Originally Posted By: Dignan
However, my wife and I just spend $34 to see The Green Hornet in theaters. We also don't have the three kids behind us without the concept of whispering, or the woman sitting right next to me checking her phone and texting every five minutes (that's the second time in a row that's happened to me).

This is probably the main reason I'll be renting more movies for home. Oddly, being close to Hollywood means I have access to worse movie theaters then when I was in Austin. Higher prices to get into a theater, with a noticeable reduction in quality over what I had.

If someone was using their cell phone like that at an Alamo Drafthouse, they would have been escorted out the second time. The kids wouldn't have been there in the first place unless it was a below 21 showing or they came with parents. And same situation with them being kicked out if they were caught talking. I really hope the concept of food and a movie takes off nationwide, because with waitstaff in the room, problems are solved real quick.

Generally now if I do attend a regular theater, I'm more vocal towards people ruining the experience. I stood up and asked the person behind me to stop kicking my seat during Avatar last year in Colorado. They sheepishly looked at me, didn't say a word, and never touched the seat again. After having nearly 5 years of excellent theater experiences, my tolerance for disruptions is much lower then it used to be.