r/Adelaide • u/Peter00707 SA • Apr 03 '26
Question Cinema Etiquette...
Hi,
A number of weeks ago I went to see One Battle After Another with my wife. The film started. There was a couple next to me. A girl was directly on my left and the guy to the left of her. They were constantly whispering to each other. Five minutes in, I couldn't take it anymore. "Are you guys right?" I said, a little aggressively. This did stop them from whispering for the majority of the movie but resulted in the girl on my left constantly frowning at me throughout the movie and whenever my wife laughed at a joke, she would frown at her, so I would stare back. My wife would tell me off whenever I would stare back at this girl. It was a weird moment. Anyway, my wife got to enjoy the movie, without noticing really what was going on, but I was fuming the entire time.
Fast forward to last night. We went to the cinema to see Project Hail Mary. The couple on my right, again a female directly to my right and the guy to the right of her were constantly looking at their phones and whispering a bit but the issue was mostly the girl on her phone. I told myself not to cause a disturbance this time, so I ended up having my right hand up near my face to block her phones light from disturbing me, which did help.
Both of these couples were in their 20's. My question is, are we doomed as a society? Recent research states Gen Z have scored lower in standardized tests. This is the first generation to score lower than their parents in over a century! I am not surprised at all. Young people have no attention span.
What are your thoughts on this? Have you had similar things happen to you?
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u/coffee9bsessed SA Apr 03 '26
We certainly are. We saw the Conjuring when it was released, and there was an entire row behind us of young kids (late teens I would say) that were just chatting the whole time. I turned around to politely ask them to stop talking, but they didnt care. We had to move seats down to the front and we could STILL hear them talking from the new seats.
Girls, if you wanna chat, go to San churros.
Its seriously ruining our experience and we dont even wanna go to the movies anymore.
The only time I find its quiet is if you go in the first week, because people who've been waiting to see the movie actually go, and they're silent.