Movie talkers should stay home
Please… the public must be notified! There is a growing coalition of people out to waste your entertainment dollar. I speak of the movie talkers. My girlfriend and myself went through the hassle of seeing “Titanic” at the Lennox last weekend only to have it ruined by inconsiderate clods. Little did we know that we were sitting at the epicenter of talkers. Behind me was an entire family of talkers including the mom, dad, and three of their talking offspring. One child was of the “narrator” type of talker; feeling necessary to point out things on screen like, “That’s a dolphin.” Another of their children was of the, “I know every movie that actor has been in; let me list them.” A chorus of “shushes” from the audience only kept them at bay for a few minutes. Every once in a while, the dad would tell them to quiet down only to start explaining the movie himself to his wife.As if that weren’t enough, the guy next to me was genetically altered, making him incapable of whispering; his voice sent ripples through the Cokes of everyone within his blast radius. Why do people speak at normal conversation level? A few rows away was the talker who feels the impact of the humorous lines is heightened if he repeats them all. You must stop these people early; first ask nicely, and if they don’t stop, you might accidentally spill your Coke on their head. I have to stress that you must stop them early or by the end of the movie, you’ll be wishing they went down with the Titanic.Towards the end it got worse. During a very important scene, someones beeper went off and they apparently couldn’t turn it off… but the kicker came 2 minutes from the end when the mom behind me stated in full voice, “Twister! That’s where I saw him before. Remember that movie, honey? He was in Twister.” Three hours to figure that out? If you physically cannot keep from talking during a movie, please save the rest of us some grief and wait for the video.
John DreeseGrad student and movie goer
