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Frump · 02-10-2013, 07:21 PM

Does anyone else hate it when there is a serious scene in a movie or a sad emotional scene and someone ppl bust out laughing!?

I HATE that so much!! When I'm really getting into a tear-jerking scene and someone bursts out laughing and kills the whole mood.

WHY do ppl do that?

Torgo · 02-11-2013, 10:09 AM

Can't speak for all people, but it could be a natural reaction, some people react to things differently. As weird as it sounds some do laugh at emotional things, it's not because they think it's funny it's just how they're reacting to it. And some could be just doing it to impress those around them, same as those who say they laugh at horror movies.

shotzette · 02-11-2013, 07:39 PM

Sometimes you can't help laughing, especially if it's a bad movie.

My best friend and I saw Black Swan in the theatre when it came out, and we laughed at several moments because we thought it was the campiest train wreck since Mommy Dearest. Granted, we were alone in our opinions since we were the only ones in the theatre laughing and Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her performance. We tried to stifle ourselves (Bunkerism!) as best we could, but weren't 100% successful. I'm sure that a few people found us to be rude, even though we were not doing it on purpose.

Now some chucklehead answering their cell in a theatre--AND HAVING A CONVERSATION--is what makes my blood boil.

JamesG · 02-11-2013, 08:00 PM

^ The only thing I liked from the film was Natale Portman and Mila Kunis' lesbian scene.

The Flying Dutchmans · 02-11-2013, 08:35 PM

Laughing at a serious scene? Iv'e done that myself. I don't mean too, it just happens sometimes. There was one scene in the beginning of a 1st season episode of Smallville, where this guy was screaming in his phone with anger because they put him on hold and he didn't want to hold. He was also driving like a maniac endangering other people on the road. It was a serious scene but for some reason his anger seemed kind of comical. I don't why, it just did. I started laughing at him and my sister, who also watched the show, couldn't understand why I found it funny. I don't do it that often. Most serious scenes I take seriously. I think in this case, it seemed more like what Ralph Cramden would do in the Honeymooners. You know how he gets angry and the audience laughs at it?

Frump · 02-12-2013, 02:09 AM

Wow, I guess more ppl do it than I think. I'm really emotionally and in movies it doesn't take much to bring a tear to my eyes.

But it's like in Forrest Gump, if I remember right there were SO MANY ppl laughing during scenes I didn't see any humor in and that were really touching. I mean I laughed at the comical parts.

But like the line where Forrest says, "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." I thought that was really tear-jerking, but I swear so many ppl laughed at that, and I've heard that line repeated and made fun SO MUCH, and I don't get it really what is so humorous about it. Now I laughed when he talked about a bullet in the buttocks and things like that, but...

As far as horror movies, I DO laugh at Freddy Krueger's wise-cracks, I can't help that, but I think they are meant to be funny.

Sterling Holobyte · 02-12-2013, 02:52 AM

I don't remember ever laughing where it wasn't called for watching a movie in a theater. But I generally don't go to movies anymore so it is hard to remember.
I do remember falling asleep during Evita though.

Frump · 02-13-2013, 05:30 AM

Othe pet peevs I have are:

People talking constantly through the movie

AND

At the end of EVERY movie the inevitable, "Well, that sucked!" someone always has to yell out pretty loud.
I dont think I've eve seen a movie where someone didn't say that at the end.

70s show watcher · 02-15-2013, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shotzette

Sometimes you can't help laughing, especially if it's a bad movie.

My best friend and I saw Black Swan in the theatre when it came out, and we laughed at several moments because we thought it was the campiest train wreck since Mommy Dearest. Granted, we were alone in our opinions since we were the only ones in the theatre laughing and Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her performance. We tried to stifle ourselves (Bunkerism!) as best we could, but weren't 100% successful. I'm sure that a few people found us to be rude, even though we were not doing it on purpose.

Now some chucklehead answering their cell in a theatre--AND HAVING A CONVERSATION--is what makes my blood boil.

i hated black swan yuck it was as interesting as watching paint dry

02-10-2013, 07:21 PM	#1
Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	Lauging during serious scenes Does anyone else hate it when there is a serious scene in a movie or a sad emotional scene and someone ppl bust out laughing!? I HATE that so much!! When I'm really getting into a tear-jerking scene and someone bursts out laughing and kills the whole mood. WHY do ppl do that?
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02-11-2013, 10:09 AM	#2
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Can't speak for all people, but it could be a natural reaction, some people react to things differently. As weird as it sounds some do laugh at emotional things, it's not because they think it's funny it's just how they're reacting to it. And some could be just doing it to impress those around them, same as those who say they laugh at horror movies.
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02-11-2013, 08:35 PM	#5
The Flying Dutchmans Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 30, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,017	Laughing at a serious scene? Iv'e done that myself. I don't mean too, it just happens sometimes. There was one scene in the beginning of a 1st season episode of Smallville, where this guy was screaming in his phone with anger because they put him on hold and he didn't want to hold. He was also driving like a maniac endangering other people on the road. It was a serious scene but for some reason his anger seemed kind of comical. I don't why, it just did. I started laughing at him and my sister, who also watched the show, couldn't understand why I found it funny. I don't do it that often. Most serious scenes I take seriously. I think in this case, it seemed more like what Ralph Cramden would do in the Honeymooners. You know how he gets angry and the audience laughs at it?
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02-12-2013, 02:52 AM	#7
Sterling Holobyte Harper House Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,896	I don't remember ever laughing where it wasn't called for watching a movie in a theater. But I generally don't go to movies anymore so it is hard to remember. I do remember falling asleep during Evita though.
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02-11-2013, 07:39 PM	#3
shotzette Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2004 Posts: 1,782	Sometimes you can't help laughing, especially if it's a bad movie. My best friend and I saw Black Swan in the theatre when it came out, and we laughed at several moments because we thought it was the campiest train wreck since Mommy Dearest. Granted, we were alone in our opinions since we were the only ones in the theatre laughing and Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her performance. We tried to stifle ourselves (Bunkerism!) as best we could, but weren't 100% successful. I'm sure that a few people found us to be rude, even though we were not doing it on purpose. Now some chucklehead answering their cell in a theatre--AND HAVING A CONVERSATION--is what makes my blood boil.

02-11-2013, 08:00 PM	#4
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	^ The only thing I liked from the film was Natale Portman and Mila Kunis' lesbian scene.

02-12-2013, 02:09 AM	#6
Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	Wow, I guess more ppl do it than I think. I'm really emotionally and in movies it doesn't take much to bring a tear to my eyes. But it's like in Forrest Gump, if I remember right there were SO MANY ppl laughing during scenes I didn't see any humor in and that were really touching. I mean I laughed at the comical parts. But like the line where Forrest says, "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." I thought that was really tear-jerking, but I swear so many ppl laughed at that, and I've heard that line repeated and made fun SO MUCH, and I don't get it really what is so humorous about it. Now I laughed when he talked about a bullet in the buttocks and things like that, but... As far as horror movies, I DO laugh at Freddy Krueger's wise-cracks, I can't help that, but I think they are meant to be funny.

02-13-2013, 05:30 AM	#8
Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	Othe pet peevs I have are: People talking constantly through the movie AND At the end of EVERY movie the inevitable, "Well, that sucked!" someone always has to yell out pretty loud. I dont think I've eve seen a movie where someone didn't say that at the end.