Cinema stopping kids in suits from coming in - Minions

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DS & his friend (both 13) had tickets this pm for Minions, Rise of Gru

Like lots of people per TikTok, they dressed up in suits/ties - just for fun
Got to cinema and were told they couldn't come in because of what they were wearing

DS called me upset and DH went down to see if he could sort it. Found 5 grown men standing over them and a few other kids, shouting at them that they needed to leave and they were not allowed in. Kids felt very intimidated

No dress code visible in the cinema or on the website

DH asked if they had misbehaved and was told no, we just don't like this suit thing as some of the people on TikTok have kicked off
DH pointed out, they hadn't kicked off, just wanted to watch the film, so what was the problem. Stoney silence
He took them outside, took their jackets & ties off & they went back in 5 minutes later and were admitted by a different member of staff

Is it just me or is this ridiculous? And pathetic for them to treat kids like that

I really want to complain but wanted the MN population to vote on if you think they were BU or not

YANBU - cinema staff were out of order & I should complain
YABU - don't complain

LOL to this post - Daily Mail style comment for sure.

You are presumably aware that most boys wearing suits won’t have messed it up for the rest of the theatres and most won’t have gone in massive groups.

And guess what, plenty of girls have dressed in uniform too!

I completely agree with this.
Some people on here are just nasty bitches hating on teenage boys and assuming they are identical clone-like creatures. I can’t believe some of the comments.

My son who went, is a young teenager and they all had a bit of fun and went to five guys too (MIB style) and there were no issues, at all.

Our local theatre still showing it and I’m taking my youngest (suitless) next week.

Some people on here are just nasty bitches hating on teenage boys

Rigggghhhhttt
Cinema managers are just nasty bitches too, who get their kicks from losing income by having to pay extra staff while simultaneously turning away custom. They just love hating on teenage boys.

How wrong you are, I’m a lesbian with a physical disability, also not white…..

I’m not talking about cinema managers am I.
I am, as explicitly typed, talking about some of the comments on here!
Nothing like a good straw man though. Keep going.

You’re talking about posters being nasty bitches for agreeing with the managers’ stance.

No. I’m not!
Nowhere in my original post did it say that.
Your ability to read an interpret basic English text needs some work.
I inferred nothing.
I outright stated what I meant.

Lol, unless you’re a time traveller it’s irrelevant. 40 years ago for you was the same decade as it was for the rest of us. The era of grungy theatres and long past the age of the general public “wearing their Sunday best” by a couple of generations.

Explain to me how I should ‘understand’ disruptive, destructive misbehaviour, that spoils the pleasure of other people, @Hoolihan?

What is fun or even acceptable about creating huge amounts of mess for cinema staff to clear up, or of behaving so disruptively that other people cannot watch the film they’ve paid ££ for, so the cinema has to give them refunds?

I can see the difference between teenage mucking about and fun that doesn’t impact other people, and things like this TikTok trend of completely disrupting the enjoyment of other people. I am happy for teenagers to have fun, and live their lives - but like everyone else, they need to have respect for other people, and to be considerate.

Is it really OK for them to completely spoil the fun of little children who have gone to see the Minions, just for the sake of a viral trend? I don’t think so.

”Some people on here are just nasty bitches hating on teenage boys…”

I am a nasty bitch, hating on bad behaviour, @Quincythequince. I hope that’s OK.

”The amount of times little DC ruin the cinema experience doesn't lead to all under 8s being banned and rightly so!”

In fairness, though, @Goldenbear, I haven’t heard of any instances of packs of under 8s turning up at cinemas without any adult supervision, and running amok for a TikTok challenge.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius

of course SDTG hating on bad behaviour is of course fine.

But the narrative about teen boys generally, and not specifically in relation to this gentleminion trend, and the massive assumptions is appalling.

So many people speak so badly of teens and it’s awful, annoying and often complete untrue.

I’d rather be in a theatre of teens than toddlers, any time.

I would hazard a guess that more people have had a cinema experience ruined by <8 years than they have by a teenager.

No, plenty of adults turn up with small children and they still run amok! I went to see Peter rabbit 2 with my youngest and there was a 9ish month old baby crawling cross the carpet in front of the screen, loudly sucking dummy like the Simpson's baby and screaming intermittently at the cartoon, the family were behind us and the younger children asked their Mum endless questions about the film, they had loud snacks and had chucked sweets on the floor by mistake and had a tantrum about it. It is not the only example and in all honesty I expect it at viewings of children's films but you are being disingenuous to say their parents being present somehow avoids all this!

That isn’t what I was saying, @Goldenbear - I was saying that under 8s don’t turn up in big, unsupervised groups, with the avowed intent of behaving badly for a TikTok video.

Most people have higher expectations of teenagers’ behaviour than of 9 month old babies.

I have had three teenage boys, and have known their friends too, during the teenage years, and whilst there were times when I wasn’t sure we would all survive the teenage years, I do agree that teenage boys get a bad press, and most of them are perfectly nice. Mine were lovely, of course. When they were asleep.

I watched ds3 and his group of friends rally round to support one of their number whose brother died of cancer, and it made me proud.

Of course they do but you can't have both ways - you expect higher standards of teenage boys inferring they are capable of not succumbing to peer group pressure, something like not trashing and vandalising a cinema because a Tik Tok trend has told them to and exercising self-discipline and their brain cells to just enjoy dressing up and watching the film but at the same time you are suggesting that teenage boys are dickheads that actually 'do' only have the willpower and thought processes of a toddler, as they will for certain both trash the place whilst wearing suits. My DS went to see the film in his own clothes but other teenagers were there dressed up and guess what, no vandalism arose and everyone watched the film as per normal!

And actually the outcome is the same whoever has ruined your viewing of the film.

That isn’t what I was inferring at all.

OMG it's in the news with a cinema man with a sad face. FFS.

I was directing that at GrinAndVomit but SDTG, your post further uptrend suggests you don't believe teenagers dressing up only take it that far. It is depressing how many people have negative views of teenage boys.

He was shocked when I sent him an article about the chaos happening in other cinemas.

How did he know about the suit trend for this specific movie?
It's all over tik tok and in the last couple of days it's been all over social media and even main stream news, all accompanied with reports of disruptive behaviour, chaos and ,ore.

I'm surprised that an 18y doesn't know about the type of behaviour that has become well known by teenage boys (and no , I don't hate in teenage boys - I know plenty very lovely ones - but the fact remains that those in the tik tok videos are predominately teenage boys) wearing suits going to see this movie. Even dh, who has no social media at all, had heard of it.

Upthread not uptrend

A summary:

TIktok : let’s dress up in suits and take bananas to see the new minions film!

Tiktok users: yay! Let’s do it!

Some TikTok users: You know what’ll get make better TikTok’s? Getting really wild and taking over the cinema acting like animals

Some Cinemas: Er no, you will not treat our venues like that, if you come in a suit to see minions we won’t let you in.

Some parents: fair enough, it’s only a suit and TikTok. If it puts everyone at ease that they won’t be out to cause trouble it’s not a big deal.

some other parents: wtf, my child wouldn’t do that. I will vehemently defend my child’s right to wear a suit to watch this one particular film because they absolutely wouldn’t do anything wrong EVER and are desperate to fulfil this lifelong ambition they’ve had for less than a week.

Buckled

I have reread my posts and I cannot see where I have said teenagers dressing up will only take things so far, @Goldenbear. Honestly - I’m baffled as to why you think that’s what I have said, because it is definitely NOT what I think!

No, you have not said that you have said the opposite. Teenagers are just people who are between the ages of 13-19, they do not all behave in the same way, they do not all have the same values or the same disposition, it is really not hard to understand that mostly criminal damage will not follow on from dressing up for the cinema. It is far fetched, sensationalist rubbish and not happening in every cinema up and down the country!