5 Moments That Make Moviegoers Wince At The Theatre

You think you should maybe go to the 11:55PM showing rather than the crowded 7:30PM to decrease your chances of getting distracted during the movie. Then you think, "Nah."

1. The Casual Kicker

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When the kicks are intermittently spread out:

"Do I say something? Maybe this one will be the last--"

*kick*

"Do I say something?"

2. The (Literally) Dropped Service

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That wonderfully foreboding clanking sound when someone drops her cell phone between the cracks of the seat.

You wonder if her friend will turn on his iPhone flashlight to help her find it. He does.

3. The (W)Rapper

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You truly try hard to tune out the person next to you who has purchased a candy bar with the loudest, most crinkly wrapper in the entire galaxy. You can tell he's trying to be discreet. Once again, you can TELL he is trying to be discreet.

4. The Latecomers

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And for whatever reason, they always make choosing seats like picking a case on Deal or No Deal.

"Should we sit here?"

"Last time, I got a kink in my neck. No."

"Well where, then?"

5. It's Not An Adhesive

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Worried that the soda you snuck in from the nearest 7/11 would fall through the cup holder? Nonsense! The kind gentleman from several showings earlier left a wad of chewed gum right in the holder for you to accidentally discover through touch.

Well, how about the drive-in?

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You hear about this older method of movie-going. "The Drive-Ins," they said. You sit in your chair in the broken row at the theater and think, "Huh, I've always wanted to check one of those out."

You realize a happy escape from all the 7:30 PM showings in this life.

*The DRIVE-IN Film Festival team knows your thoughts. I mean, we did sort of write them.