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Code of Conduct for Cinema

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Hobbit
, November 20th, 2010 at 08:07 AM (647 Views)
These days I find myself going to the cinema less and less. The main reason (apart from cost!) is not the number of films I want to see but having paid my money the number of irritating things around me that spoil it.

Seems I'm not alone. Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode (national UK radio DJ and film critic accordingly) have created a list of annoyances and turned them into a Code of Conduct:



I think Kermode's great anyway (his 20 minute rant on the Pirates of the Caribbean will forever be a source of delight for me!): this confirms it. The scary thing is when you look at the list and think: how ever was some of this ever seen as acceptable in the first place?!

Mark

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  1. Hereford Eye's Avatar
    Well, yeah, I can see most of this but how is it not proper to munch popcorn? That's one of the prime reasons for going to the movies, isn't it?
  2. Holbrook's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Hereford Eye
    Well, yeah, I can see most of this but how is it not proper to munch popcorn? That's one of the prime reasons for going to the movies, isn't it?

    No.

    There should only be an break in the film, where the lights go up and you are allowed to buy an ice cream from the young lady with a tray, who stands at the front of the establishment.
  3. Hereford Eye's Avatar
    Ice cream? You folk in the Shire only go to the movies in the summer time?
    I accept being termed a boor. I must have a bag of popcorn and a pop at the movies. How else is the floor gonna get all sticky? Part of the fun is feeling the resistance of the gluey stuff on the soles of your shoes.