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At a Movie Theater Near You

32 Responses (Add) | Saturday, December 8th, 2007 at 12:45pm

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Michael sent in his top five tips for going to the movie theater. Yes, you’ll have to leave the computer room and actually go outside of your house. That’s a good thing to do every once in awhile, honest!

#1. Turn off your cell phone, pager or mobile device. There is nothing more annoying than to be engrossed in an excellent movie and hear someone’s phone start ringing shrilly. I know your cell phone is like glued to your hip, and you might die without it. But honestly… would you REALLY die in a two hour period?

#2. Keep talking to a bare minimum, except for laughter during funny parts of the show. Also, try not to go to a sequel with someone who didn’t see the first one. They’ll interrupt you and everyone around you by constantly asking “who is she?” or “well that doesn’t make sense”.

#3. Go to a matinee to save money. Also, matinee’s are a great time to take younger children. Since most people take the kiddies during the day, the likelihood of babies crying at night movies is much less.

#4. Save money by sneaking in your own snacks and/or drinks. I know most theaters frown on this, but seriously. Have you ever been caught and thrown out? Just be smart about it.

#5. Research the film you’re planning to see. Get recommendations from friends, relatives and even the “Intarnets”. If a film gets bad reviews from like *everyone*, skip it until it comes out on DVD. Save your money and see something else.

Excellent list, Michael. The only movie I nearly walked out on was Ghost Dad with Bill Cosby. I thought it was awful, and wished I had saved my money. Oh… there was also that whole fiasco near the end of Independence Day, where they tried to sell us on the whole “virus on a floppy for a Mac” thing. Give me a break.

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Movie Goers Club

December 9th, 2007
at 3:16am

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December 8th, 2007
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Frank's World

December 9th, 2007
at 1:03am

Movie Theater Eittiquette

evilgnius

December 8th, 2007
at 12:31pm

explaining might help settle the answer to the question…. how?

BetterThanYou2468

December 8th, 2007
at 1:02pm

i live in PA and i call it pop

BetterThanYou2468

December 8th, 2007
at 2:25pm

i almost pis**d my pants when he did a bill cosby imitation!

John

December 8th, 2007
at 2:23pm

ghost dad movie did suck chris! glad,i’m not the only one that hate it. hihi.

jpgarcia6

December 9th, 2007
at 3:44am

it makes the persians look like zombies and retards(im persian,and im not a retard).but its not too bad.still goood movie

PlatonicKamel

December 9th, 2007
at 6:34am

That’s not because of their race, it’s because they’re the enemy of the protagonists, and back then they’d never seen elephants or explosives or anything before. Also the culture and belief structure was so different between the two that they where viewed as being stupid/ungodly/etc. Gladiator portrays France as being barbarians for the same reason.

PlatonicKamel

December 9th, 2007
at 6:40am

Never walked out, but I caught a few z’s in Nacho Libre and one of the older Batman ones. Neither we’re my choice, I just went with friends as something to do.

ssolkemserB

December 9th, 2007
at 9:20am

The take before had at least one greater thing.. He said ”Remove yourself from the house” btw im penrin in the chat and i only say lol.. :P Good tips tho (Y)

cmrmagazinechannel

December 9th, 2007
at 10:04am

TURN OFF YOU DAM MOBILE! even over in the U.K THEY DO IT.
Ain’t been to the pics for a while, mainly cos ots only two screen and i perfer a multiplex, a lot better

CrashGames2108

December 9th, 2007
at 7:35pm

I fell asleep during the latest star wars it was so boring.

Steven

December 9th, 2007
at 1:00pm

Where’s the animated GIFF you said you would post??

davidkbrown

December 9th, 2007
at 11:21pm

How can you talk smack about Ghost Dad?!?!

Ruuuuuuuddy!

Ethan

December 9th, 2007
at 8:27pm

I go to the theatres almost every friday, yes its a money killer. I wasnt sure what was ment by ‘manitee’ but anyways, i agree on researching the movie you want to go see, it has saved me a few times from seeing a bad movie. Also on the cell phone tip, it does not need to be off, putting on vibrate i would say is your best choice :)

Computerguy1000

December 10th, 2007
at 11:52am

I just watch all my videos online so I cont have to go away from my computer lol

FBIxWARNINGx

December 10th, 2007
at 8:15pm

epic movie was the worst i saw

IrvingYAlejo

December 11th, 2007
at 5:17pm

yeah epic movie is horrible… its sad trash

isakt04a

December 12th, 2007
at 1:54am

live free die hard 4.0 and disturbia is the best movies this year.

genezix

December 12th, 2007
at 12:09pm

Yeah, I think kids should be a certain age before you can even bring them into the theater. I’m tired of people bringing babies and one year olds in, or even two year olds that cry through half the movie so loud you can’t pay attention to anything on screen.

Genezix

December 12th, 2007
at 9:07pm

Yeah, I think kids should be a certain age before you can even bring them into the theater. I’m tired of people bringing babies and one year olds in, or even two year olds that cry through half the movie so loud you can’t pay attention to anything on screen.

celldweller1982

December 14th, 2007
at 12:26pm

N. Mississippi, W. Tennessee And E. Arkansas all say a mix of Soda, Pop But the main one is coke im in mississippi!

chango714

December 15th, 2007
at 11:30am

Out of every single movie? or just scary ones? and there’s still movies coming out in December so you it would be stupid to name a best of the year.

kevjoemcg

April 23rd, 2008
at 5:20pm

All good tips except for one,The outside food and drink.Movies cost alot to make and when a movie comes out the movie company gets 80% of the box office. This percentage decreases the longer the theatre playes the film. For a theatre to hold a movie for a month is rare and seldom seen these days. Theatres make most of their money from the concessions. So if you keep sneaking food in enjoy watching movies at home because you are killing the theatre business.

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