Talking during movie trailers
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Don't cinemas were you live have facilities for wheelchairs such as spaces for wheelchairs in the theatres and, if needed, wheelchair lifts.
I have seen a man in a wheelchair arrive alone by a maxi-taxi and he watched the movie from one of the wheelchair places near the door.
Granted. But I hear the argument all of the time "if you don't like the noise/movement/etc. of the theater just wait for it to be released on a home video format."
Well, sure, one could do that but there's still something to be said for the theater experience.
All the theaters I've seen that have spots for the wheelchairs to go are usually in the front section/"floor seats" which aren't to fantabulous. Given the choice between them and home video I'd go with home video too. Not to mention the additional hassle that must come from a trip to a theater when you've got to managed a wheelchair and such why go through the effort just to get mediocre seats?
In most of our cinemas entry is from the back and people have to go down steps to get to the front seats. Therefore peoplE in wheelchairs have spots in the middle back row. There are only 4 regular seats in this row which means there is a room for a wheelchair at either end. There are also some of the best seats in the cinema.
One has to phone up and reserve the seats, both the wheelchair spot and the seats next to it for anyone accompanying the person, and they would also have to reserve the wheelchair taxi (maxi-taxi). The maxi-taxi costs the same as a regular taxi and, if he has governmental disabilty vouchers, a person only has to pay for half the fare himself.
One has to phone up and reserve the seats, both the wheelchair spot and the seats next to it for anyone accompanying the person, and they would also have to reserve the wheelchair taxi (maxi-taxi). The maxi-taxi costs the same as a regular taxi and, if he has governmental disabilty vouchers, a person only has to pay for half the fare himself.
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I usually try to follow that advice.
Not necessarily because of noise (although I do hate that as well -- I distinctly recall having to shush these loudmouth brats directly behind me during ST:FC), but cost. Movie tickets cost ten bucks. For only about twice that, I can get the film from iTunes - often in HD - to KEEP. The theater 'experience', beyond the larger screen, does not really appeal to me.
Movie tickets, though, have been $10 for a long time now, I could argue they're cheaper now than they were 10 or 15 years ago. 
But for certain movies, particularly summer movies, going to the theater with the large screen and superior sound system and even at times with an audience it really adds something I can't get at home.
But for certain movies, particularly summer movies, going to the theater with the large screen and superior sound system and even at times with an audience it really adds something I can't get at home.
They do indeed, but my health limits my mobility. It's not just a question of ride availability.
And I have yet to see a wheelchair lift in a movie theater here in Northern California. There are, however, ramps everywhere.
When I lived in Texas most of the theaters I went to had elevators to second levels where patrons in Wheelchairs could get better access to better seats. Rather than being reduced to sitting on the ground level and having a horrible view of the screen.
Here, like I said, we have ramps all over the place, and in our newest theater, built a year before REVENGE OF THE SITH came out, it has ramps going to multilevels of the theater, with a section for wheelchairs right next to the balconies on every level. My first time visiting there was when we were seeing REVENGE, and my friend said "let's go to the top", so they pushed me up the ramp, and that's how I found the wheelchair section up there.
Unfortunately though, as I said, my health precludes how often I can go out, so it's easier nowdays for my girlfriend to simply rent the movies we want to see. That, plus the fact that she hates going to the movies anyway for the very reason this thread was started.
Here's something else to add to the discussion, how does everyone feel about people clapping at the end of a movie?
I haven't witnessed it often but it seems a bit silly. I could understand if you're at a screening where people involved with the film are attending, but otherwise it seems a bit redundant because the people being applauded aren't actually there.
I haven't witnessed it often but it seems a bit silly. I could understand if you're at a screening where people involved with the film are attending, but otherwise it seems a bit redundant because the people being applauded aren't actually there.
Yeah, the whole point of applause is to applaud somebody. The people involved in making the movie aren't there, so it has always seemed pretty weird to me.
I think it may be more of an American thing.
The only time I ever recall it happening in a cinema in Ireland was during The Phantom Menace, of all things. There may have been more applause at the start than at the end - though that may be my selective memory!
Well, sometimes clapping can be more like laughter in that it's a spontaneous expression of joy or delight or satisfaction.
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This. The applause was thunderous after I saw ST09 during it's premiere.
I have never known there to be applause at the end of a movie.
When I was young my mother used to make us stand and listen to "God Save the Queen" which was played at the end of a movie. Some other movie goers also did this.
What do people think about those who leave before the credits are finished especially during movies that have an additional scene after the credits (I believe The Avengers have such a scene)?
When I was young my mother used to make us stand and listen to "God Save the Queen" which was played at the end of a movie. Some other movie goers also did this.
What do people think about those who leave before the credits are finished especially during movies that have an additional scene after the credits (I believe The Avengers have such a scene)?
Most people leave as soon as the credits start. Doesn't bother me at all.
I don't sit through the credits unless I know for a fact that there is something after them that I want to see.
As do we, as I, and my girlfriends, are usually anxious to go to the loo. However I have one friend who likes to stay and wait to see if there is a final scene. We wait for him outside. He gets annoyed if the cleaners come in before the end of the credits.
If I know there's a scene I definitely wait, and usually have to remind my friends. Otherwise I'll wait a little bit. Everyone rushes out so if I left straight away I'd have to wait for the crowd to die down. I'm in no rush to leave.
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