Mobiles in the Cinema

GuanYin

Originally posted by bloggs
I have had it up to here (points to temple). Why do people insist on using their mobiles in the cinema, can't people last just 2 hours without it. Will the world come to and end if the phone is off, or if the text message doesn't receive a reply?

Sic Danno and that 11850 girl on them...they'll sort them out.

jongore

Originally posted by DaithiSurfer

There is a message before the movie that says 'Turn off your ****ing phone'.

Must have missed that message with ****ing in it:D

As I said before I'm not bothering anyone by getting a vibration alert and then leaving the cinema (How many get up to go for a p!ss?/talk loudly/kick seats etc.)

I don't think people should use their phones while in the cinema but getting a vibration alert is bothering no one.

DaithiSurfer

Its not the ones that go out that bother me personally.
I don't know if they are going for a piss or a phone call.
If however you take your phone out look at it to see whos calling the light distracts everyone behind (who you can't see so you don't know you're doing this) you with the light from the phone then you are bothering me.
As long as when it vibrates you leave your phone in your pocket and **** off to answer it i dont care.
But if i see a phone im distracted like anyone else.
My strong feelings aside, its just not fair on people who go to watch a movie is it?
People should just have a bit of respect for others.

Woden

What if you seating in the back row is that ok then?
Or what if you wanna see who is calling before you decide to disturb half the people in the row and go out and answer it?

Also i have never seen the message to turn off your ****ing phone in any cinemas I have been to.

DaithiSurfer

Don't be such an ignorant prick.
All you are asked to do is allow a paying cutomer to watch a movie without any interuption from you. Is THAT ok, are they not allowed to do this in your presence. are YOU special? (probably). When you get a punch off someone don't go crying to mammy and saying it wasnt your fault.
A lot of peoples patience are wearing thin with ignorant assholes like yourself.
Anyway i'm sick arguing the point. Decent people know what i'm talking about.

Woden

I didn't feel the need to stoop as low as personal insults for a start. At the end of the day i typically turn my mobile off in a cinema or put it to vibrate and i get pissed off when other people answer theres.

However i don't consider it such a black and white case as yourself and a number of other people so i thought i would argue for the other side. I can still have a different opinion to yours and still be to quote you one of the "decent people"

Regards

Data

The Brigadier

Before Mobile phones came out, we went to the Cinema and left our kids at home with the babysitter...

And it was fine...

And yes ixoy I have a UGC card as well, and I can pick up the ethnic group you are talking about...

Shower of ****ers.... Whenever I see a film in the UGC I can nearly point out the troublemakers before they make a call..

A couple of months ago while in the UGC, a member of that group was talking on his phone, I turned to him and asked him to turn it off. He told me he would in a minute, so I grabbed it from him and said if he didn't shut the hell up I would shove it up his arse....

He shut up..

ixoy

Well actually my point about people leaving the cinema is somewhat of a digression as I was referring to those oddballs who leave and don't come back....

Anyway, this "we live in a fast paced society" argument doesn't quite wash. If it's a job, that's understandable, fair enough but most of those mobile phone people are not answering job queries. They're seeing if Micko and his bood have a few fookin' cans before headin' out bood. Fast-paced doesn't excuse you there unless you're trying to claim that social lives must be more fast-paced, which is a farcical argument. The only excuse is an important job query and even then...

As to texting? The LCD screen is distracting, particularly the more powerful colour ones. The reason a cinema is dark is so you can focus on the one light source. Creating a seperate light source is naturally distracting if it's immediately in front of you, as your eyes will register it, as willl your brain.

The respondees here have made some valid claims but have yet to explain why ('cept for work), in general, you'd need to answer/reply instead of telling your friends before hand that you're at the cinema and will be out of contact for a bit. "Different times" doesn't work and trying to equate some signs of common courtesy to saying "let's use pen and paper instead of e-mails" is a non-sensical response. One is the merits of a technology superseding the original, the other is technology being misused.

ixoy

Originally posted by James Melody
Before Mobile phones came out, we went to the Cinema and left our kids at home with the babysitter...

And it was fine...

And yes ixoy I have a UGC card as well, and I can pick up the ethnic group you are talking about...

Indeed, but we can't say it aloud...

Shower of ****ers.... Whenever I see a film in the UGC I can nearly point out the troublemakers before they make a call..

A couple of months ago while in the UGC, a member of that group was talking on his phone, I turned to him and asked him to turn it off. He told me he would in a minute, so I grabbed it from him and said if he didn't shut the hell up I would shove it up his arse....

He shut up..

My hero

bloggs

Originally posted by Dataisgod
What if you seating in the back row is that ok then?
Or what if you wanna see who is calling before you decide to disturb half the people in the row and go out and answer it?

Also i have never seen the message to turn off your ****ing phone in any cinemas I have been to.

Data i don't know if you are trying to wind people up, (it seems to be working in some cases) but the Cinema ask people to turn off their phone, it's not like they don't know they are asked, unless they don't speak any English and were never in a cinema before.

It really does piss my off when people continue to use their phones with total disregard to others. If you job requires you to have a phone on all the time, that is your tough luck, why should others have to suffer. People trying to make excuses for when you use it in the cinema don't wash with me.

If you have a phone, turn it off, if you really, really, really need to have it on (how people manage to last on a phone with their phone off for more than 2 hours is beyond me) have it on vibrate, and run out to the lobby and answer it. But for God's sake, have some consideration for others.

The idea that a little green screen doesn't affect people is the biggest pile of BS i have ever heard. Sometimes it affects you more than someone taking, as it is like a bloody warning flare in the darkness.

I can't speak for everyone, but i get distracted, then pissed off people are annoying me, then i have to take the time to get back my consentration on the movie, just to be distracted again. All because some f**kwit had to send another f**kwit a text message!!!! :mad:

Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean

bloggs

Have to ask the question again, those of you who feel the need to use your phone in the cinema, how do you manage without it on a flight? Or do you secretly send text messages under you food tray?:eek:

Woden

I'll make it fairly clear here i don't typically feel the need to use it in a cinema for the most part i turn it off r to silent (where i don't even know if i've got a message) I like going to the cinema too and don't want to be bothered by people texting me when i'm in there they can wait. I just don't think its a straight cut case , to respond to the other question, if i am flying somewhere it is typically on holiday where i don't bring my mobile phone as i don't want to be contacted.

bloggs i was half trying to wind people up if that helps answer your question

BlitzKrieg

I have a friend who is a doctor and therefore has to have her fone on but what she does i think makes sense. She has it on vibrate and sits close to the exit therefore when it vibrates she nips into hallway sees whos calling if its imp she goes to the lobby. She doesnt annoy anyone with:

-ringtones
-bright lights
-moving through crowds
-or other such sounds.


If you are on call in any way u should be sensible about where you sit.


But in all fairness the maj of people who txt or answer fones are not on call. They are social freaks who just drive us mad. And its only when someone who works there points a flashlight at them that they stop talking...


the big screen saying turn it off doesnt work (or in UGC case showing a fone being turned off) Personnally they should make a advert showing a cinema worker plus other audiances being extreamly violent to person with phone then at the end encourage that if the person uses the phone we can do that. So in court that will be our xcuse.


on a side note: I've never had a prob with people smoking or making really loud noises in the irish cinemas... (i have in USA cinemas but for films like star wars its actually quite enjoyable...)

crowbar

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg
Personnally they should make a advert showing a cinema worker plus other audiances being extreamly violent to person with phone then at the end encourage that if the person uses the phone we can do that. So in court that will be our xcuse.

just like that itchy and scratchy cartoon!!

i am never on call whilst i am on a plane. plus you only get 35km coverage from the base station max so i wouldn't have thought you'd get coverage.

i've been aware of the light problem in the past and tried to read the message discreetly by pointing the phone sideways or reading it whilst it's under my jacket. never had anyone complain about it though, but then again it's difficult to tell if you're disturbing others if nobody says a thing. (i will definitely think twice about doing that now ...)

byte

Originally posted by crowbar

out of interest, is it the click-click of writing a message that's annoying about texting in a movie, or is it the light-saber stream of light radiating from the screen? i'll sometimes text back people who call me to ask if it's important.

It's the damned annoying bright light that is distracting! There was three people in front of me during American Pie 3 and the lights in the corner of my eye were distracting. Especially those bright colour screen phones. :mad:

weemcd

you guys must go to cinemas with really crap sound systems, if you can hear a mobil phine keypad, ffs stop being so picky, and if they put the fone inside their coat its ok, ringing and talking out loud annoys me.

Puck

Maybe you should get your ears checked. If someone is texting near me I can hear every key-press.

And no it's not alright if they have it inside their coat. Cinemas ask the people to turn off their phones. If it's not off they better have a bloody good excuse or get the **** out of the cinema!

DaithiSurfer

If someone was figeting under their coat beside me that would not only annoy me it would scare me

Anyway, tried to cancel myself and gfs ugc cards today because its impossible to enjoy a movie since mobiles got so popular.
Would you believe they want a REGISTERED letter and 2 months notice.
**** that i'm just going to cancel the direct debit.
Can you phone your bank to do this?

Sarky

Surprised I didn't comment on this til now.

Mobiles in the cinema are evil. At the very least, they should be silent. I'd definitely support one of those phone jammers if it was localised to the cinema.

As it stands, I'll have to make do with agreeing with previous posters and administer a smack to any fool who distracts me with a phone in the middle of a movie.

ixoy

I saw 'American Pie: The Wedding' on Saturday in the UGC and was seated middle-right. And yet some to$$er was still able to distract my attention by lighting up his colour mobile, despite the fact he was sitting front-left. Oddly enough, I didn't get the impression it was a life or death situation for him...

jongore

It's very simple you go to the cinema to watch a film. Anyone fooling about with a mobile is going to be a distraction no matter whether it's talking or texting.

If you need to contactable for (work/emergency/etc.) have your phone on vibrate and when you get a call go to the lobby and answer it.

BTW DaithiSurfer if you have telephone banking you can cancel your DD, but if you signed something for your gfs ugc cards you might still be liable to pay for the notice time.

DaithiSurfer

when we signed up with ucg we just put my account details on both forms.
I think i'll call and cancel bot dd anyway.
She uses hers even less now than i use mine.
Those cards are a fantastic idea but it has been a LONG time since i've enjoyed been in the cinema without some ignorant ass near me talking or texting.

Mark

Why the fuck some people think they can ignore one rule and obey the other is beyond me.

Two basic demands in the cinema:

1. Pay for the ticket
2. Turn off your phone

What sort of arrogant twat thinks they can ignore what they want?

You turn off your damn phone or at least put it on silent. You see a text that you absolutely have to answer (and a piece of gossip from Sharon about Anto and the Boyz doesn't fucking qualify here) ,you go outside and do it. You don't piss off every 7 euro paying person around you.

God it's just basic decency. This shouldn't even be an issue but for bloody scumbags and their umbilical cord connection to their phone. Cinemas really do need to enforce this more often. If someone DOES light up a phone, the usher chap shouldn't just stand staring at the screen. And don't get me started about that sort who think the cinema is the ideal place for a lengthy debate on the nature of Johnno's latest skidz bud.

At the end of the day, 99% of texts can wait two hours. Don't be an ignorant bollocks.

sci0x

I was at the cinema last night. A guy answered his phone which was on silent coz i didnt hear it ringing. I was up the front and he was about in the middle of the cinema. Then, he started talking as if there was no one else there. I could hear his convo as plain as day " oh sound man, yah, so whats happening 2moro", this went on for about 2 mins until he hung up. I just cant believe the ignorace of some ppl.

bloggs

Ah i feel sorry for some, they either have some brain problem (probably fried from the microwaves) and can't remember to turn off their phone, or they are unable to read a simple request

chump

Is DaithiSurfer a hard man?
Can someone set up a poll...


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I was in UCG last week and the guy beside me answered the phone so i gave him a dirty look.
Then i told him to shut up.
He ignored me so i hit him .


VERY HARD in the arm.
And if he didn't shut up the next one would have been in the jaw.


It was a **** movie anyway but the thirdtime he was coming back i told him if he wanted out again i'ld lamp him.
He didn't come out but igf he did i was so pissed off i'ld have taken his phone and thrown it away.


Jesus i'ld love for you to be texting beside me you ignorant ****er.


A lot of peoples patience are wearing thin with ignorant assholes like yourself.
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