ITT: times your theater began clapping, laughing, or generally audibly reacted
>clapped after the theater restored the audio when it went out briefly during the previews
>clapped and cheered when the title came on screen
>laughed hysterically at the thumbs up scene with BB8
>laughed during the "you got a boyfriend?" exchange
>clapped and cheered for Han and Chewie's first appearance
>laughed hard for the "sanitation" scene
>clapped for C3PO and Leia's first appearance
>laughed during the mind tricks scene
>laughed when the stormtroopers walk away while Kylo throws a tantrum
>loud gasping and a few screams whenHan died
>began clapping whenLuke first appears on screenand continued clapping until the credits came on, some people actually gave it a standing ovation
So how autistic was your theater, /tv/?
thankfully only two clappers at the end of the movie for a brief second they stopped once they saw no one else was clapping BTFO
>>63782116
Everything you listed happened in my theater as well except the last thing. Fuck some people were literally laughing hysterically with the BB8 scene and it fucking bothered me so much like wtf.
>>63782116
>clapping during previews
>clapping during wow: 300: the movie synder experience
>clapping during weeks old batman v superman trailer
>clapping for months old civil war trailer
>silence for jungle book
wake me up.
>>63782116
A few Chewbacca scenes got some laughs. I liked the way he was portrayed. I think you'd have to be a grand master autist to sit through the entire movie without a single chuckle.
Is this clapping a meme?
>went to the theaters yesterday
>all quite the entire movie
>didnt laugh at the jokes at all
>no clapping
I do live in the netherlands though.
>>63782551
>Hateful Eight trailer
>guy like two rows behind me fuckin shouts "THAT LOOKS LIKE SHIT"
I know it was one of you guys
>>63782116
Oh no this is was the same in my theater as well the whole fucking world is autistic now.
>>63782679
we're all clapistan here.
>>63782679
I used to think it was a meme but all this happened at my theater. /tv/ overplays the "clapping Americans" meme but it does actually happen for big stuff like SW
>>63782116
Clapping at a film is probably attributable to the effects of social media, and the 'like' stuff on facebook or whatever. Where, in a live performance, you're at least theoretically clapping for the performers, clapping at a theater is unambiguously directed at the other moviegoers in a way that allows you to 'upvote' the film. This serves basically the same function as with Rotten Tomatoes Dot Com - which is, of course, named for the practice of jeering at live performers, but actually just serves to aggregate and amplify audience reactions and then deliver them back to that same audience.
You could achieve the same results by ending each screening with the announcement of a percentage. Not even necessarily a percentage derived from any particular data.
>>63782116
Don't these people know the actors on the screen can't hear them, that unlike in a play their encouragement is pointless as the performance is exactly the same every single time?
>>63782116
>was touching my gf inner thigh the whole movie.
>never clapped
>people clapped during all those times you are talking
>my gf said to me: some people are so ordinary
>>63782116
I had the exact same clapping points as OP in my theater, and I am in Canadaland.
"Thumbs up" was the best crowd reaction in the entire film though. We will see more webm/gifs of that scene than anything else from this film.
>>63782752
People have been clapping at movies forever dude. I remember them clapping for Star Wars '97.
>han solo mentions the trash compactor
Fucking fan pandering its like this movie knows its shit so it proudly yells: "look at this reference to an actual good star wars movie! This justifies you shelling over your sheckels!"
Nobody reacted in my theater. There was some talking before and after the movie. Other than that, nothing. In fact I've never heard any response to any movie in theaters (Belgium). Laughing occasionally
>>63782116
>clapping in a theater
Is this american thing?
>>63782793
It's not about establishing causality. I am talking about the phenomenon as it appears today, where applause tends to accompany films with already- established fanbases - be it Harry Potter or Les Mis.
However, it's no wonder that you encountered this phenomenon at a Star Wars film at the same time that the Internet was in an early stage.
>>63782688
it was me
Do amerishits actually clap at the movie theaters? I thought it was a meme.
>Scene where Rey slides down the sandhill on a boogie board
>I stand up and shout now this is pod racing
>get standing ovation
>someone buys me a free drink and popcorn
>get pats on the back after the credits
>girl shyly asks me out in the parking lot
It was bretty gud bros
>>63782793
I already ended the discussion, you're talking to yourself now, but maybe that's your thing, because you're autistic? I don't know and quite frankly I don't care. Maybe you'll get the point eventually in a few years time, for autistic people it takes time I understand to get the point and bear in mind you're one of the lucky ones, some autists never actually get the point, which may be your case, I hope not, because I really want from you to get the point, but I doubt you will, because your autism is severe by the looks of it.
>>63782831
[Claps Internally]
>>63782862
And yet, this 'autistic' behavior doesn't happen in the UK.
>>63782116
>being enjoying something makes them autistic
Oh boy... Its self thought patricians like yourself who are the autistic ones.
the shooter at the screening i went to got a standing ovation
Britfag here
The end credits were the only time it got a full round of applause. It was cringeworthy
Some aspie faggots were trying to force it all through the movie though with whoops, cheers and clapping until they realised nobody else was joining in.
It was embarrassing
>>63782116
>lights go out
>you can feel awkward indifference in the air
>some people try too clap but it's too awkward and they immediately stop
reaction was something between "meeeh", and "ok"
>>63782780
Fucking god this was an actually good scene but it's gonna be ruined by Reddit, 9gag and Facebook, fucking hell
Prepare to see the new le bb8 thumb up meme everywhere as soon as the first HD torrents are out
>>63782887
The odd practice of flopping your mitts together to express satisfaction was invented at some point, and has kept on going since at least as far back as the Roman Empire. But though that simple action has remained consistent, the specific reason behind each applause changes with the specific context. A multiplex today is a different context from a jazz club in the 1950s, and is different from a church - where you do get an uncannily similar debate over whether applause is even appropriate.
What we're dealing with here is a 'subject supposed to enjoy' - we get vicarious enjoyment from watching others (in this case, the audience) enjoy. This is the same role filled by the Rotten Tomatoes critics, the counters beneath youtube videos that display the ratio of thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs, upvotes on reddit, and "I liked it" posts in /tv/.
Counterintuitively, people do not press the 'like' button in order to register their enjoyment, but press the 'like' button in order to begin enjoying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQXiGkMJK2o
>>63782821
Nah, its a black male thing
>>63782116
>being so autistic as to remember all the times people clapped
>and then ask other autists to compare lists
>>63782752
>Clapping at a film is probably attributable to the effects of social media
Are you 12? People clapped at my theater at the end of RoTJ back in 1983.
Americucks actually clap at a cinema.
>>63782752
Applause is a conditioned response in large groups of people. It doesn't matter if they are watching a live performance or not. And it's nothing new. It's just an expression of joy.
>>63782771
No but your girlfriend got the clap from me bruh
>>63782821
No they did it here where I live. (Uruguay)
>>63782839
what am i reading
>>63783010
People don't really clap on their own, it's quite a social thing tbqhwyf
>>63782116
I purposefully went during the day to a theater in the middle of nowhere. There were only 6 other people there. No clapping, no shouting, no laughing. It was glorious.
Gonna guess you're American.
nobody cheered or clapped, but there were laughs during the funny bits, which is fine.
>people in my theater laughing when Kylo Ren took his mask off the first time
>>63782923
but this is all just bullshit. I press like when I like something and want to reward the poster with the only means I have at my disposal, without actually having to talk to them.
tldr shut up idiot
>>63782839
this reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Costanza rewatched a movie to make his stupid jokes.
This whole plotline got totally lost on me because im german.
I go to the cinema to actually watch a movie, not to socialize.
No reactions except a chuckle when BB-8 gave a thumbs up.
>>63783249
It's not unheard of elsewhere, but only accompanies like Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, superhero movies and things of that sort. As you put it, you were 'hype for Star Wars'. It's part of the fan ritual of getting hyped and then announcing that the film 'met the hype'. That consensus can then be reported in, say, this thread.
>>63782116
My theater clapped 10 times during the movie. And I live in europe. I specifically ordered tickets to a non-IMAX screeninng in 2D, at 9:30 pm wednesday, just to avoid this. yet it caught up to me.
Clapping and cheering when:
>Opening crawl begins
>Camera pans to the Millenium Falcon
>>Thumbs up BB8
>Han and Chewie appear
>Rey mind trick
>BB8 reveals R2D2
>Rey grabs the lightsaber
>Rey wins
>Luke reveal
>End Credits
Only claps/cheers in my theater were for the logo at the beginning and the credits. There were quite a few laughs but no really loud ones.
And I saw the first showing in my area in a packed theater.
In Deathly Hallows when the Weasley mom killed Le strange
>>63782952
I am talking about the phenomenon as it appears today, where the Other must be impressed with knowledge of Enjoyment.
>>63783490
I think you're overthinking it.
It's just people clapping dude
>>63782116
My theater's autism never calmed down. With every cameo of an old character and all the cheap comedic relief that was thrown in, there was clapping and/or laughing ever two minutes. While I can't say I was happy with the movie overall, I almost feel compelled to go see it again in hopes of getting to watch the movie with a decent crowd.
>>63783359
Clapping is also a mostly opening night or opening weekend phenomenon. A sold out crowd of people who really, really want to be there are more likely to clap.
Casuals who see a film 2-3 weeks later in a half empty theater on a Sunday afternoon don't have that kind of energy. This is why they have never witnessed the clapping phenomenon.
at my theater we had some audience force flipping when there was a funny scene and others using the force to eat popcorn
ITT people who still mistake movies with plays
we had two autistic retards in my showing at 10 last night. One of them kept his feet up on the seat and went on his phone and took notes when something important happened in the plot
>gasped when the virtual chess table hologram turned on in the millennium falcon
>laughed when han asks Finn if theres a trash compactor on the starkiller
>basically anything that could be a reference they were screaming with laugher and clapping
there was also someone that clicked their fingers whenever someone said something saasy
>Rey - "DONT grab my hand!!"
>*click click click*
autism makes glasgow, apparently
>>63782116
thank god the only clappers for mine were on the opening crawl.
>>63782116
>Nobody clapped for leia. but then clapped for 3po.
Im sure they would of clapped for leia if the move hadnt been shitting in their face for several scenes.
This is pretty much the determining factor and an interesting test.
If the audience is so exhausted and dissapointed by shit they cant clap for Leia in the new star wars movie, its shit.
Its pirates of the carribean with star wars clothes. Atleast poc was sorta good though.
>>63782116
<See this thread, start clapping
>It aint me starts playing
>Start clapping
>>63782902
Underrated
>>63782116
Everyone in my theater almost died laughing when rey kept calling that ship garbage and then it revealed that it was the millennium falcon
>>63782831
Japan here. Over half the theater clapped when LucasFilms showed up on the screen.
>>63782116
For me it was
>clapped when the title crawl started
>minor chuckles during the numerous witty one-liners
>laughter at "that's not how the force works"
>cheers for C3PO and Leia
>gasps at Luke
>clapping when the credits started rolling
>people clapped and cheered when everyone thought Ren was going to get the lightsaber but it flew past him and went to whatsherface
I saw that shit coming a mile away and rolled my eyes at everyone cheering.
>Went to see a post-Midnight screening
>There is a massive bar in our cineplex doing discount shots
>People are already arriving drunk from Christmas parties
>Atmosphere in the theater before the lights dim is ecstatic
>Everyone is absolutely shitfaced, theater is packed, people are sitting on the staircase and everything
>Feels like everyone there knows eachoter
>I couldn't count any female in the audience, just men behaving unbridled
>Lights dim and everyone goes nuts
>That pause between "Long ago, Far away..." and the crawl is dead quiet, you can hear a pin drop and the tension is so thick
>The title appears and people are jumping out of their seats screaming and shouting
>People are flinging their cups of coke and sprite at people in-front, nobody give a shit
>People literally falling out of their seats laughing at the gags
>People screaming random shit during the quiet moments, getting others to laugh
>Screaming "Rape Her" during the force interrogation scene with Rey
>There is a scheduled intermission half-way through so people can take a piss
>Everyone is chanting for it to restart when they come back in
Being in that theater was like being in a game thread on /sp/
>>63785617
this is why I never go to movies on opening week.
People cheered when the Star Wars logo popped up on screen and then there was a mild clap at the end. Muffled laughs throughout, but nothing too horrendous. Worst thing was being wedged between some fat bitch who chewed her popcorn way too loud and another guy that hogged the armrest and was basically touching me all film.
>>63782116
>Japan
>Total silence throughout the thing
>not even snacks
Best cinema experience so far.
>>63785908
Just like riding a train. You can't even talk on a cel phone on a train. Theaters are even more taboo.
Disrupting people around you is a major phobia in Japanese culture.
THIS IS REDDIT THIS IS MEMES THIS IS VIDEOGAMES THIS IS MEMES.
>>63782679
i'm from cologne and half of the shit heads clapped when the credits appeared
Rumor on /pol/ is that ISIS going to pull off a terror attack in a theater, they made a tweet that said "star will fall" recently.
>movie starts
>"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" shows up on the screen
>some guy yells "WAIT I'VE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE"
>theatre bursts into laughter
>No clapping
>Laughter at BB8 thumb etc
>Dad fell asleep
>>63782116
Kaufmann regal?
>>63786101
Kek
I heard some audible "ah hah's" when the falcon first appeared on screen.
German here.
Audience only laughed twice.
First when Kylo Ren took off his mask.
Second time when he started to speak (in german). Not only has Adam Driver the worst possible face for a villian. They manage to give him an even worse german dub that doesnt fit his nonfitting face.
No clapping.
>>63782116
I laughed at several jokes.
BB-8 thumbs up was funny, so was the "NOPE.avi" moment with the two storm troopers when Kylo had his little tantrum, and they just turned around and walked away. Pretty funny when Fynn gets mad at Han for head gesturing, too.
Dudes!! My crowd totes laughed, like emotion? LOL! That shits for little babies in diapers and stuff. I'm glad we're all smart enough to be bitter about people laughing at a movie.
>little kids gasps when opening text comes on and starts waving his arms heaps pretending to be the conductor.
>little kids everywhere narrate the fucking movie to their parents
Minimum age cinemas when...
>>63782116
Thanks for the spoiler asshole. I've been lurking 4chan for days and haven't seen any spoilers what so ever. And on the same day as I get to see the movie you spoiled it for me. I hate you so fucking much. I hope you die.
>>63786463
This, the humour in this was pretty funny. Not the retarded shit that super hero movies are filled with.
Bb8 was cute.
>>63782480
you sound like a neckbeard autist
some of you faggots are literally upset that people laughed over jokes?
what the fuck?
>>63782116
Everything you listed - minus the clapping. People don't do that in germany. We are civilized.
>>63786582
>tfw some parent brought her kid to the showing yesterday
>tfw they sat right behind me
>tfw kid yells "IT'S MOVING TOO FAST, MOM!" during the opening crawl
>tfw kid screams "DARTH VADER!" when Kylo is first shown on screen
>tfw kid says "WHO IS THAT?" when Leia is shown for the first time
They actually got kicked out of the movie for being disrupted. My theater had two cops doing security for the movie, and three times one had to come over and tell the lady to control her kid because he kept shouting stupid questions. After the kid screamed "LOOK MOM IT'S THE DEATH STAR!", the cop came over and told her to escort her child out of the theater. The kid started to cry, and the mom literally had to cover the kid's mouth and forcibly carry him out of the theater while the police officer escorted them out.
The thing is, the kid was like 6-8 years old, too.
>>63787009
>The thing is, the kid was like 6-8 years old, too.
Old enough to have learned manners... His mom a shit.
>>63787009
I hope that cop got a standing ovation.
>>63787616
Yeah she didn't do shit other than say "Inside voices!" whenever he'd start to shout stupid shit, causing the entire theater to SHHHH her kid.
>>63787624
Someone in the back row shouted "Thank you" when the cop escorted them out, but that was it.
Some people tried clapping at the end, but stopped when no-one else did.
Although my American friend asked me if it's okay to clap here at the end of a film. I also found out someone claps when the plane lands.
>>63783677
For real, though. Like, I find movie clapping to be kind of annoying in general, but a grand, blockbuster experience like this is such a big deal that I totally understand the excitement. I mean, I have read that we clap simply because the excitement and tension we experience from watching a performance of any kind has to go somewhere, and we end up naturally just slapping our mitts together. I feel as though the end of that movie was just a big breath of relief that the it wasn't as bad as the prequels.
>>63786688
This. No clapping at any time. Just some minor chuckles you could hear and that's it.
>tfw Hux speech scene and guy starts shouting sieg heil
>>63782116
This is the shit that cause me to see the movies at lot later date, preferably quite close to the end of their screening run in the big theaters. This is so there might only be a handful of people in a theater for a couple of hundred. That way I can choose my own seat far away from others, there won't be any fucking loud ass pieces of shit around me and I can enjoy the actual experience far more.
Kids that sat behind me read the entire opening credits.
3/10 wouldn't recommend.
Lots of uncalled for yelling and wooing during the opening scene, which pissed me off.
Applause on the throwback moments or whenever a classic character showed up. Kind of annoying, but understandable.
Other than that, perfect audience.
>>63782116
>Star Wars logo comes on
>some people start clapping and cheering
>other people immediately make a "shush" noise and tell them to "be quiet"
feels good living in europe
>not yelling "shut the fuck up faggots" when retards do this
Scotland here
There was one autist who did an exaggerated clap whenever there was en epic reference but everyone else just laughed at the jokes.
>>63786582
we had a theater near us that had a minimum age of 16 but it was an arthouse place and then got sold to a big company and now its just a regular shit theater with nice chairs
Americafag here. My theater was silent the entire time. I think one person might have WOOOO'd the Civil War trailer
>>63786602
He spoilered the major spoilers. It's you're fucking fault for reading them asshat.
>12:30 AM Friday morning/ late Thursday showing
>most normiefags were gone
>only half the theater filled
>a few chuckles at the joke
>no claps, no hysterical laughs, people around me after the movie were talking about how predictable and rehashed the film was
10/10 audience, would see every movie with, I should always watch late night showings.
>title screen pops up, opening crawl start
>everyone cheers
>suddenly goes silent
>people only cheer and clap when they see Han, The Millennium Falcon, C3P0 ect...
>otherwise, everyone stays quiet and respectful, even during Han's scene
>cheers when Rey grabs the lightsaber out of the snow
>cheers and claps for Luke
>It was a fun experience.
There was only one crying child but that was during the previews and the parent was polite enough to leave before the movie started.
>>63785617
I hope this is real. This sounds like fucking paradise.
>>63782116
Who are you claping for when you clap in a movie? There's no one there.
Basically you're claping for yourself because you liked the movie. That's narcisistic.
>>63789161
>12:30 AM
So 00:30?
Zootopia
I'm from Belgium and there was clapping once the credits started rolling.
The fuck? First time that ever happened here. Either because premieres attract idiots or because of the neighborhood (first time going to that complex).
> Clapping and cheers at LUCASFILM
> Clapping and cheers at opening fanfair
> Laughs at BB8 thumbs up
> Claps for han and Chewie intro
> Claps for Leia intro...
> ...Laughs for C3P0
> Laughs for SANITATION? and That's not how the force works
> Claps for credits
But between all that it was dead silence. Canadian BTW
>>63782116
All of this was my theater except when Leia appeared. It was dead silence when she showed up.
Some thirteen year-old shits yelled "He's a fag" when Kylo took off his helmet
>>63786101
You think he prepared that joke? Its funny but i wonder how long he planned that for
Some autist shouted out at the top of his lungs "HE'S BACK" when the fucking fish commander showed up. So cringe
>>63782116
>watching episode VII in miraflores, lima, peru (the most touristic district in the city)
>theater full of gringos eagerly awaiting for the movie to start
>sitting with my peruvian friends during whole movie, none of us makes a sound as we enjoy it throuhgfully
>americans clap, cheer, booed, cry, scream things like "that motherfucker!" or "ITS AWESOME DUDE ITS AWESOME BROOOO"
>hear a french guy saying "le stupide americants"
>movie finishes, americans get up and give a 3 or so minutes ovation (i shit you not)
o i am laffin
>>63782923
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEHKa2iF95s
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>>63786101
That's gotta hurt!
Honestly the biggest laugh was for the WoW trailer shown before, that film is in trouble.
