Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Somebody sat a two-year-old next to me to see fucking JACKIE BROWN!!! I had half a mind to call social services on their ass right then and there. If you can't get a sitter, DON'T GO TO THE DAMN THEATRE! I used to see 1-2 movies a week at the theatre before kids. Now I'm lucky to see four a year, but that's life as a parent.
Somebody brought a child of the same age to The Da Vinci Code last year. Kid freaked the fuck out when Silas started whipping himself. I talked to the manager and asked him why the hell they didn't have a rule prohibiting kids under a certain age from seeing PG-13 and R movies. His answer: The theater chain got sued (by some fucktard in California of course) when they did just that. So every decent moviegoer now gets screwed because some dipshit wanted to take his underaged kid to see some R-rated gore-or-curse-or-fuckfest and sued for the "right."
What's the fucking point of MPAA ratings if the theatres cannot enforce them? Moreover, what are we coming to when a business cannot reserve the right to refuse service to people who will disrupt the business?
Think this sucks? Write the MPAA and NATO, plus your representatives in your state legislature. It wouldn't hurt to write the theatre chain as well, just so they know where you stand.
Somebody sat a two-year-old next to me to see fucking JACKIE BROWN!!! I had half a mind to call social services on their ass right then and there. If you can't get a sitter, DON'T GO TO THE DAMN THEATRE! I used to see 1-2 movies a week at the theatre before kids. Now I'm lucky to see four a year, but that's life as a parent.
Somebody brought a child of the same age to The Da Vinci Code last year. Kid freaked the fuck out when Silas started whipping himself. I talked to the manager and asked him why the hell they didn't have a rule prohibiting kids under a certain age from seeing PG-13 and R movies. His answer: The theater chain got sued (by some fucktard in California of course) when they did just that. So every decent moviegoer now gets screwed because some dipshit wanted to take his underaged kid to see some R-rated gore-or-curse-or-fuckfest and sued for the "right."
What's the fucking point of MPAA ratings if the theatres cannot enforce them? Moreover, what are we coming to when a business cannot reserve the right to refuse service to people who will disrupt the business?
Think this sucks? Write the MPAA and NATO, plus your representatives in your state legislature. It wouldn't hurt to write the theatre chain as well, just so they know where you stand.
Technically, R doesn't mean under 17 not allowed. It means under 17 not allowed without parent or guardian. So the guy was fully within his rights to demand they allow him to bring a child into an R rated movie. NC-17 (equivalent to X) means no one under 17 allowed, period.
If they wanted to stop people from bringing their kids to R rated movies, they'd have to make it a law and make it a fine. Then the theater chains would actually have to higher people to card everyone as they enter the auditorium. Theater attendance is at an all time low (seems to get lower every year), so the cinemas would fight this tooth and nail. Fortunately, it's easy enough for the rest of us to just continue supporting the theaters that enforce the ratings and not go to the ones that don't.
I personally think there should be a law and that the theaters should be fined if someone underage gets in. The theater chains should also step up to the plate and kick people out that talk loud, use their cell phones during the movie, and otherwise ruin the experience for everyone. If they want attendance to increase, they'll do these things. As it is, attendance will continue to go down as people just wait for the DVD release and watch it in the comfort of their own home.