Comments on: Schrecklichkeit http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/07/16/schrecklichkeit/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:24:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Geoffrey http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/07/16/schrecklichkeit/comment-page-1/#comment-21601 Geoffrey Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:34:18 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2866#comment-21601 I find that usually people will only applaud a long-anticipated movie or an exceptionally good one. I remember seeing "Return of the King" in theaters several years ago and there was thunderous applause at the end of that film. Also, the theater experience, while it may be inextricably tied with the occasional talker, is in my opinion more memorable than just simply watching the film on DVD. During the climax of the aforementioned movie -- right before Eowyn shoves a sword into the face of the Witch King of Angmar, saying "I am no man" -- someone at the back of the theater shouted, "Yeah, whoop his ass!" Everyone had a brief and hardy laugh, and it served to remind us just how much everyone was enjoying the film. While many might have been annoyed by such a quip, it is largely because of it that I will always remember seeing that movie in theaters. I find that usually people will only applaud a long-anticipated movie or an exceptionally good one. I remember seeing “Return of the King” in theaters several years ago and there was thunderous applause at the end of that film.

Also, the theater experience, while it may be inextricably tied with the occasional talker, is in my opinion more memorable than just simply watching the film on DVD. During the climax of the aforementioned movie — right before Eowyn shoves a sword into the face of the Witch King of Angmar, saying “I am no man” — someone at the back of the theater shouted, “Yeah, whoop his ass!”

Everyone had a brief and hardy laugh, and it served to remind us just how much everyone was enjoying the film. While many might have been annoyed by such a quip, it is largely because of it that I will always remember seeing that movie in theaters.

]]> By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/07/16/schrecklichkeit/comment-page-1/#comment-21574 Erika Price Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:39:46 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2866#comment-21574 I've noticed that people no longer applaud in theaters after the film has finished. It's truly an inconsequential little shift- clapping for filmmakers who weren't there was quaint- but still palpable. Do we have less respect for the theater as an away-from-home special occasion? One possible reason is that moviegoing is no longer a special occasion, and that many families overindulge in it. At some point, does a movie theater just feel like a living room away from home? I’ve noticed that people no longer applaud in theaters after the film has finished. It’s truly an inconsequential little shift- clapping for filmmakers who weren’t there was quaint- but still palpable. Do we have less respect for the theater as an away-from-home special occasion? One possible reason is that moviegoing is no longer a special occasion, and that many families overindulge in it. At some point, does a movie theater just feel like a living room away from home?

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/07/16/schrecklichkeit/comment-page-1/#comment-21534 Erich Vieth Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:32:54 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2866#comment-21534 I haven't gone to many kid movies at theaters -- we wait for the DVD. On the other hand, I have gone to a diminishing number of non-kid movies at theaters during the past 10 years. I would estimate that at half of those movies I have felt compelled to tell someone in the audience to please be quiet. Sometimes I have to ask two or three times. It is incredible how so many people think that they are in their own living room and that they can talk out loud during the movie. Such behavior takes me right out of the movie, so I speak up, not out of spite but because I want to enjoy the movie, not the narration of the movie by the guy two seats away. I haven’t gone to many kid movies at theaters — we wait for the DVD. On the other hand, I have gone to a diminishing number of non-kid movies at theaters during the past 10 years. I would estimate that at half of those movies I have felt compelled to tell someone in the audience to please be quiet. Sometimes I have to ask two or three times.

It is incredible how so many people think that they are in their own living room and that they can talk out loud during the movie. Such behavior takes me right out of the movie, so I speak up, not out of spite but because I want to enjoy the movie, not the narration of the movie by the guy two seats away.

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