Movie rage rears its head: man shot
p2pnet news view | Movies:- Road rage is one thing. But cinema rage?
Actually, when you think about it, it’s not so surprising.
Exorbitant prices for everything ranging from tickets to soft drinks, sticky floors, ushers prowling around with military style night vision goggles looking for people suspected of camming the feature, and really, really dumb Hollywood movies are just a few of the reasons are staying away from movie theatres.
Another is people with big mouths and, “A man enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a movie theater on Christmas night threw popcorn at the son and later shot the father in the arm,” says the Associated Press.
Showing was, apparently, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and, “James Joseph Cialella, 29, of Philadelphia, first told the victim’s family to be quiet, then threw popcorn at the man’s son,” police said, according to the story, which adds:
“The victim told police that Cialella was walking toward his family when he stood up and was shot.
“Detectives called to the United Artists Riverview Stadium theater in South Philadelphia found Cialella in the complex still carrying the weapon — a .380-caliber handgun — in his waistband, a police spokesman said.”
Associated Press – Police: Man shot for talking during ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, December , 2008
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December 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
The price of Popcorn has nothing to do with a guy shooting another guy.
Great Opening Jon lol
December 27th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I do feel sorry for the family in this case, but I can also understand where the man with the gun was coming from. I’ve been just as angry at my own chatty friends. Plus he gave the family plenty of warning that they were being extremely rude. Not a justification to shoot a person, but many of us have been there I’m sure.
Going to the theater was a fond part of growing up for me. There is definitely something magical about the theater when you’re a child. As an adult however I canât stand it. Waiting in long lines, the high cost for a ticket and concession items, cramped seating, sticky floors, transportation and parking costs. Speaking of which, winter is especially bad in Canada. Nobody likes having to scrape off all that ice and snow, then get the car started when it’s below zero (twice, you have to get home again too). Now you see theaters are starting to search their patrons, plus you get disturbed every five minutes by some pimple faced usher coming in to spy on the audience which totally sucks me right out of the movie Iâm watching every time. Oh, and you canât pause the movie while you get a drink or go pee. Then there are the cellphones that go off, screaming children, people who feel the need to chat through the whole movie, someone kicking the back of your seat over and over, patrons going back and forth to the concession stand or bathroom constantly. Not to mention the film is usually full of scratches and dust by the time I get to see it. DVD and Bluray doesn’t suffer from that problem plus I can watch them as many times as I want. Simply being able to pause the movie is probably one of the biggest benefits of all, especially for those of use with certain health problems. The long list of problems goes on. All that for a movie that probably won’t be very good as is the usual case these days. Unless your job depends on it (a reviewer for example) I honestly canât see why anyone even goes to the theater anymore. I donât, not when my big screen digital home theater is so much better.
December 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Movies these days are mostly schlock just produced to turn a profit. There is little regard to quality, editing or any real acting talent or cast chemisty. Bad remakes, moronic dialogue and endlessly rehashed plots are more or less the norm, and yet people still pay to see this garbage. Good Hollywood filmmaking mostly died out in the 90’s; modern well-made films are mostly indie affairs.
December 27th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
the story should further read: “Luckily the deranged man had never been annoyed by DRM. Who knows how many he could have killed.”
sarcasm aside I feel bad for the families who pay through the roof, then get to relive the action movie they planned on viewing.
December 27th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
âLuckily the deranged man had never been annoyed by DRM. Who knows how many he could have killed.â
Actually, a good idea to add to the article.
December 28th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
So let me get this straight: Movie ushers are now obligated to search customers for recording devices; yet somehow this guy was able to bring a loaded gun into a theatre.
Just goes to show you where their priorities are.
December 28th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
WHAT 17$ for popcorn DEATH TO THEM ALL
December 29th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I always bring my guns in the theater to protect myself against the camcorder brigades.
December 29th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Those people are always noisy in the theater. And everywhere else. Guess maybe they won’t be so noisy now.