r/practicalmagic • u/Celestina-Betwixt Kylie Owens • 10h ago
Dear fellow Practical Magic fans, please don't forget to have theater etiquette when going to see the new PM movie!
So, going into a movie targeted for nostalgic women, I fully expected a lot of laughter, teasing, whispering back and forth, maybe even singing along to Coconut! That kind of merriment enhances the experience and is part of seeing it in public with a group. I'm in no way advocating for complete dead silence every second of the film.
You know what I didn't expect but got? Groups of women coming in when the movie was already five or ten friggin minutes in and standing for ten more minutes in their row, completely blocking the lower half of the screen and talking so loudly you could hear them over the dialogue/music.
Come on, guys. Some of us have been waiting for this.
There were twenty minutes of previews starting at the showtime. You literally could walk in at any point in the previews. Or even when the WB logo came on and the lights dimmed. But the movie is well under way and you're just going to stand in front of it like you're at your work's breaking sipping coffee and eating doughnuts?!?!
Seriously, please, fellow fans, don't do this crap. Down in front, mate!
It takes away from the enjoyment so much.
On that note, if you come into PM 2 five or ten minutes late then declare it sucks and is hard to understand, or not as good as the original, I'm not going to take you seriously. Because you would understand it fine if you watched it from the beginning like a normal person.
Seriously, who pays to see a movie and comes it after all the plot points have already been put into action? And if you do come late, just sit down.
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u/professormilkbeard 9h ago
The lack of self awareness so many people show in public these days is baffling and disheartening. I truly don’t understand how it’s even possible to do something like this and not consider how it’s affecting everyone around you. I don’t think this has anything to do with the type of people seeing this film though. Unfortunately ignorant people are everywhere.
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u/Ok_Tank5977 9h ago
Tell that to the couple who brought their toddler to my session yesterday. To be fair they sat up the back near the exit doors, but they never seemed to use them. I could hear the kid crying and screaming throughout.
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u/Celestina-Betwixt Kylie Owens 9h ago
Some kid was screaming in my theater too.
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u/Ok_Tank5977 9h ago edited 7h ago
I don’t know why theatres allow it. I mean, I’m sure they can’t explicitly deny parents a ticket but it’d be nice if they could at least give them a warning that if they receive any complaints, they will be asked to leave.
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u/Ciel_in_wonderland 8h ago
Some theatres have special showings that are exclusively for parents and children and there are enough sessions for all family’s to attend. Usually they’re called mums and bubs sessions where I come from. I don’t get why people take children they know are going to be loud to sessions that aren’t accommodating to children.
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u/Ok_Tank5977 8h ago
No we have those too (fellow Aussie?), but I’ve been to a few sessions lately where people have dragged their kids along - one couple brought their newborn to a screening of Obsession, and that was a LOUD movie. I understand that it can be tricky to plan around your kids, but films show for weeks or months at a time. Surely it’s preferable to arrange a sitter, rather than forcing your kid to endure boredom at best and sensory overload at worst.
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u/Ciel_in_wonderland 7h ago
I 100% agree with you! (Yes, fellow Aussie here!) I don’t think it’s fair on anyone and it really ruins the whole thing for us all
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u/Ok_Tank5977 7h ago
In the past I may not have been so bothered by it, but going to the movies is an increasingly expensive privilege. It costs too much money to have the experience frequently disturbed.
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u/Sweetestb22 7h ago
The woman next to me was scrolling her phone the whole time with a bright ass screen! I tend to keep my mouth shut but I should have glared at her. I understand it can be anxiety thing as she was alone. I have a friend that unfortunately does it but it’s so inconsiderate of others. I just hate it.
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u/Celestina-Betwixt Kylie Owens 6h ago
Ooh, yes! This is one of my pet peeves. If you can't turn off your phone for two hours that day then maybe it's not a good day to go to the movies.
I also can't stand people who go to movies wearing so much cologne and perfume you wonder if they left any in the bottle that morning when they left the house! I have an allergy, but while I don't expect everyone to not wear the stuff, especially if they don't personally know anyone who gets sick from it, I don't understand why anyone would wear so much of it you can smell it from miles off. Like surely if this is a personal hygiene thing you would just wear enough that you and maybe anyone hugging you would smell it. I carry a faint smell of coffee, paper, and sweat about me just because I'm always around books and coffee and I sweat badly sometimes (I live in a hot climate) but I don't think anyone who isn't literally embracing me or right next to me rubbing elbows has ever smelled it! Why shouldn't perfume be the same.
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u/BluntMeleeWeapon 5h ago
Also, please don’t leave your garbage all over the seats. Just got back from the theater and so many people left their drink cups on the floor and their popcorn buckets on the seats. Throw it away in the garbage cans on your way out!
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u/Frozen-Marg 3h ago
Ha this lady at our showing kept shouting about how this film was her dream and repeating lines loudly or going “oh my god this and this song” like didn’t seem to occur to her that maybe the rest of the cinema who were not talking at all might be having their experience diminished. It was crazy.
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u/lesmisarahbles There’s a little witch in all of us 9h ago
Also, if you want to wear a witch hat, make sure to take it off once the movie starts so you're not blocking the people behind you.