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Gotta keep those selfish poor people out right. Assholes live in every tax bracket.

overcast 9y ago
Talking during a movie, and ruining everyone's experience IS selfish. It doesn't matter if the ticket was a $1, or free. Everyone else is there to watch a movie, not listen to you act like a jackass. Stop making this a poor vs rich debate. I know plenty of poor, respectful people. Visit India sometime.
- bigtunacan 9y ago
  I think the parent was being sarcastic as they were replying to a post which was saying that higher ticket prices keeps out the "rude" people. The implication then is that poorer people are rude.
  - chris_7 9y ago
    Given a $10 theater and a $20 theater with reasonable geographic similarity, people that choose the $20 one should be more invested in actually seeing the movie and not just goofing off for a few hours. It's really teenagers that need to be kept out though, in my experience.
- Balgair 9y ago
  I saw Precious in two different theaters in two very different areas around Philly (I know, but both of my dates wanted to see it separately and they were cute enough not to say 'no' to). The first was in a 'white' off the main line. The theater was really silent and the film had a very somber feeling to it. Not a good date movie in the end. The second time was in a 'black' area closer to the city. It was a much better date movie. The audience, mostly black, interacted with the film loudly and actively. The scene where the TV is dropped on Precious' head from a few stories up was not a terrible event of violence, at least not as much, in the 'black' theater. The audience was yelling at Precious to get out, to move, to not just sit there. In the 'black' theater, Precious was not a passive victim, she was responsible for herself and a real person with real action, not a vessel to represent the grinding poverty, obesity, racism, and raping of inner-city America. It was a much better movie with audience interaction, she was real, not a thing. You just have to be comfortable with that kind of theater and you have to try to participate with it too. Life is created by us all together, not 'for' us to consume. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/
  - overcast 9y ago
    I appreciate your feedback, but I don't go to movies, to listen to everyone else scream, and carry on over it.
    - Balgair 9y ago
      You should try it sometime. I think it's a lot more fun, and obviously, so do a lot of other movie-goers.
  - LambdaComplex 9y ago
    As someone who's seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a movie theater many times (with audience participation, of course), that sounds like a lot of fun
    - Balgair 9y ago
      How could I forget RHPS! NOW that is a BLAST!
AckSyn 9y ago
Low barriers to entry bring out tons of people who ruin it for everyone.
Sohcahtoa82 9y ago
It's not about class. People who go to $1 showings of movies often don't really have their attention invested in the movie. The movie theater just becomes a cheap place to hang out with friends, and they start chatting with each other during the movie, ruining it for the people that are there for the actual movie. Higher prices keep out the riff-raff. Riff-raff of course being assholes, who as you say, live in every tax bracket.

Talking during a movie, and ruining everyone's experience IS selfish. It doesn't matter if the ticket was a $1, or free. Everyone else is there to watch a movie, not listen to you act like a jackass. Stop making this a poor vs rich debate. I know plenty of poor, respectful people. Visit India sometime.

bigtunacan 9y ago
I think the parent was being sarcastic as they were replying to a post which was saying that higher ticket prices keeps out the "rude" people. The implication then is that poorer people are rude.
- chris_7 9y ago
  Given a $10 theater and a $20 theater with reasonable geographic similarity, people that choose the $20 one should be more invested in actually seeing the movie and not just goofing off for a few hours. It's really teenagers that need to be kept out though, in my experience.
Balgair 9y ago
I saw Precious in two different theaters in two very different areas around Philly (I know, but both of my dates wanted to see it separately and they were cute enough not to say 'no' to). The first was in a 'white' off the main line. The theater was really silent and the film had a very somber feeling to it. Not a good date movie in the end. The second time was in a 'black' area closer to the city. It was a much better date movie. The audience, mostly black, interacted with the film loudly and actively. The scene where the TV is dropped on Precious' head from a few stories up was not a terrible event of violence, at least not as much, in the 'black' theater. The audience was yelling at Precious to get out, to move, to not just sit there. In the 'black' theater, Precious was not a passive victim, she was responsible for herself and a real person with real action, not a vessel to represent the grinding poverty, obesity, racism, and raping of inner-city America. It was a much better movie with audience interaction, she was real, not a thing. You just have to be comfortable with that kind of theater and you have to try to participate with it too. Life is created by us all together, not 'for' us to consume. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/
- overcast 9y ago
  I appreciate your feedback, but I don't go to movies, to listen to everyone else scream, and carry on over it.
  - Balgair 9y ago
    You should try it sometime. I think it's a lot more fun, and obviously, so do a lot of other movie-goers.
- LambdaComplex 9y ago
  As someone who's seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a movie theater many times (with audience participation, of course), that sounds like a lot of fun
  - Balgair 9y ago
    How could I forget RHPS! NOW that is a BLAST!

AckSyn 9y ago

Low barriers to entry bring out tons of people who ruin it for everyone.

Sohcahtoa82 9y ago

It's not about class. People who go to $1 showings of movies often don't really have their attention invested in the movie. The movie theater just becomes a cheap place to hang out with friends, and they start chatting with each other during the movie, ruining it for the people that are there for the actual movie. Higher prices keep out the riff-raff. Riff-raff of course being assholes, who as you say, live in every tax bracket.