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it was a nice and quiet watch in the theater. nobody said a word for the entire thing and afterwards everyone left silently. that's how you know it's good.
See also: funerals, corporate "town hall" meetings, and court cases.
(I've not seen it, I've only read Weir's book, so I'm not seriously casting any judgement, I'm just amusing myself -- but I was a little dismayed by the huge spoilers in the trailers.)
If you want to go down a weird rabbit hole, seek out the Japanese marketing stuff which is turns the "Ryan Gosling and Rocky are wacky room mates" up to 11. Does it have anything to do with the movie? No, but it is very Japanese
https://youtube.com/shorts/mKzQny10SzM?is=LAxlKgX6eh0JnTe7
Not even a single laugh?
no, it's impolite to make noise at the cinema.
It sounds like a sad state of things when it's polite to stifle laughter when humor happens in front of you, but I'm sure there's a sane reason for it.
the reason is you care about the people around you. every time i've seen an american cinema it's looked like a nightmare.
The ones near me have been pretty well-kept, but I imagine it varies by site. Either way, I fail to see how laughing at jokes means we don't care about each other? I usually feel a sense of ease and connection when a theater collectively laughs quietly at a funny moment. A messy theater existing somewhere doesn't change that moment into a bad one.
it's just a matter of different atmospheres. people here want to be completely immersed in the experience and someone making noise around them ruins that. even children's films tend to have completely quiet theatres because everyone is so focused.
Different strokes, I guess. This is a bizarre shot against the US though. I could take the same shot against your country for inverse reasons, but that would be silly.
This is a joke, right?
no, why would it be? personally i very much enjoyed the experience.
Laughing during a movie is impolite? That's insane. So if somebody makes a joke you just sit there stonefaced like a psychopath?
it's not insane, it's just the norm. scandinavians are very reserved people.
Not laughing isn't reserved, its repressed.
you can think something is funny and not laugh. PHM isn't really a comedy anyway. comedies tend to get more laughs in the cinema because people are primed for it.
You said you never laugh though and that its impolite, thats a big difference.
no, i said people in general don't make noise at the cinema. i don't know why people focused on laughter specifically.
In response to being asked if people laugh, you said no, its impolite and that people only do it if they don't care about the movie. I don't know why you're arguing that you didn't say people don't laugh at the movies. Fucking a dude.
i thought they were still talking about noises in general.
Fucking mouth breathers in front of me who confessed they had not read the book. Dont read books. Were annoying all through the movie. I wish had more of the science. Fucking movie was made for none science types. Lots of great scenes in the book could of been in the movie over the stuff they made the fuck up not in the book.
i've read the martian, so i know how weir writes. that, combined with watching the movie, makes me want to read the book.
The book is sooooo good. I think I might have enjoyed it more than The Martian.
Big part of that is how Rocky sounds in the Audiobook and I was really bummed out that they did not keep that for the movie.
The book is just... JAZZ HAAANDS!!
Yeah, Ray Porter killed it in the audiobook. Though Ray Porter kills it in everything he reads. If you liked PHM, take a listen to the Bobiverse series.
I already did, really enjoyed it and awaiting the next book.