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I missed the rest of your post somehow, yeah cinema etiquette is a disaster these days. I pretty much only go to one cinema now, an arthouse one so luckily things are pretty decent there for the most part. The worst is at showings of old movies where people laugh at the most benign or unfunny things but that seems to be a newish thing almost everywhere from what I've read.

I can absolutely confirm this, I go to an old, arthouse cinema for film screenings and people do this all the time. I took my girlfriend to see the original Halloween in 35mm on Halloween night in 2023 and people were laughing at almost every line of dialogue or every notable thing that happened. There was also this couple in front of us where the wife was way too drunk and laughing and thrashing around for half the movie until eventually the guy pulled her away and they didn't come back in. I can only imagine he was as annoyed as I was and got sick of her shit

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Mate, cinema etiquette is out the toilet now. Me and my partner went to see the anniversary screening of Jaws at an Odeon (chain cinema in the UK, not sure if they're in Aus?) about two or so years ago, it was their first time seeing it and they loved it, but there were about three points where I had to go and get an usher to tell the row behind us to shut up where they were just having a completely casual, room volume conversation. Even then, the ushers are absolute chumps and just gently flashed their lights toward the back row until the third time when they finally said something.

Similar to Nate, I go to our Picture house cinema local to us a lot more now and Prince Charles in central London for any classics I want to see. Feel like these big chain cinemas don't do anything to uphold etiquette and who can blame the workers for not caring either when they're paid a pittance? Absolute mess.

I'm not familiar with Odeon as a chain, there's one little rinky dink cinema called the Odeon in one of Sydney's outer suburbs but it's probably just a coincidence. the main chains in Australia are Event Cinemas and Hoyts, not sure if those exist overseas as well.
The chains are the absolute worst with upholding etiquette, I often go to my local Event because it's convenient and my girlfriend get's cheap members tickets but fuck me it's in an appalling state. The toilets are honestly a prime contender for the most disgusting public bathrooms in Sydney. They're absolutely filthy, half the stall doors don't lock, and there's massive holes in the walls where you can see the pipes.