Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 1:11 pm
I paid to see the Saturday/9:30pm movie, and I sat in the theater, but I didn't see the movie.
Instead, what I saw was teen social hour.
From beginning to end, four or five non-shushed conversations at all times. Cell phones: "What? Where you at? What? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU." Darn movie was loud and inturrupting their conversations. The local police, not security guards, came into the theater three times to calm things down.
The icing on the cake, though, was the two kids who looked to be approximately 15 years old engaging in oral sex in the front row of the theater. Little blonde head bobbing up and down in the lap of a thuggy looking black guy.
After the movie let out, all of these kids were waiting in the front waiting for their rides to pick them up.
After the movie, we found the theater manager. He claimed to have no idea that anything was happening. When we said we wouldn't bother paying for movies we couldn't watch any more, he said, exact words, "Well, I can't make EVERYONE happy." He was really concerned about the customer experience.
This isn't a big city. This is the only movie theater in town. I'm at a loss, except to say that nowhere, big city or not, is safe for kids any more.
So, long story short, I have no idea if The Ring 2 is any good.
On a side note, this movie was rated PG-13, which probably explains the kids. Since the movie studios generally try to avoid R ratings anymore in order to maximize revenue, I guess "Illegal Girls Gone Wild at the Movies" is the future.
Instead, what I saw was teen social hour.
From beginning to end, four or five non-shushed conversations at all times. Cell phones: "What? Where you at? What? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU." Darn movie was loud and inturrupting their conversations. The local police, not security guards, came into the theater three times to calm things down.
The icing on the cake, though, was the two kids who looked to be approximately 15 years old engaging in oral sex in the front row of the theater. Little blonde head bobbing up and down in the lap of a thuggy looking black guy.
After the movie let out, all of these kids were waiting in the front waiting for their rides to pick them up.
After the movie, we found the theater manager. He claimed to have no idea that anything was happening. When we said we wouldn't bother paying for movies we couldn't watch any more, he said, exact words, "Well, I can't make EVERYONE happy." He was really concerned about the customer experience.
This isn't a big city. This is the only movie theater in town. I'm at a loss, except to say that nowhere, big city or not, is safe for kids any more.
So, long story short, I have no idea if The Ring 2 is any good.
On a side note, this movie was rated PG-13, which probably explains the kids. Since the movie studios generally try to avoid R ratings anymore in order to maximize revenue, I guess "Illegal Girls Gone Wild at the Movies" is the future.