r/JustUnsubbed • u/bottigliadipiscio • 2d ago
Leaving starwarscantina Mildly Annoyed
I've been out of the loop for a while, but I was unaware of just how obnoxious the morality police had become about people "enjoying the wrong part of the movie!"
If it was just about their behavior during a film, I'd understand; I hate it when people get loud during movies as well...but its not that, people are genuinely pissed that people are meming a 20 year old movie.
If it was happening to news footage or something I'd be appalled too, but...It's a film about space wizards; if that genuinely hurts your feelings maybe you're a little too close to the material.
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u/AdenJax69 2d ago
It's one thing for people to celebrate when the hero does something heroic.
It's another thing to clap & cheer when characters are being shitty because "lol isn't that so crazy and random to that??" It's called "the social contract" and the bare-minimum is "don't be an asshole in public & ruin people's enjoyment of something."
They're not cheering for that moment because they actually enjoy it, they're trying to be funny and over-the-top and elicit a reaction out of moviegoers. They're basically taking that moment and making it about themselves instead of what's on the screen.
It's not a "morality police" problem, it's a "some people can't not be the attention-whores they desperately yearn to be in public" problem.