The Devils Rejects
Independence Day
Caught a sneak peek the week before it opened. As soon as Will Smith punched the alien and said, “Welcome to Earth,” everyone cheered and it was a nonstop thrill ride that had the entire audience engaged.
When the credits rolled, there was a legit standing ovation. It was the single best crowd I’ve ever watched movie with.
Yeah, I think it may have been the same when I saw it. It definitely was when I saw Infinity War opening weekend.
Yooo, I forgot about that!!! Same at my theater in NYC!!
I also ran out of the theater crying when the alien grabbed the scientist in the lab. Oh those young memories hahaha
Same for me, went to watch it on Independence Day and it was a wild ride! Some guy jumped up and yelled “FUCK YEAH, GET SOME!” when Will punched that alien. By far the greatest movie experience I’ve ever had.
Also saw it in the movie theater! Opening weekend! What an experience!
Jurassic Park.
Everyone was blown away, like holy shit, that was amazing
Jurassic Park is the only movie I saw where people clapped at the end. And that was during a screening in 2018. There was no reason, no one was there related to the movie, it was just that good.
It’s hard to describe what it was like seeing Jurassic Park in the theater for the first time as a kid.
Picture this… You’re a teenager going to see that big blockbuster everyone’s been talking about, but it’s 1993. There is no YouTube. There’s basically no internet. No spoilers. You’ve seen the trailers, and they’re carefully done so as not to give away the big reveals. So you know this is some kind of dinosaur movie, but you don’t know much else.
And then the dinosaurs show up. And they look 100% fucking real.
Even today, that movie’s special effects hold up, and that’s for three reasons:
- They had CGI, but used it sparingly because it wasn’t ready to be all the effects in a movie yet. Where they could use practical effects, they did. And they did an astonishingly good job with them.
- The dinosaurs are shown sparingly until the audience is practically begging for the various “money” shots - which are then provided, with perfect timing. It’s like cinematographic edging.
- Spielberg was at the absolute top of his game. Scenes were thoughtfully executed and beautifully shot. The water in the glass scene? People in the audience were dead silent, holding their breath. Then the T-motherfucking-rex appears, and it’s glorious. Everyone screaming and shouting, half-thrilled and half-terrified.
It changed movies, permanently.
Brilliantly put, and I had basically the exact same experience. I was 13, I think, and I was just blown away by JP.
Yesterday. Godzilla Minus One. Fantastic movie!
I went yesterday too and that was the best movie I’ve seen in a LOOOONG time. Even taking Godzilla out of it, it would still be great. I’m not a movie clapper but if I was going to start that would have been the one to do it.
We went to a screening of The Room that Tommy Wiseau was supposed to do a Q&A after. He didn’t show either. Probably for the best cuz we were mocking it the whole time and throwing plastic spoons at the screen.
Maybe his anus was bleeding
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Went to Fahrenheit 9/11 on opening day, and the entire theater clapped at the end.
I’m not sure anyone there necessarily thought it was a good movie, but we were all unified in our disdain of George W. Bush.
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Theatre full of Trekkies so it was a target audience only.
Zebraman, by Takashi Miike.
Yup.
Everything everywhere all at once
I think everyone was surprised at how much we all laughed and people were just happy
The midnight premiere of Star Wars Episode 1. That was the same year I graduated highschool and I had never seen such an event at a movie theater! There were fat middle aged guys wearing the same Star Wars tshirts they bought in the 80s, now 2 sizes too small. There were people waiving plastic lightsabers. It was glorious…
Yep. It was a lot of fun honestly.
None. Is this an American thing or something? I have never had this happen, or even heard of it happening except in America. It seems so weird to me to applaud people who can’t hear you.
Same, the idea is so bizarre to me
It’s rare. Opening nights of epic films are exceptions.
Reminds me, I learned from a friend: folks from India know how to turn up in a theater - showings get wild!
https://youtu.be/audVP7_DEGo / https://piped.video/watch?v=audVP7_DEGo
I like going out to watch movies a lot. Never seen this happen at any movie theater in any city before personally.
Seen it quite a few times in the UK, mostly with quite studenty audiences though (see my comment elsewhere re the South Park movie).
I heard some applause at landing of a plane
“FUCK YEAH! WE SURVIVED!”
