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- inactive, on 08/25/2008, -15/+1021Kids can be bad. Parents can be worse.
I once had (gasp) the audacity to shout "There's a lobby, you know" when the parent of a screaming infant sat there trying to quiet it by bouncing it on their knee for over a couple of minutes during the middle of a movie (an R-rated one). She stood up and walked out, and the audience applauded. An hour later into the movie, the infant started screaming again, they failed to react, and I said "It's still out there".... again they left with the kid, and more applause.
Look, parents, I know you want to keep your precious spawn with you at all times and still enjoy a robust and adventurous lifestyle, but what most of you tend to slip at is that the rest of us aren't being *****, you're being the ***** by wrecking what otherwise would probably be a pleasant experience. One that we paid for. Yes, it's the desires of the other 300 paying patrons in the theater versus you.
After all, how happy would you be if I showed up at Loudmouth Jr.'s baptism with a boombox playing Yoko Ono at full volume? - cornwarrior, on 08/25/2008, -18/+366It's not just babies, toddlers, and jr. high kids that should be banned, it's also to idiotic high-schoolers who like to gossip and laugh loudly at stupid jokes. To me they're worse than any other group, screaming babies included. Heck, at least the babies can't help it.
As some of the comments in the article mentioned, some places have 21+ only screens, which would be great. - mattletron, on 08/25/2008, -4/+336I'm a father and I can certainly understand the desire to have kid-free screenings. I also think it would be great to remove the "unless accompanied by a parent" clause for R rated movies. If you are brining your toddler to an R rated movie, the child is still not accompanied by an adult, if you know what I mean.
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -6/+293You sir, are a modern day hero.
A tip of the hat, goes to you. - sciencesays, on 08/26/2008, -8/+271YES! And they should offer kid-free airplanes as well
- Daiken, on 08/26/2008, -15/+158Sure it can
- sinurgy, on 08/26/2008, -3/+142I love the teens who force themselves to "laugh" loudly during moments of the movie that are supposed to be either scary, disturbing, emotional, etc. Do they really believe everyone in the theater is thinking "wow, he's not affected by this at all, he must be some sort of bad ass!!".
- Khast, on 08/26/2008, -1/+123There should be at least 1 showing of a movie which is "kid free" unless the movie is directly marketed toward kids.
In the case of Batman, and other super hero movies....1 showing a day with no kids...period...
But on top of this, I think there should be a 100% "NO CELL PHONE" policy as well. God people, turn your ***** cell phones off, I don't want to hear you talking, or your ring tone in the middle of the movie. Thank you. - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -6/+128Kid-free brothels would be nice
- sook81, on 08/26/2008, -7/+108Easy solution: Theaters that serve alcohol. Kids wouldn't be allowed in the 1st place.
- pandawho1212, on 08/26/2008, -1/+96and a wag of the finger to the woman!
- mukyboy, on 08/26/2008, -44/+136Hey, I'm 16 and I hate it when people my age ruin movies too, but banning all of us can't be the answer.
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -4/+90I would be in favor of a special "kid-free" showing of a film. Not saying all screenings need to be kid free, but some of them would be nice. For those of us that don't really want to stay up to see the midnight show, but are still running into kids at the 10 o'clock show, there needs to be something.
It only takes one loud kid to ruin a movie. There was a baby in the IMAX screening of The Dark Knight. That alone should piss you off, but this woman with her kid were sitting IN THE FRONT ROW OF AN IMAX THEATER. Meaning: she's not even watching the god damn movie. But, even if you thought you MIGHT, just MIGHT be able to watch The Dark Knight in IMAX from the first row, she's gone a step ahead of you and sat in the aisle seat, even though the first 3 rows are completely empty, thus rubbing your face in the fact that she cannot see the film at all and that her sole purpose there is to ruin everyone else's experience. - Travlyn, on 08/25/2008, -12/+97As a mother and avid movie goer, there needs to be some change...interesting article.
- Yookji, on 08/26/2008, -0/+81When I was a small child, my parents would always hire a babysitter when going to a nice restaurant or to a movie. It's called common courtesy; I wouldn't have appreciated the movies as a crying toddler or infant anyway.
- jotate, on 08/26/2008, -5/+82I'm 24. So yes.
- SEN5241, on 08/26/2008, -14/+87I'm predicting a lot of diggs for the anti-children posts.
- cubbiesx, on 08/26/2008, -1/+72It doesn't solve the problem of the adults who talk through the movie though. Maybe a "no retards" screening once a day?
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -8/+78Yeah.. I'm 16, I'm not like those dumbasses.
But I agree with the 18+ rule.
It would make for more enjoyable shows. - commenter01, on 08/26/2008, -2/+71it was his kid... :P
- cadmiumpaint, on 08/26/2008, -2/+68yes and yes.
although i've found a more practical solution is that I started going to a "premium theatre" in my area. The tickets cost a few dollars more, and you get to reserve your seats. You also hardly ever see misbehaving children or teenagers there. The lack of these annoyances make the extra cost worth it. - MistrBrownstone, on 08/26/2008, -2/+65"Kids can be bad. Parents can be worse."
I couldn't agree more. I'll never forget when I went to Saving Private Ryan for the first time. The theater was packed. I was seated in front of a family: mom, dad, and 2 kids. My best guess is that the kids were 12-14 years old.
The mother and daughter talked through the entire Omaha Beach scene. I was pretty irritated by the talking, but what pushed me over the top was the stupidity. Towards the end of that scene as the fighting is dying down, Caparzo (Vin Diesel) finds a Hitler Youth Knife in the trench and gives it to Mellish (Adam Golberg). Mellish tries to joke that now it is a Shabbat Callah Cutter, but breaks down in tears.
For a refresher, see here at 3:20 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B02a7GhyAXA&feature ...
The daughter asked the mother why Mellish was crying, and the mother said she did not know. The daughter speculated that the knife must have belonged to Mellish's friend who was killed in the battle, AND THE MOTHER AGREED THAT THIS WAS LIKELY THE CASE!
That's when I turned around and told them Mulan was playing down the hall and might be more their speed. The dad looked embarrassed as hell, and they didn't say ***** the rest of the movie. - max4077, on 08/26/2008, -1/+64Here in the UK, they have "kids only" matinées, where it is understood that these showings will be raucous. Parents' admission to these showings are free.
- Zachari, on 08/26/2008, -1/+62A theater that I go to quite often has banned the sale of tickets to anyone under 17 for showings past 9 PM. I've noticed that the quality of the movie going experience is quite an improvement. I still bring heat seeking missiles for the cell phone talkers, though.
- turiya04, on 08/26/2008, -3/+61It's not anti-child. It's pro-responsibility. Don't privatize the fun of making kids and then socialize the liabilities.
- LemonChicken, on 08/26/2008, -9/+66I disagree.
D: - LemonChicken, on 08/26/2008, -1/+59Not again!
/jumps out window - inactive, on 08/25/2008, -2/+59Everytime I visit a theater, I always find kids that spoil the movie for me. I remember one time while watching Spiderman for the first time, there were these two kids that just ruined everything because they couldn't keep their mouths shut. So I definitely agree that we should have kids-free screening. But thank God, there are such things as Rated R and PG 13 movies that most kids can't get into.
- mothermaggie, on 08/26/2008, -3/+59Just put the kids in the cargo hold with the dogs. Just as long as they all get separate crates.
- darkane, on 08/26/2008, -2/+56I hate to be the one to crush your dreams, but stupid people don't learn.
- microview2007, on 08/26/2008, -2/+54Despite the calls to silence cell phones I had a teen girl in front of me who would flip her phone open every 5 minutes to check her text messages and send new ones. I had to finally bend over and remind her that the light from her phone was blinding and distracting from the movie. She huffed, gave me that what-ever look, and only after I offered to call a manger to have her evicted did she quit checking her phone.
- zulfy26, on 08/26/2008, -0/+52What was the last movie you saw playing at your neighborhood theatre that was rated NC-17?
- TekTrixter, on 08/26/2008, -1/+52Have a seat over there...
- Scopitone, on 08/26/2008, -4/+53The best way to make this happen is by offering 21+ screenings with booze. They do it at the Arclight and it's worked brilliantly in keeping out the kids tossin' back cough syrup and stupid parents that can't afford a sitter yet can afford to see Saw IV.
- Technoidatx, on 08/26/2008, -2/+48We AlamoDrafthouse a theater that serves dinner, beer and the best part..... no kids.
- inverselogic, on 08/26/2008, -1/+46Backdoor sluts five
- suhongy, on 08/26/2008, -0/+44What a twist!
- Darkaged, on 08/26/2008, -0/+44Oh god. When I was about 10 years old my mum took me to one of those showings. Being an introverted, shy guy (Obviously, I'm on Digg) It was pure torture. People screaming and shouting and there were employees that were apparently kids entertainers that would do mini-competitions and throw things into the audience. This continued for about 30 minutes until the film started. There were babies screaming for pretty much the whole film, which really ruined the experience of Scarface for me.
- madeingermany, on 08/25/2008, -3/+46When my movie experience was ruined it was about equally divided between kids and adults being the nuisance.
- secrity, on 08/26/2008, -0/+43NC-17 is the kiss of death for a movie.
- krd1, on 08/26/2008, -1/+43A few lowly paid ushers with the authority (and backing of management) to kick your ass out of the theater if you're noisy would seem to be the trick. Throw out anybody who answers their cell phone, etc. etc.
People won't shut up because there are never any consequences. See a few people get thrown out, and everybody will get a little more quiet.
Screaming babies are their own level of nuisance because of the sheer volume, but it's amazing how many people of all ages are completely inconsiderate of everyone else around. No need to set up rules to punish everyone of a certain demographic -- just make an example of out a few people and hope that breeds a little courtesy. - suntzusputnik, on 08/26/2008, -1/+43when i went to see the dark knight with my dad there was ***** son-of-a-bitch jr. screaming in the audience. when the audience shh'd, the father stood up and cursed out the entire theater
- larrysellers7, on 08/25/2008, -3/+45yes and yes.
- thenameisfinger, on 08/26/2008, -2/+43Move to Austin. Go to the Alamo Drafthouse chain of theatres: No one under 18 allowed, they serve good food and, most importantly, alcohol.
www.originalalamo.com - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -4/+44^ The fat guy who buys the double mega size of popcorn
- mediocrebadguy, on 08/26/2008, -4/+43abso-fukin'-lutely. selfish parents need to be checked. little brats ruined ironman for me.
- lisaawesome, on 08/26/2008, -1/+40I love the person who every 5 minutes asks their companion what just happened or why the character did that. If you can't follow the movie just be quiet until the end please. I can hear your companion explaining the entire movie to you and it is annoying.
- SillyRabbits, on 08/26/2008, -3/+41This is why I have a nice home theater system. I've outgrown the need to see a movie when it's first released. I can stay at home with netflix and have a nice comfy chair while eating a nice steak dinner for less money. As an added bonus, the floors aren't sticky and I can hit pause if I need to take a quick bathroom break. And, I can adjust the sound to what I think is the perfect level. If you told me I could never go to another theater again, I don't think I'd miss them one bit.
- Klowner, on 08/26/2008, -0/+37You should have showed him the pencil trick
- InuX, on 08/26/2008, -1/+36When I went to see The Dark Knight some woman brought her new born baby to the theater. Luckily the baby didn't cry. Then we have the annoying kids who ask a question every 4 seconds about whats going on. It's no wonder I don't go to the movie theaters anymore.
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