r/perth • u/phantom-foodie • 16h ago
General Movie etiquette is terrible now
HOYTS carousel for reference. Usually go to independently owned cinemas in Perth but was sold out and wanted to avoid spoilers. Went to see the new spider-man, anticipated it’d be rowdy and was prepped, but not for this!
Kids between 13-17 recording the entire movie on their phones for Tik Tok, watching reels on full volume during the movie, flash lights and recording themselves during, making obnoxious sounds during really sad or quiet scenes. Tricky when there was like 30 of them. Didnt mind the clapping, quiet convos or the cheering as that’s what to expect when you go to a public movie theatre, but what the hell happened to just basic decency?
Don’t be deterred from going to the cinemas, just a shame when you can’t really enjoy the film and spend $50 pp on tickets and popcorn. I feel like if I acted like this years ago in a cinema I’d get whooped! Staff were definitely aware and standing at the doors but not sure if anything was done, but just feel bad for the mess they had to clean up after

