They also bring dinner with them. I’ve seen them bring out entire chicken dinners during movies.
Now this is fun if it’s a bad movie. Problems arise when you’re watching a good movie.
I always assume I will not hear the movie.
I’m in control of my work schedule, so I can see movies early on Mondays, a traditional light time.
Inevitably, a middle and or senior couple will sit near me, in a sparsely attended movie, and then proceed to do commentary throughout as if they are sitting in their living rooms.
I would rather attend a movie with a bunch of kids, at least I know what to expect. But kids don’t usually attend movies I’d like to see: Railway Man, Locke etc.
I have had visions of my death having been shot when asking someone to be quiet in a movie.