on the drive with kenny jones – we discussed my recent outing to the cinema to catch hp-6 (the half blood prince). the flick was pretty good but the experience was more horrifying than he-who-shall-not-be-named.
it actually happens every time i go to the movies…so why should last night be any different. i’m always confronted with the incredibly annoying sound of someone’s cell phone ringing during a movie. there outta be a law against this kinda thing.
the question is, is there a way to avoid this so everybody that isn’t taking calls in the middle of the film can enjoy the movie? find out what the drive contingent had to say about the matter…
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the answer is to the question above is – NO! there will always be some yahoo that can’t go an hour and fifty minutes without talking a cell phone call.
i’m of the opinion that if someone answers a cell phone call during a movie the rest of the audience reserves the right to tear it from his/her hands and smash the device to bits. if they obviously don’t understand common courtesy – so they need to be taught.
the bottom line – it’s up to the movie goer to use common sense and not use their mobile at the cinema and defnitely not DURING the movie. so until they blanket the theatre with some sort of mobile phone force field that blocks cell signals, you’re going to have to endure the ass behind you yammering away on his cell while you’re trying to get your 12 bucks out of the experience.
here are my top five movie going pet peeves:
- people on cell phones during the movie
- someone kicking the back of my chair
- babies crying during the movie
- obnoxious people talking during the film
- the noisy eater
there are plenty more – but that should get us started. how about you? what drives you nuts at the cinema?
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July 28, 2009 at 8:25 am
Thanks for posting it Kenny
December 23, 2009 at 7:11 pm
ace read, I’ll dialed!
i must also admit – i totally have a crush on you, kenny jones.
hugs.
March 30, 2010 at 9:42 pm
A cell phone is needed the second there is an emergencies.
But i guess you could at least put it on vibrate.
April 3, 2010 at 12:37 pm
i agree! they should be dragged from the theatre and beaten. why cant someone sit for an hour and fifty miontues and watch a movie without being on a mobile.
uuuuugh! makes me so angry,.
May 20, 2010 at 2:16 am
tar and feather ‘em!!! miss your show – please come back to jordan!!! beat-fm totally needs you, bro.
May 24, 2010 at 2:16 am
drag ‘em from the theatre and beat them! shut your mobiles off before the trailers. actually, shut them off or silence them before you even find your seat!!!
June 12, 2010 at 10:08 pm
so true
July 13, 2010 at 2:04 am
i am sort of obsessed with the latest cellphones and i CANNOT shut mine off. i’m addicted. so please don’t kill me!
i will be on the lookout just in case`”;
love your show kenny jones
July 23, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Cell phones must be turned off for the duration of the film. Pulling them out to check the time, view messages or photos or to play a game (even if it is on silent) are not valid reasons for allowing the light emitting from your phone screen to disturb other guests. As for the debate on “What if there is an emergency?”, should you really be in the theater if you are expecting one? Saying you have a relative in poor health or a child who is not with you does not excuse you from ruining the movie experience for everyone else. Why would you pay top dollar to go to the theater to not watch the movie and disturb other guests at the same time when you can not watch the movie and disturb none of those guests outside the theater? For years movie-goers have enjoyed their films in a cell phone free environment. It was called “the-time-before-cell-phones”. No one had one, yet they persevered and prospered.
October 6, 2010 at 6:35 am
I am all for the Drag them out of the theater and beat them!!
October 10, 2010 at 4:59 pm
i love it! and i totally agree. take them out back and stone them!!!! no cells in the cinema