Bad Cinema Experiences

[Welshman]

Not completely off topic guys and gals but I was wondering bar the the normal mixture of mobile checking idiots and giggling kids, what was your worst day at the cinema?

Mine was at my local odeon watching taken (The film wasn't the problem.) I had paid for premier seats for me and the missus and as we had got in there were people in our seats. We flashed our tickets like FBI badges and they moved. Just as the film starts and odeon employee asks the couple in front of us to move. They moved and were replaced with a bloke with some special needs.

I do feel for the bloke and hopes he is ok, but my gripe is with the odeon staff. After missing most of the film through this bloke throwing his arms in my face and twice nearly being punched, I was a little annoyed.

When I explained to the manager he said well this bloke is a regular he is here every week. I explained that I missed half of the film. He then said it was my problem because I didn't move. I would've had there been2 seats together available. After much heated debate I got 2 cinema tickets. This could have been avoided if the staff had put him in the back row.

Apart from that I've been quite lucky, anyone have some horror stories?

[Ookami93]

I went to watch Twilight , what a load of crap!!!

[randalzevandal]

i took my nephew to see up, not only did he fall asleep on my lap (my circulation still isnt right) and miss near enough the whole of the film but he had a little accident too...

just when i thought things couldnt get much worse, we walked out of the cinema to a group of giggling youngsters pointing to a wet patch on MY trousers

nice REAL NICE

[jaykays hat]

I have had quite a few bad cinema experiences over the last few years, all of them to do with mouthy little chavs that want to f*ck about and ruin the film for everyone else, I got sick of having to go and tell them to be quiet or F off out side and now go for the first showing on a Sunday morning. These showings are normally empty as the chavvy teens are sleeping off their Saturday night cheap lager hangover's. At least our VUE cinema has addressed the problem, by charging us more to have an over 18 showing.

[Kiba.]

Originally Posted by jaykays hat

At least our VUE cinema has addressed the problem, by charging us more to have an over 18 showing.

That's a step in the right direction, though why we should have to pay extra to avoid the rabble is anyone's guess. The trouble is, young chavs become old chavs. There should be a Cinema ban on anyone dressed like a chav, talking like one or smelling like one.

No doubt the whole Vue chain would then collapse from lack of foot traffic.

[morris]

Time to 'fess up, who here has been someone else's worst cinema experience? I'm no chav, I'm a cat but I remember going with Jonesy to see Batman Begins after a side tour to the wine bar where much fine wine was downed.

As if that wasn't enough, we smuggled in some vodka in our water bottle. After a while we got a bit loud and had to quieten in order to deflect looks from other patrons. I sank low in my seat and remember the Bat mobile being test driven, then nothing else until the Scarecrow sprayed someone at the end. woops

PROJECTIONIST,

tell us one of your hair-raising or vomit inducing cinema tales. You must have many tucked up your tattered sleeve.

[Mechabloby]

I must admit, I don't believe I have had a truly bad cinema experience, but just a few that started off a bit rough: I've been sat next to hecklers and people that want to chat all the way through the film. Of course, the hecklers left halfway through the film (why pay for a ticket then!? Too much time on their hands...) and I did end up telling the chatterbox to shut it - I go to the cinema for the film and not the people in the room.

I have read the first page of this thread, and I must admit, some of the experiences other users have had are much worse than mine - definitely Projectionist's with the horny couple at 2 in the afternoon... much respect to you for showing that chav who is boss though - so I'm starting to think: am I due a bad cinema experience soon?

[thedude]

I had a pretty guff one in America, Dad and I went to see The Core not only was the film a pile of c0ck but some pleb kept opening the door, said pleb kept shouting to his mates and then he proceded to start throwing popcorn and the likes around. It ended well though, he didnt see me and Pa sat at the back, some poor aimed Hard Gums came our way...well, my Dad is a f*cking big bloke, and the hash tones of my south London accent sent the little scrotes packing, despite the funny end to the day it was still a pretty sh!te experience at the cinema.

[jaykays hat]

Good man, I have now found a fondness for American Hard Gums and shall have to add them to my pic n mix in the future, just in case I encounter any scrotes.

[BrendaWallsh]

I didn't know I had the Noro Virus, the stuff you get on cruiseships, and I've never been on a cruiseship. I went to see the movie Alexander and during the Indian battle scene I started hyperventilating and feeling pukey. I almost passed out and was rushed to the ER. I was so out of it I couldn't remember my name. The first doctor said I had a panic attack, brought on by Oliver Stone but the second doctor discovered that I had the virus and 4 weeks later when I healed up, I went back to see Alexander again. This time I sat through it without getting sick, not that I didn't doze off a few times though. I laughed a bit too at the unintentionally funny parts (mainly Colin with the eyeliner and the blonde surfer curls )