Cinema etiquette

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Legs bent up on the seat in front of him one folded over the other in the air bouncing foot for the entire time AIBU to not want to pay good money to see a film that has the incredible bouncing foot in the corner ?

The Everyman delivers food and drink.

We are members and go most weeks. The teens and young adults are brilliantly behaved. The poor behaviour come from the 60+ who think as they are on a sofa and they are at home and can talk all the way through.

I hate the cinema. I’m a total twat magnet and end up with the rage.

Then watching films in a public venue where you are expected to sit still probably isn't for you, NearlyVegan.

I sympathise with the restless legs, btw, I have them too and it's very uncomfortable.

Yes and what is it with hot food in the cinema?

Most cinemas sell hot food for their customers to eat. If you're in one such cinema, it's tough shit if people eating hot food bothers you. They're not breaking any etiquette rules.

I want that security guard's job!
I only go to our local historical cinema ...no hot food and people who know how to behave.

Oooo this gives me the absolute rage! People texting in the cinema make me want to scream! Had one person having a phone conversation once who got really annoyed when I told them to be quiet.
When I went to see Bohemian Rhapsody there was a young man sat behind me drumming along and singing to the songs 😱😱😱😱

I love you serenity!

I came out of an Odeon screening and walked by the security man's desk. He had a screen with views of all the audiences in night vision so he could see what they were up to. I presume it's more to catch out filming on mobile phones. I've never seen the guards come in to deal with less than ideal behaviour.

Don't get this at my local cinema (perhaps it is the choice of films I make?) even with those who consume gallons of wine and talk through the trailers. Agree about the security person and perhaps a well known actress or actor talking about good behaviour (an extra trailer, not in person) before a film should be tried, not just the turn off your mobile phone bit.

Serenity & JaneEyre - Olympic Kickboxing/Trainer-Grabbing Team??

We have a Showcase with the "Director's Hall" screen - they deliver food and drink to your seats, plus you have a separate bar/lobby to wair in before the film. It's only a couple of pounds more than the normal screens (and includes a drink and some popcorn with the ticket), but to be blunt, the additional cost seems to keep out the oiks.

My friend thinks it's ok to take a maccies in with her.....needless to say, it will be a cold day in hell before I go with her!!

I've stopped going to the big multiplex cinemas because I refuse to pay ridiculous prices to sit and listen to people slurp coke, munch nachos or popcorn, constantly get up and down to go to the toilet (don't drink bucketfuls of coke then you won't need to go) kick me seat, distract me by checking their mobile phones or children swinging their feets whilst wearing those flashng trainers.

I now go to village halls/town hall 'Flicks in the Sticks' type performance or wait until the film comes out on DVD. Far more civilised.

XP came with me to the cinema once. I should have known better from his behaviour when the TV was on at home.

Insisted upon sitting at the front in the middle of a row. That is the first warning sign of a Cinema Tosser. He had Cinematographic Incontinence Syndrome. Must have gone five times. Kept commenting and asking what was happening which he would have known had he not felt the need to piss through the majority of it. Then produced crisps. And crunchy snacks. And a bucket of fizzy drink, which always made him burp and the vile prick enjoys burping, so forces it. And then, the last straw - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! HOOO! HOOOO! WOW! THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!!!

I went into Angry Cinema Arsehole mode. 'Will you just shut the fuck up or go home?' He tried starting an argument. Cue me pointing to the exit and barking 'OUT'. He left, I sat back down to watch the rest of the movie, strategically ignoring the stifled giggles from the people around me and all was well in the world. He was furious with me for embarrassing him in public. I refused to apologise for a change and we split up shortly afterwards.

I must have mentioned it in passing to DP. When we eventually went on a date to see a film, despite his usual fidgeting and 'do you want a drink?' 'do you want a snack?', phone fiddling and bathroom visits at home, he sat down, switched his phone off and sat in silence for the entire thing. But it was Bohemian Rhapsody, we were surrounded by other adults who had obviously been taught to behave like Normal Human Beings and watching the film was therefore a pleasure.

We have a security guard who stops all this crap. He spends his whole shift walking around the screens telling people off

Lol, I mean it's good, I support it but lol
People in the cinema behave so entitled. It's like you are surrounded by pigs. Everyone is just munching non something creating so much noise. Pigs.

MitziK's Commandments for Cinema Conduct (Non negotiable, punishable by Death in my head)

1. Thou shalt arrive in good time for the trailers, lest you disturb others by stumbling over them to get to a seat.

1. Thou shalt go for the furthest back seats, ideally on the edge of the centre row for the optimum appreciation of the visual and auditory craftsmanship on show.

1. Thou shalt eat all foodstuffs and consume all drinks prior to the trailers' conclusion.

1. Thou shalt evacuate one's bowels and void one's bladder 20 minutes prior to entering the hallowed theatre. For those with bladder issues, thou shalt sit in a position where there is no climbing over over people and a simple exit. Or invest in Tena Products.

1. Thou shalt not question one's companion, make inane comments or in any other way draw attention away from the film and towards oneself.

1. If thou feels the need to expire, thou shalt do it quietly in one's seat or quietly leave if the way is clear. If thou is dying of cold, flu or hayfever, thou must abstain from attending and wait until the DVD comes out.

1. Thu shalt go directly to Hell if thou hast omitted to switch thou's mobile telephony device off and therefore commences a conversation about Wot She Said To Him and He Was Like. Your seats are reserved in a Very Special section.

1. Thou shalt stay on one's arse for the duration of the credits because there is likely to be an End Scene.

1. Thou shalt take all one's shit with you upon leaving.

10. Thou shalt get the fuck out of the exit as quickly as possible because there are up to 288 other people behind you that also wish to leave.

Glad to see another member of the church here. THe Wittertainment code of conduct can be summarised as follows:

No eating
... of anything harder than a soft roll with no filling. No one wants to hear you crunch, chew or masticate in any way. Nachos cause special offence and are of the devil.
No slurping
... of drinks. You've already drunk a 5 litre flagon of pop, you really don't need the melting ice too. You are not six years old.
No rustling
... of super high density, rustle-o-magic, extra rustle bags. No foraging of any kind; if you're going to need it during the film, get it out beforehand.
No irresponsible parents
Your five-year-old does not want to come to see the latest 12A certificate: you are using the cinema as a babysitter. Your child's moaning, whinging and crying is your fault, and a profound annoyance to everyone else. Your interrupted sleep caused by your child's nightmares is also your fault and serves you right.
No hobbies
This includes knitting, drug dealing, model aeroplane assembly, fighting, having sex and updating Facebook.
No talking
You're in a cinema - you have come here to watch, not to discuss. Or 'engage', or 'participate', or 'explain' or whatever. More importantly, no-one in the cinema has paid £8.50 to hear your director's commentary on the movie. Just sit down and shut up.
No mobile phone usage
At all. Not even on 'flight mode'. This isn't an aeroplane, it's a cinema. Even if you're not yapping, you're still creating light pollution. Put your thumbs away. NB: includes Blackberries, Palm Pilots, iPads - whatever.
No kicking of seats
The area of floor directly in front of your seat is yours, and is there to put your legs in. The back of the seat in front of you belongs to someone else; do not touch, interfere with, or otherwise invade their space with your feet, knees, or other bodily appendages.
No arriving late
Like Woody Allen in Annie Hall, you're supposed to watch movies from the very beginning to the very end. If you turn up late, tough: go see something else - The Sorrow and the Pity, perhaps.
No shoe removal
You are not in your own front room. Nor are you in Japan (unless you are, in which case, carry on). A cinema is a public space: keep your bodily odours to yourself.
(NB Rule No.1 - Cakes might be ok to take into the cinema, as long as they are not wrapped in tin foil. Hot bacon sandwiches are right out!)
(NB Rule No.10 - despite being informed on numerous occasions by listeners in Japan that it is also unacceptable to remove shoes in cinemas in said country, the Code of Conduct has yet to be corrected on this point.)

I once had a handbag ruined by a tray with some sort of sticky barbecue sauce in a tray that had been left under the seat. Not an expensive one but still annoying.

So annoying but not as gross as the Neanderthal who sat behind me once at a screening of King Kong who clearly had a bad cold demonstrated by sniffing, snorting and sneezing through the whole
film (the snot of which hit me on the back of the head more than once. 🤢)

That is disgusting. I wouldn't have been able to sit and not say anything. In fact, I've kicked off on the bus many moons ago because a fucking minger kept coughing on the back of my head.

We only go to the Odeon Luxe now. Reclining seats, small screens, loads of aisle space. Generally no dickheads. Except thegroup of 3 guys who came to see Peter rABBIT and thought they were going to gab their way through the film on their phones. They got short shrift. It's slightly more expensive so generally a bit of a better crowd as it were.

Travis, our odeon luxe is amazing but they have a lot of trouble there. For some reason you get less bother at the cineworld. It’s a shame because the odeon is very nice inside.

Just been to see Peppa Pig at the cinema and I had to sit bin he floor in front of my two kids to stop then getting up and running in front of the screen and plying then with drinks. When I did have to go and retrive them at one point there was just loads of toddlers sat On the stairs

I'm a film buff and go at least twice a week but it's mostly at an art house cinema where people behave. My heart sinks going to a multiplex so I go through the day. Opening weekends are horrendous! Last time I went to see Halloween and it was like that scene in Gremlins

Gives me the rage enough at the cinema but I agree much more rude at the theatre West End shows can be a once in a lifetime opportunity for some people, why should it be ruined by phone obsessed assholes, people who can't shut up until the bloody interval or parents who can't be bothered to ask their kid to be quiet?

I went to see Kinky Boots and had 3 teenagers next to me on their phones and talking the entire time - unfortunately they'd dimmed the lights on their phone so the staff didn't notice and I was too nervous to say anything. Even more annoying when one of them looked up in the interval and said "Those seats are closer, should we move?" - why!? None of you are even watching it!?

I remember inviting a girl to the cinema with me and two friends, all she did was go on her phone the entire time and look up every so often to go 'I'm not sure what's going on' - needless to say we never invited her again.

I have a Cineworld card and still don't check my phone once when watching a movie. People can do that for free at home, why are they paying £9 to do it!?

Children are encouraged to move about it the pepos pig movie, that’s the whole point.