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Obviously, I do not support violence against other people, and the reality of these stories is that they are stark reminders that the world is a terrifying place that is spinning dangerously out of control, but if you pretend that this is make believe it’s hilarious! From NME:
A man has been shot dead, apparently for eating popcorn too loudly during a screening of Black Swan. The Latvian News Agency has reported that on Saturday (February 19) a dispute broke out during a showing of the film at the capital city Riga’s Forum Cinemas complex.
The victim, 42 year-old Aigars Egle, is believed to have argued with a fellow audience member over how loud he was eating his popcorn. Egle is said to have been shot by 27 year-old Nikolajs Zikovs, a lawyer and graduate of the country’s police academy, during the end credits.
This latest ‘cinema rage’ incident follows a woman being covered in bleach after she told a teenager to be quiet during a screening of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince in a Leeds cinema in 2009.
Eeeeek! The worst part is that the movie isn’t even that good. If I’m going to get shot to death in a movie theater for eating popcorn too loud, it’s going to be for something I love. Like Fantastic Mr. Fox. In that case, I would bite down on the gun (or bottle of bleach?) and give them “I dare you” eyes. (Thanks for the tip, Scott.)
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Are these the “I dare you” eyes?
I have been making a big mistake smuggling gummie bears into the theatre; it should be a bottle of bleach…just in case.
Pretty sure the real takeaway question here is who the hell brings a bottle of bleach with them into a movie theater? Or am I just going to the wrong movie theaters?
Maybe the kid was in the process of dying his hair to look like Malfoy, and just got way into the role?
I’m sad to think that you may actually be right.
How many more senseless deaths can the world endure before we can all agree on the need for tighter popcorn-chewing-control laws?
my friend proposed opening theater with bouncers. so if someone was talking or being obnoxious, you could just flag the bouncer and that person would get thrown the fuck out. i’d attend that theater.
I saw Arclight bounce a dude right out of Kill Bill Vol. 2 because dude kept yelling at the screen, and at everyone else in the audience because we weren’t joining in.
“You guys are SUPPOSED to yell at this movie!” That was his actual case, yelled at us and never rested despite many urges that he rest it.
Bailiff! Escort this man from the theater courtroom theater court! (Of course, bailiff was a small, terrified 16-year-old.)
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. “This LATEST ‘cinema rage’ incident”? Two years ago in a completely different country does not a trend make, you sensationalist media.
I think this is a ploy by Amazon to scare people into staying home and watching movies through Amazon Prime.
When they called it the Netflix Killer, they didn’t realize it wouldn’t stop there.
Our lawyers/cops shoot people for eating popcorn too loud, don’t you want to come to Latvia
A man shot dead in Riga last week and a woman covered in bleach two years ago in Leeds. As tragic as both events are (and the murder is obviously terrible) it is hardly indicative of an epidemic worthy of the insinuating line “The latest ‘cinema rage’ incident follows…” They’re trying to make it sound like it’s a worrying trend. Come to think of it, since when did the NME report cinema crimes?
Well, if the bullet didn’t kill him, the artificially-flavored buttery popcorn topping would have eventually gotten him.
Now THAT’s a long con.
This guy knows what you’re talking about:
would you, you know?
Is this even a real question? Because DUH!
Aww man I miss LOST.
The popcorn doesn’t fall far from the killing spree – An old Latvian adage, probably.
I really wanted to shoot the couple that chose to bring their toddler to the King’s Speech this weekend, but instead I shamed them with a pointed throat clearing in their direction. Same dif
Suddenly it became The Kid’s Speech.
Cinema Rage
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The Half-Bleach Prince #freebandnames
The Arcade That Is Built Into The Cineplex Fire
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Who is the Arcade That Is Built Into the Cineplex Fire?
I think you mean The Theater That Makes All Its Money Off The Suburbs.
I’m not sure, but I believe sum sorta vidya game.
The Multiplex Murderers
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The Latvian News Agency
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One time The Narrator complained to the movie theater manager about a bunch of rowdy teenagers and got them kicked out. I thought for sure that we would get jumped in the parking lot. Thankfully, we got away with out getting bleach or bullets sprayed our way.
i was once on a date where there were annoying kids behind us. i tried to hush them, but apparently i was way too nice about it. as soon as the credits roll, my date steps over me and blocks their exit, and proceeded to berate them about how inconsiderate they were. i was a horrified until from across the theater some guy shouted, “that was the best party of the whole movie!”
one time we were sitting in front of some teenagers who were throwing popcorn at us throughout the whole movie. instead of causing a scene, i stockpiled all the popcorn that hit me, added it to my bag of popcorn, and at the end of the movie stood up before they did, turned around, and dumped the whole bag on their heads.
hahahhaha. that is amazing! also more amazing, because i’m picturing a cute little grey dog doing that.
Mess with the bull you will get the horns.
One of my secret fears is bothering people in a movie theater by chewing popcorn too loud. I always close my mouth, but I don’t know…. It always sounds so loud inside my head.
To be fair, while watching that movie I wished someone would shoot me.
It is just a testament to Arnofsky that the guy waited till the end of the movie to pull the trigger.
“The worst part is that the movie isn’t even that good. If I’m going to get shot to death in a movie theater for eating popcorn to loud, it’s going to be for something I love. Like Fantastic Mr. Fox.”
But how would you be able to tell what’s going on in the movie, much less how good it is, if you’re constantly distracted by some guy who’s eating pop corn too loud, HUH GABE?
“Anyway, Black Swan. Pretty good!”
Posted on Dec 6th, 2010 by Gabe
Consider ya-self burnt.
To be fair, the loud popcorn munching obscured a crucial piece of dialogue. What’s that? There weren”t any? Oh. My mistake. It actually happened over the lesbian sex scene.
I move we replace “yaburnt!” with “yableached!” for particularly harsh insults.
Because you are still burned. But it is a chemical burn, which is way worse.
Two movie watching stories:
1) I went to see “[redacted]” a couple of years ago. As the previews were about to start, a normal looking guy in his mid-50s comes running down the aisle and begins to push through the row in front of us. He is being very rude, and not apologizing for shoving people out of the way. One guy stands up and is like, “Excuse me, what are you doing?” The shover gets up in his face and is like “I LOST MY FUCKING GLOVES, OK?!?!?” The other guy is like “Calm down, dude.” The shover responds, “Come on! Fucking let’s go! Hit me! I’ll call the fucking cops!” Everyone is noticeably uncomfortable and like WTF? Apparently the guy finds his gloves because he bends down, pushes through the rest of the row and emerges into the aisle. Finally free, he starts to walk down the aisle, swearing at the guy who told him to calm down. When he reaches the exit he turns and shouts with the utmost venom, “Enjoy your fucking movie. EVERYONE DIES!” And then turns and leaves. He didn’t even say “Spoiler Alert.” That’s why I redacted the name of the movie, so I won’t ruin it for you. Even though it didn’t really ruin anything, since the movie was pretty boring anyway.
2) It was opening weekend of “300″ and I went to see it with a bunch of friends. We got there fairly early, and there was a large group of bros behind us. They were shouting at the previews, and generally being rather boorish. They kept being like “IS EVERYONE PUMPED? THIS IS THE FUCKING GREATEST MOVIE!!!!” Eventually someone else told them to keep it down. They were all “It’s the fucking previews. You keep it down! We’ll be quiet when the movie starts. We promise. IT’S THE BEST FUCKING MOVIE EVER!” And then there were many high fives. Sure enough, when the movie started, I didn’t hear a peep from them.
In conclusion, you never know who’s going to be a dick. Or a crazy.
Yeah, but did you shoot either of them?
To be fair, those gloves were a gift from my sister and were very expensive.
Lawblog, how many times have you seen 300?
SPOILER ALERT:
“If you’ve seen 300 more than once, you’re gay.”
YA BLEACHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Maybe…)
I actually got really angry when someone told me to be quiet during the previews for a movie once. The preview looked terrible and I had been laughing over it with my friends. He was an older gentleman and I became frustrated at how insanely rude he’d been about it (the phrase “how dare you” was used at me and my friends, possibly with some jowl-shaking). I decided to be completely rude back on him about how previews are commercials and I could direct him to the websites of said commercials, where I’m sure the companies would be overjoyed that he wants to watch them again on his own time, and that I was never planning on talking over the movie that my friends and I had paid to see. He got very huffy and gave me dirty looks despite that fact that I was silent during the film. I was going to say more rude things after the film, but he literally ran away from me.
The movie preview I was laughing over by the way was Amelia.
I can’t wait to have jowls. I’m going to shake them like those dangly sponge-things in the car wash.
I totally think previews are fair game. I wouldn’t have the urge to fall on my own sword because I got to the movie theater late and missed berating them if I wouldn’t be able to talk!
Dude bros LOVE them some Steel Magnolias!
Once got yelled at in “Harlem Nights” to the tune of: “why are you even here?”
I thought it was some kind of reverse-racism thing aimed at 14 year old me at that instant After the movie was done, I figured they were just trying to save me from watching “Harlem Nights.”
i make every effort to avoid cinema rage. upon entry into the theater, i survey the audience for “talkers” and for people who don’t know how to chew with their mouths closed. it’s like a stealth operation every time i go to the movies. had i just shared my top secret ways with the world, all of this could have been avoided.
Let this shocking event be a chilling reminder to all of us…
Never eat popcorn too loud while watching Black Swan.
Cinema Crime is the new Karaoke Rage.
Looks like there is going to be a clean up on aisle 5.
Listen, I’m a quarter Latvian and a loud eater and I have no problems not killing myself during movies…so, what i’m saying is that I’m an asshole and i’m sure Riga is lovely.
(I also CRUNCH MY ICE if I run out of Soda during a movie. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? *blam* )
I hate people texting and/or even checking their phone during a movie. They think they’re doing it discreetly. THEY’RE NOT! STOP IT!!!
I bring my howler monkey to the theater. And my gun because I know there’s going to be trouble.