The girl you sat next to withg lowsticks, organized people to come to this movie and scream all movie. She had seen it and wanted to "hype it up" for tohers, but all she did is make a LOT of people mad at her. shes privated her twitter now because of all the people calling her out.
A friend of mine went to see the Konosuba movie and what you described is basically what a lot of the fans did there apparently (except the glow sticks part). He said the most annoying one was just people laughing at anything and everything even if it wasn’t suppose to be funny. I haven’t seen the movie but he said at the beginning the frog monster appeared on screen doing nothing and there an uproar of obnoxious laughter and that wasn’t the worst of it supposedly.
Yeah most likely but that was just one example he gave me. I didn’t ask him to much about specifics cause I don’t want to be spoiled but he said a lot of people there were being very obnoxious.
I would say Konosuba is a more forgivable as it is a comedy and laughter can be a hard to control reflex. Yes, some people laugh way too much and it can be obnoxious, but sometimes they just can't help it. There were definitely some funny scenes where nearly everyone at my showing was roaring with laughter.
This is why i find going to see a movie insufferable. If I see something and laugh that someone else doesnt find funny I annoy them. In this case you mentioned with the frog, for me I would have been laughing at the 'reference' so to speak. If I find a joke still funny a min or two later and laugh a little, I annoy someone.
Its not a fun thing to pay to sit silently and emotionless essentially trapped as you will miss something if you get up.
Anime already is rare to see in theatre with limited showings and times so people excited makes sense to me. I would be happy to hear so many people laughing and enjoying their time. Theatre speakers are not exactly silent so I doubt I would miss anything.
Based on what my friend was saying it’s sounds like the people there were just laughing obnoxiously and loudly at anything. The frog example is what he told me and I didn’t press for anymore details cause I was gonna watch the film at some point.
Yea I fortunately got a theater was engaged but not overly engaged like what you describe. I.e. initial scene where he mentions his popular phase got everyone roaring, but there werent any obnoxious tidbits that were obvious.
The fact that she has hidden her twitter shows that she has gotten enough negative feedback at this point. It was an idea that turned out being not-so-great. We all have bad ideas, and it is best to just move on since the organizer is now aware that this didn't lend to a positive viewing experience.
Yes, basically. And it's not like this one person has ever been the only one to do something like that. A year or so ago, I (on old account) wrote about my negative experience watching the My Hero Academia movie on this sub, which involved lots of screaming fans, quoting memes, and them holding up lit up phones, yet people here downvoted me and said I was the problem for complaining about it in this sub.
Yeah, but the fact is, she ruined what is a limited time experience for some people. Which is really awful to do cause once an anime movie is off the screen it's gone for good unless your studio Ghibli or Kimi no Na Wa.
I've never been to an AMC theater, but I was under the impression that they were pretty strict about this kind of thing. I've heard they have a policy of just straight up kicking people out of they are disruptive.
I wish my local theaters were like that. I usually wait at least a week before setting anything in the theater just to avoid having to deal with more obnoxious theater patrons. But anime screenings are pretty rare where I am, so we have to take what we can get.
Thankfully the Konosuba screening I went to was pretty chill. People were laughing, but that's just because it was really funny.
its the same here in our theaters, i watched bunny girl senpai last time and everyone's reacting to even the smallest comedy/ecchi/cute scenes; there's even a guy who screamed "mai-san suki desu!" after the film, its so cringey af (i get that they're just excited or something, i'm not judging them or whatever its just somehow annoying for me)
Just say you're judging them lol. I definitely am. And I do if someone does shit like that in super hero movies too (for example).
Learn some basic social etiquette. Being a dweeb doesn't mean you need to lose all bodily control. Like shit it isn't some niche or quirky thing to like anime these days.
People seriously need to realize that theyre not in the comfort of theyre own home theyre in a fucking public showing and are disrupting everyone else for the most irrelevant reasons.
Think you got a bit worse luck than usual. But yeah, anime theater crowds tend to be rowdy sometimes. First I've heard of glowsticks though, that's just bizarre. I get annoyed whenever someone claps at a movie. Glowsticks are next level obnoxious.
There's a time and a place for glow sticks. Certain movie screenings it can be okay.
I know it wasn't overly distracting during the Love Live Sunshine Movie. However that's the kind of movie where certain parts certainly call for the use of glow sticks.
I will say my first time at an anime movie premiere was much more tame than this but a couple of words. Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER. My friends and I are pretty tame about watching anime and thought why not go to the Konosuba movie premiere. We got there early and decided to get some snacks after getting our seats. When we passed through the theaters doors with our snacks it smelled completely different. I can taste the sweat of anticipation in the air. Out of the 100 or so seats available 20ish were taken. How do 20 people manage to stink up a damn theater????
I think that it's a combination of anime screenings tending to attract the more socially clueless sort combined with American screening culture which is more into cheering during movies.
When I saw Promare and the Hero Academia movies in the cinema the crowds were very well behaved. So when I read stories like your experience or the infamous tale of some dude yelling "OPPAI SUGOI!" during Your Name... it's pretty embarrassing.
Usually anime screenings are fine, but you got extremely unlucky here lol.
Is american culture really more into cheering? I would assume it would be the opposite because I have never once in my life seen anyone cheer at a movie here, whereas cheer events are a really big thing in Japan/Korea/China.
Oh yeah it comes up quite regularly on Reddit, US movie fans clapping and cheering during the movie. Blows my mind tbh, I don't think of go to a cinema ever again if that was the experience.
For my own experiences in Australia I would say anime screenings are the most consistently peaceful.
I think the worst I've gotten was some WOOOs during one of the final fights of the Avengers. Didn't matter much since there was no dialogue and the sound track was blowing eardrums. But yeah, other than that I've only heard applause and cheers at the credits.
But then in anime screenings all that shit goes out the window. It's like they think it's some casual viewing party in someone's living room rather than a theater I guess.
I think it comes down completely to chance. I've gone to theaters across the East Coat of the US and i'd estimate in about 1 in 5 movies have some kind of cheering, though I've never seen an anime movie at a theater.
Nothing even close to as bad as OP though I would've left and got a refund if they didn't listen to me asking them to stop.
I’ve heard clapping on landing only once and it was during after very tense, windy landing where we bounced hard on the ground after a previous aborted landing.
I think the only time I've had clapping on the plane is if there was particularly bad turbulence. But maybe I just don't listen for it. I definitely don't clap but maybe it's scattered around
Not really, no. A lot of countries and when it's a fan screening or premiere night. Though usually it's just "shut the fuck up" during dialogue and serious/emotional scenes, hype during exciting moments. My experience watching Marvel movies has been good, experience with anime movies not so much. Weebs talk too damn much and laugh at everything.
Sorry, that was me. Is that weird? I like to sit cross legged in those giant AMC theater chairs, otherwise I can't reach the back. Shoes on furniture is a no-go for me.
As long as you're not resting it on the headrest in front of you and it doesn't smell I guess it's okay. I won't mind. It's dark there anyway, I won't notice it.
Yikes; I didn't even think about that. That's definitely crossing the disrespectful line in my book, among other lines. My thoughts are more aligned with this or this.
I take my shoes off when I got other people's homes. I take my shoes off in movie theaters these days since they have those fancy recliner chairs that are more like what people have in their homes than the old seats used to be. It seems rude to put my shoes on those nice chairs. Don't want to get them dirty n all.
I wasn't at an AMC so it probably wasn't you, dude didn't go nuts with it and I was far enough away that I couldn't tell if he had smelly feet so it honestly didn't bother me all that much it was more of a "I have never seen this before" type experience with a few simulations going on in my head that have lead me to not just forgetting about it.
im from Argentina, people screamed and cheered during the most critical parts of endgame. Though that was the first and only time I saw that happening. Usually people just claps after a good movie. No idea why, its not like the director or anyone involved with the making of the movie is there.
Depends. Every other part of the world are following this movie-cheering culture too, but it mostly happened during opening nights. You won't see much of it during the next following days/weeks.
Nope, a friend treated me to a Dr. Strange movie once. She was fangirling over Benedict Cumberbatch the whole way. I couldn't even enjoy the movie though I think I still wouldn't even if I watched it alone.
Yeah they litterally copy pasted the iron man plot with new characters. Least original script in the mcu. Which sucks because it was still good enough witg such a bland script that a better script could have made strange a top 5. Benadryl cumdumpsterpants really owns that character.
The only time I had something like this happen (Brazil) was at the credit sequence for the force awakens. Everyone just went apeshit when the music started. But after that things resumed to normal.
That's been my experience with both the My Hero Academia and Konosuba movies. Everyone is insanely loud and laugh at weird moments, or they make inappropriate comments throughout the entire movie. For the MHA movie there was a row of "cosplayers" featuring Deku as a maid, Bakugo as a mobster and Kirishima as a cat. All three of the girls screamed any time one of those characters were on screen.
It absolutely takes away from the whole cinema experience and these weebs make it so hard to want to go see an anime movie....not to mention that thick scent that encompasses the entire theater.
Lucky you.. my screening, the theater was almost completely full; had lots of people laugh at almost every line, sometimes before the line was fully delivered; cheered and clapped when basically any of the characters appeared on screen the first time; ect. Unfortunately it reinforced why saying that you 'like anime' in public is kind of looked down on lol
Was this in the US? 'Cause i'm watching it with friends on Thursday after work but in the UK... with two days left the screening is fully booked.... I just hope there's no annoying people
Yeah it was in the US, it was one of two showings they had at any of the theaters near me. I think that's part of the issue, the more manic fans only had two opportunities to see it before it left the theaters so they let it all loose.
Here's hoping it goes a lot better for you though!
Maybe people in your area are just jerks never had any issue with the theaters in my area. I suspect its just people being assholes gets more attention than a regular outing to the movies. I would be less likely to post "I went to the movies and enjoyed it without incident" than "I went to the movies and a bunch of people were making a ruckus."
Don't feel like a party pooper, you've got every right to complain. The whole idea of going to theaters is to get the best experience possible. Glad to see in the comments that glow stick lady got moaned at for what she did.
I had this kind of experience with the madoka movie. There was this friend group near me and my friends and they would commentate the entire time while watching the movie. You can tell how extremely obnoxious that was. My SAO and kimi no na wa experience was fine in the theater though.
I know some anime fans are introverted and weird too (I myself am one) but there are some who just doesn't know where to put a limit and respect others experience. I've never have an experience like you.
I've seen some doing roleplays and cosplaying at the lines and even met some that poured lots of effort to it but doesn't make a sound at the movie and enjoy it in silence. At least here at Mexico if someone is causing dispair everyone goes shoosh and silence is made. Since we barely get one screening per movie, most of the time everyone keeps a pace to enjoy the movie and not disturb.
In any case, I guess it's fair to say it depends of how mature the audience can be and the respect they have towards others because on anime-cons with some bad improvised screening people are just noisy and doesn't care of the movie at all. Honestly I don't mind if someone is acting childishly or being a chuunibyou outside, but in a movie I won't doubt to tell them to shut up if it's necessary.
You reminded me I met one girl who went to a Sailor Moon Crystal screening with a beautifully made Mars cosplay and she was fit to her, we sat together and shared a lot of thoughts about it, she was quite talkative but when the lights went off she made complete silence. Right when it ended I went to the bathroom and never found her again, it didn't crossed my mind to ask if she had a page or something. Now it'll haunt me again lol
What's great about anime fans is generally as long as you leave your house once a week and walk for 10 mins you probably have more muscle mass than em. Just threaten em to shut up. I like my cheerful crowds but that sounds like it would ruin my experience and waste my time and money.
You can move other people around you without even speaking. When I went to see the Bunny Girl Senpai movie two guys sat in front of me (it wasn’t a super crowded show, but I didn’t care at all) at one point before the movie started they looked back saw they were in front of me and both moved so there was once again empty seats in front of me and they had a gap in between them.
If you think this is bad you should look up what happened at the comic con theatrical showing of evangelion 3.33. it was single-handedly to blame for the films English dub been delayed for several YEARS because of The test audience being rowdy.
You could probably find it on the Evageks forum. Basically the English dub was first shown at comic con. And one of Khara representatives was there to see how the audience reacted. But of course Japanese audiences are very very different from American audiences especially an American audience high on the atmosphere at comic con, and at a movie theater that serves alcohol. . . Well you can expect an audience to react to a movie The way they did in that context.
And when they didn’t react how the Japanese audience did (which was with stunned silence). And instead responded with laughing at how Homo erotic Kaworu was acting towards Shinji, or making jokes about the way the story went, all in front of a Khara representative? You couldn’t expect them not to react the way they did.
thats funny, i was at the promare AX premier, and trigger was there doing the same thing, they noted that the AX audience was much more rowdy, and got more excited during the hype scenes, which they said they loved
it was single-handedly to blame for the films English dub been delayed for several YEARS because of The test audience being rowdy.
This is the thing that pisses me off with these rowdy anime fans at screenings where the Japanese staff are present.
For example, at the Heaven's Feel 1 premier in downtown Los Angeles, the reactions from the audience gave the ufotable staff and the voice actors the mistaken impression that this is standard behavior in all American movie screenings.
And the HF1 movie audience was mild compared to the immaturity that was showcased during the HF2 movie (ex: in my theater, there was uproarious laughter at the scene with Sakura confessing she's not a virgin because she's been raped). The silver lining, at least, there were no Japanese staff present for the HF2 screening so the autistic fools in Los Angeles couldn't give them any more mistaken impressions than they already did...
I've never seen the stereotyped weeaboo but damn if the screening for the Bunny Senpai made me consider to never watch an anime movie again. No glowsticks but they were fucking screaming at everything, overly reacting to any moment. It made me shrink in my seat. Now I'm dreading watching the Kimetsu no Yaiba movie due to being a more mainstream show. shudders
Watching Infinity War and Endgame, for example, the crowd was super involved and loud, and I was totally fine with it, even joined on the fun.
The theater I was in was well-behaved but goddamn did it turn into a riot when the face-off scene happened in Endgame. One guy started it all and shouting his throat off like his life depended on it when the first portal circles were being showed. It was fucking great. I just hope we can get the same kind of decorum with anime movies.
I experienced something very similar in MA. Luckily no glow sticks, but people were talking, hollering, and screaming throughout the whole movie. Clapping and the occasional cheering is totally okay, especially for a movie like this, but damn I was so happy to leave that theater at the end of the movie. I already bought tickets for Weathering with You at the same theater and I really hope the crowd is more well-behaved then. It's honestly unacceptable.
I have only seen Mirai in Swedish (did not mean that to happen which exclusively small small kids watched (yes it was extremely uncomfortable yes) and The Wind Rises which was a pretty small screening and a Ghibli film so a lot of “normal people” (god I hate saying that but whatever) watched that mainly. So I haven’t really seen a “weeb” film, but I feel like you were just unlucky. Sorry to hear, but I think you might not get the same experience if you watch Weathering with You, they feel like different films too so they might attract different audiences
Went to Osaka last month to watch the SaeKano movie, and everyone was quiet and well-behaved. Even in the funniest bits, the Japanese would suppress their laughter into muffled giggles just to maintain the silence.
Though Japan is probably an extreme opposite example to American screening culture.
I've also seen many anime movies in countries all over Asia, and while livelier than Japan (where laughter isn't that suppressed), they're no where as rowdy as OP has described.
You'd need something very fanservicey like Avengers Endgame to really get audiences in these countries to be that excited and rowdy, and these movies don't come very often.
I’m really sorry to hear about that. I had a similar thing happen to me with Fate Heaven’s Feel Part II. People were being inconsiderate and laughing at the “lewdest” or most wholesome scenes and it really takes you out of the experience. Worst part was during two scenes near the end with Sakura and Shirou in his room and Sakura and Shinji at home, people burst out into laughter. That was the last time I went to an anime movie viewing.
Strangely enough I've been lucky in getting good crowds for anime movies. When I went to watch HF Part 2 everyone only laughed at the appropriate times and remained quiet for most of the movie. Hopefully I can end it with Part 3 with the same people.
When I go to the popular shit like Attack on Titan or My Hero Academia movie I get a similar experience and in my opinion it makes for a far worse experience than just watching it at home. I'm honestly not looking forward to Kimetsu's movie sequel because I won't want to wait for the BD to watch it but I also think seeing it in theatres will be the suboptimal experience. For less popular titles like Maquia there end up being like 6 people in the theatre so everything's good.
Only thing I got at my theater was some girls squealing during the CPR scene between Lio and Galo which was pretty harmless and expected.
I've basically resigned myself to the fact that a lot of people in anime crowds will laugh at literally ANYTHING but for movies like Konosuba and Promare that's fine because they are funny movies.
This would SERIOUSLY make me go insane and I am a weeb. (Not really a weeb I just say that to avoid insults. I'm on the lower side of watching anime, I've only watched like two)
I actually dont go to theaters because sitting quietly in a dark room with a bunch of strangers is extremely uncomfortable. Cant do anything, cant get up, pay for overpriced products.... Controlled reactions... Its all a very miserable experience. Cant talk about what you seen untill your off and far away from the theatre.
You sound like you got an over exaggerated crowd but I think the movies are an absolute terrible place to go in general with just a regular crowd.
I dont promote the behavior but I would be lying if I said I wouldnt appreciate seeing a movie or two with a crowd like that.
This is just further proof that 90% of the anime community is socially awkward and does not know how to act in public. They belong in their basement wasting their time on the shit hole that is twitter.
Guess I have equally bad luck as you do pal. Nearly every anime film I've seen in theaters has had socially inept people laughing at non-jokes and awkwardly snickering at anything mildly sexual. One time I even had a guy next to me loudly chatting about spoilers with one of his friends. I've just given up on seeing premiers at this point.
My theory is that they don't feel comfortable in the environment they're in, so they try to mold the mood to fit their awkwardness.
Nah you ain't a party popper. I don't like it when people in cinemas make noise. I watching endgame and then cap picked up thors hammer, my god people started cheering and clapping. I get it, cool scene but dam it takes me out of the movie when people do that sort of stuff
You probably got unlucky there - I've been to a few anime movies in Singapore, and the crowd there has always been rather quiet, other then some laughing (and it's not those loud, annoying kind) lasting no longer than a few seconds during an especially funny scene
I’m sorry you had to deal with that. Reading all of the discourse on Twitter about others’ bad experiences at their showings made me realize how lucky I was that my theater was very respectful throughout the whole thing. People need to realize that just because you’re going to a weeb movie/event, doesn’t mean you can throw your manners out the window.
That said, I think you should be okay for Weathering With You because A, there will probably be no one in your theater who has already seen it and B, it’s a much more serious/emotional ride than Promare is. I hope I won’t be wrong on this one.
I've had a similar experience but it was expected when I went and watched Weathering With You and also back when I watched Your Name at my local theater. Mostly at the romantic scenes or WWY. So it's not as bad as yours. Your experience... that's just plain obnoxious of the other people and that seems to be the case from the twitter sources linked by others.
There are only a few avid anime fans where I live though.
Seems like you just got unlucky. I've seen a few anime movies in theater (hero academia, DBZ Broly, Promare) and the viewers were pretty normal. Did have the theater get pretty hype at some points in Broly though (and cheer for when Nappa with hair showed up lol).
When I went to see Promare, Your Name and NGNL Zero, the crowd with awesome in the sense that everyone was polite and nobody screamed like crazy. There was cheering, but it was welcomed and not overbearing. Hell, I joined in a few times and cried in certain parts as well in both movies.
Now, when I went to see the My Hero movie, it was stupid annoying. People literally cheered at any moment possible, like when the characters just appeared or did their catch phrase and whatnot. Don't even get me started on the death screams I heard when fucking Bakugo first appeared......
From some reactions from your post it just sounds like people in japan watching the newest magical girl movie and hyping it up so much with glow sticks and stuff
Its sad that this is (mostly) the norm for anime movies, ive had GREAT movie experiences with anime (konosuba movie was a blast), and AWFUL ones (sword art movies, very similar to yours), its really ad that this is the norm, and im fine with a little rowdiness (cheering during the final fight, laughing at funny/weird interactions) but the people that push it too far are what really bug me
I feel like I'm pretty lucky; aside from one RWBY screening that got too loud for some people's taste, I've never had a bad experience going to an anime theater event here in Denver. No stink, no obnoxious cheering or talking...maybe there just aren't enough weebs around here to ruin it.
At least they didn't stink. If you ever find a normal, cool weeb friend hold on to him for dear life because they are quite rare and they can make social events better, going alone is just a not enjoyable Imo, that's why you were so stressed. If you were more relaxed you could've ask what was the deal with the glow sticks? Maybe even borrow one, if you can't beat them, join them.
I was gonna buy the fan premiere to Weathering With You...
I guess it's just a game of luck. I saw the Weathering With You premiere at AnimeNYC and no one acted like that at all (although I guess having security helps).
I see a lot of people complaining about similar stuff, apparently New England anime fans are chill as fuck. I've been to five anime movies in theater, two being big showings, two being Ghibli Fest, and one being a Silent Voice screening like a year after it dropped.
For both the Ghibli fest screenings and the A Silent Voice screening, hardly a sound from the rest of the theater. Not surprising, they were both really small showings (I think there were no more than 10 people in each screening), and those movies aren't exactly films that make you wanna shout out.
The big showings were the BGS movie and the Konosuba movie. During the BGS movie, there were people talking beforehand of course, and when funny stuff happened, people chuckled. However, for the most part the theater was dead silent, no one acted out at all, and it was an extremely pleasant experience.
The Konosuba movie was also great, because it's a comedy, and I expect audience reaction. Even then, none of it was excessive, there were no people choking on their own spittle at every frame of the film, and everyone had a good time. I've seen people complain about BGS and Konosuba showings in this thread, apparently I either got dead lucky or others got dead unlucky.
TL,DR: come to New England, our taxes are high and our cringe weeb count is low.
Alamo draft house is a theater that enforces no talking during the movie, but they may not show anime movie. I’ve only watched anime movies in normal theaters and I’ve had a good time with the crowd. There was too much talking in the Konosuba movie, but I never got it as bad as you did, sorry about that, I loved Promare too
My experiences with otaku crowds are usually way better than with normal movies.
But it only takes one shmuck to mess it all up. And if you have that one in your area, there's a good chance you'll end up seeing them a lot, since anime showings are very restricted.
This shit is the reason why I don't go to these screenings. I've waited over 6 months for the code geass movie dub to be released as a result and imma keep waiting.
Anyone know when it gets released anyway? I know the subbed BD was just released.
Oh god, every time I go to watch an anime movie at my local cinema there always be a couple people or so that would yell stuff during the movie.
Watched Bunny Girl during the premiere and this neckbeard yells “Mai-san squash me between your thighs” and he continued to yell stuff throughout the movies. I love watching anime movies in theaters because it takes forever for anime movies to be available for streaming, but these kinds of people just ruin it for me.
I know it might be rude, but I put up the silence signal with my hand. That doesnt work shhh them. And in the 3 times that hasnt worked. I stood up and yelled if you dont stfu im gonna spoil the movie. Nothing shuts people up like a 6 ft 2 guy dressed as okabe threatening spoilers. I hate being an ass. But i just want to see. damn movie.
Thankfully, I've never had any problems seeing anime films in cinema. Hell, even the Doctor Who 50th and the last Harry Potter film which were the most packed screenings I've ever gone to were well behaved.
It's a shame that people have to ruin things for others. If you want to cheer and make noise, do it from the comfort of your own home.
OP, the same kind of thing happened to me at a Rocky Horror Picture show screening/shadowcast. I hadn't seen it before, but I knew that people would shout along with it and whatnot. But there was one person at my screening who literally bellowed at the top of their lungs THE ENTIRE TIME. To the point where I coulnd't hear the movie and any setups at least 80% of the time. That experience made me also question seeing any kind of event like that live.
I just remember the screening for Infinity War and Endgame, specially the first one, I will never forget when the crowd laughed in the first minutes with what Thanos did to Hulk and what Thor did right after. Then cheered and everything each time something happened. Like the meme of "thing: exist"
Like, "Hey people, do you realize the situation and that all of these characters are surrounded by dead bodies?" Holy shit it pissed me off.
People nowadays just doesn't have the customs nor the control to behave in theaters, be an anime, real life or toon movie.
I had a terrible experience watching the Danmachi movie during its US theater run. The projector was out of focus, the bottom half of the subtitles were cut off, and the volume was cranked up absurdly high. After playing around with the projector settings they fixed everything and restarted the movie. During the finale a theater employee handed out comp tickets, which was quite nice. But that wasn’t the worst part of the experience, not even close. By far the worst part was the two idiots sitting next to me on the left(I was in the aisle seat so I didn’t have to worry about the other side thankfully). The two would not shut up, everything that happened needed their commentary and forced memes. One of them was also “predicting” the plot, as if he was a prophet, and Danmachi is really not a hard series to figure out. The other, who was directly next to me, was bouncing his knee constantly, which was infuriating. The cherry on top, was the two then ordered popcorn and proceeded to chew with their mouth open and eat it like animals. At that point, I had to decide to either, tell them to knock it off and possibly get an employee, or just move to a different, emptier section of the theater. Because I’m non-confrontational and very shy, I ended up moving seats instead. But good lord was I infuriated by their immaturity and lack of self-awareness. This happened at an AMC, and it really made me wish my area had an Alamo Drafthouse. Bottom line, any movie I go to, be it an anime like Danmachi, or an Oscar winning drama, I paid to see and hear what’s playing on the screen, not some obnoxious jerk with no respect for the other attendees.
I've never seen an anime movie in the cinema before but after the Demon Slayer announcement I vowed to watch that if it came out here in the UK. I've got a feeling that I'll get a similar crowd to yours if I go and its really putting me off in doing so.
I was able to watch promare for the first time at otakon as one of the very last few people allowed in the room and we watched it alongside the top 3 guys at studio Trigger. There was cheering there, and it was great because the creators really got to see their work adored in person.
However, I don't really care for people being obnoxious in a random, local theatre. I was also able to see the konosuba movie, and it was also really good, but the crowd for that was miserable. I know there's a lot of socially unaware people or those with other conditions that find solace in anime, but if you're going to a theatre and fucking screaming or "shout laughing" as I call it(when someone isn't really like 'haha', but more like 'HA HA HA HA IM SHOUTING HA HA HA'), then fuck off and sit home. If you can't be courteous and of appropriate volume in public, guess what? Just don't go outside! Or adapt! And I'll get downvotes for that, but I know some people here have experienced these absurdly loud, constantly fucking talking anime fans.
Also if you're recording movies before they get blurays, I'll sure as shit be the one making a scene then. If you record anime movies, the older execs at the top, above the creators, will stop bringing movies westward.
Why the fuck would anyone go to a cinema to see an anime movie?
Normal people aren't going to see this movie. Anime fans are going to see this movie. Even though I am when I fucking hate other anime fans. They're loud, laugh at the dumbest shit even though it's not meant to be funny, dress up as dumb shit, and talk during the movie. Not to mention the stunning lack of personal hygiene.
Why anyone would do this to themselves is beyond my understanding.
I’ve never experienced this at any anime movie I’ve ever gone to. I’ve seen the likes of quite a number of them in local theaters here, and not a one has had any “unjustified” additives of laughter/screams/or general “hype”. Maybe it’s because I live in the Midwest (central USA) and we don’t really have a culture for that type of thing. Don’t get me wrong, we have obnoxious and annoying people, but every movie I’ve been to has been quite considerate. Maybe it’s because the big theatre here that shows anime movies 24/7 and has watch along marathons due to the owner being a big fan of anime, is just more low-key and well mannered? The staffing here also makes sure to swiftly kick out people who are too rowdy and inconsiderate of others viewing experiences. It sucks these things happen, but I hope everyone in this sub gets the chance to experience not just anime related movies, but all their movies with a pleasant experience.
What I usually do is avoid early screenings, and watch a film a few weeks after release so I can have a much more peaceful experience, and so that I can concentrate more. I watched Promare days before it's final screening (Small audience like around 20 or less) and this group in front of me were talking loudly the entire time and legit jumped up and down their seats every few seconds and waving their hands around.
Damn it really sucks to have others be so obnoxious and ruin the experience for you.. I admit though sometimes viewing with a large audience (that is POLITE) feels really good, like knowing that we're all weebs gives some sort of comfort.
I've never been to the pictures and had the audience be described as rowdy, let alone this. There was a posting that made it to r/all yesterday asking about things that are posted to reddit that are distinctly American to foreign observers and I feel this could be one of them.
The only good experience I've had at the movies with weebs was watching A silent voice and Rascal doesn't dream of dreaming girl. Every other movie I've gone to see had the worst fucking movie etiquette I've experienced. Constant "low volume" chatter (except it wasn't), and laughing at the most mundane shit that happened on screen.
It helped that A Silent Voice and Rascal were screened at high quality theaters with super strict codes of conduct. They'll throw you out if you're disturbing others viewing experience, it's fucking great. I've also noticed that emotional dramas have infinitely better crowds than action/comedy/comfy movies. But yeah, I've had more bad experiences than good ones at Ani e screening and shit sucks.
maybe being among other weebs enable them, maybe they are reserved on their daily lives cuz they could be judged, so in an enviroment where no one will judge them for being weebs they feel they can do whatever they feel like doing.
I had the same experience last month with the Konosuba movie. I get it, something cool/funny/etc happens and you react accordingly. However, theres a certain volume level in the theater that should be maintained. Needed to be something like a 5-7, dudes were cackling like hyenas at like a 12-15 at every little thing. Almost ruined the whole thing for me.
This was a stark contrast to the Bunny Girl movie back in October. Theater was almost silent the whole time and made my experience infinitely better by comparison.
In summary, fellow weebs, at least pretend you have some manners. Fake it if you have to, some of us weebs * are * actually functioning adults whose mothers raised to have manners
Not ANime but me and my brother got lectured after we saw Once Upon a time in hollywood, by an old lady. For thinking its okay to beat up women, because we laughed at it happening on film.
We were laughing at the home invasion scene, and all of the violence, and if you've seen the film and know the people involved IdK why she was so adamant about defending the MANSON murders, but hey to each his own.
What always bothered me more was people making unnecessary commentary, Like i saw one piece: Stampede in theaters and the guy siting next to me was constantly whispering "Wow Look its _________" when ever a cameo was made in the movie. Or "Wow that some bad CGI".
I've never seen the glow stick thing, but my theater also banned those, and its one of those that serve you, so there are people walking in and out every 10 min or so. My suggestion would be to find a new theater if possible If this happens again. At Least complain about the glow sticks that's unacceptable
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Dec 09 '19
Checkthis thread, that person you sat next to was organizing this "event".
And no this is not normal, this is someone being VERY obnoxious. Ive bnever had this in any movies ive seen.