Your Movie Going Experience (SPOILERS Maybe)

[{ Emilia }]

I watched it twice yesterday. Once with about 20 other people in a room for 400 people. And once when it was around half-full.

Didn't affect my enjoyment, we had perfect seats.

 

[Ovation]

Crowd was fine. Had good seats considering no reserved seating. Oh and it was FREE! That was pretty excellent (scored tickets to a special screening).

 

[Mage]

Had some rowdy anuses behind us, but they calmed down when the movie started. Other than that, the only real problem was semi-mature men who don't understand that there is a limit to how much deoderant you should spray. And I'm saying this as a 33y/o man. Disgusting.....

 

[Trekker4747]

Damn you, Axe!

 

[Set Harth]

No significant cheering/clapping in my theater that I can recall. The place was a bit too warm. No cell phones going off but a few times you could see the light from people checking their phones in your peripheral vision.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Had some rowdy anuses behind us, but they calmed down when the movie started. Other than that, the only real problem was semi-mature men who don't understand that there is a limit to how much deoderant you should spray. And I'm saying this as a 33y/o man. Disgusting.....

Well, since the Star Wars stereotype probably leans the other way you might've been lucky.

 

[Cutter John]

I've seen it twice. The first time (on Friday), the audience was surprisingly passive and disengaged. I was expecting sentimental applause and cheers for the title sequence, the introduction of the Falcon, Han, Chewie, etc.... But they were pretty silent.

The Saturday viewing was the opposite. EVERYONE got into the cheering for the pivotal scenes. To be honest, it made the emotional impact that much more evident.

Sounds like your first show was full of Comic Shop Guys. There to analyze the plot instead of enjoying the movie.

 

[stardream]

We got there super early (around 1:30) so we could eat lunch there. (Alamo Draft House). We had pre-ordered tickets. Lobby was packed. People were lined up for the 3 o'clock 3D showing. We ate lunch, passed the time with some congenial fans and after the 3 o'clock people were allowed to go in we got in line...right at the front. We had maybe a 15 minute wait and then we were seated for the 3:30 2D. Theater was full within ten minutes.

Alamo Draft House has these preshows. Some of them are terrible but with this one they showed clips of the earlier SW episodes and some silly fan videos. Not a bad wait. NO STAR TREK TRAILER. Did see the usual suspects, X-Men, Captain America, Warcraft etc.

We had no people sitting around us because of the way the theater is laid out. No talking or phones going off because ADH is hard core about silence during the movies. They'll throw you out if someone complains. Laughter is allowed though...

I was surprised at how smooth it went but then we planned everything carefully. We're old hands at knowing when to show up for sold out showings.

 

[shapeshifter]

Went to a 8:45 AM matinee yesterday. Tickets at the BO were $10.50 including 3D.

Arrived 30 minutes early expecting the early hour would limit the crowds and was correct. I managed to sit only 5 seats away from my favorite for that theater, so I was happy with my timing and not needing to wait an hour for the 9:45 to get a good seat. The showing was crowded but not sold out, only a few random viewers in front rows.

New thing I've never seen before got rolled out, usually being told to put on our 3D glasses heralds the beginning of previews but now, <SURPRISE!> a few 3D commercials were shown before previews.

Children were present but were all very engaged in the film, and no phone light flares occurred so the big kids played nice too.

 

[Kail]

To avoid the crowds, I saw the new Star Wars at 9:00 this morning. That worked out well, there were 4 other people in the theater. Which means I got to sit exactly where I wanted to, and didn't have to yell at anyone to stop using their cell phone. It was REALLY good. Met all my expectations. Can't wait for the next one. I predict this one will break all records and make a billion $ by the end of the year. Live long and Prosper Star Wars.

 

[tomalak301]

Went to a 8:45 AM matinee yesterday. Tickets at the BO were $10.50 including 3D.

Arrived 30 minutes early expecting the early hour would limit the crowds and was correct. I managed to sit only 5 seats away from my favorite for that theater, so I was happy with my timing and not needing to wait an hour for the 9:45 to get a good seat. The showing was crowded but not sold out, only a few random viewers in front rows.

New thing I've never seen before got rolled out, usually being told to put on our 3D glasses heralds the beginning of previews but now, <SURPRISE!> a few 3D commercials were shown before previews.

Children were present but were all very engaged in the film, and no phone light flares occurred so the big kids played nice too.

There was a commercial talking about leaving the pets at home while you went to see the movie. It was bringing home Star Wars pet dolls for them, but the direction it was going, I thought movie theaters were going to have special screenings for your pets. That would have been awesome.

I did see a few 3D commercials. Maybe they think the product will look better in 3D.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

My showing was great. The people cheered & laughed at the right parts!

 

[tomalak301]

My showing was great. The people cheered & laughed at the right parts!

That's great. I think that just adds to the movie going experience and why we go to movies. Most of the time I got to movies at a time where not a lot of people are there. That's fine because you're supposed to be engrossed in the film, but there are those moments where it's more than just watching a movie. Like I said, it's like a mini-convention, and I've never been to a convention before. Everyone is smiling and having a great time. It's like a sporting event, only with no Alcohol.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

I went to the 9:40 AM showing today (Dec 24) and the theater was just 1/3rd full and there was a family sitting behind me and I was worried that the kids would be asking questions every few minutes. Turned out they were well behaved and asked just two questions during the movie in really tiny voices so it wasn't real distracting.

 

[tomalak301]

I just saw it again and the trailers were different. I still got ten Beyond and Captain America trailer but the rest were animated films like Kung Fu Panda 3, an Asian themed movie that George Takai will be in and Zootopia, which was really just one scene but it was a funny as hell scene making fun of the speed of the DMV. People still cheered but it was more subdued. People were actually laughing more than Cheering.

Do they change trailers showing with movies every week? This set of previews were targeted more towards teens and kids. It was weird.

 

[The Wormhole]

Do they change trailers showing with movies every week? This set of previews were targeted more towards teens and kids. It was weird.

I've known movies to show the same trailers throughout the entire run in theatres. In fact, I remember it wasn't until March one year before I saw one of the LOTR movies and they were showing the same trailers they had with the movie when it was released in December, despite several of them having since been released.

I would guess with TFA being is big as it is the theatres are showing a variety of trailers for each showing, as opposed to everyone seeing the same trailers all the time. They may even be counting on repeat viewers and want to shake things up a little for them.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

I can't stand all the whooping and clapping etc, you're there to watch a movie not a soccer game. Thankfully it's not something common outside of the US, but I still avoided the midnight screenings like the plague.

Your loss.

I really don't mind cheering, clapping, etc. at the right moments. It means the audience is having a rip-roaring good time. I don't see what the big deal is.

Kor

That's why I wanted to go the the Thursday night midnight showing at the Scotiabank Theater here in Toronto, to hear the true fans do all of that. That, and the people showing up in costume, is what makes going to the Thursday night screenings amazing.

And sadly, no, I did not see the Star Trek Beyond trailer.

My showing was great. The people cheered & laughed at the right parts!

That's the spirit!

You'd THINK my experience would be ruined by the two rather vocal Down Syndrome people sitting next to me, but you'd be wrong. It was the adolescent moron two rows back who thought that popping open his M&Ms tube every two minutes regardless of who was giving him the stinkeye.

One of the above can't help their behavior. It's the one that purposefully didn't that pissed me off.

Mark

When and where did you see the movie, Mark?

 

[Nociod]

On the 17th I saw the 2d version.

Was a half-full cinema (everyone centered together in the middle of the theatre), and a good atmosphere. Cheering when the Star Wars crawl text came up, and when Han and Chewie appeared, applause at the end of the movie.

Saw Star Wars again today on Imax. Had a young kid behind me talking baby talk throughout the movie, and five seats to the left of me a baby mostly giggling (though one crying episode). The rest of the audience was quiet throughout the movie though).

Luckily I had already seen the movie before, so could ignore the kid/baby, but I feel sorry for those people who had this as their first viewing experience. I'm currently in Asia, and don't know whether its common here to bring babies to the movies, but would definitely have reacted different if this had happened in my home country.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

Every time I went to see it, the cinema was packed. People oohd and aahd at the right times, laughed at the jokes, applauded when it ended. It's silly, but I did it, too. The movie was frigging amazing, and my movie-going experience was awesome.

Needless to say, I'll go watch it again in two days. I love how they didn't create Vader 2.0, but an actual person with feelings and conflicts and (le gasp!) a personality! Also, he was superbly acted. Adam Driver (who is my age! YAY) did an amazing job. Rey is great (pro-active! Not romance-diven! Not sexualised! Self-sufficient!), Finn is great, Poe is great, EVERYONE IS GREAT! Great enough for caps-lock.

I am so in love with this movie, with the characters and the entire universe, I can't even find the right words. AWESOME.

 

[Kor]

When I went to see it again, I heard a bowl of popcorn get noisily smacked to the floor toward the back of the auditorium. Two middle-aged guys stood up arguing and almost got into a fistfight.

I think one of them left and didn't come back.

Kor