crowd-response reports (SPOILERS)

[Bad Atom]

There was a lady sitting right next to me who kept making snide comments, huffed and puffed and nit-picked during the whole movie. Eventually I got sick of it, turned to her and said, "Shut up, Mom!"

 

[elektralyte]

I saw it here in Palmdale, CA which is about an hour away from LA. I went with my 13 y.o. son and my 71 y.o. mother. We caught the 3pm showing (right after school) and while the theater wasn't full I'd reckon it was close to 70 percent. There were people sitting next to us and behind us.

Audience reaction was quiet at first, then punctuated with laughter here and there. At the end there was loud applause so I got the feeling that most people enjoyed it.

BtW, my son said he'd loved it and thought it was totally sick! He thought the opening scene was the best part and Scotty was his favorite character. He also quoted the "Final frontier" bit along with Spock Prime (a new Trekkie is born!). Mom thought young Spock was cute and that the Romulan ship looked like tumbleweed!

We decided to stay through the credits and were not alone. In fact, there were quite a few people that stayed behind. When we finally left, there was already a line forming to get into the theater so I think the evening shows might fill up nicely.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

My wife and I find a row in the upper level (tiered cinema seating) that had only one, 60ish woman sitting in it. We sat about three empty seats from her and that's how it remained. When the movie was over there was light applause and people started to clear out. When the "big" credits were finished everyone else cleared out. The only ones left in the theatre were my wife and I and this old woman. She sat thru the entire credit roll!? My wife and I were amazed by this. She was alone, and quite honestly she probably had the best seat in the house. Higher up and smack dab in the middle. This means not only did she sit thru the entire picture, I'm guessing she showed up early to get that primo seat. Amazing.

This will be me during the showing of Star Trek XX.

Anyway why were you amazed that she sat through the credit roll? She was probably an original Trek fan.

 

[Amaris]

I saw it here in Palmdale, CA which is about an hour away from LA. I went with my 13 y.o. son and my 71 y.o. mother. We caught the 3pm showing (right after school) and while the theater wasn't full I'd reckon it was close to 70 percent. There were people sitting next to us and behind us.

Audience reaction was quiet at first, then punctuated with laughter here and there. At the end there was loud applause so I got the feeling that most people enjoyed it.

BtW, my son said he'd loved it and thought it was totally sick! He thought the opening scene was the best part and Scotty was his favorite character. He also quoted the "Final frontier" bit along with Spock Prime (a new Trekkie is born!). Mom thought young Spock was cute and that the Romulan ship looked like tumbleweed!

We decided to stay through the credits and were not alone. In fact, there were quite a few people that stayed behind. When we finally left, there was already a line forming to get into the theater so I think the evening shows might fill up nicely.

I was quoting the Spock Prime dialogue too as he spoke it, and to my delight, I could hear my mom whispering them right next to me. It is a wonderful movie, for both young and old, and I hope it does well.

J.

 

[Dr. M'benga]

Huntsville, AL, Thursday night. Quarter full (if that), which is surprising. This town is rife with NASA scientists and engineers and easily the biggest Trek enclave in the state. Usually opening night for a Trek film is sold out for every showing. Not this time. Couple of college age kids in semi-costume wearing homemade VOY and ENT shirts.

Laughter is usually the only socially acceptable noise one can make in a theater in these parts. There was tons of that but not much else besides a few elbows and whispers at key points.

 

[Maurice]

Saw it at the first IMAX screening today here in S.F. Sold out all 300 seats, and the audience seemed to dig it.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

I went to a 7:00 preview showing, which was packed to the gills. Had lots of lively discussions from fellow Trekkies (and I got a cute girl's phone number ) The crowd reacted in all right spots, and everyone was really into it. At the end, some guy yelled "SUCK ON THAT, STAR WARS FANS!" Lot of the crowd stayed through the closing credits.

Went again at 2 in the afternoon today. Theater was about a quarter full and the audience seemed to be a bit quieter, but were enjoying it nonetheless (though someone muttered "holy shit..." at the end of the Kelvin sequence before it faded to credits.)

 

[Grup]

My wife and I find a row in the upper level (tiered cinema seating) that had only one, 60ish woman sitting in it. We sat about three empty seats from her and that's how it remained. When the movie was over there was light applause and people started to clear out. When the "big" credits were finished everyone else cleared out. The only ones left in the theatre were my wife and I and this old woman. She sat thru the entire credit roll!? My wife and I were amazed by this. She was alone, and quite honestly she probably had the best seat in the house. Higher up and smack dab in the middle. This means not only did she sit thru the entire picture, I'm guessing she showed up early to get that primo seat. Amazing.

This will be me during the showing of Star Trek XX.

Anyway why were you amazed that she sat through the credit roll? She was probably an original Trek fan.

Just that she was alone. And a woman.

 

[Tulin]

My wife and I find a row in the upper level (tiered cinema seating) that had only one, 60ish woman sitting in it. We sat about three empty seats from her and that's how it remained. When the movie was over there was light applause and people started to clear out. When the "big" credits were finished everyone else cleared out. The only ones left in the theatre were my wife and I and this old woman. She sat thru the entire credit roll!? My wife and I were amazed by this. She was alone, and quite honestly she probably had the best seat in the house. Higher up and smack dab in the middle. This means not only did she sit thru the entire picture, I'm guessing she showed up early to get that primo seat. Amazing.

This will be me during the showing of Star Trek XX.

Anyway why were you amazed that she sat through the credit roll? She was probably an original Trek fan.

I agree - why is that weird?

I'd say the OP is a younger person because in years gone past, more people would sit through the credits either to enjoy the music or read the names. I guess that WOULD seem weird to younger people today who want to RUSH out to get to the game arcade or order their bowl of(whatever the latest craze in Vietnames)noodles at the Hans Café or race off to their next schedule meet.


Oh and why is there ALWAYS a disabled midget in uniform?!?

 

[RAMA]

Apparently the crowd response is great, because the movie made $33 million in 1 day!! The movie is being shown on almost 3,850 screens, about a 1,000 more than Nemesis, which may explain why some theaters are not filled to capacity.

RAMA

 

[Grup]

My wife and I find a row in the upper level (tiered cinema seating) that had only one, 60ish woman sitting in it. We sat about three empty seats from her and that's how it remained. When the movie was over there was light applause and people started to clear out. When the "big" credits were finished everyone else cleared out. The only ones left in the theatre were my wife and I and this old woman. She sat thru the entire credit roll!? My wife and I were amazed by this. She was alone, and quite honestly she probably had the best seat in the house. Higher up and smack dab in the middle. This means not only did she sit thru the entire picture, I'm guessing she showed up early to get that primo seat. Amazing.

This will be me during the showing of Star Trek XX.

Anyway why were you amazed that she sat through the credit roll? She was probably an original Trek fan.

I agree - why is that weird?

I'd say the OP is a younger person because in years gone past, more people would sit through the credits either to enjoy the music or read the names. I guess that WOULD seem weird to younger people today who want to RUSH out to get to the game arcade or order their bowl of(whatever the latest craze in Vietnames)noodles at the Hans Café or race off to their next schedule meet.


Oh and why is there ALWAYS a disabled midget in uniform?!?

Probably; more than anything, I was surprised that out of an entire theatre she was the lone hold out (aside from my wife and I) to wait the credit roll out. We just wondered what her story was. Especially being all alone like that.

 

[Kpnuts]

We just wondered what her story was. Especially being all alone like that.

Her story was that she wanted to enjoy Star Trek?

 

[VulcanJedi]

I thought I'd start a separate thread for this....separate from the review thread. This thread *isn't* to offer your own review of the movie, but to report on anything interesting about the crowd you saw the movie with. How full was the theater? Did anyone show up in costume? Did the crowd really get into it, and react to any specific moments? If so, which ones? (that's why I included the spoiler warning)

I saw it at Macquarie Centre, in Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia, 6:45pm on Thursday (opening day, but by no means the first show of the day). I was actually kind of surprised by the sparse attendance. The theater was large-ish....probably about 400 seats. But maybe only about 1/3rd of the seats were occupied. I expected more on opening day, but alas. Well, it's playing on three screens here all day long, and this is just outside a college campus, so students were probably watching it at various times throughout the day.

The crowd tended to laugh at all the jokes, but otherwise there wasn't any particularly interesting reaction. Just wondering if other people went to showings where the crowd seemed to be more into it.

(LOVED IT) People loved it. Clapping. Cheering and laughing. Lingering viewers at the end. Of course this was a Thursday night 7:00 pm showing. So these were fans. I must say the average age must have been like 45 or so.

 

[VulcanJedi]

[FONT=Courier]did someone say Vietnamese noodles? yum. [/FONT]

sorry for double post cant remember how to delete this....?

 

[USS Gettysburg]

I am quite happy with the crowd reactions so far. Also, when I see that my Facebook page filled with people saying they liked the Star Trek movie when I know they are just casual movie goers gives great hope for this movie.

 

[fokkerpilot]

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie with my family. I'd give it 5 stars. The best thing that I saw coming out of it was the interest generated by the younger kids, especially my 10 and 14 year olds. I know my younger son is no longer interested in Star Wars after seeing this movie.

For those who have not seen this yet, it is well worth the money spent. Enjoy the show.

 

[anti-matter]

We went to a 430pm showing mostly to avoid a loud boisterous crowd. The complex was showing the film on 2 screens. Our theater was only filled to 25% capacity and more than half sat through the credits. Even at the end I've never experienced a more quieter crowd, even hushed tones of...' yeah that was a good movie' etc ...I dunno.

I was tempted to solicit some opinions but the movie drained all my energy. Also I realized I would never again see all those old familiar faces that entertained us for years.

We were going to see the film again after dinner but it did'nt play out that way.

 

[Kpnuts]

Our crowd from the looks of things was filled with casual/non Trek fans.

Huge applause at the end. And there was about 1000 seats in our screen, if not more.

 

[Tulin]

This will be me during the showing of Star Trek XX.

Anyway why were you amazed that she sat through the credit roll? She was probably an original Trek fan.

I agree - why is that weird?

I'd say the OP is a younger person because in years gone past, more people would sit through the credits either to enjoy the music or read the names. I guess that WOULD seem weird to younger people today who want to RUSH out to get to the game arcade or order their bowl of(whatever the latest craze in Vietnames)noodles at the Hans Café or race off to their next schedule meet.


Oh and why is there ALWAYS a disabled midget in uniform?!?

Probably; more than anything, I was surprised that out of an entire theatre she was the lone hold out (aside from my wife and I) to wait the credit roll out. We just wondered what her story was. Especially being all alone like that.

Again - I just don't find it weird. I find it extremely weird that YOU find it weird.

I remember being fourteen when STIII came out and it was the first ST film I was able to go into town to see on my own. I went four times that summer and each time I sat, all by myself until the credits finished and the cinema curtains closed over the screen. It was like heaven, sitting in a darkened cinema, pretty much all by myself right up to the end, just having my little ST experience in silence.

Years later I had a friend's sister look at me like I was an AIDS victim when I said I regularly went to the flicks on my own. It was just something I ALWAYS did and here she was feeling pity for me. THAT felt weird because I never knew I was supposed to be pitied for going to see a film on my own.

 

[Lumen]

I saw it again last night (and will again tonight, in IMAX). People started cheering and clapping when Nimoy first appeared. It was pretty amazing.