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.
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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
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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.
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!
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The Passion of the Christ. I was very confused that people thought it was a good film. And in my specific case, confused about why my school thought it was a good idea to take a bunch of minors to see a very gory R-rated film. That was the most violent movie I had seen up to that point. The whole experience was surreal, and not in a good way.
Everything everywhere all at once
I think everyone was surprised at how much we all laughed and people were just happy
Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring.
Opening night, midnight screening, it was amazing. When the opening voice over started, a hush fell over the theater so solemn you'd have thought some sacred deity had descended from upon high. At the end everyone clapped and cheered. I think I even high-fived some random theater goer outside we were all so jazzed
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Endgame was a pretty lively experience when it came out. Felt like the whole theater was enjoying the fuck out of that movie lol. When Captain America picks up Thor’s Hammer people went nuts haha. Hype was enormous and they delivered imo (a little bit fan service for sure but overall great film to see in theaters).
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...
Same. We all ~~ditched~~ school (our art teacher actually gave us passes because she was there for the earlier ones and was a fan)
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
But that's kinda expected when watching it
I saw a free preview screening of Mission to Mars right before it came out. That horrible movie ended and the theater was dead silent, then someone yelled out, "I didn't have to pay to see that pile of crap". Everyone applauded.
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Theatre full of Trekkies so it was a target audience only.
Nice. I went to see the picard season three finale and same. It was so fucking good and we were able to share it with all the trekkies.
The only time I have encountered applause in a movie theater was during the opening night for Snakes on a Plane. It was like a festival atmosphere. There were literally people in costumes, dressed up as planes and snakes and planes covered in snakes. It was kind of awesome, to be honest.
Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt.
In fairness, it was a screening with Don Hertzfeldt... or it was supposed to be. He was sick or something, but we didn't find that out until the end.
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.
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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.
I recall hearing that there was applause when the aliens in Independence Day blew up the white house, but it didn’t happen when I went to see it.
Had a bunch of drunk college at my theater, so the whole viewing was pretty rowdy. I applauded with the crowd, it was just a fun time.
Jurassic Park.
Everyone was blown away, like holy shit, that was amazing
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.
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The only time I've ever witnessed this was opening nite of "Star Wars" in La Puente/West Covina area ~ 45 years ago. Back then that was the title of the movie (not "A New Hope" Episode IV).
Just as a disclaimer: I can count on one hand the number of films I've seen in the theater but the answer is "none".
The ones I can remember...
- The Lion King
- Liar Liar
- Star Trek First Contact
- Muppet From Space
- Every Special Edition Star Wars movie
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Titanic
- Star Trek (2009)
- The Avengers
- Deadpool
But the biggest one, I mean roaring applause, was an advanced showing of Galaxy Quest. I've never had a theatrical experience like that before or ever again.
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The Force Awakens. Not just at the end, though, but also when the opening crawl started and when every returning character showed up.
"I know what that is! I clapped when I saw it!
The Snakes on a Plane midnight release show was some of the most fun I've had at the theater.
People applauded Titanic when I saw it. Braveheart too.
Gladiator, I saw it opening weekend
Wyatt Earp. It was 3 hours long, which was not a normal thing with movies back then (also the movie just wasn't that great). Halfway through people were starting to yell advice to Kevin Costner up on the screen, and when it finally ended, everyone clapped and cheered because it was finally over.
Avengers Endgame.
I was thoroughly impressed with how the Russo brothers managed to amaze us after Infinity War.
Saving Private Ryan.
It was a subdued clapping out of respect for those the movie represented.
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Heaps of festival films and premieres.
But I don't think I've ever seen a New Zealand audience applaud anything that was just a mainstream release playing in a cinema, even on opening weekend.
A View To A Kill got a lot of random yelling though.
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Snakes on a Plane. It came out when I was in college, and my college had a movie night at the local cinema, so it was a bunch of college students cheering during the movie, especially at the famous line.
So Americans do really clap over every bullshit? I thought it was just a meme.
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