Max
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Post by Max on Jun 2, 2008 17:41:37 GMT -5
Most of the time, you're NOT supposed to bring kids to R-rated movies. It's supposed to be "No one under 17 without a parent or guardian", which means that my mom could get me into Aliens when I was a teenager. But I was a teenager. I could handle that. It's not supposed to be "Oh, it's OK if I bring my 5 year old to see 'SAW' because I'm his mom and I say he can and besides, I want to see it'. It's not a catch-all. As a parent, you're still supposed to use your head as something for more than a convenient place to hang earrings. These are the same parents that buy Grand Theft Auto for little seven-year-old Johnny, so you're asking too much of them. I was playing GTA III at age 9 and it didnt do shit to me, so your wrong there buck-o.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 2, 2008 17:55:13 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm more often annoyed by adults than by children. I mean, at least the kids don't have cellphones that they forget to turn off (or are too lazy to do so) and eventually ring in the middle of the movies, or they check the time on it, displaying a large blue light all over the room. And what's worse, in some cases the bastards who have their phone ringing ANSWER TO THE GODDAMN CALLS (I swear I've seen it. Well, fortunately they left the room to talk)!! Hello?!! I hope we're not bothering you with the movie we're trying to watch!
But yeah, I can see where you're coming from. But to be honest, I' not pissed at the kids but at their parents. Seriously, what's up with today's coward parents who don't dare to say anything to their brats?? Oooh it's because it might traumatize the poor angels. BULLS***!!!! Yeah, I guess YOU got psychologically wounded for your entire life when your parents told you to behave or even slapped you when you did something particularly bad.
And way guess what? "Traumatizing" kids is called EDUCATION. The point of the whole thing is that they remember during their entire life that acting like a moron gets you in trouble, but THAT might cause them to be respectable member of our society, and no-one wants that.
Damn parents. There should be licenses to allow couples to have children.
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Post by jdm24 on Jun 2, 2008 20:45:43 GMT -5
Two shining beacons of parenthood brought a kid who couldn't be any older than three years old to the theater when I saw Hostel.
I pretty much think children should be banned from the general public if they have worthless pieces of human excrement for parents.
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jun 2, 2008 20:49:01 GMT -5
Oh, and I forgot to mention the family who brought the three-year-old to watch Knocked Up with them.
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Post by ddd84 on Jun 2, 2008 22:47:26 GMT -5
These are the same parents that buy Grand Theft Auto for little seven-year-old Johnny, so you're asking too much of them. I was playing GTA III at age 9 and it didnt do crap to me, so your wrong there buck-o. Wow, one person. That definitely proves me wrong. Guess I'll drop by some of the nearby preschools and hand out copies of GTA IV.
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Post by jfbop37 on Jun 2, 2008 23:15:13 GMT -5
Which gets me to thinking.....which country, by and large, has the best and worst mannered citizens? I think Americans are pretty much stereotyped as fat, loud and obnoxious. I've seen good number of obnoxious Brits and Canadians as well as Americans. Being an obnoxious ass is not an exclusive trait of Americans, we just have an exorbitant amount of them. Back on topic, I don't spend a lot of time going to the local movie house because I know the local rapscallions are not only obnoxious but also have the attention span of a ferret on a triple espresso. That being said, I got lucky at Indy 4. Schools were still in session until about 20 minutes after the movie started so the only people in the theater with me were college age and older. This is not always the case, so if the movie is worth it (I have a feeling Dark Knight will) I'm going to the VIP theater. Some of you might remember me talking about this place. If you live near KC, you can go to the Cinemark at the Plaza and enjoy this place also if you don't mind paying a little extra for tickets. Here's the perks: -Alcohol served -Appetizer style food items on the menu (Chicken Strips, Fries, etc.) -Free refills on soda and popcorn, brought to you during the film -NO ONE UNDER 21 ADMITTED. PERIOD!
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Post by Rockhound on Jun 3, 2008 0:23:53 GMT -5
I think the problem with idiots at movie theaters is a microcosm of society as a whole. We live in an eititlement society. When you see people talking as if flying is a right, we got problems. I call it the Me generation. It's all about me. Common courtesy has gone the way of the DoDo and along with it went personal responsibility. Chuckleheads have no problem talking on a cell phone during a movie do so because, quite frankly, they feel they can do whatever they want and we should just deal with it. Funny thing is, when we repremand these people for this behavior, they look at you like you just put them out.
Case in point(totally unrelated to any movie going but it makes my point): At an apartment I used to live in, my next door neighbors were the family from hell. Constant yelling, doors slamming, just out and out ignorant. Well, one day all I heard was SLAM! BASH! BANG! BOOM! Just the sound of stuff being moved around and slammed(they were packing to move, thank God). I got fed up, knocked on the door and asked them if they could be a little quieter as I was working the 4:30pm-1am and considering it was about 10am at the time that I would like to get some sleep. I was told I was rude. Nice. I'm being kept awake, I ask for a little common courtesy, and I'm the one who was rude. This is the society in which we live in today.
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Post by hedonismbot on Jun 3, 2008 1:05:35 GMT -5
I say take it a step further and ban children under the age of five from restaurants. Why on earth anyone would bring an infant to a restaurant is beyond me. And don't give me any of this bullcrap about how you still deserve to be able to go out to eat like anyone else even though you can't afford or can't find a babysitter. If you can't get a sitter, you don't go out. Period. You're not "entitled" to a night out, no matter how hard you work as a parent. In fact, a big part of parenting is learning to make sacrifices. Except for rape victims, nobody is forced into having children. If you value being able to go out to the movies or out to eat at the spur of the moment, you probably shouldn't have had kids.
By the way, the new theater where I live has a free daycare center built in. Why doesn't every theater in America do this?
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Post by Gopher Mod on Jun 3, 2008 2:03:38 GMT -5
I say take it a step further and ban children under the age of five from restaurants. Why on earth anyone would bring an infant to a restaurant is beyond me. And don't give me any of this bullcrap about how you still deserve to be able to go out to eat like anyone else even though you can't afford or can't find a babysitter. If you can't get a sitter, you don't go out. Period. You're not "entitled" to a night out, no matter how hard you work as a parent. In fact, a big part of parenting is learning to make sacrifices. Except for rape victims, nobody is forced into having children. If you value being able to go out to the movies or out to eat at the spur of the moment, you probably shouldn't have had kids. By the way, the new theater where I live has a free daycare center built in. Why doesn't every theater in America do this? Because most people don't think straight? I know that we have a daycare in our mall around here, but it is nowhere near the theatre as far as I know.
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Post by Captain Wonderful on Jun 3, 2008 2:07:36 GMT -5
Important:
It's not the kids' fault, they're just being kids. If you're going to blame anybody, blame their idiot parents who don't know what they're doing. END.
For example, at One Night Stand, there was a woman in the crowd who had her baby in one of those obnoxious baby sling things. First of all, how can you NOT immediately punch anyone wearing one of those? Second, what the hell kind of environment for a BABY is One Night Stand? A baby that couldn't even hold its head up yet. Pyro at WWE shows hurts MY ears, and I'm a 21-year-old metal guitarist who knows a thing or two about loud. That kid is deaf now.
Also, in my experience, it's not kids that are the problem. It's teenagers with cell phones. f*** every last one of them.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jun 3, 2008 2:23:09 GMT -5
I say take it a step further and ban children under the age of five from restaurants. Why on earth anyone would bring an infant to a restaurant is beyond me. And don't give me any of this bullcrap about how you still deserve to be able to go out to eat like anyone else even though you can't afford or can't find a babysitter. If you can't get a sitter, you don't go out. Period. You're not "entitled" to a night out, no matter how hard you work as a parent. In fact, a big part of parenting is learning to make sacrifices. Except for rape victims, nobody is forced into having children. If you value being able to go out to the movies or out to eat at the spur of the moment, you probably shouldn't have had kids. Yea SHAME on people wanting to go out with the whole family. And wanting their kids with them because they do not get to see their extend family that much. SHAME on Billy for looking up to his uncle who travels around the world and rarely comes to the states. And sometimes he is only there for a short time. But he will not go to Billy's house because it is being remodeled at the moment so they can not have people over. So Either Billy can not see his uncle who he looks up to, or he has to go with his family out to dinner. Or lets punish billy's mom because she wants to see her brother, all because well her kid can behave, but that does not matter. Because the parents are evil for going out with thier kids.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 3, 2008 2:48:28 GMT -5
I say take it a step further and ban children under the age of five from restaurants. Why on earth anyone would bring an infant to a restaurant is beyond me. And don't give me any of this bullcrap about how you still deserve to be able to go out to eat like anyone else even though you can't afford or can't find a babysitter. If you can't get a sitter, you don't go out. Period. You're not "entitled" to a night out, no matter how hard you work as a parent. In fact, a big part of parenting is learning to make sacrifices. Except for rape victims, nobody is forced into having children. If you value being able to go out to the movies or out to eat at the spur of the moment, you probably shouldn't have had kids. Yea SHAME on people wanting to go out with the whole family. And wanting their kids with them because they do not get to see their extend family that much. SHAME on Billy for looking up to his uncle who travels around the world and rarely comes to the states. And sometimes he is only there for a short time. But he will not go to Billy's house because it is being remodeled at the moment so they can not have people over. So Either Billy can not see his uncle who he looks up to, or he has to go with his family out to dinner. Or lets punish billy's mom because she wants to see her brother, all because well her kid can behave, but that does not matter. Because the parents are evil for going out with thier kids. You're depicting an extremely particular case here. In like 90% of the time, you can easily organize a family dinner at home. And I mean I'm sorry, but I don't see why EVERYONE in the restaurant/theater should go through rude kids just because their family doesn't think it's important to teach their kids the basis of social behavior.
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Post by Boku AKA Da Green Guy on Jun 3, 2008 2:53:03 GMT -5
Yea SHAME on people wanting to go out with the whole family. And wanting their kids with them because they do not get to see their extend family that much. SHAME on Billy for looking up to his uncle who travels around the world and rarely comes to the states. And sometimes he is only there for a short time. But he will not go to Billy's house because it is being remodeled at the moment so they can not have people over. So Either Billy can not see his uncle who he looks up to, or he has to go with his family out to dinner. Or lets punish billy's mom because she wants to see her brother, all because well her kid can behave, but that does not matter. Because the parents are evil for going out with thier kids. You're depicting an extremely particular case here. In like 90% of the time, you can easily organize a family dinner at home. And I mean I'm sorry, but I don't see why EVERYONE in the restaurant/theater should go through rude kids just because their family doesn't think it's important to teach their kids the basis of social behavior. There's the theatre then there's eating. The kid banning when you need your attention to watch and listen, is something I can get behind. Letting a mother and/or father enjoy having someone ELSE do the cooking & cleaning for dinner while spending time with the kids is something COMPLETELY different. Hence I don't like the turn we went where we're deciding in this thread that parents should be punished for being parents. You guys that want kids out of resturants, be careful. You're falling into that "ME" entitlement, making yourselves out to be total hypocrits.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 3, 2008 3:04:23 GMT -5
You're depicting an extremely particular case here. In like 90% of the time, you can easily organize a family dinner at home. And I mean I'm sorry, but I don't see why EVERYONE in the restaurant/theater should go through rude kids just because their family doesn't think it's important to teach their kids the basis of social behavior. There's the theatre then there's eating. The kid banning when you need your attention to watch and listen, is something I can get behind. Letting a mother and/or father enjoy having someone ELSE do the cooking & cleaning for dinner while spending time with the kids is something COMPLETELY different. Hence I don't like the turn we went where we're deciding in this thread that parents should be punished for being parents. You guys that want kids out of resturants, be careful. You're falling into that "ME" entitlement, making yourselves out to be total hypocrits. I see where you're coming from, but I still think that if you have kids who can't behave in public places, then don't take them to public places.
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Post by TromboneMan on Jun 3, 2008 3:23:10 GMT -5
Wow, after reading through this thread it's made me realise how lucky I am when it comes to cinema experience...
The worst I've had is during the Simpsons movie when some idiot teenager threw a popcorn bucket still half-full at the movie screen, right in the middle of the smurfing movie! Bloody heck...
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Post by TromboneMan on Jun 3, 2008 3:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by thesam07 on Jun 3, 2008 3:38:41 GMT -5
This reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld when George does the opposite of everything he would normally do. And while he is at the movies there are 2 large guys behind him who keep kicking the seat and talking. So George gets up and says "HEY! WHY DON'T YOU 2 JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!!! And if you have a problem with this, I will take you outside and make you SHUT UP!!!". The 2 guys sit down and everyone in the theatre starts cheering.
The point is, Seinfeld was very funny.
Oh, and baby's are lame.
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Post by Beav on Jun 3, 2008 3:42:54 GMT -5
I went to see Longest Yard and several young girls behind me literally SCREAMED every time the rapper guy who was in it came on screen. It may have been Nelly, I just don't care enough to look it up.
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Post by thesam07 on Jun 3, 2008 3:43:42 GMT -5
Also; Baby's in airplanes are much worse.
Last year when i travelled from Melbourne to Darwin overnight there were these 2 kids (one boy, probably aged 5. One girl, aged 2) sitting behind me. And throughout the 6 hour flight it was nothing but "MY EARS ARE POPPING!!!, "I WANNA GO TO THE TOILET!!!", "I WANT MY DADDY!!!", "HURRY UP!!!"
Point is, if you're a baby and you're reading this you don't deserve a holiday.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 3, 2008 4:16:07 GMT -5
I went to see Longest Yard and several young girls behind me literally SCREAMED every time the rapper guy who was in it came on screen. It may have been Nelly, I just don't care enough to look it up. Oh yeah, teenage chicks who go to a movie JUST to see the male actor they're drooling over and keep squealing whenever he appears. If I did not control myself, I could hang them in barbed wire. Ladies, if you want to see handsome men just for the hell of looking at handsome men, there's a thing called INTERNET. It's made just for that.
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