Movies and Clapping
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It's only because you went to the midnight release.
People in midnight releases are hyper-enthusiastic.
X-Men 3 sucked, but you should've been in the theater with me for "I'm the Juggernaut, *****!". The cheering and "FUCK YEA!"s were crazy loud.
Hulk beating the shot out of Loki, likewise, tons of cheering. Hell, all throughout The Avengers we were cheering a bit at random stuff.
God that movie is awesome...
But yea, it's a midnight release thing. The more hardcore enthusiastic the audience is, the more cheering.
Going into it KNOWING that's how it is makes it great. I normally hate people who make significant noise in a movie, but that doesn't apply to showings where that is basically MEANT to happen.
Note: I was in the SUPER hardcore showing of The Avengers. The Alamo Drafthouse showed all 6 movies in a row, in a marathon event, so all the people who signed up to do that were the hardest of the hardcore Marvel enthusiasts.
Seeing it with a crowd of people who ALL genuinely get the movie and know who's who and what's what is actually pretty awesome. Amps the energy of the whole experience up when you know you can scream "FUCK YEA!!!" and there will be 100 other people right there with you, instead of an annoyed audience looking at you like "shut up".
People in midnight releases are hyper-enthusiastic.
X-Men 3 sucked, but you should've been in the theater with me for "I'm the Juggernaut, *****!". The cheering and "FUCK YEA!"s were crazy loud.
Hulk beating the shot out of Loki, likewise, tons of cheering. Hell, all throughout The Avengers we were cheering a bit at random stuff.
God that movie is awesome...
But yea, it's a midnight release thing. The more hardcore enthusiastic the audience is, the more cheering.
Going into it KNOWING that's how it is makes it great. I normally hate people who make significant noise in a movie, but that doesn't apply to showings where that is basically MEANT to happen.
Note: I was in the SUPER hardcore showing of The Avengers. The Alamo Drafthouse showed all 6 movies in a row, in a marathon event, so all the people who signed up to do that were the hardest of the hardcore Marvel enthusiasts.
Seeing it with a crowd of people who ALL genuinely get the movie and know who's who and what's what is actually pretty awesome. Amps the energy of the whole experience up when you know you can scream "FUCK YEA!!!" and there will be 100 other people right there with you, instead of an annoyed audience looking at you like "shut up".
The audience clapping or laughing at a movie is one of my favorite parts of seeing a movie in a theatre (I personally will only clap at the end, and then only very rarely). I don't hate people and/or the insignificant things they do, because I've grown to rather like them after living on Earth for a few decades. I very shy and have issues with anxiety, but I don't think it's cool to hate people just because they do something silly. Oh no, I've missed half of the following sentence (this is very rare) because of someone making a noise, surely I will not survive.
Talking throughout the movie or commentating often and other persistent obnoxiousness I do not like. And please notice that your kid has been kicking my chair periodically for the last 30 minutes, oblivious parent.
Although--I have not seen Wreck It Ralph--I imagine that movie has quite a few cameos, so perhaps cheering for every single one could grate. But I imagine I'd enjoy it. Being in a theatre with a bunch of other people that like something I like is something I enjoy. It'd be nice having video games being cheered, instead of getting disapproving looks.
Talking throughout the movie or commentating often and other persistent obnoxiousness I do not like. And please notice that your kid has been kicking my chair periodically for the last 30 minutes, oblivious parent.
Although--I have not seen Wreck It Ralph--I imagine that movie has quite a few cameos, so perhaps cheering for every single one could grate. But I imagine I'd enjoy it. Being in a theatre with a bunch of other people that like something I like is something I enjoy. It'd be nice having video games being cheered, instead of getting disapproving looks.
I'd imagine the fact that Alamo Drafthouse serves alcohol didn't hurt, eitherIeyke said:
Man do I wish they had those around here, for more reasons than just the booze.
Suggestion; inject each and every visitor to the movies with a non-lethal dose of curare and dump them into their seats. Everyone is quiet and one hundred percent still the movie throughout and everyone's happy.
Unless uneccessary eyelid fluttering becomes the next great irritation.
Unless uneccessary eyelid fluttering becomes the next great irritation.
Honestly, the Drafthouse doesn't seem to serve too much alcohol, relative to the name of the place.Owyn_Merrilin said:I'd imagine the fact that Alamo Drafthouse serves alcohol didn't hurt, eitherIeyke said:
Man do I wish they had those around here, for more reasons than just the booze.
Most people seem to order food, shakes, soda, snacks, etc more than they seem to actually order beer or anything.
But yea, the Alamo Drafthouse is awesome. We had 3 right around here, now we only have 2 :/
I'm sure the beer is ridiculously expensive. I mean, beer is a relatively expensive drink to begin with, and you add on the movie theater premium to that...Ieyke said:Honestly, the Drafthouse doesn't seem to serve too much alcohol, relative to the name of the place.Owyn_Merrilin said:I'd imagine the fact that Alamo Drafthouse serves alcohol didn't hurt, eitherIeyke said:
Man do I wish they had those around here, for more reasons than just the booze.
Most people seem to order food, shakes, soda, snacks, etc more than they seem to actually order beer or anything.
But yea, the Alamo Drafthouse is awesome. We had 3 right around here, now we only have 2 :/
Mostly I like the idea of an Alamo Drafthouse because they /really/ care about presentation. I can't tell you the number of times I've gone to chain theaters with out of focus projectors, sound systems running in mono, or both. And I'm talking about relatively new theaters with full digital sound systems. At least I haven't seen an out of focus picture since digital projection took off...
I rather liked Insurrection. It gave the majority of TNG cast actual human qualities. Worf went through puberty, Data learned what it was like to be a child, Riker and Troi got over their differences and Picard actually showed love toward another person. He showed his human side the most. Its one of my favorite movies but I think more importantly it wasn't a massive "everyone dies" scenario like most Star Trek movies, it was a local incident that showed that Picard and crew were able to stand up to the Federation, and choose another civilization over their own interests.RufusMcLaser said:
Rambling aside, it's a good flick. Sorry If I ranted
At the end of the apartment battle scene in 'The Professional' (if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about) pretty much the whole audience, myself included, stood up and applauded. I have NEVER seen that happen in a movie before or since. Goes to show you how detestable a character Gary Oldman's Detective Stansfield is.
Yay for misanthropy!
In my opinion the only time you appplaud is at the end of a show, be it theatre or cinema, i think most of my people would agree
In my opinion the only time you appplaud is at the end of a show, be it theatre or cinema, i think most of my people would agree
Exactly. Case in point, my first ever viewing of Jim Carrey's "The Mask". I still remember it.Owyn_Merrilin said:
The flick itself is... passable. It doesn't have a prayer against the Manhke/Arcudi comics, but it still is a fairly entertaining rendition of Bighead. It's Jim Carrey at his zaniest, and I've been known to be a fan of zany characters in measured doses. That's my verdict after many, many, many repeated viewings.
Cameron Diaz, though? Totally wasted. If I'd been in control, I would've gone full Maltese Falcon on the premise, as infatuated as the design team was with forties-slash-fifties glitz and glam. The Mask, set in the Gangster Era.
Money would print itself, I'm sure.
In theatres, though? Shit, people laughed out loud at each of the bigger gags. There's a point in the flick where Bighead gets shot at and converts his would-be-lethal wound into a cheesily over-dramatic death scene as part of his diversion. The scene ends with silhouettes raising up from the bottom of the screen, clapping their hands, even as Bighead is handed an Oscar from somewhere off-screen.
Nowhere was anyone in the theatre prompted to actually stand up and clap their hands, but I spotted quite a few folks doing it. Most of those who didn't caught on to the joke and laughed it up instead.
Going to the movies is a social contract, even if most of us clam up while we're dying to break out our inner MST3K tapes. It delays the reaction thanks to its nature, but it certainly does spark a conversation once the movie's done.
V for Vendetta did this for me, too. Again, the graphic novel is loads better, but I really can't shit on Hugo Weaving's incredible performance and on how ridiculously empowered it all made me feel.