What are your pet peeves?

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 08-28-2006, 05:11 PM

I realize this is a gold standard complaint, voiced many times before by many, many people, but I'm going to be peeved here anyway.

People who talk in movies. Bad. And, everyone pretty much (unless they're the ones talking during the movie) that it's bad.

But it also grates my cheese when people talk during the previews.

I don't mind gasps of giddy anticipation. I don't mind, "Oh, I was really hoping to see this!" I don't. In that way, I talk during the previews, too. Shared excitement gets my approval.

But people who carry on their unrelated conversations irritate the crap out of me. The trailers are, as far as I'm concerned, part of the movie going experience. Very likely, they'll be the best thing about the movie I've paid to see.

When the lights go down, zip it!

Moonliner · 08-28-2006, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

When the lights go down, zip it!

I'm so with you on this one.

Awhile back I went to a movie, it was late enough that no kids should have been there, yet almost as soon as the movie started people started yelling at the screen. Some of them even got up and danced, or sang along. It was very distracting. Fortunately I happened to have some toast with me that I was able to throw at them!

Mousey Girl · 08-28-2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

I'm so with you on this one.

Awhile back I went to a movie, it was late enough that no kids should have been there, yet almost as soon as the movie started people started yelling at the screen. Some of them even got up and danced, or sang along. It was very distracting. Fortunately I happened to have some toast with me that I was able to throw at them!

Did you get rained on??

The talking during movies is a big problem for me. I refuse to go to the movies with Dawn or any of her offspring. they are incredibly loud. I don't care what movie it was, but her son would always feel the need to ask me 3-4 times when it was going to be over. They went yesterday to the dollar theater to see Cars. I refused. I will wait for it to be on DVD and watch it at home, without the excess noise.

Jughead P. Jones · 08-28-2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

People who talk in movies. Bad. And, everyone pretty much (unless they're the ones talking during the movie) that it's bad.

The one thing that annoys me more than people who talk during movies are people who talk during movies on their cell phones.

When I was in college, I was sent to watch a free screening of the movie Antitrust so I could review it for the college newspaper, and unluckily, I was seated right next to a teenage girl who kept yabbering away on her cell phone all during the movie. Granted, the movie wasn't Academy Award material, but still...her rudeness and ignorance drove me nuts!

I was almost tempted to write a rant within my movie review.

Too bad there was a 400 word limit.

08-28-2006, 05:11 PM	#1
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	I realize this is a gold standard complaint, voiced many times before by many, many people, but I'm going to be peeved here anyway. People who talk in movies. Bad. And, everyone pretty much (unless they're the ones talking during the movie) that it's bad. But it also grates my cheese when people talk during the previews. I don't mind gasps of giddy anticipation. I don't mind, "Oh, I was really hoping to see this!" I don't. In that way, I talk during the previews, too. Shared excitement gets my approval. But people who carry on their unrelated conversations irritate the crap out of me. The trailers are, as far as I'm concerned, part of the movie going experience. Very likely, they'll be the best thing about the movie I've paid to see. When the lights go down, zip it!
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