[Cedwards38]

I like movies. I go see a lot of them here in The Villages. My pet peeve, however, are people who think that it is perfectly alright for them to talk to each other about the movie while it is showing, as if they were sitting at home in front of their television. This is very common among Villagers, and I find it very annoying. Maybe I'm just too sensitive to this, but I think everyone knows that this is rude and inappropriate.

I have posted on this before, but today I'm asking for suggestions about how to handle this. Do you experience the same thing? Do you confront the persons and risk their indignant wrath or just try to ignore it and maybe change seats? I'd really like to know what you think.

[Walter123]

Tell them to shut up,

[fred53]

Or ask them to please be quiet. If that gets no attention(like those who answer their cell phones)then move if you can. If that doesn't work go to the manager and ask for your money back. If they ask why....tell them.

No you aren't being too sensitive it is they who are being insensitive and inconsiderate. You paid to see a movie, not listen to them chat about it.

[Topspinmo]

some people just can't SHUT UP no matter where there at!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

some people just can't SHUT UP no matter where there at!

I usually just move to another seat. I do that too if there is a person consistently pushing back the seat in front of me.

[Cedwards38]

What Do You Say to Talkers at the Movies to Get Them to Shut Up?

[Sandtrap328]

I would move to another seat away from them - quickly.

Remember that there just might be one of those "well-trained citizens" we read about in another thread who now feel compelled to carry their handgun anywhere they go in The Villages.

Remember the retired police captain in Wesley Chapel who shot and killed a man for texting during the movie previews - and who cannot say that that a retired police who also was a firearms trainer was not "well-trained"?

[Cedwards38]

What do you say to people who insist on talking in movie theaters? - Real Simple

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by Cedwards38

What do you say to people who insist on talking in movie theaters? - Real Simple

Like the suggestion to tell the usher. What usher?

[Cedwards38]

OK, let me be completely honest.

Part of my reason for posting this on TOTV is the hope that some of the persons guilty of this movie rudeness will read it here and realize that the rest of us did not pay our money to listen to the distraction of what you believe to be your witty repartee, or to hear you share you opinions about what is happening on the screen and why. (We also did not pay to listen to you rattle your Milkduds box, or make incredibly annoying noises consuming your Orville Redenbachers, but that issue is for another day.)

We paid to watch a movie. I'm sorry, but if you don't understand the plot or the dialogue, then you either should leave and choose something simpler next time, or wait until the film is finished before you make your inquiries. And if I want a movie review, I'll check Rotten Tomatoes (which also gives me another idea about how to deal with your inconsideration of the rest of us). Let's hope you know who you are!

That felt pretty good. Now I'm going to take a deep breath.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Cedwards38

OK, let me be completely honest.

Part of my reason for posting this on TOTV is the hope that some of the persons guilty of this movie rudeness will read it here and realize that the rest of us did not pay our money to listen to the distraction of what you believe to be your witty repartee, or to hear you share you opinions about what is happening on the screen and why. (We also did not pay to listen to you rattle your Milkduds box, or make incredibly annoying noises consuming your Orville Redenbachers, but that issue is for another day.)

We paid to watch a movie. I'm sorry, but if you don't understand the plot or the dialogue, then you either should leave and choose something simpler next time, or wait until the film is finished before you make your inquiries. And if I want a movie review, I'll check Rotten Tomatoes (which also gives me another idea about how to deal with your inconsideration of the rest of us). Let's hope you know who you are!

That felt pretty good. Now I'm going to take a deep breath.

YES! I completely understand. The constant babblers and the ice rattlers drive me nuts.

When we were in TV in October, I read in the Sun that at least one of the movie theaters was going to start selling pizza and French fries and other fast food. -- Each with its own SMELL! And so we soon will have "The Roar of the Grease and the Smell of the Crowd." -- I have a nose like a hound dog. If I end up next to people who bring their own buffet, I will have to move.

I do try to reduce the odds of sitting near the clods by trying to go to movies at times and on days when they might not be so crowded. I never go early in the run.

Oh, and that thing you said -- about hoping the rude people see this and know who they are -- well, I am sorry to have to tell you but that is not likely to happen. -- Those are the self-important people who think that WE obviously don't know who THEY are.

[SALYBOW]

Ask then what the last person said--"what did he say. I could not hear for all the talking"

[Retiring]

Sometimes a dirty look works.

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

I would move to another seat away from them - quickly.

Remember that there just might be one of those "well-trained citizens" we read about in another thread who now feel compelled to carry their handgun anywhere they go in The Villages.

Remember the retired police captain in Wesley Chapel who shot and killed a man for texting during the movie previews - and who cannot say that that a retired police who also was a firearms trainer was not "well-trained"?

[OldManTime]

Originally Posted by Cedwards38

I like movies. I go see a lot of them here in The Villages. My pet peeve, however, are people who think that it is perfectly alright for them to talk to each other about the movie while it is showing, as if they were sitting at home in front of their television. This is very common among Villagers, and I find it very annoying. Maybe I'm just too sensitive to this, but I think everyone knows that this is rude and inappropriate.

I have posted on this before, but today I'm asking for suggestions about how to handle this. Do you experience the same thing? Do you confront the persons and risk their indignant wrath or just try to ignore it and maybe change seats? I'd really like to know what you think.

For that reason i don't go any more, so many movie goers are so disrespectful, they just don't give a dam.

60 years ago they would have been thrown out, but god forbid, don't want to hurt someones feelings…. they should be kicked out!!!!