Do Americans behave like retards in movie theatres?

This is a rather extreme example but this does happen in American cinemas. Also people talk, use their cell phones, eat loudly, bring little children to movies inappropriate for them, throw their trash everywhere and act very rudely. Telling the cinema staff about it does nothing. This is why I watch movies at home.

No, that is not normal behavior. In most of the theaters I've been to, it was respectfully quiet, save for when we went to see comedies, or something randomly funny happened in the movie. There was one theater experience where my family went to see "Star Trek: Insurrection," and it came out a few months before "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace." We happened to be sharing that particular auditorium with a ton of college students, and when the Phantom Menace trailer showed during the previews, everyone clapped and cheered.

Truth be told, the only time I really had issues with noisy people in the theater was when a bunch of idiots brought their toddlers to see "Beauty and the Beast" in 2017, and the yelling and screaming from the kids running around brought me very close to telling those parents off.

If you think that´s bad, you should see Chris Stuckmann´s rant on misbehaving audiences. He tells some pretty wild stories.

Depends on where and when you are going.

I go to the movies several times a year. My worst experience was a guy who had some kind of mental issue, autism possibly, constantly making noise. Another time, I had a guy make a call right in the middle of the final scenes of a movie to let someone know that the movie was going to end soon and he'd be coming home.

I go during matinees, during the week if possible. And avoid opening weekends, unless it's something I'm just dying to see.

I've been to theaters all over the US, and they have all been awful. I'll never go to a theater.

New movies suck dick anyway.

It's not just in theaters. There seems to be a general decline in public deportment in today's American society, and it's getting worse. Just look at how people dress in restaurants, on airplanes or while shopping. Lack of grooming seems to be a growing fad, especially among men. Some of them appear to have stepped out of a time machine from the Woodstock Festival.

This "don't-care" attitude extends to and affects individual behavior. People who dress in a slovenly manner or who act obnoxiously in public are thinking only about themselves. They don't stop and think about how their actions or appearance might be offensive or distracting to others who are trying to enjoy a meal or are trying to watch a movie. It's all about ME.

I don't know the origin or causes of this trend, but I suspect that social media addiction has a lot to do with it.

sounds like forced laughter, like an audience laughter sign goes up and they laugh even if they dont hear it they know they should laugh and if they are enjoying the film overall it shows other people they are enjoying it rather than the line itself being hilarious.

Mildly humorous stuff and they are jumping out of their seats holding their sides, lines laughed over, the works.

Here in the UK people do laugh but when they do you know it was actually funny and earned.

i'm sure you're aware that the avengers movies that were released in 2018 + 19 were enormous, really unique pop culture events that brought out excited, energetic crowds. it's safe to say that the audience responses recorded in that video are very atypical.

going by my letterboxd account, i went to the theatre 48 times in 2019, and, aside from a very annoying person taking out her phone constantly during into the spider-verse, and one understandable incident (there was a group of mentally handicapped adults at my showing of 'peanut butter falcon' who talked throughout the movie), i really have no negative experiences. certainly nothing that makes me not want to go again.