Went to a movie with the misses last night, one of these smaller theatres that has comfy seats and also sells meals you can take in to the movie.
Had a couple sitting next to me that kept turning on the torch on the phone to look at the plate.
Bloody annoying when you are trying to watch the screen, and you have this light flashing on and off beside you.
Told them it was annoying, and would they stop doing it , but they just kept on.
I finally went out and got a staff member, who came and asked them to keep the phone off, but they were most put out, complaining that they couldn't see the food.
Am I just getting too old and grumpy? Messages are shown before the movie, asking people to turn off their phones.
Any thoughts?

Thanks Craig. She might have liked that.

^^^agree!!

the rustling packets crap me... I don't understand the culture of smashing so much junk in a movie that the packets are louder than the film!

It's really distracting!

Take to ayers rock instead

went to the cinema in Puerto Princessa (Philippines) recently. couldn't hear the movie with the snoring from the Philly's.
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I love sitting and waiting for the start of a movie and watching people come in carrying more food than I eat in a week. One couple even had theirs in a cardboard box as they had so much.
I suppose some people can't go the length of a movie without starvation setting in!
...no idea why Australia has an obesity epidemic.

Went to see Roger Waters (Pink Floyd for those who don't know), was amazed at the constant procession of people going out for food and booze during the concert...

Not sure why people go to cinemas at all... it's a major hassle
- gotta put up with crowds and waiting
- bad smells
- rubbish everywhere and dirty seats
- food noise
- mobile phones
- people bringing in screaming babies or kids into cinemas
- audio is **** most of the time - vocals too soft in relation to sound effects
- if you hate the movie, you feel bad leaving early coz u just paid premium $$
- you can't pause if you need to take a pi$$
With large TVs these days, you can have way better and more comfy experience watching at home...

Plus what mobydisc said

some years ago, an annoying kid in the seat behind me kept kicking my seat, I asked him a couple of times to please cut it out and got a mouthful in return.

Next time, I ripped the reebok's off his feet and hurled them in different directions.
kid stopped kicking, moaned a bit then slunk away to search for his shoes - and didn't come back.

I expect the same procedure would work with I-phones.