To the lady who brought an infant to the 6:20 pm show of Iron Man 2 at Dartmouth Crossing on May 21st, I’d just like to say thanks. Thanks for ruining our family night out.
Thanks for indirectly flushing my money down the toilet (any idea how much a movie and popcorn is for three people these days?!). Thanks for being so considerate to get up from your seat, only to walk the exit ramp with the baby instead (we can still hear you!).
Maybe you can’t afford a sitter… I get that, but do the rest of us have to suffer? Here’s some advice… next time, wait for the DVD! —PO’d
This article appears in May 20-26, 2010.
Uh, I’d be more concerned over the fact that a two year old was watching iron man.
LoSer when u speak/type you make me sick.
the boy attended his first movie theatre experience when he was five…toy story and it was loud. that is not kosher at all, complain and you should get reimbursed. twas my first thought as well angel
Right LS, and I’m sure you’ve got such high standards for movies. Iron Man 2 sucks, while Back Door Sluts 9 gets two thumbs up, right?
I don’t like crying kids, but it’s a hazard of going to the theatre. Gotta learn to live with it.
Kids and movies… should only happen at KID’S movies. That way you know what you’re paying for. Crying baby could easily have been brought out one more set of doors, dulling the noise for the patrons inside. Would have been considerate. But as we all know…. people just aren’t considerate, huh?
I hate people like this….first, if there’s no way your baby/toddler is getting anything out of it, and the rest of us who paid to see and hear the film would like to do just that.
so, if you’re texting, or talking on your phone, or loudly narrating to your neighbour, or your child is kicking my chair, you will be informed loudly and potentially embarrassingly.
no- you don’t have to ‘learn to live with it’. I’m pretty sure that movie has a rating that excludes people under a certain age. OP should have gotten an usher, or better yet a manager and had that dipshit family tossed out for causing a disturbance. and THEN asked for a refund. STOP putting up with this shit, halifax! ffs …
You’re wrong F7, the film itself is rated PG (that’s the Canadian Rating) so, it’s essentially general admission. So the OP deserves a refund for a fussy kid? Fuck off.
actually fever, a movie like that, would only get 1 boner up.
Perhaps she was getting payback for all those times she had to stand on the bus.
The usual reason O.P. I stay as far away from movie barns (they really aren’t theatres…they’re warehouse space with a big screen in them)
The world is full of people who care nothing for no one ! OR are so damn stupid they really are incapable of
figuring out a hundred strangers really didn’t pay out money, to listen to their little darling scream !
But for me the real probelm is the movie barn Managers. They should have policy in place that if it isn’t a childrens movie like Disney, Pixar etc. no children allowed.
Not that I’m against children going to a PG movie…I’m against the little bastards ruining it for everyone.
So simply have a couple of early shows that kids can attend, & have evening shows for adults only. Then all you’ll have to deal with is cell phones, loud mouth’s & the constant parade of people who CAN”T STAY IN THEIR FUCKING SEATS FOR MORE THAN 2 MINUTES & WATCH THE GOD DAMNED MOVIE !
The parent couldn’t afford a babysitter, but could afford a movie? WTF?
yeah, I don’t think it’s in the theatres best interest to deny people who wish to pay to sit for a couple hours and leave. Sure there are regulations that they need to (but not always) enforce but to simply say “No Kids” to a pg movie is alienating a large chunk of their viewership.
I would have complained for sure… asked for tickets to see it again another night at the VERY least. You paid to see the movie, you should be able to.
More— I don’t know what theatre you go to, but I go to see a movie once or twice a week, and I’ve never run into any trouble, or any of the behaviours that you’ve described. And the last time I checked, even the Oxford had the qualities of a warehouse. Congrats to you, you don’t go to the movies. But then again, I guess most films would push your intelligence, given that you burn tires for warmth, so…
I hate kids, but I’ve never let a kid ruin a movie for me, nor demand a refund because some inconsiderate mother doesn’t have the insight to take their kid out of a theatre if they’re crying. That’s nothing the theatre can control.
yes, but they should be accommodating and let you come back to see the movie again… it’s not costing them anything really since you’re not likely to be the only one in the theatre…
and they may just sucker you out of pop/popcorn/chips/chocolate crap too.
It would be in their best interest in fact.
Yeah, but out of those people how many of them were actually bothered? Maybe the OP just some douche who hates fussy kids, and blows it out of proportion because the kid cried.
Look, I’m not discounting the fact that maybe the mother could have taken the kid out and done something more than taken it to the ramp. But hey, I’d be more focused on watching the movie, and something I paid good money for rather than let it ruin the experience.
It was probably some teen mom who thinks she can still be a teen after having a baby.
Complain to the staff and ask for a refund. It clearly states during the start of the movie to be quiet and courteous to others….obviously this baby didn’t read it.
damn babies forgetting their reading glasses….
I mean… COME ON.
They will deff. get a refund. I was able to get a refund because I got naseaus during Avatar in Imax teeeheee! Well, not a refund but a free movie ticket and $3.00 off of popcorn ;D. I was just also hungover to boot, but there were others sitting outside saying they also felt sick.
now see mel, let this be a lesson to you…don’t watch james cameron movies
Actually Fever I have a large Plasma screen with a wireless surround sound system & a movie collection that is closing in on 2000 titles…& unlike L.S. I buy my movies I don’t download them. When I go to a Moviehouse, which in the last couple of years has been mostly Film festivals or like 2 months ago a benefit for a dying friend at the Oxford. Otherwise I stay home.
I for the most part am completely disinterested in dealing with people, I have a small number of friends, co-workers & I have family. That’s plenty for me, the more I read about the assholes others encounter each day the happier I am to be away from them.
A few more plus side reasons for avoiding public hellholes.
Not only do I save a shit load of money on popcorn, & high ticket prices…I can pause the damn thing & go make a drink , go have a bathroom break…When the mood hits I can watch it again, don’t have to commute, don’t have to buy another ticket, yep much more convenient IMO ~;)
hey T2 was pretty damn awesome!
and Aliens… classic.
he’s gotten all sappy since then.
are you talkin to me? yes i agree but he is a pigman otherwise and thin lips too
His “son et lumiere” femdom fantasies got real old, real quick.
Avatar is overrated, and without the nauseating 3D, it’s a poorly written mess.
but c’mon doc he’s the king of the fuckin world…bleech