The Other View

AT our local theatre, If you are under 17--You have to have someone at least 18 with you ..and they DO check ID. You can't just drop the kids off.

I remember being able to ride my bike to the show when I was about 10 and spending the afternoon there with my friends. Remember the "double features" they had?

I agree it is sad and a sign of the times! You just dont always feel safe there either....

But I do think the theatres still honor their refunds if you are unsatisfied with the movie or your time there...yes?

oh boo hooo hooo,there's a simple solution if it bothers you so much,DON'T go!also,why should the theatre give you your money back if you didn't like the movie?that's one of the stupidest things i've ever read on here~and that is saying a lot.

i hate going to the movies, havent been there in 16 years

My kids can't afford to go anymore and they'll even agree too many immature kids :-)

mr wild it sounds like battery to me so if it happens to me then i call the police

I understand what you are saying.....but theres just no where for kids to go any more.But they do need to be respectable always,no throwing things etc...Ronnies is agreat place for kids to go on friday nites and saturday nites...they can be inside being silly with their friends,flirting with the opposite sex....they do need security though to keep the kids in line and be sure there arent any perverts hiding around inside...good time to go may be in the early saturday or thru the weekdays??? not sure....Im just waiting for a good movie to be out there...

Well wildflower, I agree with you that children in the movie theaters lack edict today. I must admit that I wonder about the parents. Ignoring their children by just dropping them off at a movie theater and leaving. Or dropping them off at a mall and leaving. Yet, we still here how good there family values are.
On child needs a cell phone at the age of 10. But, there are many children who have them.
Parents say I'm too busy... work and all. Or I'm too tired from work.
maybe if they would spend a little more time with their children and less time at the bar or on the computer. Things would be different.

We drank beer/cocktails in 1998 in a theater in St Charles--cannot remember which one. I love the movies but hate rude people--kicking my seat,talking, talking on the cell phones, swearing....personal space and good manners--out the window lately. I may sound old but I do not believe I ever acted disrespectfully. I was afraid an adult would kick my but..or tell my parents!

cab- thats exactly the way it used to be, shame that era is gone.parents were a big threat then.