Re: Random Weekend Thoughts...
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:41 pm
Yeah, I've never had this problem, but sometimes you can spot a couple a few rows ahead, turning up late almost every screening...
Not going to lie, I turned up late to three screenings.sherbetbizarre wrote:Yeah, I've never had this problem, but sometimes you can spot a couple a few rows ahead, turning up late almost every screening...
I think the difference though, is you tried your best to turn up on time and were foiled by outside factors. People who turn up 10-15 minutes late for everything (and you get to know them if they're weekenders and near you) obviously haven't even tried.DeanoG wrote:So the most I ever turned up late was probably ten minutes due to transport issues and that was showing up to a half empty screening, the alternative would be to skip the film completely and lose that from the overall price I paid for the ticket.
On all occasions we snuck in on the end of the row, where it would cause minimal interruption.
Nonetheless, I am sure I annoyed some people, so apologies to anybody whose screening of RIPD was interrupted by a random head passing by, sadly, it was not part of the 3D experience.DJBenz wrote:I think the difference though, is you tried your best to turn up on time and were foiled by outside factors. People who turn up 10-15 minutes late for everything (and you get to know them if they're weekenders and near you) obviously haven't even tried.DeanoG wrote:So the most I ever turned up late was probably ten minutes due to transport issues and that was showing up to a half empty screening, the alternative would be to skip the film completely and lose that from the overall price I paid for the ticket.
On all occasions we snuck in on the end of the row, where it would cause minimal interruption.
This. Yes. I agree with this. Some girl or other did it during.... The Last Days, I think. Granted, I didn't like that film very much, but it's as rude as those people actually on their phone in the first place! If you don't like them being on their phone, why not get up and go over to point it out to them quietly, or point it out to an usher, rather than shouting out at a pivotal point (which I think this instance was - she shouted it right at a critical bit of the plot) and disturbing most of the cinema. My friends who hadn't been before noticed it a few times over the weekend, and found it really odd/irritating. The zero tolerance thing to phones is exactly how all cinemas should be, but not when it turns into something equally annoying that audience members do.DeanoG wrote:
Shouting turn off your bloody phone. ( I'm sorry somebodies phone ruined your enjoyment, but I can't see it, I can however hear you shouting out turn off your phone )
Yeah, also this. Again, I know like you that transport issues can't be helped for the late night stuff, and we're all grown ups with the ability to either book ourselves hotels, or make the choice to stump up for taxis/the late bus, but a proper gap somewhere in the middle of the day, of longer than an hour for dinner would be great. I love being in the festival, and try to sit through as much as possible (though had to leave that viking crap on the Saturday...Hammer of the Gods, as it was so poor), so I really hate rushing some fast food or cinema hotdog because half the fun of any cinema trip (for me) is also having the opportunity to chill for a bit with friends afterwards, and talk about the films we've seen so far. Sometimes it feels a bit like an endurance event, especially if everything on the screen is excellent (as it so often is), and you only have a day pass, so want to cram in as much as possible!DeanoG wrote: Breaks...I would love at least one break somewhere in the day, long enough to eat a decent meal, I know that might not be possible due to the already jam packed festival schedule, but it would be nice not to have to skip a film just to eat
Evidence to support me being easily pleased, I kind of liked Hammer of the Gods, I was pleasantly surprised that it was more Conan the Barbarian, than a straight faced viking movie, but it was an unusual movie to be there I will give you that,thatcambridgebird wrote:This. Yes. I agree with this. Some girl or other did it during.... The Last Days, I think. Granted, I didn't like that film very much, but it's as rude as those people actually on their phone in the first place! If you don't like them being on their phone, why not get up and go over to point it out to them quietly, or point it out to an usher, rather than shouting out at a pivotal point (which I think this instance was - she shouted it right at a critical bit of the plot) and disturbing most of the cinema. My friends who hadn't been before noticed it a few times over the weekend, and found it really odd/irritating. The zero tolerance thing to phones is exactly how all cinemas should be, but not when it turns into something equally annoying that audience members do.DeanoG wrote:
Shouting turn off your bloody phone. ( I'm sorry somebodies phone ruined your enjoyment, but I can't see it, I can however hear you shouting out turn off your phone )
Yeah, also this. Again, I know like you that transport issues can't be helped for the late night stuff, and we're all grown ups with the ability to either book ourselves hotels, or make the choice to stump up for taxis/the late bus, but a proper gap somewhere in the middle of the day, of longer than an hour for dinner would be great. I love being in the festival, and try to sit through as much as possible (though had to leave that viking crap on the Saturday...Hammer of the Gods, as it was so poor), so I really hate rushing some fast food or cinema hotdog because half the fun of any cinema trip (for me) is also having the opportunity to chill for a bit with friends afterwards, and talk about the films we've seen so far. Sometimes it feels a bit like an endurance event, especially if everything on the screen is excellent (as it so often is), and you only have a day pass, so want to cram in as much as possible!DeanoG wrote: Breaks...I would love at least one break somewhere in the day, long enough to eat a decent meal, I know that might not be possible due to the already jam packed festival schedule, but it would be nice not to have to skip a film just to eat
Regarding lateness - we were in row L, seats 12-16, on the Sunday. There were three people in the row ahead of us who consistently arrived late (once, at least 20 minutes in to one of the films. I'd have been lost ) but who were day pass holders because of their bands. One then appeared to leave completely after Dark Tourist, and the other two left her seat as a gap between them, but kept leaning over to talk to each other, even during the films. It's just outright rude, especially when you consider how much all of us have paid to be there and enjoy the experience, not someone else's conversation.
Good post, and good points. I agree with all you said there.DeanoG wrote:I agree, it is not a good thing to arrive late, but you have to realize it is not always the persons fault and it is not always a calculated attempt to be directly disrespectful to you, or the festival/filmmakers and ruin everyones experience.
As an aside how is somebody arriving late and sitting down quietly more distracting than somebody who has to get out to go to the bathroom ? Or do people also have to sit there and hope they don't wet themselves too in order to correctly honor the movie ?
If you want to discuss disrespectful/pet peeves I have a couple of things that irked me. ( time to be even more unpopular )
People having a loud conversation while the Q and A is going on, basically in earshot of the people on stage.
Immediately bitching loudly about every movie as soon as it finishes, before and during the Q and A, I was around (admittedly a minority of ) people, in front and behind who, honestly, god knows why they showed up to a horror/fantasy festival, as they hated EVERYTHING, maybe I am too easily pleased, but these folks hated every single thing, it was like bitchfest more than Frightfest at times, can't the opinion wait until the foyer ? Or at least until the Q and A has finished ?
Double pet peeve, if you harp on about being in "the industry" and then rag on every film that is playing, the people around you do not care and do not necessarily value your opinion more than the folks on stage, because you have worked a couple of days one time on a set.
Shouting things at the screen. VHS2 had the worst example, where I recall somebody decided a filmmaker was a pedophile and chose to yell it out.
Shouting turn off your bloody phone. ( I'm sorry somebodies phone ruined your enjoyment, but I can't see it, I can however hear you shouting out turn off your phone )
Breaks...I would love at least one break somewhere in the day, long enough to eat a decent meal, I know that might not be possible due to the already jam packed festival schedule, but it would be nice not to have to skip a film just to eat, I tend to have to skip at least two late movies during the weekend to be able to get more than 8 hours sleep the entire weekend ( thanks again transport for London ) I understand there may be nothing the festival can do about this, and it is not Frightfest's fault that even though I live in a London borough I have next to no transport options after midnight.