What is with Seattle movie-goers not knowing how to behave at a movie?! I go to The Beacon a lot–support local indie movie theaters!—and I don’t know if it’s something the staff puts in the popcorn, but it’s like people forget how to behave in public.
I get that a movie is about entertainment and enjoying yourself, but can you please do so quieter so that it doesn’t take away the enjoyment of EVERYONE ELSE at the damn movie?! I am not here to listen to you talk loudly at your friend about how funny a movie from a time you weren’t born was, or to watch you feel up a woman and giggle along while James Baldwin describes being at the Selma march (a real experience).
Please continue going to movies and having a good time, but be aware that literally no one else in the theater cares what you have to say–probably including your friend!—and they are trying to watch the movie. It’s only getting more noticeable, and it would mean a lot to the other people if you just shut up for one to two hours.
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I remember going to see “Dances With Wolves” when it first came out at a theatre in Minneapolis. People talked loudly, all the way through it. It was crazy.
And for God’s sake, don’t make out during “Schindler’s List.”
I’ve been meaning to go to the Beacon more often, but is this really representative of the vibe there nowadays?
Anon, You arrived in Seattle from which utopia where movie attendees are well behaved?
I suspect (like I, alas) it was the distant past.
After ruining your movie they’ll walk outside still wearing their pajamas, pop in their ear-buds, hop on a scooter and speed away on the sidewalk, all while never taking their eyes off their phone. Welcome to the older generation! Sucks, doesn’t it?
anon go to a black theater and tell everyone to stfu
This is definitely not just a Seattle thing. I still remember seeing The English Patient in Rhode Island and listening to two very old people yelling “What did he say?” during pretty much every scene (maybe it was just because the movie was terrible, but I found it highly entertaining). However, Seattle people are particularly fond of deliberately talking loudly so that those around them can hear their brilliant observations, which is it’s own extra kind of annoying. I haven’t had that experience at The Beacon, luckily, but given the type of films they show, it wouldn’t surprise me that they get a lot of that type.
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