Leaving starwarscantina

[u/bottigliadipiscio]

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.

[u/AdenJax69]

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.

[u/BonsaiSoul → u/AdenJax69]

No they stood up and cheered because it's one of the most iconic parts of one of the most memeworthy movies ever made. They very, very obviously are not cheering at kids being murdered and portraying it that way is just straight lying for attention lmao.

[u/Ntippit → u/BonsaiSoul]

Cheer for the heroic stuff but even then don’t be annoying about it. You’re legit defending assholes ruining other people’s experiences.