Loud kid at Wall-E matinee

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

WOW, i am surprised at some of the comments here. I would have EXPECTED that the Disney Movie (at any time of the day) would be loud. You would hear kids talking and so forth. It is disturbing YES, but this is after all A CHILDRENS MOVIE in the early afternoon. (No, the WORLD does not revolve around Children, but The G rated movie DOES!)
I don't understand why people are so anal about things like this. (???) Unless your child was on the floor screaming and holloring or something similar to completley disrupt the movie, then i don't see the big deal???

 

[tessiemez]

Boston Rob,

I just want to say thanks for this thread. It's refreshing for me to hear of a parent that shows concern for the way their children behave in public.

I work at a public library and spend a good deal of every afternoon chasing (very sweet, very cute) small children around and telling parents that they have to keep their children under control in a place that's meant to be quiet. (I think in many cases, parents learn to shut out idle toddler chatter at home, and when in public they don't realize it may be bothering other people. Okay, off my little off-topic rant ... )

Obviously, not having been there, I can't say whether or not it would have been appropriate to stay, because I've met many 2.5 year old children who would handle a movie just fine, and just as many who wouldn't--and because, well, I wasn't there. I just think it was very considerate of you to stop and think about whether your child was inadvertently causing a disturbance. I've encountered many parents at the theatre or at work who will give no credence to such ideas.

 

[smidgy]

BostonRob, . In all fairness, it could have been the movie you chose. LOL!

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boy! Is THIS right on the money! hubby and I go to disney aminated movies(without kids) all the time. you couldn't have picked a WORSE one to try your 2,5 year old on! (no fault of yours, how would you know?) I think the family with 4 kids behind us were thinking of turning in hubby(the biggest disney cartoon freak in the world), !! could have been me, reciting my grocery list, just to keep awake! IT was BORING!!!
maybe your 2.5 year old MIGHT have been better at nemo, who knows?
(I know I would have!)

joking aside, I really think 2.5 is too young for a movie theatre. MY grandson will be 3 in a month. I asked my son "can I take him to the movies?" answer: "no mom, he's too young. he might be able to stay still that long, but will talk through the whole thing". I think I started taking my kids at age 4. ? even then I remember having to leave the theater cause he was too bored, the people behind me were too bored listening to me explain the plot over and over again, and... gee.... I was really disappointed cause I really wanted to see how the movie ended! (think it was "land Before Time)
after that,. I just swapped with another family... i'll take the 2 oldest kids while you watch the 2 youngest.(I always volunteered to be the "takee")
In my day(OH boy, here we go... back in the DAY), when I was kid (;light years ago), kids were used to sitting still. we had to sit still in church. (no wonder so many baby boomers don't go to church! ) there was NO "nursery or "juinior church".(GOD bless juinior church and nurseries). last weekend, I couldn't get my grandson , almost 3, to stay still long enough to put on clothes! "Jackson, time to get dressed!" " I Caaannn't" .
really, at the price of thaters nowadays, you need to make sure children can stay "relatively" quiet, and know to respect others needs to hear the movie also. a nd 3 years old is just not old enough for that.
don't misunderstand, I know going to a kid's movie there will be noise. but there is an age limit. and a reason kindergarden starts at age 5. and pre-school has breaks. and sunday school for little ones only lasts a half hour.
but.. to reiterate, even for 50 somethings who LOVE disney... WALLeee was BORING!!!!!!

 

[smidgy]

[COLOR="Indigo
Also matinees do not mean it should be more or less noisy- just less money

-Becca-[/COLOR]

this is true . matinees don't mean just children. us budget minded people, it means ... less money. If we "squeeze" in a movie between work and dinner, even a disney animated movie, doesn't mean we don't want to hear the plot.

 

[NMAmy]

WOW, i am surprised at some of the comments here. I would have EXPECTED that the Disney Movie (at any time of the day) would be loud. You would hear kids talking and so forth. It is disturbing YES, but this is after all A CHILDRENS MOVIE in the early afternoon. (No, the WORLD does not revolve around Children, but The G rated movie DOES!)
I don't understand why people are so anal about things like this. (???) Unless your child was on the floor screaming and holloring or something similar to completley disrupt the movie, then i don't see the big deal???

It is a big deal. That's why every movie has a commercial before the previews that has to remind people, "No talking, no cell phones, no texting." Because those things bother other customers who have also paid to see and hear a movie--not other patrons. I don't care what movie it is or what time of day it is.

My 17 yo dd and I went to a movie earlier this summer--there were a couple of children talking in a normal tone of voice. After the movie, dd told me, "What is wrong with kids these days? When I was little, if I'd talked during a movie, we'd have been headed to the car." She was genuinely outraged and I believe at that point, I began calling her "Grandma" and asked her if she had to walk to school uphill both ways through a blizzard. But I did agree with her--if kids can't be quiet in a movie, they should be removed from the theater as the OP did. And THAT is how you get your kids to stop that behavior if a quiet reminder does not work. I only missed the end of one movie when dd was little--after that, she knew I meant it when I said we'd leave.

 

[aprilgail2]

I'm agreeing with everyone that kids do need to be quiet at the movies, Disney or not, matinee or not. BUT I've never been to a kids movie without NOISE!! Geeze, no one was quiet in the theater & it seemed no one knew how to sit still either. Running up & down the aisles, screeching, dropping popcorn, etc. What a mess!

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Wow- I have been to many many movies with children in my life and have never had one where kids were running up and down the aisles! For the most part they have been quiet but people here don't have much patience for other peoples noisy kids- at the first cry all you hear is people saying "take the crying kid out!"

 

[mjkacmom]

Wow, one poster of so, so, so many, that actually agrees with you!

 

[MELSMICE]

WOW, i am surprised at some of the comments here. I would have EXPECTED that the Disney Movie (at any time of the day) would be loud. You would hear kids talking and so forth. It is disturbing YES, but this is after all A CHILDRENS MOVIE in the early afternoon. (No, the WORLD does not revolve around Children, but The G rated movie DOES!)

I completely disagree. I don't even believe that a child should be allowed to be disruptive in a G rated movie. Why would that be acceptable?

 

[MELSMICE]

It is a big deal. That's why every movie has a commercial before the previews that has to remind people, "No talking, no cell phones, no texting." Because those things bother other customers who have also paid to see and hear a movie--not other patrons. I don't care what movie it is or what time of day it is.

Isn't it sad that they actually have to remind people about common courtesy?

 

[Skywalker]

Isn't it sad that they actually have to remind people about common courtesy?

I agree - it is sad. And even with the reminders there are always people who think it somehow doesn't apply to them...

...because it's a G rated movie
...because it's a matinee
...because the movie's been out for 6 weeks
...whatever other exception they want to invent.

 

[dis ms.]

WOW, i am surprised at some of the comments here. I would have EXPECTED that the Disney Movie (at any time of the day) would be loud. You would hear kids talking and so forth. It is disturbing YES, but this is after all A CHILDRENS MOVIE in the early afternoon. (No, the WORLD does not revolve around Children, but The G rated movie DOES!)
I don't understand why people are so anal about things like this. (???) Unless your child was on the floor screaming and holloring or something similar to completley disrupt the movie, then i don't see the big deal???

It's anal to want to hear a movie you paid for? Or it's anal to expect people to actually parent their children and deal with the disruptive behavior?

If it's so unreasonable to expect parents to keep their kids quiet, why do theaters display the "please keep children quiet" message before movies--even matinees and G-rated ones? And what if every kid in the theater was talking loudly and frequently? Would it be a big deal then?

 

[dis ms.]

Wow, one poster of so, so, so many, that actually agrees with you!

 

[NYPDwife]

WOW, i am surprised at some of the comments here. I would have EXPECTED that the Disney Movie (at any time of the day) would be loud. You would hear kids talking and so forth. It is disturbing YES, but this is after all A CHILDRENS MOVIE in the early afternoon. (No, the WORLD does not revolve around Children, but The G rated movie DOES!)
I don't understand why people are so anal about things like this. (???) Unless your child was on the floor screaming and holloring or something similar to completley disrupt the movie, then i don't see the big deal???

Oh heck no! If I have to shell money out of pocket to see any movie, no matter how good or how bad the movie is, I want to HEAR the whole thing. I may not have gotten the opportunity to see the movie until six weeks after it came out, does that mean I should have to deal with ill mannered children?

If my kids aren't behaving properly during a movie, I would be upset , but I would suck up the fact that I wasted $$ b/c I'd have to LEAVE THE THEATER. But if I'm paying good $$ to watch a movie, then I expect you to suck up the cost and leave if your kids are talking.

Now if it were one of those free movies during the summer, then, I really wouldn't care if your kids were loud. There's a good place to teach children manners, at something that's FREE!

 

[Kath2003]

The whole point of the cinema is that you're watching the movie in a public environment. If your children cannot be quiet enough to allow other viewers to enjoy the movie, you need to wait for it to come out on DVD, regardless of the timing of the movie.

 

[Califgirl]

For those of you who need to leave the theater partway through the movie because your children are not behaving, try to remember to (courteously) ask for a refund. Let them know that you were leaving for the comfort of other patrons and you'd like to come and try it again another time. The theaters near me will refund your ticket price. It will also give them an opportunity to tell you if there are 'children's times' or Mommy & Me times or any other specials that they run for children.

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

Wow, one poster of so, so, so many, that actually agrees with you!

Wow, boy my mom must have taught me wrong. When I was growing up she taught me to speak up even if it goes against the masses!

I simply must be wrong because there are so many people here who disagree with me right? Oh no what to do now? I feel so ashamed..... NOT!

Hey if you can't handle the fact that I disagree with you then that is your problem not mine.

If you disagree with me then that is your right. It doesn't bother me. Why do you let it get to you that I do not agree with you?

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

I agree - it is sad. And even with the reminders there are always people who think it somehow doesn't apply to them...

...because it's a G rated movie
...because it's a matinee
...because the movie's been out for 6 weeks
...whatever other exception they want to invent.

I agree it's sad....

that children are not allowed to be children at a G rated movie that has been out for six weeks in the middle of the day.

Remember... I have never said that is okay for them to run wild screaming around just act like children.

 

[hipchickie]

I haven't read the whole thread, but it would not bother me in the least if a child was talking and being "disturbing" during a matinee. Just like it would not bother me in chuck e cheese (if my son ever managed to drag me into one ) or any other kid friendly event or venue. It is normal and expected.
Quite frankly, I think that the person who said something is a little whacked.

If you want a quiet, "everyone sitting still" experience, go to the later showing. matinees are for children.

 

[Scurvy]

I agree it's sad....

that children are not allowed to be children at a G rated movie that has been out for six weeks in the middle of the day.

Remember... I have never said that is okay for them to run wild screaming around just act like children.

Act like children in what way? Most children I see at movies sit quietly with an occasional whisper to the people with them. They sometimes laugh longer or louder than most adults during the funny parts of the film or gasp at the scary parts. Sometimes they even forget to use a whisper and start to speak in a normal voice, at which point the adult with them reminds them that it's a movie and they need to be quiet.

All of these things are perfectly appropriate and understandable from a child at a theater, and no one has suggested otherwise.

Occasionally a child will continue to talk loudly or start to cry, at which point a responsible adult will remove them from the theater so that they don't disturb the other patrons. This may distract the other patrons momentarily but it's certainly understandable; it's part of teaching children to behave at the theater. No one expects children to be perfect members of society. They are a work in progress. However, without being made aware of the proper behavior for different situations and being corrected when they are not behaving properly there will be no progress and they will grow up to be rude and inconsiderate adults.

 

[tasha99]

Wow, boy my mom must have taught me wrong. When I was growing up she taught me to speak up even if it goes against the masses!

I simply must be wrong because there are so many people here who disagree with me right? Oh no what to do now? I feel so ashamed..... NOT!

Hey if you can't handle the fact that I disagree with you then that is your problem not mine.

If you disagree with me then that is your right. It doesn't bother me. Why do you let it get to you that I do not agree with you?

Normally, what the masses think doesn't necessarily have to matter. However, when the question is, "What do the masses think is acceptable behavior around, well, the masses at a movie theater?" then I think it matters a lot. I'm just saying . . .

For me, I don't expect perfect silence at a matinee, but I would be annoyed if I heard the same kid talking all the time. I think the OP did the right thing by leaving.