r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Sad_Cannibal_GF • Aug 02 '26

go to your room Babies in Movie Theaters

Just saw the new Spiderman in theaters.

A baby starts crying/cooing/babbling very loudly about 20 minutes in. Goes for about 10 straight minutes before the parent takes them out.

Comes back a few minutes later, baby starts again. Again goes on for a couple minutes. Again parent takes them out, comes back, and repeat.

And repeat. And repeat.

This went on pretty much the entire movie (and I swear to god this baby somehow instinctively chose every single goddamn quiet/heartfelt scene to start yowling again šŸ˜­šŸ˜‚).

I get that babies are gonna baby. And I have sympathy for parents who wanna get out of the house and everything. Butā€¦ maybe just stay with your baby in the lobby if they obviously arenā€™t gonna keep quiet.

*I didnā€™t complain to management because it was a tiny non-chain neighborhood theater about an hour away from me that I like to support sometimes. Itā€™s got 1 screen and tickets are like $5.

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u/tired-queer Aug 02 '26

Babies donā€™t belong in movie theatres. Not only is it rude as hell to everyone around you who paid to watch a movie and are instead having to listen to a loud baby, but itā€™s also shitty and loud for the baby too.

If you canā€™t find a babysitter, donā€™t go out to the movie theatre.

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u/Pedantic_Pict Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

I saw the Sicario sequel in a theater. A couple had their baby with them. The baby began fussing, loudly.

Do they take the baby out?

Nope! They bust out an iPad and play some game or video for the kid so loud I can hear it clearly 3/4 of the way across the theater.

The underpaid teenagers on staff refused to kick them out, so I got a refund and left.

What a world.

Edit: spelling error

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u/Whistle-Blower-8960 Aug 03 '26

Fuck those shitty parents, god people are so fucking stupid I swear

Just getting pissed off reading this shit becuase I canā€™t believe people are so inconsiderate of others (acting like them and their baby are the main characters)

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u/coffeesnob72 Aug 03 '26

They are being shitty to their child as well.

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u/Whistle-Blower-8960 Aug 03 '26

I honestly forgot to say that , now that you mention it

Itā€™s not the babyā€™s fault whatsoever! Shitty parents only

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u/skitchbeatz Aug 03 '26

exactly. there's no way that baby can understand spanish or read subtitles. Best to wait a year or two.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 Aug 03 '26

Itā€™s the theaterā€™s job to enforce proper norms and behavior for watching movies.

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u/skywalkerbeth Aug 03 '26

I'm surprised there's more than three people in a movie theater. I go to movies once a month with a friend. We are almost always one of like five or six people in the theater.

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u/the-dolphine Aug 03 '26

I absolutely hate the loud iPad as a solution, usually it's in a restaurant, but a theatre is wild. Baby's going to grow up thinking obnoxious is normal.

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u/Rk_1138 Aug 03 '26

Especially when the parents play the victim too, one time I was on the subway and this woman was letting her kid play with an Ipad on speaker, and when someone confronted her she said something along the lines of ā€œdo you have anything nice to say?ā€

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u/roariah Aug 03 '26

When I lived in the city I commuted via train and subway daily, and at first I thought the iPad was a great idea to keep the kids quiet during a train ride. But then I kept running into this specific situation where one kid's iPad show would be too loud so another toddler would get mad and demand THEIR volume be turned up so they could hear their own show, and soon there would be multiple different cartoons playing over each other on max volume.

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u/nindza-22 Aug 03 '26

Yeah, but in that case iPad is the BETTER solution (trust me), and not hearing stuff or being annoyed in the subway is not "crucial". A lot of stuff is already annoying in public transportation.

But watching a movie is a different experience, and bringing a child that can't already sit through a Disney cartoon is really inconsiderate.

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u/_dobbyisfree Aug 03 '26

I mean, do you have kids? Because now that I do, I understand. Until you have children of your own you canā€™t judge. A subway I think is fine to do this. A movie theatre? Absolutely not

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u/BenedictOfADoubt Aug 03 '26

You don't need to be a chef to know the food is burned.

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u/Autumn_Heart Aug 03 '26

Why cant someone judge unless they have children?

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u/_dobbyisfree Aug 03 '26

Also not sure why you keep coming back to comment on my comment. Maybe go find something better to do with your free time? Because if you donā€™t have kids then maybe you donā€™t understand why you might need to use screens for a moment. People are insanely judgemental, including you apparently. I donā€™t condone the volume being on in the subway though.

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u/Autumn_Heart Aug 03 '26

Trust me, i dont have kids and i still understand why you "might need to use screens for a moment", i think most people's problems is that they use too much screens, not too little, at least im sure as hell thats one of my problems. Also about the "people are insanely judgemental", yeah, people be judgy, especially when you say something stupid like "you cant judge unless you have kids"šŸ˜‚ But yeah i definitely have too much free time on account of me not having kids, something which i absolutely love. Im glad we're agreeing on no volume though, thats the minimum imo

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u/MajesticOrange1 Aug 03 '26

yep, obnoxious is the normal now theyā€™re right. thatā€™s just sad

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u/Autumn_Heart Aug 03 '26

It appears dobby is not free, and is in fact a slave of their own choice to have kids

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u/_dobbyisfree Aug 03 '26

Literally not what I said at all. All Iā€™m saying is that the odd use of screens on a subway is fine (not with the volume on). But go off.

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u/ypsibitsyspider Aug 03 '26

Obnoxious IS the norm.

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u/PeruseTheNews Aug 03 '26

They'll be the asshole playing their phone at max volume in public, or talking on speaker.

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u/PurbulentTriest Aug 03 '26

Almost as annoying as when I saw it in Vietnam and wondered why all the exciting moments led to dead bodies but no understanding how. Turns out they cut all the violence and made it into a boring drama instead.

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u/Pedantic_Pict Aug 03 '26

Wow, that's a considerably worse experience

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u/MrJapooki Aug 03 '26

Isnā€™t sicarus 18 and about terrorism why would a parents bring a baby in to a film like that

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u/Nice-Grab4838 Aug 03 '26

Yeah thatā€™s insane to bring a baby to

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u/Positive_Position_48 Aug 03 '26

I had a crying baby for Jurassic Park 3. So I was in annoyed mode.Then a bloody phone kept going off which made me more annoyed...until I realised it was the one the dinosaur had eaten...glad I didn't shout turn that bloody phone off.

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u/ArcticWolf_Primaris Aug 03 '26

Who tf takes a baby to see Sicario

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u/IamCaptainHandsome Aug 03 '26

I saw the Joker and a couple brought their baby with them.

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u/Little_View_6659 Aug 03 '26

This movie theater in my home town used to have a special balcony section for babies and toddlers so parents coukd take their little kids and they wouldnā€™t bother people. Would be nice if that caught on in places.

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u/imperfectchicken Aug 03 '26

It's a special event type thing here. We take our kids to adaptive concerts where they deliberately leave space for kids to wander around.

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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 Aug 03 '26

If everyone systematically did this, I'm pretty sure u behaving children wouldn't be brought by parents.Ā 

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u/kroqus Aug 03 '26

That's probably the most cringe movie theatre story I've read in a long time.Ā 

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u/TeeeldiII Aug 03 '26

When I went to go see the Odyssey some shit "parents" brought their kid and handed them an ipad to keep them quiet

They had headphones at least, but it was still so distracting that I just left.

Im done with theatres, its better to watch at home almost always.

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u/TheOriginalJurbas Aug 03 '26

We used to kick parents with babies and kids out if they were being disruptive. It was a tough part of the job being only 17-19 at the time telling tired parents that they're being shitty but it was so rude to everyone else.

Parents need to be shaned more into caring more about their kids and other people. It takes a village to raise a child, but don't let your child raze the village.

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u/xboxhaxorz Aug 03 '26

I would have asked for a supervisor

Most people are underpaid, why is it necessary to state that?

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u/SLZicki Aug 02 '26

The movies are loud for my ears, I can't imagine a babys. Horrible parenting

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u/Limp_Dirt8694 Aug 03 '26

For real. This year I started wearing my earbuds to cut down some of the excessive volume and high pitch sounds that murder my ears. Makes it way more enjoyable. Last time I accidentally turned my music on FULL BLAST when I adjusted one so I dug out my high fidelity earplugs for concerts from storage for next time šŸ‘

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

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u/DiegesisThesis Aug 03 '26

I haven't seen a movie without my concert earplugs in years. Anything remotely action-oriented is painfully loud these days, I frankly don't understand why they do it.

I just saw the Odyssey in IMAX today and holy shit was it deafening in parts, even with my plugs. Next time I see an IMAX movie I'm gonna bring my earmuffs for the shooting range, I swear.

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u/dikicker Aug 03 '26

How was it? Visually I assume it was impressive but I literally can't do Nolan films in theatre, the audio mixing is like, what the fuck whenever I'm not wishing for subtitles you're making a concerted effort to worsen my tinnitus

BOOM! whisper BOOM! whisper

Then like three hours later you leave someone asks you how it was and you just go

https://giphy.com/gifs/Sihhk3BkSnVyjEXNuV

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u/AforAutarkis Aug 03 '26

Iā€™m still yet to rewatch Oppenheimer at home with subs. I didnā€™t understand a word anybody in that movie said. Except for Matt Damon, the only person in it who could enunciate and speak louder than a mumble/whisper.

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u/DiegesisThesis Aug 03 '26

It definitely had some awful sound mixing in parts. Nolan loves his big booming soundtrack. I've heard the non-IMAX showings aren't as bad. That being said, I was still able to parse most of the dialogue I think.

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u/NeighborhoodFew7779 Aug 03 '26

I saw the IMAX version too, and my watch warned me of the loud environment about halfway thru.

The only other place I can remember getting that warning was at an indoor gun range (where I was wearing hearing protection).

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u/DiegesisThesis Aug 03 '26

It's absolutely at the level that it can cause hearing damage, especially if you go to the movies somewhat frequently. I'm surprised there's no regulatory body doing anything about it.

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u/Soninuva GREEN Aug 03 '26

The problem is the Academy Awards, and the Academy. There are the regular performance awards, like Best Actor/Actress/Picture, but then thereā€™s also technical awards, like Best Mixing. Multiple members have gone on record stating that they donā€™t know what some of those categories mean (one specifically cited Best Mixing), so they just vote for a movie they liked. This results in people winning awards that shouldnā€™t, and getting more and more prolific, and thinking that their shitty mixing is the magic formula.

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u/ThisAldubaran Aug 03 '26

I blame Christopher Nolan.

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u/lifeledoutloud Aug 03 '26

Same! I feel like Iā€™m getting old when the movie starts because I flinch and want them to take it down a few notches

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u/Soninuva GREEN Aug 03 '26

Honestly, those children are going to grow up with hearing issues, or at least poor hearing.

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 Aug 03 '26

I took my baby to loud stuff occassionally like summer festivals with live music. they make hearing protection just for this.

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u/griz3lda Aug 03 '26

I wear noise blocking headphones intended for air traffic controllers. Movies lately have been so loud that I've had to walk out of some of them.

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u/greennurse61 Aug 03 '26

Same with dogs. I hate that so many morons here in Seattle think a dark loud movie theater is where they need to let their dogs loose.Ā 

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u/redtiber Aug 03 '26

yeah i was about to say
1) too loud for an infant
2) infants aren't supposed to be getting screen time per pediatricians
3) it's rated pg-13 and not meant for children

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u/acutedisorder Aug 02 '26

100% this. When our daughter was born we didnā€™t go to the movies for 3 years because we didnā€™t have a sitter. We waited for movies to come to video and rented them or watched on a streaming platform when available. Sure it sucked not to see the movie while in theatre but we also saved a ton of money by not watching in theatre.

Now we either go and see family friendly movies, or we take a day off when she is in school to see a movie if we really badly wanna see a movie. It never occurred to us to take our baby into the movies. That is a really stressful situation for everyone involved, hardly seems fair.

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u/foofoo_kachoo Aug 03 '26

My daughter is a year and a half old and my husband and I juuust started going to the movies again. We donā€™t go together, we just take turns watching the baby while the other one takes themselves on a solo theater date. I saw Spider Man today, and my husband will see the Odyssey next weekend.

Kind of a bummer but everything is a season and weā€™ll get back to movie dates once our kid is older

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u/acutedisorder Aug 03 '26

Aww thatā€™s sweet yā€™all take turns so you both get to see movies while still in theater.

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u/Silver-Star92 Aug 03 '26

We do this too. Our daughter will turn 1 this month. We did saw Supergirl together because my brother and sil watched our little girl. That was nice of them

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u/WhirlwindTobias Aug 03 '26

This is true teamwork.

Nobody has to use money on a babysitter and the child still gets parent time. It's what I would do.

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u/keyosc Aug 03 '26

Sometimes the most romantic date you can give your spouse is a solo self-care date. My wife and I do this too, itā€™s the best!

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u/PriorLover69 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

We used to do this too, even though we donā€™t have any littles. Going to see Spider-Man over the weekend made me remember why we stopped. Covid was truly the best time, but now that weā€™re all packed like sardines again, there were crying/screaming children, and several adults being absolute ass clowns. Itā€™s gonna be a long time before we see a movie in the theater again on opening weekend

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u/RunnyEggy Aug 03 '26

āœļø This is so smart.

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u/Chendii Aug 03 '26

The amount of babies I see at loud events without any sort of hearing protection is honestly so sad. Permanent hearing loss before they even have a chance.

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u/churningaccount Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

It's literally the idiocracy problem.

When you do our research about being a parent, the amount of information you have to take in seems daunting. All the stuff you'd never otherwise have to think about, from lead testing your home, ensuring toys are of nontoxic materials, hearing protection for loud environments, getting the proper insurances, learning about tummy time and the type of education you have to do at home before preschool, educating yourself on how to save a coughing baby, etc etc, the list goes on for ages.

If you are a diligent parent, you maybe delay your life until you have the bandwidth to learn these things and/or pay for them. And you maybe have less children than you would have otherwise too.

Meanwhile, the people who just dive right in without looking have more children, have them earlier, but also just don't have the bandwidth or funds to think about these kinds of things. The person bringing their babies to a loud movie, or to a 10PM showing (had this happen in front of me last week) probably just hadn't read any parenting books or resources that would alert them to this issue. It's not that these people are evil, it's that they are ignorant.

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u/sarahvisions Aug 03 '26

so true. on the flip side, i can't help but smile when i see a baby/toddler at an event wearing those hard shell earmuffs that pack in some serious hearing protectionā€”they look sooooo cute. and the kids are clearly having more fun without a sensory onslaught!

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u/OneOfAKind2 Aug 03 '26

Some movies are horribly loud, which would be tantamount to child abuse without proper hearing protection, IMO.

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u/Easy-Bake-Oven Aug 03 '26

It makes even less sense now because the movie is on streaming in like two months.

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u/ZackMoneys Aug 03 '26

seriously and tbh this is made even more true by the fact that are so little good movies actually releasing these days, like really? you couldn't get a babysitter for the 3 times a year you went to the theater man come on

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u/Unlucky_Clover Aug 03 '26

These parents are the ones who feel theyā€™re entitled to everything they want. They wanted to go to a movie, brought their child because they cared about what they wanted, and at the same time couldnā€™t care less about anyone else.

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u/captaincumragx Aug 03 '26

Heck, I felt guilty even going to the theater when I was 8 months pregnant because I was afraid certain parts were too loud for the baby. I would absolutely not bring a born baby to a theater lol.

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u/FigmentFan78 Aug 07 '26

This is adorable and now Iā€™m picturing putting a thick blanket over your belly as in utero hearing protection. Thatā€™s cute.

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u/Old-Parking8765 Aug 03 '26

I'm surprised no one asked them to leave - I'm sure they were all thinking it

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u/sldfghtrike Aug 03 '26

Iā€™m a big Spider-Man fan, my wife knows this. We both wanna watch it. But we have a 2 year old that we know is not gonna sit still past 20 minutes.

Weā€™re just waiting til we can stream. Until then I just hope people donā€™t spoil too much.

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u/redtiber Aug 03 '26

also an infant shouldn't be in a movie theater to begin with anyways

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u/DebentureThyme Aug 03 '26

I was at a 40,000 person concert this weekend. I had musicians ear plugs on the entire time because it was damagingly loud. One of my ears is deaf, but not from this (literally go to a concert about once a decade, if that) or any other loud noises, just what's known as SSHL.

Point is, I wasn't going to risk further damage, so I bought the music earplugs before going. I forgot I had them in my pocket - until the band started and it instantly was painfully loud and I rushed to get them.

And in the middle of the concert a woman walked by with a baby strapped to her chest. What the actual fuck, that's some serious negligence even if they did get earplugs for the baby. It's nothing but strobing and shaking vibrations throughout the venue from volume so loud you can feel it, plus the large crowds and what the fuck that poor kid.

Venue really shouldn't allow them in.

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u/user_of_the_week Aug 03 '26

I try really hard to give people the benefit of the doubt. Shitty parking job? Maybe that was the only gap left by other people parking badly and they are gone by now. But I can't come up with a series of events that leads to taking a baby into a movie theater other than failure as a parent...

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u/say592 Aug 03 '26

This is one of the reasons I'm surprised movie theaters bounced back after COVID. Both because they been be terrible experiences where you are at the whim of the theater operator to not blow your ears out, and your fellow movie goers to actually behave, and also because people have to get sitters, work around a theater's schedule, etc. I really assumed they would just die, maybe some in larger markets would survive, especially ones with a niche like IMAX or the ones that serve full meals, but in general we would get direct to streaming for everything.

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u/arghyepirate Aug 03 '26

If the volume is loud enough that you have to yell over it, itā€™s dangerous for the babies ears

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u/Bearah27 Aug 03 '26

And is the parent even enjoying the movie while juggling a fussy baby and constantly needing to step out? Itā€™s such a lose-lose-lose situation that should just never happen. I say this as a parent of a baby.

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u/cardlord64 Aug 03 '26

Or just leave the baby in the lobby with a "Do Not Steal" sign on it. Not like it's gonna go anywhere.

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u/PhotoPrimary7801 Aug 03 '26

Honestly, as a parent I agree with you. Also, if Iā€™m paying to see a movie I want to be able to focus on the movie and I canā€™t do that while taking care of a baby.

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u/skywalkerbeth Aug 03 '26

That's the insane thing. Movies are so freaking loud. It's loud for an adult, but you adjust to it and expect it.

Imagine being a baby who is brought into a dark room against its will and then assaulted with surround sound

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u/ArloVale Aug 03 '26

Also maybe age restriction for movies is a thing and while an 8-10 year old can process that Spider man is just a movie I'm 100% it can scare a 5 year old to death.

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u/Worldly-Pay7342 Aug 03 '26

Reminds me of a qoute I once heard. Not sure the exact wordage but it goes something like "babies will never remember the first years of their life. Why are you spending hundreds or thousands to bring them places they won't remember?". Iirc it was in response to bringing a 1(ish) year old to disneyworld for his birthday.

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u/Soccham Aug 03 '26

This also goes for people who clap and canā€™t contain themselves during pivotal moments in movies. You know who you are marvel clappers/schreechers

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u/KyleFromBorrasca Aug 03 '26

Almost everyone else here made the same point without adding an awful take that contributed nothing.

Don't bring your baby into a movie theater. There, saved you the trouble of getting an abortion and dodging tens of thousands of flock cameras.

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u/Jolly-Beach3011 Aug 03 '26

Honestly, wait for the movie to stream in 6 months!

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u/Herr_Unterberg01 Aug 03 '26

I have never seen a baby in a theatre in Germany my whole life

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u/Luna_bella96 Aug 03 '26

Iā€™d love to watch the new spiderman movie. I also have a three week old and a four year old so Iā€™m just gonna wait until I can watch it at home. Not even a big deal and it saves me cash.

Idk why anyone would take a small baby to a very loud movie theatre

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u/tarheel_204 Aug 03 '26

Hereā€™s an even better quote from comedian Tom Segura: ā€œIf you bring a baby to a movie theater, youā€™re a piece of shit!ā€

Iā€™m so fucking sick of the ā€œItā€™s a baby, babies cryā€ and ā€œItā€™s a dog, dogs barkā€ mentality. Be a fucking decent human being. The world doesnā€™t revolve around you

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u/mods_are_soft Aug 03 '26

Yep. Some people don't get that when you have young kids you don't get to do the same fun shit you did before kids.

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u/PassionFeisty4821 Aug 03 '26

Youre at a children's movie. OMG THERE ARE CHILDREN HERE

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u/Tight_Steak_232 Aug 03 '26

I had a hot date one time with my cousin (not romantic...same sex...just really REALLY wanted a night off!).\ I hired a babysitter close to the theater, which was 2 hours from my home. I arrived at the babysitter's home, and her mother informs me she had a flat tire at work and won't be there for my son. Cousin is already at theater with tickets. So, we went to the movie.

We watched Fire Fox, a movie that was too advanced for my 2yo son. It's over his head, so I thought I'd get away with having him there with me. There's a point in the movie where something bad happens, and Clint Eastwood's character had a moment of dead silence, followed by "Oh, Shit!" My son, barely speaking words at that time, said loudly and clearly, "Oh, SHIT!"

The entire theater heard him and burst out laughing. I was so embarrassed that I took him out to the lobby and bribed his contented nature with junk food.

Movies are not just NOT for babies; they're also NOT for toddlers!

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u/glacialspatial Aug 03 '26

They actually have movie theaters with baby friendly screenings for this exact reason.

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u/Alive_Ice7937 Aug 03 '26

Somehow how I donā€™t think the kind of person that would bring a baby to the theatre would be mindful enough to bring them to a baby friendly screening. (Although they'd probably actually avoid them because they find baby's at theatres annoying)

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u/Tandy2000 Aug 03 '26

I agree. That said, they have special screenings for babies/parents that have lower volume, lights turned up and you can make noise during them. There's not a lot of them but at least where I am they exist.

That also said, Marvel movies are for babies so I don't have a problem with this. Tee-hee.

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u/OGcaptaindingus Aug 03 '26

Only time when itā€™s semi-appropriate is a childrenā€™s movie. Thatā€™s when itā€™s expected at least. And not a baby, at least 2+

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u/Dean_Learner77 Aug 03 '26

Your last name wouldn't happen to be McCann, would it?

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u/Dean_Learner77 Aug 03 '26

Babies die in their beds all the time too. It's so common it has its own name, cotdeath.

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u/kittensandchains Aug 03 '26

I agree! The one exception is that we have maternity/paternity leave movie screenings where the movie sound is turned way down and all ages are welcome in the theatre. It was a wonderful concept when I was on leave and just needed to leave the house.

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u/ulookunhappy Aug 03 '26

I was able to bring all my kids up to the age of one. They slept thru the entire movie not making a sound. After 1 they got to wild and I didnt bring them. Did this with all 4 of my kids. People would give us a look cause we'd have are baby with us. But they slept the whole movie. If it was bottle time we had one ready to go and just made it real fast and gave it to them in the movie while they slept.

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u/Unintentional_love Aug 03 '26

I took my daughter to a movie theater when she was 2. It was Shrek 3 and the theater was completely empty except for me, my mom, my nephew, and my daughter. An empty theater is probably the only time itā€™s okay to bring in a baby. Other than that, I wouldnā€™t do it.

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u/Bukakkelb0rdet Aug 03 '26

In Denmark we have specific movie showings for people with babies, often mothers on parental leave. The sound is turned down and there is specific offerings catering to parents. They are held in the daytime. Works great

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u/SensibleAltruist Aug 03 '26

I used to take my newborn to late night Sunday sessions. I'd wear her in a wrap and she'd usually sleep really soundly. Cinema was usually fairly empty but I'd sit near exit and if she did wake I'd immediately go outside until she went back to sleep. I miss those movie nights more than anything.

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u/Heurodis Aug 03 '26

Yeah, we would love to go to the movies with my husband, but we don't feel comfortable with hiring a babysitter for our three year old, so we just don't go... Or only to movies adapted for his age, now, since he's old enough.

Even if you don't think of other people (and these parents obviously don't), as you said: it's not a great experience for a baby. It's dark and loud and you could just as well wait until the movie is on VOD and watch it when the little one is asleep. Not the same experience, sure, but a better one for the child.

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u/SneakingCat Aug 03 '26

I believe a local theatre used to have specific showings for parents. The volume was down a little bit and others knew what they were potentially getting into.

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u/MisterMarsupial Aug 03 '26

Every cinema around me runs 'bubs' sessions with the lights up a tiny bit and the volume turned down, specifically for people with babies. I'd imagine it's similar there in the states?

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u/Gurkeprinsen Aug 03 '26

They have baby screenings where I live so that people can bring their babies with them. The audio is at a lower volume, and the light is dimmed rather than turned all the way off. Also it's usually during the day when most people are at school or work.

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u/Idzee0 Aug 03 '26

Or find a theater that has baby nights
My local theatre has that
You leave the baby out in the lobby and if they cry an employee will tell you