The Fourth Lowest Form Of Life

Right after murderers, rapists and child molesters* I place people who talk during movies in their outside voice.

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

I went to a free screening of The Lookout and I sat second to last row. This group of friends enter split up into to two row so they can sit together. Their conversation before the movie started had me Lord Concernicus of the province of Concernia but I prayed that once the movie started they would calm down and watch.

No.

Didn't happen.

Throughout the entire movie they were commenting, making loud gasps, flat out having conversation during the movie.

Now, if this were a comedy or a horror movie, I would have found this slightly tolerable but it wasn't. It was a noir/crime film and these people were interacting with the screen like little kids interact with a Dora the Explorer episode.

I am usually a patient person. I can count the times I shushed someone in a movie on one hand. Usually, the look back is enough.

I "Shh"-ed these people 3-4 times which would make them whisper for like 3 minutes until they started up again.

I was seething. Mostly because this was a good movie and I couldn't enjoy it. I wanted to just scream "WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!?!" but that never works. It always turns into a argument which never results in the person taking your advice.

I just wanted to make it to the end of the movie.

What part of the collective gene pool did these kind of people come from? How were the socialized that they think that everyone wants to hear them carry on a conversation with the person on the screen?

They should be all taken out to the back of the theater and beaten with a rock so they can't pass these traits down to the next generation.

* Obviously, I'm exaggerating on their standings in the list of depraved acts but it's definitely in the top 10.