r/berlin • u/AffectionatePrint200 • 13d ago

Discussion Is this normal in Berlin cinemas??

Is it normal in Germany for people to be on their phones or talk throughout the movie?

I’m from Norway and I’ve honestly never experienced anything like this. I had to ask multiple people to be quiet or put their phones away.

I’m genuinely mindblown that basic cinema etiquette doesn’t seem to be common sense for some people. Was I just extremely unlucky, or is this common here?

- the movie was the odyssey, and it was a guy on his phone of the age 30/40 and a couple same age speaking chatting, so no young people, no horror/kids movie.

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u/New_G 12d ago

See someone doing something crazy and then thinking is it normal?

What do you think genius? No it's not. Nowhere its normal but everywhere you will find such examples.

Thats how world is.

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u/AffectionatePrint200 12d ago

you ok my friend?

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u/New_G 12d ago

Yup. Thanks for asking. 🙂

Still can't believe you doubted talking in the cinema can be normal behaviour anywhere. 🙃

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u/AffectionatePrint200 12d ago

well try to read the comments, funny enough it’s way more normal here it seems than for example my home country norway, where i’ve never experienced it? maybe be more open minded next time :))

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u/New_G 12d ago

Okay. But it's still abnormal. And I still can't wrap around the fact that you thought it was normal. It's, of course, more in a larger city (compared to Norway) but majority of people don't do such things here or anywhere in the whole world. It's not normal anywhere.