In Washington, D.C. some of the theatres are so bad that they have off-duty police officers assigned to them. These officers stand in the back of the theatre during the entire movie. The manager comes in before the movie starts. He makes an announcement that if anyone makes excessive noise or any disturbance, they will be removed and their photo taken. They will then be arrested and banned from the theatre.

The talking, indiscipline and phone useage had gotten so bad that people were not going to the theatre. The only persons going to the theatre were the bad, disrespectful people. The City had to do something because the disruptions were causing people to be arrested. Other people stopped going to the movies and the theatres were in danger of going out of business due to lack of patrons. One one occasion, all of us got a free pass to another movie because of a huge fight after a young man was asked politely to be quiet. The theatres cannot continue to give out passes to free movies because of disrespectful patrons.

Now I go to very few movies. We have cable and my brother gets bootlegged moves for, like $5 dollars. We watch movies at home and very rarely go to the movies. It’s a sign of the times that good people are pushed out by ignorant, disrespectful people – it happens everywhere. I’m sorry that you had to experience it.