Talking during movie trailers
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In my experience any midnight premiere of a big anticipated film has applause at the end (and sometimes during the opening title credit.) I applauded big time at the end of ST09. 
If I knew there'd be such a scene, I'd always stay for it. But unless you're lucky enough to catch the word of mouth, it's easy to miss.
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I always stay for credits now, whether or not there is a scene afterwards. Most of the time the composer will use the credits to reprise all the themes from the film (John Williams and his Indiana Jones scores is a great example of this).
Even when I'm sitting at home watching a movie on DVD I'll let the credits play out and just listen to the music.
Even when I'm sitting at home watching a movie on DVD I'll let the credits play out and just listen to the music.
Same here. Plus I just think it's respectful to watch the credits. A lot of people work on these movies, and most of them don't get any acknowledgement except in the credits.
When I was younger I went to a lot sneak previews and first showings with audiences full of geeks. So there was a lot of applause during credits. Especially for actors or directors we liked. TMP had quite a bit. ILM was nearby so on occasion we would clap for people we knew. After a while it became a joke and we would clap for the most obscure credit we could find.
I just came back from the movie theater and thought I would report about the sequence of events. After the crappy commercials, the lights dimmed halfway and the "no talking/cell phones" clip played. And then the trailers began. After they ended, the lights dimmed completely and the movie immediately started.
So I guess, at least at some theaters over here, the no talking message does come before the trailers, indicating there should be no talking during the trailers.
Anyway, as to the cheering/clapping/laughing during movies, I think some here may be overstating it a bit (or else people in my area are extra quiet). I don't remember ever hearing clapping during a film, but I did hear it a couple of times after the film, the first time I was at a special screening where it seemed quite appropriate, the other was after the last Harry Potter film.
Also, I don't hear much cheering in films either. Certainly not enough for me to notice or so that it drowns out the next line. I do hear much laughter in comedies though, but I enjoy that, since laughter is known to be infectious and therefore it increases the humor and delight of a particular scene. It also doesn't usually drown out lines because comedies are timed that way specifically to allow for an audience reaction before the next line/joke occurs.
What really annoys me is when I am seeing a horror film and there are 13 year old girls squealing at the slightest provocation. Obviously during sudden scares this is to be expected, but I was at a movie the other day where these girls were screeching at any sort of movement, even when the scene was clearly not meant to be scary at all. Other people started getting irritated, but it was actually another girl they were there with that leaned over and told them to be quiet.
So I guess, at least at some theaters over here, the no talking message does come before the trailers, indicating there should be no talking during the trailers.
Anyway, as to the cheering/clapping/laughing during movies, I think some here may be overstating it a bit (or else people in my area are extra quiet). I don't remember ever hearing clapping during a film, but I did hear it a couple of times after the film, the first time I was at a special screening where it seemed quite appropriate, the other was after the last Harry Potter film.
Also, I don't hear much cheering in films either. Certainly not enough for me to notice or so that it drowns out the next line. I do hear much laughter in comedies though, but I enjoy that, since laughter is known to be infectious and therefore it increases the humor and delight of a particular scene. It also doesn't usually drown out lines because comedies are timed that way specifically to allow for an audience reaction before the next line/joke occurs.
What really annoys me is when I am seeing a horror film and there are 13 year old girls squealing at the slightest provocation. Obviously during sudden scares this is to be expected, but I was at a movie the other day where these girls were screeching at any sort of movement, even when the scene was clearly not meant to be scary at all. Other people started getting irritated, but it was actually another girl they were there with that leaned over and told them to be quiet.
Here the lights are on during the seating, they dim slightly for the commercials and then they go all the way off after a "commercial" for the theater/concession stand and then the trailers start.
Same here.
The only film I remember it happening was Star Trek 4.
And, I think, 6, although I might be misremembering in that case.
For me, I'm quite all right with quiet talking between a seatmate during legitimate trailers (the commercials before the trailers don't count — I would sound a vuvuzela during them if I could). Sometimes a trailer needs to have a verbal response — I think I laughed long and hard when I saw the title card for insipidly titled "Cowboys and Aliens."
All noticeable chatter should stop when the movie begins. I'm also OK with some premovie chatter and texting in general, but I do get worried if it carries on.
I'm also happy with the crowd participation aspect of going to the movies. I will frequently laugh out loud at points I thought funny, even if the rest of the audience doesn't react as much. I haven't been to many theaters were there was clapping at the end, but I don't mind it.
I will stick through the end of the credits, to listen to the music, watch some of credits and to see if there's anything at the end.
One of the best moviegoing experiences was when my friends and I remained in the theater at the end of "Pleasantville," just to discuss all the various aspects of it.
All noticeable chatter should stop when the movie begins. I'm also OK with some premovie chatter and texting in general, but I do get worried if it carries on.
I'm also happy with the crowd participation aspect of going to the movies. I will frequently laugh out loud at points I thought funny, even if the rest of the audience doesn't react as much. I haven't been to many theaters were there was clapping at the end, but I don't mind it.
I will stick through the end of the credits, to listen to the music, watch some of credits and to see if there's anything at the end.
One of the best moviegoing experiences was when my friends and I remained in the theater at the end of "Pleasantville," just to discuss all the various aspects of it.
I go to the cinema far too often. Cineworld here do an Unlimited Pass which costs £15 a month and means you can see as many films as you like. My policy is at any point after the ads if I talk I lean over and whisper. If I have to use my phone I leave my seat and go stand outside the door, I drink throughout the film but if I have food I try to eat it before the trailers end or be very quiet during the film.
My phone goes on silent at some point during the ads. Appropriate laughter is fine but clapping, cheering etc. is over the top. There are only 2 times I ever remember people clapping a film, once was during the premiere of Serenity when the cast and crew were there. The other was Avengers, I have heard tell people were applause at the end of The Artist and The Kings Speech in various places here but not at the showings I went to.
The lights dim when the ads come on, and go off (apart from the little guide lights on the ceiling) when the film starts. I don't mind people talking a little during the film, as long as they're attempting to be quiet about it.
My phone goes on silent at some point during the ads. Appropriate laughter is fine but clapping, cheering etc. is over the top. There are only 2 times I ever remember people clapping a film, once was during the premiere of Serenity when the cast and crew were there. The other was Avengers, I have heard tell people were applause at the end of The Artist and The Kings Speech in various places here but not at the showings I went to.
The lights dim when the ads come on, and go off (apart from the little guide lights on the ceiling) when the film starts. I don't mind people talking a little during the film, as long as they're attempting to be quiet about it.
O.K. I know this is an old discussion, but I'm new to this site and I'm reading a lot of the older discussions, which I find interesting. I've just read every comment on this one and I do feel I have to comment. I am as Tasmanian as Miss Chicken and feel able to reply to this as she/he speaks on behalf of all Tasmanians.
The crux of the problem I have is that Miss Chicken says Tasmanians think it is OK to talk during what she calls trailers, but what I regard as previews of movies. Apparently l, as a Tasmanian think it is OK to talk through these in a normal voice and be offended that someone would tell me to shut up. As a Tasmanian, I am represented as being too polite to laugh, cry, cheer with the audience, gasp or show any human emotion, even though the movie may be very emotional.
Apparently we Tasmanians, as well as Canadians apparently, have some sort of 'stiff upper lip' that prevents these shows of emotion, unless it is after the movie or watching a DVD in our own home/asylum. Apparently it's an unwritten rule that Tasmanians may talk or have some sort of movie snap where it's OK to say, during the trailer something along the lines of Rent it! Forget it! Or wait for DVD! Miss Chicken, you mention that you are partly deaf. This in my experience makes one talk louder, without necessarily realising.
It seems that Tasmanian children are taught to be quiet during movies. Miss Chicken, no other Tasmanian seems to have responded to you representing yourself as the quintessential Tasmanian. I, for one take exception to being categorised as an unemotional movie goer.
I would always whisper if I spoke at all during the previews. Although I don't as many people enjoy this experience. To me they are 90 dramatic seconds to give me, or some others, a taste of a coming movie. Please have the decency not to talk.
You talk about having to stand up for 'God save the Queen', and so must be an older generation to my cohort. Perhaps the younger generation are allowed to have emotions and not talk in a conversational voice. By the way, I no longer want to visit the highly commercial turnstile cinemas because of those dear little children running around and people cracking food packets during a movie. I prefer the intimate atmosphere of the beautifully refurbished "Arthouse" theatre. They have a number of theatres that often show the same movies, but allow one to book in advance if desired. And we can take wine in with us. These theatres must be that secret place where emotional Tasmanians can go to laugh or cry without shame.
Please do not use your own opinions and set of rules as representing all Tasmanians. I am in total opposition to your categorising cliche.
P.S. It's no sin to mellow your views after hearing or reading others' thoughts. In my profession you can't grow until you do so. My Uni definition of the Discussion genre is that you study both sides of the the topic, then offer your opinion after studying arguments for both sides. It shouldn't always be seen as an arguement with no give or take. Changing your mind is OK. It's called emotional and intellectual intelligence. It's the sign, rather, of a critical thinker.
Not listening and not considering both sides is rather old hat, certainly in a progressive work or study environment.
Now, back to reading more outdated but no less valid discussions. I guess it's alright to revisit them if they aren't closed?
Why don't you start up a new thread on this issue , if it matters to you, instead of bring up a thread that is 4 years old?
Many of the people in this thread are no longer posting regularly on this board and I no longer have a wish to partake in it any more as for the last two years my disabity has made it very difficult for my to go to the cinema and I don't need to be reminded of that pleasure I have lost.
Many of the people in this thread are no longer posting regularly on this board and I no longer have a wish to partake in it any more as for the last two years my disabity has made it very difficult for my to go to the cinema and I don't need to be reminded of that pleasure I have lost.
I was on the opposite side from Miss Chicken in this debate when it happened, but I have to say that resurrecting a four-year-old thread in large part just to scold someone for not representing your views is pretty poor form. You're talking to her like you expect her to just pick up the conversation from where it left off four years ago like nothing has changed in the meantime or she's still got the points she made on this issue fresh on her mind.
Some mods may allow you to to (rarely) resurrect a topic if you have something substantial to add to the discussion, and you certainly did add something substantial, but was it really important enough to resurrect just to say that not all Tasmanians feel the same way on this issue? I think that would be a given.
What you're doing though isn't a rare resurrection to add something important, you're purposely digging through the archives looking for old conversations you find interesting and then resurrecting lots of them. That's a no-no. Lots of the people who participated in the old discussion might not be around anymore, some people's views might have changed and they don't appreciate having their old opinions dredged up, and you're bumping new, active discussions out of the way on the main forum page in favor of ones that died a natural death ages ago.
If something you read from the old thread archives looks interesting, nine times out of ten the better option is to just start a new thread with the same premise. That way if new people want to join the conversation they don't have to wade through 20 pages of old discussion to get up to speed and can just read the discussion from the start.
Before this thread gets closed, ^ we do now !
You say that like it's a bad thing...
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