on a holiday to florida a few years back me and my family went to watch the lion king at the cinema. throughought the film you dudes were cheering, clapping and at the end gave the screen a standing ovation! i told my friends about this and i dont think they really believed/understood what i was talking about untill just recently a friend of mine who is travelling the states went to see rocky and said the same thing happened? here in england nobody talks and at the end everybodt quietley walks out!! why the different approach i wonder?
2007-03-21 20:23:27 · 39 answers · asked by gh7432 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
some of you are missing the point! i'm not having a moan and found it funny when it happened! to be sat there at the end of the film and then everyone sarted cheering like a goal had been scored in the world cup final was a new experience that i have not seen in england!! thats all! i was about ten when it happened and had told people about it in conversations about going to visit america and then i wasnt untill yesterday my mate said he went to watch the new rocky film in san fransico and everyone was cheering etc! just wanted to get contrasting views on why americans are that little bit more goofy/fun than us reserved brits!
2007-03-22 01:28:17 · update #1
Not all Americans are that much fun loving. Probably happened because of the place it was in. Some all but worship Disney stuff.
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-03-22 14:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans do applaud sometimes at the cinema, when the guy gets the girl, or at a particularly good movie.
I'm American, I do not see the point, the projectionist and the ticket takers only care that you had a good time so that you don't take it out on them when you see something bad.
Did you mean the friend went to see "Rocky" the one about Rocky Balboa? Or the Rocky Horror Picture Show? Audiences have turned the latter into an audience participation event, they dress up and act like the characters in the movie.
If someone chose to applaud Sly Stalone and Carl Weathers beating the crap out of each other, well, I guess they paid their admission. It was a good movie, I own it.
Adrienne! Adrienne.............
2007-03-22 03:25:35 · answer #2 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night have to do with the traditional 'stiff upper lip' of the English.
I know that in N.Z when I went to the cinema to watch Peter Jacksons Lord Of The Rings people cheered and clapped at the end - it showed we were really proud.
Not sure why in the Lion King though - wasn't that great a movie!
I have also seen it done in N.Z when the director has been in the theater - like for film festivals. But certainly not the run of the mill Hollywood fluff.
2007-03-21 21:02:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh my god, that would wreck my head. You'd miss half the film if people where cheering and clapping all the way through it!!
The only thing close to this I've seen in Ireland is during the first screening of The Phantom Menance when it started two guys got up and started fighting with light sabers! Was very funny actually! Oh and the star wars were Yoda kicked some guys *** with a light saber lots of people were cheering and laughing. Apart from that it's quiet!
2007-03-24 08:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by starla_o0 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans do NOT usually do this.
But films like Rocky and Lion King are exceptions. For one thing, they have been out for decades, and everybody who's interested in them has already seen them many times, so they don't feel the need to listen to every word of dialogue.
Plus, consider the subject matter. Rocky is about boxing. It's normal to cheer at boxing matches. Lion King is a musical. It's normal to cheer at musicals.
It's all really quite logical.
2007-03-22 01:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hate going to the cinema now. Because people just don't know how to shut the **** up! When I pay good money to go and see a movie I expect to be able to hear! what's going on, especially if there is a quiet scene. After reading your question I could never even produce a thought in my head of ever going to the cinema in America. It's fair enough to say that some people like to go in groups and have a 'social event' but why choose the cinema? if all your going to do is talk about irrelevant subjects? One of the people on here just said why don't you watch the film at home? well that would be difficult if you wanted to watch the latest movie! unless you decide to do the wrong thing and download it. Some people say that the British are more reserved? Not when it comes to the cinema it doesn't, well not since the 60's.
Anyway, sorry to go on but this is a subject that I feel quite strongly about, and thank you for your question.
:)
2007-03-21 20:37:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
At the Lion King, it may have just been because it was fun for the kids to get excited about it, and the adults just thought they'd join in, too. The Rocky thing, I don't understand. I don't think I've ever seen it happen in a theater, and I live in the States.
2007-03-22 03:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Lady in Red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long ago was this? Those films are pretty old. The people are not applauding the screen, the actors, or the film itself. They are applauding the events in the film, what the film stands for, the message it conveyed, Kind of like standing when the National Anthem is played. What is it in England? God Save The Queen? Sorry, but I truly don't know what it is. But, it's that sort of thing. The person isn't standing, showing reverence, approval, agreement, because they like the way the music is being played or because they like the person/s playing it. It's because of what the music conveys, what it stands for. It's approval.
2007-03-21 20:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the crowd at the movie theatre. People here in the States tend to have emotions and aren't too shy to express them. Lion King a few years back??? I was in Spain in 1994 when the movie came out, that's 13 years ago, not a few.
If you noticed the two movies you mentioned have to special items. Being the American underdog and coming through and being a baby cub to grow up into a strong lion to beat the lion that killed you dad. It's a family atmosphere. For the two movies, there were different crowds at each movie. One was family oriented, the other was an older crowd who was cheering for "their" guy.
2007-03-21 20:31:29 · answer #9 · answered by SportsTypeOfGuy 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
LOL. Just a way of expressing joy! I've never gone to to a movie where everyone just quietly walked out! Even if there was no particular reaction to the film itself, there is still some bustle.
At times, I am paid by marketers of films to sit in the theater and record peoples reactions. I guess I'd have nothing to record in England.
2007-03-21 20:29:17 · answer #10 · answered by babydoll 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋