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AMC is considering letting people text in movie theaters
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:28 am
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:28 am
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Just as AMC was starting to win customers back by replacing every old seat in its auditoriums with recliners, the company wants to destroy that good will among moviegoers. That's because CEO Adam Aron thinks letting people use their phones during a movie would be a good idea. "When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off their phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear 'please cut off your left arm above the elbow,'" Aron tells Variety. "You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life." Yes, he actually said that.
This could be seen as an extension of recreating a home-like experience at a theater, vis a vis said recliner seats. But the difference here is that if you're using your phone while watching a flick at home, you're only affecting yourself and maybe your significant other -- not the 100 or more people who paid to get into the theater. Movie theaters and places of worship are a few of the remaining places where using a cellphone is verboten, and by pandering to this demographic's horrible habit AMC is stripping away common courtesy and setting a gross precedent in the name of profits.
Aron says that certain sections where texting would be allowed is one possibility for this, while the more likely situation would be having specific auditoriums set up to be "more texting friendly." If the chain is willing to kick out someone wearing Google Glass for fear of piracy, though, how is it going to differentiate someone texting from a person recording what's on the screen with their phone?
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Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:28 am to RLDSC FAN
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You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life."
lol, get the frick out of here.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:30 am to RLDSC FAN
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"When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off their phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear 'please cut off your left arm above the elbow,'" Aron tells Variety. "You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life."
But you can tell everyone else not to bring their own snacks? GTFO.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:32 am to Freauxzen
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But you can tell everyone else not to bring their own snacks?
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:33 am to RLDSC FAN
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"You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life."
I can and I will and if they don't I'll murder them and then get a refund
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:33 am to RLDSC FAN
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AMC
It's almost as if they want me to never come back
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:36 am to schexyoung
Drafthouse is so awesome.
Better than what we have but I was shocked at the theaters moving to Utah. The Megaplexes are like mini-malls with massive screens, Imax, good seating, RESERVED seating, and most people are polite and shut up.
Better than what we have but I was shocked at the theaters moving to Utah. The Megaplexes are like mini-malls with massive screens, Imax, good seating, RESERVED seating, and most people are polite and shut up.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:37 am to schexyoung
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:39 am to 1999
Man, talk about people who annoy you...
Posted on 4/14/16 at 9:42 am to RLDSC FAN
What's next selfies? Smh
Only reason you should use your phone is to find your seat when it's dark as hell and occasionally check the time
Only reason you should use your phone is to find your seat when it's dark as hell and occasionally check the time
This post was edited on 4/14/16 at 10:21 am
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:04 am to RLDSC FAN
So now we all have to cater to the new generation not being able to put their damn phone down for 90 minutes? POA
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:05 am to RLDSC FAN
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having specific auditoriums set up to be "more texting friendly.
aka, leave the lights on auditoriums
if they did this i'd be all for it
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:08 am to VanRIch
I'm pretty sure it's not just 22 year olds.
I don't know a woman on this planet that doesn't have her phone in her face all day.
I don't know a woman on this planet that doesn't have her phone in her face all day.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:26 am to RLDSC FAN
Let them text at AMC, my money will just go to the Grand in Kenner.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:27 am to RLDSC FAN
Did they ever actually enforce a no texting policy?
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:39 am to Brosef Stalin
I don't think I can recall any time in my movie theatre history where someone texting truly bothered me or ruined my experience.
I don't text, I actually turn my phone off.
But infants and people talking bother me 100x more than someone texting.
I don't text, I actually turn my phone off.
But infants and people talking bother me 100x more than someone texting.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:18 am to RLDSC FAN
People now a days seriously can't go just a couple hours without checking their phones so they don't bother others next to them trying to enjoy the movie. Get the frick outta here. I hate today's generation sometimes.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:21 am to McCaigBro69
Its not the actual texting its the bright arse light right in front of you in a dark theater.
If you turn your brightness all the way down, someone has to be trying to notice.
I personally don't text. I'll watch a movie on the couch if I want to multi-task.
If you turn your brightness all the way down, someone has to be trying to notice.
I personally don't text. I'll watch a movie on the couch if I want to multi-task.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:29 am to RLDSC FAN
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"When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off their phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear 'please cut off your left arm above the elbow,'" Aron tells Variety. "You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life."
So 22 year olds are retarded people?
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