I agree and parents shouldn't bring kids to movie theaters if they know they won't sit still or won't pay attention. They should hire a babysitter so that everyone in the audience can enjoy the shows. I guess that's where you have to educate them. People see this happening all the time! I especially hate that at the movie theaters kids kicking chairs families talking to one another and speaking on the cellphone. What can you really do? I told them to be quiet or I kicked their chair once.

Yep.  Just watched The Hunger Games last night.  Somebody was using their iPhone to message back and forth for the entire 2 hour and 20 minute duration of the movie.  What the hell!  And why couldn't they flick the switch to put it on vibrate....nope, had to hear the little iPhone message jingle everytime.

And of course the dude a couple seats over having to (try to) explain every other scene to his gf/wife.  Out loud, full conversational voice.  I guess they don't really need to hear the dialogue from the movie; they can just read the chinese subtitles....

Luckily we sat at the end of the row, so no one passed directly in front of us....but there were plenty of comers and goers.  Ugh.

its not the event its a social gathering its china its not like they can go water skiing or surfing or vegas or do anything its their social gathering

also why cant they drive they have to beep the f horn they have to drive in the center line instead of their own lane they run red lights on motor bikes and bikes and walk their is no law or common sense they drive on the wrong side of the road they drive without lights on in the middle of the night and your complaining they talk in a theater lmao   no common sense its china ok 

It's normal. My first year or so here I always let it go. Now however I straight call out to people to shut-the-fuck-up, turn of the phone, whatever. I have a rather fair fluency in Mandarin and Cantonese to make it work.

Of course there are those rare occasions where someone gets upset about being called out for their loudness, in which case I stand up and let them see I am almost 6ft 5inches tall, an anglo-meiguoren, and do obvously work out. Done and done.

Five thousand years of culture. You and I cannot fathom the reasons.

ignorant people are ignorant everywhere and at every time. why is it surprising?

Cowchow,

                  You forgot to mention apartment buildings. So many times, the Chinese that live directly above me are sooooooooo loud..especially one guy at ALL hours..don't they EVER sleep? AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH...this has pissed me off so many times!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( SO INCONSIDERATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( :( South Koreans can be the same way..especially the neurotic,loud-mouth women..and obnoxious brats!!! :(

I've never been to a movie theatre in China, i don't watch TV here either. I know about loud Chinese, I like it quiet when I go to eat in a nice restaurant. If the restaurant fills up after I get there it is always too noisy, I get headaches some times from being there. I took my girl friend and another girl I know out to dinner this week, hardly any customers, but the Chinese there were so noisy, I asked is there any way to make them be quiet. finally when the girl I brought asked me something, I yelled over everyone, ' I can't hear you',, if looks could kill my GF sure gave me one. I guess I'm not allowed to be louder than Chinese.

They don't have to be quiet anywhere. Not in college, theater, restaurant...it's not wrong in their culture to be loud wherever they go. There's no need to be considerate to others. We see it as rude, but they're used to it. It's just the way it is, unfortunately. That's why I never bothered to go to a movie theater in China.

I'm very puzzled with this question...
When i arrived in US i was asking myself the same question.
Why Americans cannot shut up their mouth... commenting, talking on the phone, making other type of noise while eating food.
So why talk about China? when the same thing happens in the US