>otherwise, I'd be completely furious and sad for you. Yeah,
>that woman was a complete bitch and yeah, I am getting closer
>and closer to leaving everything to dvd myself.

I just don't know if it's that I'm getting more anal about movie theatre etiquette as I get older, or if moviegoers are getting ruder and ruder. I wonder if it has something to do with the increased availability of DVDs. People are watching more movies at home (not to mention TV with 600 channels), and when they do go to a theatre they act like they would in their own living rooms.


>
>ESPECIALLY when you're at a festival where in theory people
>are more educated audience members. That is just fucked up.

EXACTLY. That's really what broke me this time. In the past, I could count on the SIFF crowd to be better-behaved than the average moviegoers. Obviously, that hasn't been my experience this year. :-/



>My friend told me about going to a play last week at one of
>our larger theatres and one of the volunteer ushers sat a few
>seats away from her and her friend and proceeded to TALK
>during the play. "What's that supposed to mean?" and so
>forth. I mean, USHERS are supposed to keep people QUIET.
>arg.

That's terrible. I hope someone complained. I don't like sitting at the back of a couple of the older single screen theatres, because the ushers will stand outside the doors talking in regular tones of voice, and the sound carries into the theatre.


>
>And you know, then I go see Hot Fuzz and there is literally
>one other person in the movie theatre.

I love when that happens. The last time was when I saw Oldboy at The Egyptian. It was a hot summer weekday afternoon, and there were fewer than 10 other people in the theatre. It was bliss.


>
>But I'm happy to hear that you found a place!

Oh, I know! I'm so relieved! :-)


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