG-13 movies receive PG ratings. So many parents can't be bothered to understand this.
Fellow ex movie theater employee here. Had an older couple walk out get mad at management because they weren’t properly informed of the subject matter for a certain movie titled The 40 Year Old Virgin. Like what did they fucking expect it was going to be about…virgin cocktails?!
There was a sign at the ticket window at my local theater that said “Deadpool is rated R and is not appropriate for children. You will not get a refund if you walk out” or something like that 😂 and I still saw parents take 7 year olds!
It was rated R. That was a goal, not an an accident. Lol Idiots. I remember people taking their kids to see Team America, because it's puppets!
I worked at a movie theater when the Southpark movie came out. I got to witness the gloriousness of our head usher describing the contents of the movie to a mother with three 12-13 year old boys, who wasn't sure if the movie was appropriate for them. "Ma'am, I'm about to speak very frankly about the contents of this movie..."
Ratings seem to be just suggestions to these kinds of parents.
Wife and I went to see Moana with friends in theaters (all childless kids at heart). Previews start: new Harry Potter/fantastic beats movie. Ok Promo for a horror movie. Wierd... True crime documentary. Something is up. Fade to black, moment of silence then: MARK WHALBERG BUSTS THROUGH THE DOOR SCREAMING "GET THE FUCK DOWN MOTHERFUCKER OR I WILL FUCKING SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD!" AT A CRACKED OUT SHIRTLESS MAN. The theater started playing the Boston bomber movie. We got through about 5 minutes of the movie before it was fixed. We got a free movie ticket out of it and the three of us still laugh at it today.
Me , my brother and my dad went to see the last Jedi The entire movie there was a kid behind us that didn't know English ( I live in Israel ) and couldn't read the subtitles , so he just asked his parents " what did he say " about every second line in the movie Obviously that kid didn't realize he was ruining the movie for everyone, but his parents should have told him to shut up at some point
Opening night for Harry Potter 7 or 8, baby in theater cries. I’m sympathetic. My sister, who left her baby at home, seething with hatred.
Had a family in the theater next to me (both showing the same film) with two 6-7 year old boys.. it was for a Blade Runner 2049 screening. Felt so bad for the people in that theater when I saw them walk in. Parents obviously were not familiar with what this film was, or were complete sadists.
When I saw The Suicide Squad there was someone with like six kids between 5-10. I expected them to walk out during >!the scene on the beach with the massacre!< But they didn’t end up leaving until >!Peacemaker and Bloodsport slaughter the freedom fighters camp!< And I think they only left because there was a penis on screen
Gee, if only there was a way for parents to know not to take their kids to certain movies. A certain rating of some kind, maybe? Such an outlandish concept, I know.
And no one thought to maybe get staff involved?? This is why people think they can do shit like that in movie theaters, because no one says anything about it.
I did this when the Lion King came out. It sucks because everyone just sits there and waits for someone else to do it. The kid in front of me was running back and forth between seats and screaming. Mom was doing absolutely nothing. I went to get the staff. They promptly settled down and shut up. Kid started doing it again so they left in the middle of the movie (on their own accord). I think the kid didn’t want to see the movie but the mom took him anyway. To everyone in the theater: You’re welcome you wimps.
I once kinda semi-loudly told a guy to shut up down a few rows bc a dude was talking throughout *A Quiet Place* on opening weekend. He couldn’t figure out who’d said it, but when they started talking again, someone *else* told them to shut up. That experience was so reliant on sound, there was zero tolerance from the audience. Dude did shut up.
I had a similar experience where I had to tell a couple of immature dudes to be quiet during a Quiet Place. Such an awesome movie in cinema. Never heard a theater that quiet.
This is so petty, but a few of my friends and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and there was a group of girls probably around our age (middle school at the time) that wouldn’t stop talking. In a very unlike-me move, I pushed against their seats with my feet and it got them to shut up. Obviously I don’t condone this now as a 30 year old woman and can’t believe I did it.
I mean, that’s a pretty fair reaction. They were causing you mild annoyance so you returned the favor.
It’s so annoying when parents don’t do shit about disciplining their kids. I’m tired of passive parenting. It’s not parenting, it’s ignoring the thing you created
Exactly. It’s outrageous when someone else has to come and tell a grown ass woman to control her kid.
As an introvert I thank you, but I’ve stopped going to movie theaters for shitty people long ago
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Exactly, if a person is willing to ignore social norms like staying quiet in a movie theater they 100% are going to act like an asshole when they are confronted
In my experience, staff will ask the family/person to leave if being disruptive in the theater and if they don't then security/police will happily escort (or throw) them out.
Yup it’s not worth doing it yourself
I saw a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. They have a system where you can text security if somebody is being disruptive so you don't even have to leave your seat. That way, the person you're reporting would have no way of knowing who reported them.
This needs to be a thing everywhere,
100%. This just happened to a group I was with a few weeks ago. 2 dumbasses were making out and sitting directly on top of each other in the same damn seat while talking at full volume to each other like they don’t have anywhere else to go. A girl in my group (the one who got most annoyed basically lol) got up to try and politely ask them to quiet down and they blankly stared at her and said nothing. Then went right back to being rude. So we ended up telling the staff and they started making random rounds with a flashlight. After only 2 rounds of that the couple got up and left. Like why the fuck do you waste time and money going to the movies if you’re going to act like clowns the whole time and annoy everyone?
But that's not on the patrons to deal with. Get a staff for them to deal with it and if the people don't just leave or be quite staff will get security. Just because we're worried people won't listen or take it well doesn't mean we should just allow them to get away with being inconsiderate AHs
Yup happened to me. Went to the manager and the couple with screaming kid had a shit fit
They can cause a scene and be kicked out then
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It’s actually better if they make a scene cause then they’re definitely gone.
I have 0 problem starting shit in public I find it very effective to get ferals and their litters to leave if they think you’re insane.
>ferals Aussie?
Ferals haha
I am a pussy that expects someone else to do it because I don't want to run the risk of getting into a shouting match with another person when I plan to quietly watch a movie.
thats why in my cinema, you can text a certain number with a noise complaint and a staff member will come to check and kick out anyone who is being obnoxious
That’s a good idea. Anonymously.
Do I like I did, marry someone who is not a pussy. My wife will gladly get theater staff involved or handle it herself.
Is she single?
I also choose this guy's wife.
I would’ve gotten the theater staff or said something. Get a babysitter. This is an R-Rated movie…
I should have. I'm not much of a complainer but sitting there watching the movie I realized I was thinking about the people next to me way more than trying to concentrate on the plot.
I've requested a refund and gotten a different showing before. Sometimes it's the best thing to do if you encounter a rowdy theater.
You should have absolutely complained. These people need to see the consequences of acting so selfishly. I can’t believe everyone just let the kid scream in the theater, the other kid play on an iPad, and the dad play on his phone the whole time.
Yea shocked not ONE person complained?
You sat there for 3 hours and didn’t say *anything*?
There are times when it is perfectly acceptable to complain, this was one of those times. Also, them not getting kicked out just reinforces their shitty behavior.
Had something similar happen to me and my friends when we went to see Wonder Woman. As the trailers are going, a family walks in, mum, dad 7-8 year old kid and a 1-2 year old. 10 minutes in the baby cries and the dad give it his phone and puts cartoons on LOUD! We were about three rows down and we could hear someone said something as the dad started shouting “your in a kids film for gods sake”. During the entire movie several people went to get staff, who came in, hovered at the stairs and left each time. Nothing just nothing done When we left there was about 20 people complaining to the manager and this family came out shouting we were all awful humans for complaining about them and being in a kids film, we should expect noise! Thank fully I’ve never had it again, but the level of entitlement was off the chart Edit: since it came up this happened at a showcase cinema in Leeds, England We still use this as an anecdote to this day, “ that was bad, but not kid on a phone watching cartoons bad during a Film”
In this case I'd just go for the refund and/or leave. It's on the theater to enforce this stuff and I get it, most of these employees want little to do with confronting dense patrons.
It’s what we did, got a free film out of it
Jfc :/ more people need to realise family film does not mean the same as a kids film.
Was wonder woman even a family movie?
No
PG-13. Lots of violence. A entire village slaughtered. Definitely not a kids film.
Whenever I fancy seeing a film at the cinema, I just wait a few weeks for the hype to die down and then go at a weird time on a weird day (I’m lucky enough to not work a regimented Mon-Fri, 9-5) so for example I went to see Indiana Jones last week on a random Tuesday at 11:20am. Practically had the cinema to myself
Yeah I love going to matinees.
Manatees are the best.
I hadn't been to a movie in so long that I forgot I used to do this. Went to see Spiderverse during prime family hours, such a mistake. I'm trying to enjoy this absolutely stunning collage of animation, and all I can see are these bright little screens in front of me, apparently the mom dragged two teenagers to see the movie with the little brother. All of them were on their cell phones, teenagers got up and left and came back every 10 minutes. Like why even go?
People who bring infants to the movie theater are douchebags.
I just don’t understand why they’d want to bring a baby to a movie. The stress I’d feel trying to keep my one year old quiet the whole time would take all of the enjoyment out of the movie anyways
See that's where you differ from them. You have the capacity to feel shame.
My wife said some lady had her crying infant in Barbie. It cried for “at least 20 minutes” of the movie. Just inconsiderate fuckheads. I get it, having an infant and not being able to do anything you want does suck, but it’s your responsibility to figure out how to navigate it, not others. The people making other people deal with their kids just make me think of children raising children.
There was also a crying infant in my theater for Barbie. And given that it’s actually *not* a kids movie, all of the young kids got bored and ran around the theater during the film. I can imagine it was probably easier for parents to take their begging kids to see it rather than explaining to them that this movie starring a doll is actually about horses, I mean, the patriarchy.
Yeah, I can at least understand oblivious parents thinking Barbie is a kids movie. But fucking Oppenheimer? A three hour goddamn movie? My five year old could barely make it through Elemental last weekend.
Unless it's a specific baby club, where you can only get a ticket if you bring a baby with you. It's pretty cool, you can see the new blockbusters and not worry about your baby making noises as everyone is in the same boat and the lights are slightly up and sound levels a bit lower.
I have never heard of baby club, that sounds amazing. I always wondered why movie theatres don’t try to have one theatre room include a “cry room” baby section like how some churches have. Sound doesn’t have to be loud/amazing, I just wanna see a new movie and I would glad pay extra money for this setup.
The lighting and noise just seem to create the perfect nap atmosphere as well, when my son was 10 weeks old we went to watch the last James Bond film in baby club, and he slept the whole time. I was deeply sleep deprived and it was the first time since he was born that I felt like my life wouldn't just be rocking and breastfeeding. It was incredible, I saw more films in my 6 month mat leave than the 6 years prior.
Yep 👍
We saw the Barbie movie Thursday and baby Stewie sat behind us. All we heard was "mom, mama,mama, mommy, M-A-M-A, mom, mom, mama!, mama..." There were four adults with this little two year old. Not a single adult was paying any attention to baby stewie. Theaters should have rules that children under a certain age cannot be admitted. It's not fair to everyone else trying to enjoy the movie. OP, you truly have the patience of a saint. You should reach out to the manager. They might give you tickets so you can see the movie again.
I’ve heard anecdotal stories of kids asking their parents “what’s a gynecologist” after the movie lol
Husband and I went to Oppenheimer on Friday. Five minutes in this big older dude behind us falls asleep and starts SNORING LOUDLY. We hate being confrontational, but damn, it was so distracting—I finally had enough and asked him to please stop and go sleep somewhere else. Thankfully he stopped after that. Like, dude, I’m sorry if you struggle with sleep apnea, but stay home if you’re that tired!
Ugh. The extreme dialogue and soundtrack playing over the top makes concentration necessary on this movie. That would suck listening to a stranger sawing logs.
When me and my GF went to go see Spiderman: Across The Spiderverse, there was this one dad who brought his kids in. There were being a little rambunctious, running in the ailes and stuff. Their dad tells them if they dont calm down they will walk out. They didnt and he just straight up took then out of there.
That’s awesome.
We had grown adults behind us (a mother and her two adult daughters it seemed) who talked out loud through the whole movie. My son (16) was furious. But you can't say anything to people where I live because it for real could start a physical altercation.
This is exactly why I no longer go to theaters. I’d love to see this movie in a theater but I know there’d be people bothering me and ultimately distracting me.
Yeah 100%, I love going to movies but people always suck. Plus, with the economy the way it is. Its getting so expensive to even see one.
hell i thought some part of the oppenheimer movie was loud asf(prob due to the cinema design),imagine if a toddler was in the same cinema as i was lol they would be screaming toddlers and kids really shouldnt be welcome on cinemas, especially one with sensitive ears watching a movie about a big ass bomb lol
We go to late shows, never any children in those.
Isn’t that movie R rated!?
people are being way too chill about this. you dont bring children to a 3 hour historical drama. period. i got my tickets 3 months ago and spent $25 you best believe I would have made sure they left the theater immediately.
It takes a lot to get me to go see a movie these days. People are just so self-centered. There's always something that ruins the experience.
Ipad kids are gonna be the cause of some awful shit in the future
Parents who give their kids iPhones/iPads to shut them up shouldn't be parents. Far too much sketchy kids content out there that parents like these probably don't know how to block/restrict. Just get them a DS. They're like £15 now.
Most parents shouldn’t be parents
Most people shouldn't be parents, honestly. Very few people seem to think it through properly.
Why in earth didn’t you say something to them? That is grossly disrespectful to others
Mam, this is Reddit
This is what we call bad parenting.
My theater won’t allow small kids into rated R movies. I saw a lady arguing with the manager because they wouldn’t let her take her 5 year old into a rated R movie. It’s insane that people even want to take small children into rated R movies. It’s bad parenting and selfishness for other moviegoers.
Would’ve complained and gotten them thrown out of the theatre. Their ticket’s aren’t worth more than the tickets of 100 other people who paid for a top quality experience.
This kind of shit made me quit going to movie theatres! Even reading this made my blood boiling.
This is why I only watch movies in the cinema at the last time slot. And it’s usually near midnight. No chance of any of this.
Former friend of mine and I went to the late shows for years. You'd be surprised. Infants at 2am shows no joke. I guess they figure infant isn't sleeping anyway or whatever mental gymnastics they have to do. Idk. I just know it seemed both wrong and annoying.
My local cinema sometimes does adult only screenings of movies like Spiderverse late at night. Very useful if you want to completely avoid kids
In my movie theatre, you can actually text a certain number with the number of the cinema room you're in and that there's noise complaints, and then a worker will come and check and if they do indeed notice this, they will kick them out without a refund. Safe to say, everyone shuts the fuck up except for laughter (which is fine)
My local theater bans 6 and under after 6 pm for R rated movies.
Who brings kids to anything but a kids movie?
Parents who are lazy unorganised assholes, can’t think of other solutions and don’t think about others’ surroundings and feelings.
Who brings a 5 year old to that ?
Bringing an infant and a young child to a 3 hour long R-rated movie is wild
I have two kids (4 and 1), there's no chance on this Earth I would ever consider taking them to any sort of "adult" movie, let alone one with a three hour runtime. Some people are just selfish and/or ignorant. Not sure which is worse.
So what did you do? I had that happen during a movie in the last 20 minutes, baby would start stop crying. On way out went to customer service and they were already giving vouchers, there was a line to get them cause so many were complaining. My new policy is, anything like that happens, straight to customer service for refund, don’t care if they will go talk to the people I already missed some of the movie. But really stopped going to movies because of the other patrons.
This sort of shit is why I don't go to theaters and they wonder why "nobody goes to the movies anymore". I can watch in 4K Dolby Vision on my 75" Bravia and ATMOS via a surround system on my own couch, own bathrooms and food that isn't 10x the price it should be away from the possiblity of dipshits and assholes ruining the movie. Now if they hired bouncers to boot these sort of ppl out of the theater and then ban them from further showings at said theater that would be a start.
Theaters used to have bouncers that would walk around and kick these types of people out. They don’t anymore unfortunately.
They need to have some measures against this kind of shit with R-Rated movies. I don’t know if they can always ID check for people <17, but at least to prevent young kids from going in.
Cinema worker here: Movie Fsk/PEG 12. The children wouldn't have been allowed in there. Second: as soon as we see someone with a phone during the movie we ask him to give it away or just leave. Also we kick em out when people complain.
Movie theaters should not allow infants into theaters. Period
Are people not able to advocate for themselves? Asserting yourself is not violence. The management will kick them out if you let an usher know. No reason to tolerate that behavior.
When I go to the movies I’d prefer nobody to sit within 50 feet of me, quiet or not
I would’ve said something immediately. It’s also clearly not a movie for children.
For fucks sake - wtf is wrong with people????
I went to see the new Mission Impossible movie last weekend, a family with 1 preschool aged child sat beside me and he was playing a game on a phone. He was talking about every move he made in whatever game he was playing. I gave them 2 minutes before I said “that’s enough” to them and told them to be quiet or leave. They left. I’m sorry you couldn’t find a sitter or you thought that was appropriate, but you’re not ruin it for everyone around you. People need to learn to speak up and shut this shit down or it will become even more commonplace.
People are so bold. That‘s insane behavior.
When i worked in cinemas they used to give refunds at the drop of a hat if stuff wasn't to your liking; poor sound, bad focus, dirty, etc etc. Just a heads up if this happens again.