Audience Reactions?

[Bill the Pony]

The audience here (not a great neighborhood in Houston) was abominable. There were many asinine comments from all directions (from 25yr old and up males who should have known how to keep their machismo to themselves), a bevvy of childern babbling throughout (honestly, who takes kids to a movie like that?!), and much laughter where it did not belong. Of course, laughter for people is like barking for dogs as some person of note once said (it is a reaction not only to humour, but to fear, surprise, uncertainty, etc.), so maybe it can be excused. But a terrible audience nonetheless - every time I'd get in to the movie, something else would happen. Oh, and i musn't forget that some %$^&&*( was playing with the lights in the theater! It's very hard to focus on the film when the lights are being flicked on and off. My worst movie audience experience EVER. <BR>I think nobody there was a Tolkien fan, and frankly the movie was over their heads and far too intense for them to handle. That's the only explanation I can come up with. Products of society, one and all. If all someone's ever seen is stuff like the Fast and the Furious or Austin Powers, then ROTK would be an incredible sensory overload. I'd be barking too!<P>*Stomps hoof on ground*