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Shoutout to the guy at the Canton theater who yelled the whole plot 20 minutes in
I used to be strict about no talking during bad movies. My view was you sit quiet, you let the room cook, and the jokes come from the screen. Then about 3 weeks ago at a $5 screening of a 1987 sci-fi disaster flick at the Canton Palace, some guy two rows behind me started calling out every plot turn about 20 minutes in. I almost moved seats. But then he nailed it, this whole movie was a rehash of a better one from 1979, and the room lost it. People started clapping at his calls. I sat there and realized my rule was dumb. The best bad movie nights I've been to, the crowd is half the show. So now I go in and hope for a loudmouth. Got a favorite crowd moment from a bad movie, or am I alone on this one?
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troy_adams17d ago
Why do we pretend the quiet rule makes sense when everyone knows the crowd is the fun part? Think about it, we do this everywhere. Comedy clubs, sports games, church, you name it. The people around you change the whole thing, good or bad. A joke that dies in a silent room kills in a packed one where somebody laughs too loud. Same movie, same screen, totally different night. So yeah, you are not alone, the loudmouth is not ruining the show, he is the show.
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