A friend and I went to see Nightmare Alley last night (9/10 absolutely loved it) and it was a good time for the most part. However, there was this terrible group in the back. Halfway through the film one of them fell asleep and started to snore loudly. The rest of them giggled throughout the film instead of doing anything. Add onto that they kept adjusting their squeaky chairs, they were talking loud enough for us to hear them the row ahead, and anytime something sexual was onscreen one of them couldn't help but say "ooh this is bad 😏."
If you can't stay awake at a movie that starts at 825 pm, or can't stay awake in a reclining chair at a theater, don't go to the movie. If you can't stay quiet and just let yourself be absorbed into the story, don't go to the movie. I get it, you paid whatever amount of money to sit there to watch this, but you don't have to be inconsiderate or pay to take a nap in a chair.
I plan to re-watch the film whenever it streams so I can give it my 100% attention, headphones with noise cancellation and everything at home.
I figured this was a safe place to just let it out.. Anyone else have this happen to them recently?
I have recently rewatched the original Parent Trap, which was made in 1961 by Walt Disney. The premise of the film is that two twins are separated by their parents shortly after their birth, due to divorce, with one daughter raised by each parent in isolation; they discover one another 14 years later. That puts the timing of the parents' divorce at around 1947 or 1948.
It is my understanding that no-fault divorce did not exist in the United States until 1969. Until then (and, when this movie was released), all divorce was fault-based -- adultery, insanity, abandonment, neglect/cruelty, etc. In the film, we don't get a hint any such thing occurred, just that both parents fell out of love and divorced (the mother simply says they "just [didn't] get on together.")
Was it reasonable to expect that couples would have been able to divorce without cause at this time (or, perhaps, that they lied)? I've heard stories of couples feigning adultery to justify a divorce, though that is from TV and films. Would a couple divorcing in 1948 or so have had to produce evidence of the grounds of divorce--meaning the couple in Parent Trap would've either had to have real grounds to divorce, or fabricated them?
Separately, did moviegoers at the time reacted negatively to this plot because it was based on divorce? And, would moviegoers have accepted the idea that the divorce was amicable, or felt it implied they lied to get a fault-based divorce? This seems like a potentially controversial topic for Disney, and I'm curious if they got any flack for a movie about divorce from conservative viewers.
She wasn't lying.
Halfway through our date she walked out of the cinema.
From time to time I find a film that just blows me away that I can't believe I hadn't seen or even heard of. My preferences tend to lean more with the independent-like films over the big blockbusters (but I like many of those too). I'm seeking films with intense or powerful stories and memorable performances (aren't we all...lol) that aren't so well-known - foreign films are always welcome. Some examples of this to me are Dancer in the Dark, Blue Ruin, The Nightingale, City of God, and The Chaser.
I had gone for Endgame at dcc and it was a nightmare for me. I'm not a fan of cheering for every little scene especially serious ones just for the heck of it. I like to actually listen to the dialogue and pay attention. I'm pretty sure this is going to be the case for the upcoming Spider-man NWH at most cinemas.
While I'm super hyped for the movie, I would also like a decent audience and so I'm seeking recommendations for such cinemas where audiences actually pay attention to the movie.
Are there any such cinemas in your experience?
