no offense to you kids with kids
but this news bite from the IMDB today made me smile:
Theaters Begin Barring Children
Some theater chains have begun barring children from theaters after 8:30 p.m. if they are not accompanied by their parents — in hopes of attracting more adults who are put off by the disruptive behavior of some kids, according to USA Today. A spokeswoman for the Midwest chain Kerasotes Theaters said that it is testing “adult-friendly” screenings at 13 of its 95 locations. Marcus Majestic Cinema in Brookfield, WI, has gone further, serving alcoholic beverages and prepared entrees in its adults-only auditoriums and providing a babysitting service. “We want to create an entertainment destination and reach people who might not otherwise come to a movie theater,” Marcus Theatres spokesman Carlo Petrick told the newspaper.
I don’t like the whole trend of “eating a meal” during a movie, the last thing I want is someone chomping on more than popcorn and all those smells, but anything that gets kids out of theaters is welcome to me. Actually, I don’t think this goes far enough, I’d like to see kids banned completely after a certain hour. I know some kids are good movie go-ers (I’d like to hope I was), but the parents I see traipsing into the theaters with multiple children to watch violent films late at night need to be tossed out. Especially the ones who just let their kids run around in the theaters. Arrrgh. The big screen is no more a babysitter than your television. And really, your kid should be in bed and not at the 10:30pm screening of the latest action flick.
You are absolutely right! It always astounds me when I’m at a 9 or 10 o’clock movie and there’s a bunch of little kids there. These are the same people who wonder why their kid is horribly misbehaved - maybe b/c “little precious” is exhausted!