Let's talk about movie theater etiquette

Hi.
I just got back from watching the new Divergent movie at the AMC Marina Theater here in Long Beach and want to do a quick blog post about my night. I'll probably do a movie review on the actual movie in a separate post, but I wanted to make a quick post about movie theater etiquette.

As someone who has been to plenty of movie theaters in the past, I have never experienced such a terrible environment at Long Beach's AMC Marina theater tonight. I understand it was a busy Saturday night and obviously the crowds will be bigger, but tonight's movie watching experience was so terrible, I felt the need to rant about it on the internet. So, here I am. Sitting here typing up a post about my night. It's mainly prompted by the entire row of kids and family in front of me who's maturity level deemed a lot lower than their actual appearance. Divergent is a PG-13 movie, and though they looked well over the age of 13, they seemingly felt the need to be obnoxious throughout the entirety of the movie by whistling during sexual tension scenes, clapping unnecessarily, and laughing at a level that is obviously not a normal volume. Each ticket was probably around $15, so to have my family movie night wasted by a group of obnoxious wahoos seemed like a waste of a ticket. If you're not mature enough to enjoy a movie without disturbing everyone else, then maybe you should have saved everyone else the trouble and irritation, and just stayed home.

Don't be one of those people. People like that, for lack of a better word, suck.

I'm compiling a list of things that should and should NOT be done at a movie theater.

DO clap for epic scenes of victory or accomplishment or total bad-assery.
DONT clap randomly for moments in the movie, just for the sake of clapping.

DO laugh at scenes that you think are funny.
DONT overdo it. As in don't laugh at every single scene because it gets to the point where it's not even funny anymore, it's just annoying.

DON'T whistle/make stupid comments about the relationship scenes.
It's okay to laugh/chuckle at some of the weird sexual tension moments, but to constantly whistle every time the two main characters kiss or when Shaileene Woodley takes her sweater off/shows skin is inappropriate and obnoxious.

DO turn your phone off/put it on silent.
DON'T check your phone throughout the entire movie. Even if your screen is on the lowest light,  EVERYONE behind you can see it. there's a reason for the "Switch your phone to silent" commercials, kids.

DO whisper little comments to your neighbors.
key word: whisper.

DO put your feet up on the seats if no one is sitting in front of you.
DON'T put your feet up on the seats if someone is sitting in front of you.
or-- DON'T be the person who chooses to sit right in front of someone using the seat as a pedastool, when there are plenty of other seats in the house.


I'm sure there are more, but as for right now that's all I can think of.
DON'T BE THOSE PEOPLE!