If it's rescreenings at an art house theater I doubt that remains the case, but in general even with the same fans I feel like Ghibli movies are a classier affair than anything Imaishi will ever put out
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US screenings for Promare are sounding like the absolute worst.
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Worst experience I've had at a screening was the last lego movie where a group of tweens kept making comments and doing shadow puppets on screen during the film. Younger sister got pissed and got management to kick them out.
Never had a issue with anime screenings. People have always been quiet and polite. Cheering only when it makes sense to cheer.
Never had a issue with anime screenings. People have always been quiet and polite. Cheering only when it makes sense to cheer.
I... er.. I'm shook. I say this all the time and have never seen another human being say it before.
This was my experience as well. People laughing loud at everything an clapping in the middle of the movie. This was my first time going to a somewhat full theatre here in the US and it really soured me on the experience. I will probably just avoid cinemas in the future.
This is the dumbest shit. Fans keep finding new and innovative ways to turn normal people off of their things
I haven't seen anyone respond to you and apologies if they have but fire force came first and the author of fire force has even jokingly accused them of plagiarism though he will never sue them for anything because it's likely that promare was already in development right when fire force was starting. It's likely it's all completely coincidental.
Yup. That's an anime movie in theaters. The last theee dragonball films were this way. SAO was this way.
Things like this make me thankful my anime fandom never fully blossomed, I've just been enjoying it here and there on the periphery.
Being a wrestling fan is bad enough plight to live with.
Being a wrestling fan is bad enough plight to live with.
I really enjoyed Promare when I saw it at Otakon, but this shit makes me ugh so fucking hard internally and externally. Good lord these people need to fucking not. The most recent anime movie I saw in theaters was the Danmachi movie and there was basically nothing like this. Generally, there is cheering at certain parts and whatnot, fine, but none of the extra insufferable shit to ruin the movie experience. Being as blatantly and annoyingly loud as possible is not fucking cool and should have your ass kicked out for it.
Same here, at my screening yesterday in NYC.
These glow sticks are popular in Japan for idol concerts and stuff. It's weird but seemingly very common from what I can tell. This is super bizarre to do though in America and especially at a movie.
I saw One Piece Stampede recently and usually see a Ghibli movie or two a year and haven't had any issues. This seems limited to this film I guess. Strange. If Fathom Events shows weren't so gd expensive I might have considered going to this when it played.. I'm gonna get suckered into spending a bunch to see Weathering With You probably since I don't know if it will play at the Alamo.
This isn't indicative of seeing a "regular" movie in the US and is not really indicative of seeing most anime films from my experience. I guess it seems like this is a concerted effort by some weirdos who think other people would be into this whereas they're really just ruining the experience for most people. Hopefully it doesn't entirely put you off the experience. Nothing like seeing a movie at the theater IMO.
Yeah, idol concerts have been participatory events for about as long as I recall (4-5 years at least) but it is kind of odd to see it at a movie, especially one that's not very connected to idol culture, and one that for that matter is getting an extremely limited screening run.
At least this shit is relatively harmless and isn't, like, shattering anyone's pelvis.
I've heard of people doing it at screenings of The Room, but 99% of those people have seen the movie before and know the lines by heart.
Probably the "best" anime movie screening I've ever been to was for the Uta no Prince-sama film at Anime Expo 2019. The entire film is framed like a concert (it basically just is an animated concert), and the audience was filled with people with glowsticks cheering their butts off the whole time. It was a ton of fun.
Well, I want people to be respectful in public places I guess I should just stay home all the tine then.
seein the defense force (mostly on Twitter) telling people to just stay home sure is something.
seein the defense force (mostly on Twitter) telling people to just stay home sure is something.
Sounds like a bunch of annoying twats having fun, much like how bad people can get at big screenings for mcu or star wars.
I don't mind people getting hype and cracking jokes. But glow sticks? If you have enough time to film or bitch about it on Twitter you have time to say something to someone that works there.
The theaters in major cities it is common for people to get hyped. Any major film that has action in it is going to have an intense crowd. I live for that shit. Alamo Draft House has special viewings for the rowdy crowd.
Huh...that's so weird, we go to the movies pretty much monthly in my country and not once have I encountered people clapping or cheering during a movie (and I mean the most popular theatres down here)
It just seems rude to me
Probably cause it was the initial run and most were watching it for the first time.
I imagine this time it'll largely be people who'd already seen it.
The anime movie showings I have been to the audience is generally like any other movie audience, so I guess I have been lucky.
Fan of the movie, but the type of behavior mentioned in the OP is a bit of a problem. Control yourselves people
What was in the deleted tweet/cheer guide? Always confused me to the level of excitement and devotion hardcore fanbases can get over things. I like anime, I like video games, I like a lot of nerdy things. But I've never occurred to me once to so loudly and disruptively broadcast my enjoyment of something in a public place. Cringey and creepy.
I wish my Perfect Blue audience was that. All the giggling and laughing during the rape scene made me seriously consider bailing the fuck out right then and there.
Wow this wasnt exclusive to my screening? I legit thought it was a one-off thing.
When I went to see this (and it wasn't even great imo), there was a girl who pulled out glow sticks and moved along to the rhythm and beat of one of the longer sequences set to music in the finale.
Like what crowds do at idol shows in Japan. Whew.
She was distracting everyone but ofc no one is going to call her out. It was really, really inconsiderate.
I really do need to dissociate from anime fans as much as possible. Made me second guess the shit I'm into.
Probably won't go to an anime screening again after that. Was really sad and again, embarrassing.
When I went to see this (and it wasn't even great imo), there was a girl who pulled out glow sticks and moved along to the rhythm and beat of one of the longer sequences set to music in the finale.
Like what crowds do at idol shows in Japan. Whew.
She was distracting everyone but ofc no one is going to call her out. It was really, really inconsiderate.
I really do need to dissociate from anime fans as much as possible. Made me second guess the shit I'm into.
Probably won't go to an anime screening again after that. Was really sad and again, embarrassing.
As long as these types of fans stick to acting like this for shounen anime and not prestige anime films, won't ever have to encounter them.
Thankfully my screening in Manchester, CT was an enjoyable experience, I feel so bad for people who are dealing with crappy audiences.
i would endure all that if that meant i could see that movie in theater... Can't wait for the bluray next year since it's my only option
I went to one of the original screenings months ago and it was chill as hell. Just a bunch of folk in a theater watching a movie. I'm Canadian, but I don't know how much difference that should make. We have just as many unwashed awful weebs per capita.
I saw it yesterday and it was totally fine, and the theater was just about full. People were laughing a lot and stuff like you'd expect at any Marvel movie or whatever, and there was cheerung at that one part, but nothing egregious at all. I'd assume the really obnoxious stuff is now of an outlier than anything.
I dont get cheering in a movie like this? Like i get it for dbz, those are decades old characters, there's an expectation there that people will cheer for hype moments. But isnt this like a new property? Like people would want to know the story and characters?
i thinkI was just too stunned that it was actually happening. it's like it was this person's first movie going experience. Crazy.
It's a rerun, most people watching know the characters now.
I saw the film at once at Otakon, and again during the first theater run in October, and the audience was energetic, but respectful. People laughed at the jokes, cheered when things got hype and everyone went crazy when
, but this all seems a bit much.
I enjoy a rowdy crowd under the right circumstances, but people waving glow sticks and yelling randomly throughout the movie sounds like hell. I feel bad for anyone who had to put up with that shit.
The mouth-to-mouth scene happened
I enjoy a rowdy crowd under the right circumstances, but people waving glow sticks and yelling randomly throughout the movie sounds like hell. I feel bad for anyone who had to put up with that shit.
