It might just be my experience but it seems like people have forgotten how to behave in movie theatres over the past half decade or so. Theres definitely been more people talking, phone noises, and generally rude behavior coming from audiences. Theres a couple people I refuse to go see movies with because they do shit like this. Its like the effect of everyone staying inside for a couple months and then getting covid anyways kinda fucked up some peoples ability to conform to social norms.
Also, from the article…
Travers then countered that Scorsese, 82, likely behaved in a similar way when he was younger. “‘Come on, Marty,’ I said, ‘we couldn’t keep our mouths shut when we were kids.’” Travers added: “His [Scorsese’s] eyes darkened. ‘Yeah, maybe,’ he conceded, ‘but when we talked it was always about the movie and the fun we had chewing over the details.’”
Scorsese is totally lying out of his ass in that last bit lmao.
I believe the lockdowns, the collective trauma of having mass death happen around you and everyone acting like it’s normal, and long covid, have made large amounts of people forget how to behave in public at all. Or at least care about anyone other than themselves. It used to be that people treating service or retail workers horribly was rare enough to become a meme, now it’s business as usual. Same with public transportation and other shared spaces where everyone seems to just be their worst possible selves, or completely self-absorbed.
the fun we had chewing over the details.
CW: sexism
“Her tits were so huge.”
Scorsese is totally lying out of his ass in that last bit lmao.
Nah, Scorsese has always been crazy about movies so it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s telling the truth here. This is the guy who imagined and storyboarded a Roman epic when he was 11 so him pointing out aspects in flims that he loved with his friends isn’t outside the realm of possibility.
https://www.openculture.com/2014/07/11-year-old-martin-scorseses-storyboards.html#google_vignette
I just watched Final Destination: Bloodlines at home and I can say with totally certainty this movie would have been a lot of fun to watch in a crowded theater with people yelling their thoughts at the screen.
some movies are more of a social experience, and filmmakers who can’t grasp that need to lighten up.
also, scorcese thinks pretty highly of himself for basically making slur-laden stories about opulent sociopaths being crass and violent. I mean I laugh at some of the scenes, but I laugh at all kinds of dumb shit.
some of them I really like, but his stuff is not exactly all that complicated. The Departed had a clever symmetry to its conflicts and character development, but that was a remake anyway. I just rewatched Casino, and it’s not exactly a revelation. there are some early scenes that are downright cheesy. but for some reason he made it 3 hours long so it took me 2 days to get through it.
Did you watch a cam rip or do you have something better? 👀
it was an OK cam. normally I wouldn’t bother but I expected it to immediately suck and by the time I realized I was invested it was too late.
in my defense, I don’t keep close track on when shit is actually released for stream vs theater and the description didn’t say it was a CAM… so occasionally I end up downloading and watching a shitty cam because I’m too curious about the story to wait.
You don’t go to the theater because you don’t want to deal with the audience. I don’t go to the theater because there’s nothing I want to see.
Dang did you miss sinners?
Oof, that’s the only movie worth a theater I remember at the moment.
you made the right choice
Chicken Jockey is peak kino Martin, you can’t deny this.C H I C K E N J O C K E Y
I go to theaters to watch movies all the time and practically never encounter this bad behavior people complain about all the time.
Which city do you live in?
Atlanta suburbs.
The snack thing is real. You get to tense part of a movie all you hear is hogs chewing with their mouth open
This is how the world ends…
all you hear is hogs chewing with their mouth open
Must be nice to not go to movie theatres out of choice, and not because it’s too fracking expensive for the CGI crap on display. How many Super Galactic Wonder Assassin Mega Blaster Space Heroes Destroy the City Planet to Save It movies can one person watch?
You can just watch good movies in theaters lol
I once went to a Thai slapstick comedy at a theater in Bangkok (subtitled). To this day, I do not know if the movie was actually that hilarious, or if I simply got caught up in the waves of laughter from the crowd around me. I’m fairly certain, watching it at home would have been a totally different experience.
what kind of cinema did he go to? there’s gotta be like exclusive fancy theaters for rich people like come on
He could easily find a showing where the theater is almost empty and he’s wealthy enough to buy out every seat if he really wanted to be certain
He’s not only rich as hell, he’s a director. How would you not have a really nice screening room in your house?
I think thats why he doesn’t go out to theaters
A Minecraft Movie
Alamo Roadhouse or whatever right?
they’re union busting bastards iirc but yeah, slightly more attentive to this sort of thing
“Draft house” I think?
rule 1: be quiet
rule 2: be quietThank god for this theater
unzips
I’ve been to the theater four times in the last year and each time it’s been empty or nearly empty and the theater is in a high density-high traffic area
Checking two hours before the showing and finding something empty is not difficult, there were like five people with me when I saw Nosferatu on IMAX
for real, I had the theater completely to myself when I went to see Sinners
I haven’t been to a cinema in years, but yeah, I’d always just wait till the movie had been out for a long time and try to catch it at an off-peak time; midweek matinées are ideal if you can swing 'em, but not required.
The movie theatre experience makes me appreciate the hextube all the more. It’s like the world’s best indie theatre for free from the comfort and safety of home.
Kinda on him for going to Minecraft specifically tbh
The only theaters I would go to are like Alamo Drafthouse where they kick people out for being disruptive.
but they serve loud crunchy foods
It’s like that same double-standard where you’re not allowed to talk to loud in some settings, but someone can pop their gum loud enough to echo.
I don’t know about movie theatres since I haven’t been since like 2016, but I do think there’s been a general worsening of behavior in all aspects of life since 2020. Just my personal experience
When you have the money to have a great cinematic experience at home any time you want, any movie you want, then its easy to take potshots at the theater and be oversensitive to every little transgression. I don’t go to a lot of movies but when I do it’s mostly been pretty chill, and as others have mentioned, watching in the theater can also be a positive social experience, but if you’re overly rigid about absolute silence, that can’t develop and you might as well just see it at home.
He has a theater at home, he doesn’t need to go out. Therefore his threshold for reasons to not go out are very low. This compared to someone who can only experience a theater by going out. But the latter reads the opinion of the former and think they’re making the same point. Of course a rich guy finds sharing spaces with randos to be disappointing. The randos will be like “yeah people are annoying, I’m going to seclude myself as well.”
