Daviot Kelly

My cousins and I went to the movies the other day and truth be told, we're not the quietest individuals especially if it's an action-packed thriller.

Of course, there are always at least two persons who either frown at our antics and/or ask us to keep it down. Mind you, the extent of our 'noise' is to say 'hol' dat" if somebody gets hit by truck or something like that. Now the people who talk while the actors are doing their lines and thus distract you from understanding the plot are a different group of peopl That's not us. But I really don't see the problem if you let out a few exaltations during a great car chase or at the strike of a heavy blow. And little do they realise that by turning around to argue with us, that's the time they're really missing parts of the film.

Blabbing

The people who want total silence need to lighten up. This isn't a library and it certainly is not a solemn occasion. If someone blabs for the entirety of the movie and forces people up to seven rows in front of them to have to turn around, that's different. But to expect everybody to sit comatose for an average of two hours is as unrealistic as some of the movies we watch.

We know the actors can't hear us; we would have to be rather stupid to think otherwise. But didit dawn on the silence seekers that we're so drawn to the movie that it forces a response from us? What dialogue are we missing when we exclaim at a bomb going off unexpectedly or two cars meeting head on?

Look we paid money (just like you), to see the darn thing and if those scenes thrill us, we're going to enjoy it. And are we more annoying than the person who sits in the middle of the aisle and keeps getting up to buy something or use the bathroom, which means they have to say excuse me a million times as they try (in vain), to get out without blocking anyone's view? I don't think so.

Cellphones

The people who answer their cellphones and proceed to have a 20-minute conversation just take it to another level. The conversation always gets hysterical when the the moviegoer complains they can't hear the person on the other end. Hmm, could it be because the surround sound of the theatre overrides your voice?

I like enjoying my movie too and I appreciate we all do it differently. So lighten up folks and don't put everybody who speaks during the movie in the same basket.

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