We were all ready and excited with popcorns and soft drinks and start munching away as soon as the trailer starts. What we did not expect is we are seated (actually, the boyfriend is more unlucky), right next to a narrator couple. Let me calm myself down and try to explain on what happens. *Breathe in, breathe out*
Okay, it was all good and dandy at first but around 30 minutes into the show, the couple has probably settled down and forgot that they are in a cinema where they are seated in a very long seat shared by many others. The girl seems quite oblivious of what is happening but in order to fit in, she tried to laugh VERY LOUDLY at every single joke that was thrown. If that is not bad enough, she laughed and repeated after the actor on screen. Lady, I can read the Malay subtitle and hear just fine. I don't need additional narration.
Besides that, she would talk to her boyfriend rather loudly like she is at the comfort of her own home. Her boyfriend, replied her EVEN louder than her. At 2 in the morning, in Genting's cold weather, they really made me boil, with anger.
The girl has obviously not watched Thor's single movie before (although she laughed like she understood most of the time) so when Thor flies off with his hammer at one scene, she mumbled something to her boyfriend and the boyfriend said the hammer is like a helicopter. I was like what?! Seriously? Ugh! Then, at the last scene when Thor returned to Asgard and the symbol was created on the grass because of the portal, she huh-ed so loud it's obvious that she is confused.
My main point of this blog post is to urge all of you out there to be ethical when you're in the cinema. Please be considerate about the other people that paid the same amount of money as you to watch the movie and we too, spend the same effort as you to get to the cinema. Can you please think of the people sitting on your left and right before proceeding to do silly things like talking? You can do that when you're at home, watching DVD or your cable TV, but not in the cinema please!
Oh wait, did I also mention that someone was taking selfie in the cinema while the movie is playing, with flash? Seriously people!
Here are some do's and don'ts that will make your cinema experience as well as everybody else's cinema experience a pleasant one!
DO PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY WHEN THE MOVIE STARTS.
If you are checking your phone before the movie starts, like during the trailers and advertisement, it's all fine because I get it, it's boring and uninteresting sometimes. However, please be considerate and keep your phone away and put in on silent when the movie starts. I really do not need the screen light on your phone distracting me while I am trying to focus on the movie screen. Also, the sound from the movie is good enough for me. I really do not need to know what ringing tone you are using on your phone, thank you!
DON’T TALK AT THE SCREEN UNLESS YOU ARE ALONE IN THE THEATRE.
DO GO TO THE WASHROOM BEFORE THE MOVIE STARTS
DON'T BRING YOUR CHILD TO WATCH MOVIES THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S ACTION MOVIE, LATE AT NIGHT.
DO RELAX AND ENJOY THE MOVIE.
Picture credit: Flicks.co.nz
This is what I am talking about. I believe everyone can relate to this. If you're alone in the cinema, go ahead and scream all you want and no one will stop you because there's no one else in the cinema but you and your friends. But if you're in the cinema packed cinema, please be considerate and understand that the last thing we need is distraction. You can comment after the movie ends, on your way out. Not DURING the movie when people are all focused on the movie. A few whispers here and there is fine. Do note that I said whisper, make sure that you don't distract other people from paying attention.
I am guilty for this. Although I go to the toilet before the movie starts, somewhere in the middle of the movie, I confirm need to go to the toilet again because I drink too much water before and during the movie. But it is a good practice to go to the washroom before the movie starts so if you're not like me, you do not need to get up during the movie and disrupt other people and blocking their view on your way out of the cinema.
Why would you want to bring your baby/toddlers to the cinema to watch a movie? They do not even understand what is going on and create a ruckus. I've seen kids that run around the cinema like it's their house, kids who started talking and screaming loudly, babies who cry in the cinema due to loud bombing and the mom have to shush the baby and carrying them all around the cinema. Seriously? Why would you even bring them to watch action movies at night? Isn't it time for them to sleep?
Last but not least,
The only reason you paid to go to the cinema to watch a movie is to enjoy the movie. So if everyone is practicing on being a good cinema goers, there shouldn't be a problem for you to sit back, relax and enjoy the movie!
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