Comments on: Jet Li, a concert and people who don’t sit still in the cinema

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:30:21 +0000

It depends on the cinema, but when I’ve been to see a film in Japan I find that the adverts are usually very brief.

In addition, the audience is invariably silent throughout, no-one touches their phone (which is either off or on silent mode) and no-one eats anything noisily as most cinemas don’t sell food.

When the film finishes, everyone waits until the end of the credits before leaving in an orderly fashion. Sometimes they clap politely.

This behaviour applies to live music, too.

By: Alex Mace

Alex Mace — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:22:09 +0000

What annoys me the most these days is that the cinema operators don’t seem to give a toss about giving their patrons the best possible experience. They just want to fleece them for their money and boot them out as soon as possible (after showing them lots of adverts, obviously)

Still, at least you didn’t have to deal with sitting next to people who smelt, which rather ruined my experience of watching Matrix Revolutions at the Showcase in Nottingham…