OliveOilMom
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I think it's just a way for people to show their agreement that they all really liked the movie. I think it's more an instance of people clapping (about the movie) for each other to hear and agree with than for the actual people involved in the movie.
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Alexender
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| My brother saw the movie The Devil Inside with his friends, even though he knew it was supposed to be stupid. At the end everybody in the theatre booed. |
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voyage-one
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If the movie is being shown at a film festival where the director and producer are likely to be in the same room as
Mr and Mrs average movie goer and the film gets a positive reaction then I can understand why people clap.
Other than that it just seems pointless. |
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Kraichgauer
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| voyage-one wrote: | If the movie is being shown at a film festival where the director and producer are likely to be in the same room as
Mr and Mrs average movie goer and the film gets a positive reaction then I can understand why people clap.
Other than that it just seems pointless. |
Oh, I don't know. Sometimes seeing Darth Vader throw the Emperor down the reactor shaft is such an emotional moment that people just can't help themselves.
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Mummy_of_Peanut
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The only time I've ever experienced mass clapping and cheering, in a cinema, was when I saw Braveheart.
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tb86
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| I once was able to find an audio recording of a comic con presentation of Turtles Forever and thousands of people were cheering and laughing during the film. I remeber they all yelled out like hell in the scene where the 80's Turtles came on screen. |
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OneStepBeyond
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| only once...but it was at a screening at the London film Festival, where i'm guessing it's kind of the norm'. felt weird |
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| Xyzzy wrote: | | Alexender wrote: | | I have started the clapping 2 or 3 times as a joke |
I've only encountered this in screenings or some special event. Seems kind of pointless to applaud for the projectionist or the automation software that runs the projectors. |
I think the clapping is to let others in the theater know that you enjoyed the movie (or sarcastic clapping for a bad movie). I think of it similar to when you get a lot of group laughter when watching a good comedy, laughing is obviously involuntary so it's not quite the same but still... clapping when watching a movie alone at home on the other hand, that'd be a bit weird. |
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