Weird. I guess it just depends on your crowd then. There's always lots of laughter and gasps (when appropriate), but clapping? I don't get it.
Been to midnight openings for a few big comic book movies and never. British people are just more reserved.
not clap during but definitely cheer or gasp loudly and then clap at the end. only really for opening weekend of big event movies but i feel like it's one of the attractions of going to the theater?
So I see stupidity on the east coast of Australia isn't limited to Queenslanders.
that's not the point. the point is the creation of the experience of 'cinema'. applause was standard in the early days. it's about the creation of a rapport between your fellow audience members, the energy from all having experienced something together, even if you all leave and return to your normal lives. it's the difference between going to the movies and a bunch of people sitting in a room watching something on a screen.
That makes sense. When the audience laughs at a scene or audibly gasps at something, that's enough for me. The reaction of the audience throughout the movie gives me that experience, clapping goes a bit far though.
Correct. Which is an issue when watching something like Guardians 2 and being the only people in the theatre to laugh.
sure, and i'm not referring to clapping at specific scenes, I think the thread has moved on from that. but clapping at the end? for sure. it's rare, but it makes those movies where it does happen feel a bit more special.
Special because you don't usually put your head in your hands out of embarrassment at the end of a film?
