AIBU to think that helium balloons should not be allowed in a movie theatre?

[FiveHoursSleep]

DH and I went to an 8pm showing of The Hobbit last night, and a couple had bought their 5-6 yo child, along with her helium balloon.
We were two rows behind, so were only a little distracted by it bobbing around. However the ladies right behind had to ask them to keep it down at least 3 times as they couldn't see.
Whether or not The Hobbit is suitable for that age is another topic for another day...

Should I have said Cinema?

Cinema or 'the pictures' (if you're a bit old fashioned)

Movie theatre sounds really American - do they say that in NZ?

Well, they did when I last lived there but they may have moved on as it's been a while.
Movies? Cinemas? I use both with my friends and the kids and no one has ever picked me up on it before, but I guess I still use a lot of Kiwisms.

No, not Movies, although that's a losing battle, I don't intend to let DC say it in my earshot give up.

I love the way "Moving Pictures" became movies in the US and pictures in UK , separated by a common language and all that. Cinema, singular, not plural, despite what it might say on the door

And the "picture" itself is a film, not a movie too!

Its astonishing that anyone would think a balloon in a movie theatre is ok. I would have made all manner of stink about it.

What is wrong with sound like an American? Presumably some people on the World Wide Web are Americans no? Bit snobby to correct the OP about it.

You've got me thinking now- I'm pretty sure NZ was more 'Movies' than 'Pictures'.
When I think about my childhood ( born 1970), we did get more American influences in language, films, TV, music.
I had never heard of many of the UK bands or TV programmes that my British DH ( same age as me) remembers.

Hamm I the only one here who remembers helium-gate??? Am sure it's in Classics, think I'll toddler over for another read of its sheer bonkers-Ness

mrs, that was one of the threads I've enjoyed the most. It was brilliant. It's in classics for anyone who hasn't read it. I can't do links.

I seem to spend my life telling my kids to speak English. I refuse to acknowledge the word Diaper used frequently by DD2 (4)

How incredibly rude to dictate what someone else should call the movies/pictures/cinema.

My DS has a balloon phobia, so that would have been fun and I would have got the cinema staff to make them take it away

mrs I was wondering if someone would say that all helium balloons should be banned, think of the helium, the poor helium.

I love going to the cinema to watch a movie..

My dad calls it the picture house...

I was once at a talk at the good food show and some nobber had a helium balloon tied to her chair telling everyone it was her thirtieth birthday! It was bobbing about blocking the view of the stage for quite a few people, eventually someone told her to move it.
So no, op, YANBU.

I seem to spend my life telling my kids to speak English.
My kids are bilingual; I spend my life being laughed at for my terrible accent. I certainly wouldn't expect them to limit their vocabulary!

As for balloons in movie theatres... I always seem to have something sharp in my purse (sorry - handbag)...