Some might say the answer is right up there on the big screen. Maybe. I'm not too sure. I've been a fan of horror movies for years, but I still behave with courtesy when I sit down in a theatre to enjoy the show. I guess I'm just really into it.

People who disrupt movies like these girls did aren't there to see the film. They're there to have a laugh at the expense of other patrons. It's no wonder that ticket sales are off. Who wants to shell out eight or ten bucks to see a movie when the whole experience can be ruined by a total strangers bad behavior? Shusshing people doesn't work. Who knows what someone might do these days to a Shussher?

In the old days the ushers would come into the show occasionally to check on the audience. They made people get their feet off the seats or stopped people from making out. Nowadays they don't dare. Some ushers are young girls themselves and I wouldn't expect them to shine their flashlight in someone's face. Who knows what may be illuminated, a knife, a gun, a weapon of mass destruction?

Often people come in with babies and toddlers like it's O.K. It shouldn't be allowed. Get a baby sitter like everyone else. Children under five have no business in a theater, period. After last week, I'm thinking children under 18 have no business being in a theater either.

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