Anyone who has sat in front of a teenager playing with his mobile or rustling popcorn will mourn the demise of cinema ushers.

But if film fans have their way, they could soon be making a comeback.

A growing frustration with bad manners has been revealed by focus groups organised by the UK Film Council. They want ushers to help return the cinema to a sanctuary of courtesy, decency and respect.

David Steele, head of the council’s statistical unit, said: “People don’t seem to believe they should stay quiet any more and many regular cinemagoers think it is time for the return of ushers. They say we need a cinema police.”

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Yes, we had some sickening houseguests. Dad was going to have that whore back here a few months after she left, and at the thought, I had a breakdown, and got shingles. Luckily, he didn’t do it. Them being here was some of the WORST times in my life. I hated having to subject Merc to that just so we could see eachother for a while.

Merc’s right about the boy that bitch has. He’s evil, beat on his sister, my father, and others. Would leave bruises, bites, and scratchmarks on them. He did like fire, and to torture animals. The slutmoo’s excuse for him was that, ‘He has auuuutism; he can’t helllllllp it.’

when i was young the first movie i remember was flash gordon, went with a group for this lads birthday, it affected me a little bit, it was a PG film.

god help kids now watching 18.

(true story, i went to stay with rowan, and her dad had a house guest with 3.. brats, yes.. 4 and 2 and new born.. so not a happy time.. the 4 and 2 year old slept on the couch, and actually watched some gruesome films, i mean they made me feel a little queasy, but she saw nothing wrong with letting the tv look after them, the young lad, well he tortured animals, and loved fire, and had an unhealthly phsyical interest with Books, takes book lover to a whole new level, there is a evil in that kid, it disturbed me, he used to kick and punch his mother, and strangers,.

Steve b - Thanks for your comment - Just for the record, echoing mercurior, and for the reasons he states, we are not “childless people” we are childfree people. There is a difference and it’s an important one.

Back to the movies - It is puzzling that some parents don’t seem to think their kids would be affected by certain movies, quite apart from the lateness and bringing them into a rather scary adult environment and the fact that the kids disrupt both theirs and others enjoyment. I know several parents who get a baby sitter when they want to have an evening out at the movies and that to me seems the most common sense thing to do. The other of course is not to go to the movie.

Nothing like watching a tense scene where someone is about to get raped, stabbed or murdered and have a kid in the audience say ‘daddy I’m scared’..no sh*t your kid is scared….use your FRACKING HEAD!!!

Just so you childless people know, not all of us breeders are idiots.

in the good old days, there used to eb an usher at each door of the screen and you would have to show your ticket then.. to get in, but now, one ticket can get u into many films, and i have seen kids going back and forth from film to film even if it was age inappropriate.

Walks far - That’s a good question. It’s a while since I’ve been to the cinema in England so I can’t recall if it does happen there, but I would bet it does unless there are strict rules. Thanks for the compliment as well

Tanya - I wonder how they get in too. How can management allow small kids in for a horror film - which must have an adult rating.

Mel - Ah, but babysitters are… wait for it… cost money! Much better to be cheap and disturb the enjoyment of others.

Carisa - I found the ring very scary. So much so that I could not watch the Ring 2. How can a parent even think of watching that film with a child??!

Anne- Marie - I’m gobsmacked. I watched the SOTL on DVD, years after it came out because I had heard so much about it… and I wished I hadn’t. I can now barely remember it, thank goodness. These parent’s are the ones who you would think would know better… obviously not.

CFC - well, you are going to love my nest post…

Liz - “And yet we childfree are supposed to be the selfish ones…”
Strange isn’t it? I find it increasingly strange, in fact. If we are selfish, then what would one call these non-thinking parents?

In Brisbane, they have started a mums and tots movie session at 10am 2 mornings a week. Romcoms, light fluffy dramas and non-violent movies are shown. The lights are not completely out and the sound is also lower. *I* know not to go to those sessions because I would hate it. Why can’t the parents respect other people’s movie times and not bring their screaming children to the evening sessions??

but these parents dont care.. its about them, if they take their snotty brat there, people will have to take notice of them. and so by justifying their feeling of superiority

I remember going to one movie and about halfway through, in come the Breedersons with 1 kid of about 6 and a baby about 8 months. Not only was the kid squalling and ruining it for everyone else (because it was probably exhausted) but the Breedersons sat about 6 ft from the screen. Were they trying to deafen the kyeedz?
And yet we childfree are supposed to be the selfish ones.

It would also be nice if they quit buying them toy guns, allowing them to play violent video games, and letting them sit and watch WWE wrestling for hours on end.

They let all of this shit fly and then they wonder why their kids are rambunctious, violent bullies who do nothing but fight and have no compassion for others.