People who use that 4 seconds of quiet between previews to announce their assessment what they just saw while still speaking as if they're trying to talk over the noise. Its always "....well......that looks interesting" Like your date or your family cares what you thought of the preview.

7/29/2008 11:33:52 AM

-people taking kids under 13 to R-rated movies. i just don't think it's right...
-commercials before the movie. not candy ads, but full commercials for cars and cable service and shit.
-plus talkers, but especially the ones that like to point out that THIS IS NOT HOW IT WENT IN THE COMIC BOOK/NOVEL/ORIGINAL MOVIE. THIS MOVIE IS BULLSHIT! THEY BUTCHERED IT! then leave, you dickhole.

7/29/2008 11:37:23 AM

When I saw batman the guy sitting next to me told his date how awesome the first 6 minutes of the movie were about 20 times. He was still saying it after the movie started. "Watch this part, the first 6 minutes are awesome."

He'd never seen the whole movie, I assume he was bragging about having seen the clip on the internet. It was annoying. Couldn't help but think:

Thanks for letting me know. I was going to close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears for the first bit of the movie. I guess I'll watch it now!

7/29/2008 11:50:23 AM

I usually never elect to see a PG-13 movie the night it comes out because it's usually filled with middle school kids who are by far the worst. They're always gettin up and moving around, on the phone, or making stupid remarks throughout.

I went to Disturbia the night it came out. Usually you would think that most of the chit chat would stop as soon as the previews ended but the place was roaring through the first couple of minutes even as you hear people shhshing the place. I'm a fairly quiet guy but talking in a theatre is one of my biggest pet peeves. I finally yelled out at the top of my lungs "SHUT UP" and basically the whole theatre looked at me and the place went close to silent. Of course some 14 year old fatass two rows behind me says "why dont you shut up". So I turned around and said "shut the fuck up you fat bitch. Im not afraid to fuck you up". Didn't have too much trouble after that.

7/29/2008 12:54:54 PM

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"Watch this part"

i hate this in general. if we are at home or in the theatre and you tell me to "watch this part". WTF do you think i'm here for? To keep my eyes closed?

7/29/2008 12:58:21 PM

you should have said that to the kid after you walked back there and stole his popcorn while you were proceeding to eat it.

7/29/2008 1:02:08 PM

So, I do this ALL the time:

If I'm watching a movie, and I notice anything that annoys the shit out of me. (cell phone, talking, kids, whatever) I will walk over to them and quietly tell them, "Hi, my name is Thorsten and I'm actually a manager here enjoying a movie on my day off. Would you please stop with the .... (enter whatever the annoyance is)"

I've NEVER had a problem with this. Sure, I actually manage a movie theater, but I do this at other movie theaters. And it's not like I'm in a suit. Anyone can do it. The other people in the theater, especially the ladies (dates), are usually impressed that you finally got those annoying fuckers to chill the fuck out.

I'm not saying try it... not at my theater... but the results are usually far better than screaming at people.

And knowing is half the battle!

7/29/2008 1:03:18 PM

How could I forget to include the loud plastic wrappers in the original post

Its like they engineered the plastic to squeak and shriek at maximum pitches

They should convert to saran or celephane or some other PTFE, at least itd be a little quieter I think

7/29/2008 1:14:43 PM

other than excessive talking and cell phones being on, my pet peeve is not enough leg room. stadium or regular seating, fine...just don't sacrifice the leg room to cram in more seats.

7/29/2008 1:21:33 PM

http://www.anonymouscoworker.com/2008/05/05/now-you-can-decide-if-you-want-to-ever-watch-a-movie-with-me/

7/29/2008 1:45:19 PM

when the girl only gives a handjob

7/29/2008 1:46:10 PM

Quote :

"you should have said that to the kid after you walked back there and stole his popcorn while you were proceeding to eat it."

lol

Witherspoon is my favorite no doubt cause I think college students are the best movie goers.

7/29/2008 1:46:59 PM

slow download speeds

7/29/2008 1:52:46 PM

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"shut the fuck up you fat bitch. Im not afraid to fuck you up"

damn yo!

7/29/2008 1:56:07 PM

I'm rarely annoyed by the things that seem to piss the rest of you off so much.

I don't care if people are whispering or giggling or whatever, as long as there aren't people talking LOUDLY (usually black people) or cell phones going off the whole time, I'm usually fine with it.

7/29/2008 2:23:54 PM

when I went to see dark knight there were prob close to 12 previews, drove me fucking nuts

7/29/2008 2:45:47 PM

I have the same peeves as most on here,

Talking (usually cocky black people), kicking seats (kids or fidgeting fidgeters), loud eating (munching, candy wrapper noise, slurping) ... and then my biggest pet peeve:

Clapping during or at the end of a movie - Are you're applauding a fancy array of light projected on a piece of cloth? Are you applauding a philosophy or concept? Are you applauding a figment of someone's imagination? I can see you clapping at your TV if your favorite sports team wins or when a cripple man gets a new home built for him on Extreme makeover. But, clapping at fictional characters, events, and storylines? I don't get it.

7/29/2008 3:43:05 PM

generally i see it as applause for those involved in MAKING the film. You see this tradition (probably even started here) at premiers where those involved are present. Of course it is silly to do it when they arent present I completely agree. Just making that statement as an FYI.

7/29/2008 3:45:05 PM

Quote :

"when people laugh hysterically at a scene that has been in every form of preview in commercials"

when its funny, its funny.

7/29/2008 3:45:13 PM

black people

7/29/2008 3:54:28 PM

^^that was referring to both the

"Rachel's told me everything about you"
"Well I certainly HOPE not"


and

"Any psychotic ex-boyfriends i should know about?"
"Oh you have NO idea"


i mean, egh

7/29/2008 5:02:40 PM

People who try to guess or predict what is about to happen next in a movie.

7/29/2008 5:03:55 PM

^ HA, I did that all last night through National Treasure Two, but it was in my house, and it was with my wife who had already seen it, and it is such a predictable movie.

7/29/2008 5:07:00 PM

I'll admit, I'm the guy who makes crack comments about scenes in a movie or stuff during the darkness...especially during previews

7/29/2008 5:09:20 PM

I was forced to watch 21 dresses once.

I called out pretty much every major plot point before it happened.


I was in a living room and not a movie theater though.

[Edited on July 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM. Reason : ^ Yeah I'm that guy too]

7/29/2008 5:11:01 PM

I'm the guy that laughs way too hard facetiously when a cheesy joke is made.

7/30/2008 7:22:33 AM

The clapping at the end of a movie thing really doesn't bother me. It's entirely dumb, but at that point the movie is over and there's nothing I actually need to be paying attention to anymore, so it's not like they're breaking my concentration or making noise during a time of implied silence. I think I've only seen that happen at the end of Toy Story 2 and one of the LOTR movies. Maybe other people come across it more often.

7/30/2008 9:36:35 AM

It bugs me more in an intelligence-of-humanity sort of way

7/30/2008 11:19:14 AM

I once sat near a Latino couple (country undisclosed) and the chick had to translate about 30% of the movie to the guy.

7/30/2008 11:27:08 AM

the only time i got really pissed in a theater was when I was watching Hero

I was pretty excited about the movie and the middle aged black guy next to me giggled at everything

i mean the movie had some pretty ridiculous action scenes but i just think he found asian people dancing around sword fighting to be funny

7/30/2008 11:28:48 AM

^ I remember seeing Hero. My friends and I were all pumped up because the previews looked awesome.

We couldn't stop laughing.

It was so absurd and over the top that every new scene made me burst into laughter. I enjoy a good asian sword movie, but Hero was just ridiculous.

I'm sure almost everyone in the theater hated us for it, but at least one other group was laughing too. Trying not to laugh only made it worse.

7/30/2008 11:57:53 AM

i didn't read through everything so someone may have already said...

PARENTS BRINGING LITTLE KIDS TO THE MOVIES!!!

i'm a person that gets super annoyed at the crowd and thus distracted from the movie. so i don't go see movies i really want to see for a while until the crowd dies down. i went and saw dark knight on a monday, late matinee time so that there would be as little crowd as possible. and right in front of me a mid-twenties couple brought they're two kids that couldn't have been over the age of 5. what idiot parents bring young kids to this movie? i don't know how many times i had to hear "he's scrawry" or "his eye is hangin out" or a kid jumping out of it's skin from a loud jumpy part. i was beyond annoyed. i'm only glad that i expected to want to see this movie twice, because i now have to see it twice just to catch everything.

7/30/2008 3:04:03 PM

Clapping doesn't bother my anymore. I just thought about what clapping is in itself.

Oh, and black people.

[Edited on July 30, 2008 at 6:09 PM. Reason : ]

7/30/2008 6:06:46 PM

employees at the snack stand taking FOREVER

7/30/2008 7:32:53 PM