fun at the movies!

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they'll keep the lights on, they'll keep the doors open, and they'll keep the sound on low....while showing a movie for free!
it's a fun lil local event hosted by a local club so that those on the spectrum can enjoy a movie without worrying about being disruptive or having to leave before the movie is over. i think that will be quite an interesting day/experience.

I started a thread a couple of days ago about how much I hated going to see a movie. This is fantastic.

I would hate a movie like that. I can't watch movies when the volume is low for whatever reason and I feel like I have to attend sensory movies because I'm autistic. I don't have sensory issues.

well... i must say...it was quite amusing today. it wasn't that noisy...and the lights were on dim so it wasn't bright or dark. it was fun...and then after... i got to go to Subway! fun....if they do this again next year...i'll go again.

I think a louder movie blocks out all the sensory disruption I would get from the other two hundred people in the room. Keeping the lights off also helps decrease some of this distraction so that I can just sit and listen to the movie. Also, if I want to leave, I get up and leave. Others can deal with it...they do it too, to go to the bathroom or whatever.

Anyway, I think it is great for those who need that kind of setting, but for me, I would find it quite distracting I think.

Where I live we have a cinema where our autism support group (for the kids) go for sensory friendly movies. Last weekend we went to see Hop. They turn the volume down and serve us all free popcorn and drinks. The cinema is reserved just for us (family and the kids on the autism spectrum). There's one family that often attends that has three boys with autism---and they often toss their popcorn and drinks through the air---where it lands is anyone's guess. But who care's? It's a fun time for us all at the movies---except I do wish that the lady over our group would quit making announcments to us during the films. Last week she passed out candy to the kids during the climax of Hop.

Whether or not everyone on the spectrum would benefit from this kind of movie experience, it's great that it's available for those who would. Very enlightened and enlightening.

I once went to one of these when I was young. The other autistic kids screamed that loud and the volume was so low that it essentially spoiled the film. So, what suits one would not suit someone else.

I think I'd prefer a quiet arthouse-type cinema to one of these screenings.

I'd rather see a movie the old fashioned way.