Mores for Gays video blog (111): Movie Theaters

Too funny!  Another great episode.  But, you forgot one of the most important things---absolutely no use of mobile phones while the film is running.  And I don't mean just turning the ringer off---don't use phones for texting or anything else, either.  It's very distracting to see the glow when someone flips open their phone; very noticeable in a darkened theatre.

I'm like a superhero, with no powers or motivation...

But he'd be great to watch porn with.

...wanna watch a movie NOT together, i like going to the movie alone, too :)

Although I will NEVER see a movie with that kid.  Talking in the theatre is pure evil.

The gay seat … Is this like a regional thing? I have never heard of the “gay seat” before in my life. I usually go to movies with straight friends and they always sit next to each other, that’s the weirdest thing I’ve heard in a while. How would you share candy?

“Nope wrong , still can’t talk” great quote btw.

I never knew picking up my trash destroyed the economy ><. I’m so sorry everyone.

 

Great chemistry between you two -Ryan Hill should be a recurring "special guest star"  :)

why can i watch this episode, but i still cant watch the previous one!

 

lets fall in love and see those clouds from above

Can you watch any of the previous episodes? I can't. I wonder if Mores for Gays can only be watched in the US, as most people with the video issues are located outside the US.

I had a friend who would text during the movie! I couldn't stand it. I was always giving him dirty looks and hitting him on the leg when he would do it. He also would say things to the people in the movie out loud! It would bug me when the theatre was full. If the theatre wasn't full I'd let it go.

As for the feet on the sit rule, I always go for the bar. It's probably the best seat to have. I can't sit anywhere else or I freak out...ok maybe not freak out, but I don't like to sit anywhere else.

And one more thing...loud laughing! UGH! I was watching Gran Torino, which is a pretty serious movie and during the whole movie there was a lady a few seats down who would laugh at the most INAPPORIATE times! I was dying because I was ready to cut a b**ch!

I agree with just about everything you guys said, as far as the "rules" and times when it's okay not to follow them. But I do have to say: Ryan is totally right about the trash issue. First, let me say that I do pick up my trash, but only because most theaters have trash cans near the door of the theater you're in, so I can just dump it on the way out. Not all theaters do, though -- that really only became standard with the bigger, modern theaters. And Ryan is right about little pimply-faced Jared being hired to pick up the trash -- but not just with a little broom and dustpan. At nearly every movie I go to, the end credits have barely even begun when little Jared zooms into the theater with his GIANT trashcan on wheels and stands there, waiting for everyone to leave so he can pick up trash. (It happened just yesterday when I went to see Harry Potter. In fact, it was little Jared AND his friend Tiffany.) Those places hire so many people, they've gotta have something to do!

P.S. The Gay Seat happened on the row right in front of me and my friend yesterday!

The little blue screens are as distracting as someone yakking away. I know that these are new technologies that aren't covered by the traditional rules, but apply a little courtesy and don't do it.

Nous Sommes Tous Sauvages.

This ep was hilarious, as always, and I have to agree that the two of you had great comedic chemistry. Some interesting things:

-Never heard of the "gay seat", but its literally been years since I last saw a movie in the theaters (excluding when I went to one in the HUGE gay community part of Atlanta a few months ago to see Noah's Arc the first month it came out with a good friend of mine) since as soon as a movie is out, its at Blockbusters in 6 months or less (and I can use the extra dough that I would have spent on popcorn/candy/gas to keep in my pocket). I also have the problem of finding other people who are willing to and can afford to go with me as well (I'm still in school, so me and my friends are all still quite "poor" in the theoretical sense).

-I was thinking "awe" when you said you went to the theater by yourself, but I'm glad you're not ashamed, and actually proud to do so. Another reason why I haven't been in so long is b/c it makes me a little sad to think about going and seeing everyone else with other people (friends, family, COUPLES ARE THE WORST) and be in my little corner all alone. Great, I just depressed myself!..What I'm getting at is that YOU'RE NOT PATHETIC, and you couldn't be even if you tried. Be proud to go by yourself, you see I don't have the self esteem to do it, so it makes my day a little bit happier knowing that there are other people doing it, and don't care about it (it encourages me to start doing the same)! Be proud, you're enjoying yourself, and if that's what makes you happy, then by God, do it!!!

-I always throw my trash away b/c people are always going to leave trash behind, so I like to think that I'm making Jared's job a little less hard.

-I don't put my feet up at all b/c I'm 5 feet even and it takes ALOT of effort to put my feet up behind the chair, and keep them up.

-I've always enjoyed a little commentary from random people in the audience, as long as its not like 10+ comments over the course of the whole movie. I never mind a few "This sucks", "Watch out", "White girl about to die", "Next time I pick the movie", and other various comments that arise from other people in the audience.

-Lastly, this ep was awesome b/c Daniel's expressions were priceless. You were so appalled at the trash thing, and yet so amused by your friends habits, it was ADORABLE AS ALWAYS!! *Pinches his cheeks*

Can't wait til the next ep!!! ;)~

Kitty

"Gay sex is so hot!"-Grace Adler from Will & Grace  

I love going to the movies alone! The first time I went, I was so conscious about what people would think of me! LOL, I was silly. If anybody did take a second look at me I didn't notice, and, by the end of the night, I didn't care. It is a very different experience to go by yourself and be completely inside your own head and engrossed by the story. I still enjoy going with other people, and having it be a shared experience. But I also love the solitary experience. Whenever I'm at a theatre alone, I always notice other solitary movie goers, and I feel like I should give them some kind of secret handshake. (But I don't, because it's not always appropriate to assume random strangers want to be greeted by you, even if they are unaccompanied... And, anyway, they might mistake my attempt at a secret handshake for a rude gesture.)

That whole episode is fantastic, by the way. Great job!

I like to go to dramas and intense stuff alone, since I never know if I'm going to bring the "right" person to enjoy something like that.  I was very happy last week seeing "Cheri" and "Away We Go" solo.  However, I do like to see comedies, musicals or blockbusters with my partner and/or friends, as we did with "Harry Potter" yesterday and "Every Little Step" on Saturday.  (And we did indeed sit in the front row with the railing to put our feet up!)  I'm glad I saw "The Hangover" solo since I hated it so much, I would've spoiled the experience for anyone with me.  (I wanted to yell at people leaving the theater, "What the hell is wrong with you?!")

I always pack out my trash, unless I can't find it if it fell under the seat in front of me.  If one takes that argument about leaving stuff behind to its illogical end, should we litter the entire planet so the orange-vest brigade always has something to do?

My laugh is very loud and cackling when I'm amused, and I remember during "Chasing Amy"--still Kevin Smith's best and funniest film--hearing myself echoing off the walls.  (It was a weekday afternoon, very small audience.)  Once or twice I've been the only person in the audience (two examples; "The Pope of Greenwich Village" "The Brothers Bloom"), which is a little odd but also kind of cool--like a private screening just for me.

I HATE people who talk throughout a movie and have confronted folks afterwards over it, or given them Significant Looks.  (Maybe I should pass out business cards with glow-in-the-dark font: "Please be quiet.") Really, people, it's just such bad manners, unless the movie is god-awful and everyone knows it.  (Apparently during the climax of "Mulholland Drive" at a theater in L.A., when "the little people" are chasing Naomi Watts around her living room, a guy in the balcony turned to his friend and screamed, "Oh my GOD!  Are you SURE we're not high?!") 

I'm glad theaters are cracking down on people phoning/texting during films, too--an army of teenagers in the front 5 rows during "Stranger than Fiction" pretty much ruined the film, changing seats, constantly texting each other, talking/giggling, etc.  I have no problem after spending $15 or more on seats and snacks (per person) getting an usher and saying, "You've got some really out of control people in the auditorium.  Is it possible to have them removed?"  And yes, that includes trashy parents who keep their kids up late and bring them to a movie and let them wander around, run up and down the aisles, vocalize, etc.  (I encountered a family that brought two little kids like this to a 10:15 PM showing of "Return to Neverland"--not to mention the parents who brought a 2-year-old and a 4-year old to "Hannibal.")  You want to be ignorant trash and not raise your kids right, knock yourself out--but do it at home, not in a public movie theater.