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Monday, June 6, 2011

Film / Tech Alamo Drafthouse Makes Texter :(

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:13 PM

They have a rule at Austin's beloved, revered Alamo Drafthouse: Turn off your fucking phone. It's a rule that should be adopted by theaters everywhere, and you know what else should be adopted by theaters everywhere? The Alamo's PSAs, which show before each movie and tell people to, y'know... turn off their fucking phones. Like this one.

I don't complain about texting in theaters much, mostly because it makes me sound like Andy Rooney when his colostomy bag's full and he's trembling his way through Werther's withdrawls, but there's kinda no way around it: Cell phones, and the ways people use 'em, have made going to movies a significantly shittier experience that it used to be. Public shaming and/or mockery of these jackasses? Totally legit. Grumble grumble grumble Matlock etc.

Via FilmDrunk.

 

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1
Man do I wish the theaters did this here in PDX.
Posted by frankieb on June 6, 2011 at 3:21 PM · Report
2
Magnited States of America!
Posted by ezra on June 6, 2011 at 3:30 PM · Report
3
YES!!!!!!
Posted by Yoyodyne on June 6, 2011 at 3:42 PM · Report
4
get off my lawn.
Posted by eric cantona on June 6, 2011 at 3:42 PM · Report
5
I lived just up the street from the Drafthouse in San Antonio, and I miss that place. Great food and beer with first run movies. Cheap as Mcminemans too.
Posted by Jebus on June 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM · Report
6
Too bad they did not get the entitlement minded little wench's name.
Posted by D on June 6, 2011 at 3:52 PM · Report
7
Yeah, no shit. I loved how she does it at 'all' the other theaters.
Posted by frankieb on June 6, 2011 at 4:08 PM · Report
8
Love you, Alamo Drafthouse!
Posted by Robocat on June 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM · Report
9
Is Magnited like, Magneto's America?
Posted by Fruit Cup on June 6, 2011 at 10:42 PM · Report
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Not only do I wish that PDX movie theaters had this rule, I'd extend it to most music clubs. I find it incredibly annoying when a band takes a stage and the crowd lights up with all of the moron's cell phone screens.
Posted by MonkeyBeat on June 7, 2011 at 12:36 AM · Report

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