The Minecraft-The movie may be a lousy flop in the eyes of critics, but audiences seem to love it - especially the younger generation. With a spectacular start daywho even The Super Mario Bros. Movie A Minecraft Movie" has exceeded all expectations. But this success has come at a price: cinema screenings are increasingly turning into chaos, causing even the most patient employees to break out in a sweat. It seems as if the movie has not only triggered a wild rollercoaster ride on the screen, but also in the audience.
Cinema chaos: Minecraft fans go crazy - police must take action
Despite all the negative reviews and mockery of the film's "simplistic" and "childish" qualities, young audiences seem to be anything but reticent when it comes to seeing it. And not in a positive way. One video after another is spreading in the social media like TikTokthat the escapades of the Minecraft-fans - and it is not uncommon for the whole thing to end in utter chaos. Popcorn flies through the air, swear words echo through the movie theater, and the only positive thing about it? The police are called to put a stop to it.
In one shocking example, the police even had to intervene to stop a performance. The reason? A group of teenagers had managed to get the whole movie theater in an uproar - loud, chaotic and, it seems, without the slightest understanding of the social norms of going to the movies. When the police arrived, some of the troublemakers had to be ejected from the theater. The fact that this is not an isolated incident is shown by countless reports from cinema employees who talk about similar incidents on social media.
"Last night I had to throw a boy out because he threw a drink at another boy", tells an employee in a Reddit post. "It's really sad that so many teenagers think it's okay to act like a complete idiot just because they're watching a movie."
Another movie theater employee goes even further: "People are just rude. No respect anymore, no consideration for others. It's all just to promote the meme." This almost sounds like the sad culmination of a development that not only affects the cinema experience, but also the behavior of many young people in public spaces.
The celebratory cheers and enthusiastic singing along to fan songs at the start of a movie are certainly part of the magic that can make a movie night unforgettable. Who doesn't know the collective experience of a blockbuster like Avengers: Endgamewhen the whole hall cheers together? But at the Minecraft Movie it seems to have crossed a line - and this line leads from a humorous get-together to a disturbance of the public peace.
The appeal is clear: the enjoyment of the movie experience should not come at the expense of respect for others. No one wants to sit in a room full of rambunctious teenagers behaving like they're in an arena. Perhaps we should all pay a little more attention to proper etiquette - especially in a movie that is actually there to entertain us, not to throw us into a wild mess.
The Minecraft film has shown that it takes more than just a blockbuster to conquer the world. Sometimes it also takes a bit of decency. Because as every gamer knows: a good game is only really successful if all players stick to the rules.
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