What is the Most out of the ordinary experience you've had at a cinema?
By Storm
@jcj_111776 (3216)
Philippines
February 21, 2008 2:59am CST
Ahhh yes....the cinema!Big screen, comfy chairs and a large tub of popcorn. And we're all set to just sit back, relax and enjoy the movie... Well, not always.
You see, sometimes unexpected things do happen inside the cinema.
For one, I have this story of mine I like to share with you.
When I was 15 years old, my friends and I have decided to enjoy the weekend by going to the cinema and see this very family-oriented movie. So, off we went to the nearest moviehouse.
Inside the cinema, we chose to occupy the row of seats nearest to the side aisle. I was the last one to be seated. There was still one vacant seat beside me. Then when we were all comfy, we started to enjoy the movie.
After a few moments, a man occupied the vacant seat.
While watching, I started to feel my seat shaking a little. I was worried at first because I thought there was a slight earthquake. So, I whispered to my friend if she felt that shaking. She said no. So, I just continued to watch the movie.
Then, I felt that shaking again. So, I asked my friend again. She insisted that she didn't feel anything. But as we were whispering, I could still feel my seat, shaking a little. So, I was starting to worry now. Because there was something definitely wrong about the situation.
At that moment, as we were facing each other, whispering, she noticed the man beside me, who was sitting in an awkward way. He was leaning back in a way that was weird. He didn't notice her looking at him, so she continued to stare at him. Then... it dawned on her the cause of the "shaking" of my seat.
Well, you can let your imagination run wild....! He was "doing" it in a very public place. While watching a very family-oriented movie. And there were some weird sounds coming out from him.
You might wonder why I never noticed him "doing" it. When that man sat beside me, I was a little uncomfortable so I sat closer to my friend. And my back was almost facing the man. That's when the shaking began.
So as not to frighten me, my friend suggested that we just find another seat. And told me why we have to. I couldn't say a thing when I realized what the shaking was all about. So, like wildfire, my other friends were told to stand up and go look for other seats. My two male friends, once learning why, wanted to confront the man. But my other friends told them to look for the security guard.
When we all stood up, the man looked up at us. Then my friend, loudly told me that we'll go look for the security guard.
By the time, we found other seats, the man made his escape and vanished.
That experience gave me the creeps for a long time. And that's why I don't have the courage to go to the cinema alone.
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7 responses
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
21 Feb 08
how awfullllllllllll should have said anything loud and got the man tossed out on his ear or arrested.
and really he should have bben in one of those xxx movie houses! .
and nope I never had anything like that happen and I dont go to them any more any how they cost to much and I can rent the movie when it comes out!
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@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
22 Feb 08
I'm still here, Lakota, alive and kicking...or dancing? Based on the way my avatar does all the time! hahaha! I just don't post new discussions anymore the way I did months ago. Can't really think of a good subject to talk about.
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
Hellooooo Lakota!!!!Nice to hear from you again. :) After so many months, I was able to post a new discussion again. I think we gave him a fright when he learned that we planned to call the security guard. And I think he went to the wrong moviehouse!lol
I forgot to mention in my post that this man looked so harmless. But looks can be totally deceiving.
Like you, I prefer to watch the movies at home now. Thank you, DVD Players!lol
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
ew!! that is so gross!! i can't imagine myself sitting beside someone who is actually doing it. yuck! that man is shameless! he should have been caught! ..
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
LOL the rose wasn't cute at all. i think it was cheap. ^__^;;
i couldn't really do anything but be calm right? i don't want to appear like a monster in front of my date even though i didn't like him. ^__^ and besides, its not like the kid did it on purpose right? maybe the mother did! LOL
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
i didn't only go home with a sticky hair, it smelled of coke! i just can't remember if i bothered to wash it before going to sleep or just let it be feasted by ants. ^__^;;
as for the guy, i avoided him after that. i don't like being friends with guys like him. my landlady before also warned me about it so i tried my best to avoid crossing paths with him.
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@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
lol! You had me laughing with your second story. No offense, though :)
Kudos to you for holding on to your temper after the "soda shampoo" incident. When it comes to kids and their mini-accidents, an adult have no choice but to try to keep it cool. But it was sure hard to go home with a sticky hair!
As for your mysterious date, he must surely like you a lot to assume so much. And he had the guts, huh! And he was ready for anything because he brought the rose for you, as a "peace offering".
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
No doubt, you've been a victim by one of those "exhibitionists."
I have never encountered anything like that on movie houses, but I do see couples doing some "lovapalooza" at times but it's just a normal scene for me. I firmly believe that the person you've encountered is psychologically-ill, though they are not dangerous, they can truly be scary to come across with.
But there was a time where I was once walking along a crowded street, I heard people shouting and hotting. And when I looked closer, there was this woman walking undressed and dancing. I couldn't look more, for it was I who felt sorry for that person and the people looking at her.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
Well the looks will be the factor there, it can really deceive you. You'll never which is which, and who does this and that. But luckily, you're with your friends and that's what helped you not to fall prey to psychos roaming and blending along the crowd..
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@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
hehe!I think it's almost 4am, and we're both still Mylotting. :) I just took an hour break here and watched some movie.
Yes, thankfully my friends were with me. I do hope after that incident where he almost got caught, he didn't dare try his stunt again.
@gtargirl (5376)
• United States
26 Feb 08
Oh that is nasty. I don't blame you for not wanting to see a movie by yourself. My experience wasn't like yours, but it was just a little "foreign" moment for me.
When we visited my family in Holland we went to see "Seven" with Brad Pitt. The whole movie experience was just weird--unique--but still weird.
Seating was assigned, like you were going to a concert. No empty spots anywhere. The theater was approximately half the size of a small American theater and then, half-way through the movie we had an interlude. The movie stopped, everyone got up and had a smoke or went to the bathroom. Unheard of in the US.
Well we were all pretty cramped in there, people smelled like smoke and booze. Add to this the plot of Seven was nasty and a few people threw up. No wonder my parents never let me see a movie there when I was growing up.
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@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
29 Feb 08
Oh, yes. Nasty indeed and so disgusting. To think that he had the nerve to do his "thing" in a very public place. That man need to have his head examined.
That was one special kind of cinema, huh. We have the same kind of cinema here in our country. But this are for those movies that are still not shown to all cinemas. When you do want to try this kind of cinema, you need to pay a higher price compared to the regular viewing. The movie will only start when everybody is seated, just like in the cinema you went to. But unlike with your experience, there is no interlude.
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
22 Feb 08
I was 19 years old and i had a boyfriend who is 23 years old and was already working. I am one of those girls who only sees the cinema as a wholesome place and I actually haven't seen anything untoward while in the cinema. Then this boyfriend of mine invited me to watch a movie with him for the first time and I said okey. So when we came into the cinema, I just very surprised when he started kissing me torridly. Ewwww... I tried to tell him sweetly that it was not the right place and it was such a poor choice if he feels romantic. I got the feeling that he is just too randy for my age, so I told him that I want to go home and home we went with my father's scowling at us. After that we always quarrelled everytime he asked me to watch a movie with him because I always turned him down that we ended up braking up.
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
He thought he can get away with it, cd (if I can call you that :) You know, my first boyfriend when I was 17, was somehow like him. He was always trying to steal his first kiss but I won't let him. But unlike your ex-boyfriend, my ex wanted only to steal a chaste kiss. But I was a naive 17 year old girl at that time, and any kind of kiss was alien to me!lol
You did the right thing by refusing him. He can't blame you for doing it. After all, it was his fault that you started to have doubts about his intentions whenever he asked you to watch the movies.
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
22 Feb 08
I'm so sorry, Modestah. I, too have suffered a miscarriage last year. What exactly happened?
@hmike_d (1529)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
I don't think i would laugh at your experience or feel bad about that man doing his way. Yeah, a public place is intended for public activities and not for wild events as you said. I would say, you have the right confront such a kind of crazy people taking advantage of time coz it has a great impact to people overwhelming specially kids.
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
I would like to think that somehow and in some way, he will find himself in big trouble, for doing something like that. My male friends wanted to confront him, but we stopped them because we weren't sure if he might be capable of doing something more sinister.
