people telling you to be quiet during movie trailers

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i hate it when people do this as why is the trailers so impotent and other people are talking usely woman in they early 20's but i'm the one that gets the slack :angry:

this has happened twice.

You've maybe got a loud voice? To be honest I dislike cinemas because of people talking over the movie or the trailers. I'm there to watch the screen and listen to the show, not try to filter out annoying chatter from noisy people. I've not been to the cinema for years; last time it was spoiled by a load of teenagers prattling on amongst themselves. I wait for movies to come out on TV nowadays so I can watch them in peace.

People tend to be very passionate about their movies; trailers are one of the first announcements about upcoming movies, so many movie enthusiasts pay close attention to trailers so that they can have information about upcoming movies as quickly as possible. People use trailers like many use the news. Also, some consider trailers to be many-movies in their own right. Thus, it is considered an expect social grace to be quiet during trailers out of respect to those who find the trailers useful.

That being sad, it is a bit unfair that the others are not also told to be quiet in situations where you are. It may be that your voice has a louder or more noticeable tone about it than do the twenty year olds (for example, my "whisper" is basically just distorted talking), so it may be that your voice is the first that people notice. It may also be that you have the misfortune of sitting closer to those who are more likely to complain than do other people (i.e. bad luck).

A good way around this is simply waiting for the film to come out on DVD or Youtube/Netflix/Virtual Media of choice; you avoid the crowds, you can adjust the volume, you can speak whenever you want to, and you don't have to sneak in cheaper candy.

Like others have said, some people do enjoy watching the trailers, as some moments can be quite comical, and you get to find out what's coming out soon.

Whether or not you find the trailer(s) rubbish is your opinion, but the other people in the theater paid their good money to get in and see the show just like you did and in their opinion the trailers are a part of that show. When you talk and distract people from the show, you are wasting their money, and that is rude and unfair.

I wish theaters still had paid ushers on duty to escort people out and eject them from the building when they make a disturbance. As far as I'm concerned, if they took them out back and beat the snot out of them it wouldn't be a bad thing. At least they'd learn to respect the rights of others to enjoy a show in peace. The second those house lights dim and the images begin appearing onscreen, SThFU or get out. And turn your d*mn phone off.

If you have the childish need to yap through the show, rent it when it comes out on video and you can blab to your friends all you want in your own living room. Frankly, if I were the friend sitting next to you and you kept prattling at me when the trailers started (or at any time before the credits rolled), I'd elbow you in the ribs so hard you wouldn't be able to breathe.

Some of us take our cinema seriously, especially these days when it costs so much to see a first run film in an actual theater.

Well, I am the kind of person that doesn't want to talk only on trailers but also during the whole movie. I want to tell everyone about the analysis I am making and how I am associating it to my interest -> behaviour.
People don't want to hear it so I stay quiet.
...Most of the times

No, the title was about people telling you to be quiet. People disagreed with you, and agreed with the people who told you to be quiet. You don't get to change it saying "it's just my opinion".

Yes, it was, but you were making a complaint originally, not an opinion.