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Falling Asleep at the Movie Theater

Harper Scott |

It happens.

It’s only happened to me once. It was Arnold’s “The Sixth Day”. I was around 12 or 13 and I had gone with my Dad. I remember falling asleep and seeing my Dad passed out in his seat beside me and the people in front of us were passed out too.

by Anonymousreply 50December 20, 2022 6:24 PM

We used to call this the “$7 nap.”

I fell asleep when I took my nieces to a showing of The SpongeBob SquarePants movie on a Thanksgiving weekend eons ago.

by Anonymousreply 1December 19, 2022 12:49 AM

I fell asleep on a date in college. Can’t remember what movie - some animated movie with Bette Midler as a voice maybe? Or maybe it was a live action Bette Midler movie. This would have been around 1990 but I don’t care enough to check IMDb. I was still dating girls at the time so…

More recently I dozed off during Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. I didn’t sleep through the whole thing but it would have been time better spent if I had

by Anonymousreply 2December 19, 2022 12:52 AM

I've fallen asleep several times in a movie theater and I rarely go to movies. It's a combination of the darkness and the air conditioning. I've also fallen asleep at a planetarium.

by Anonymousreply 3December 19, 2022 1:42 AM

Many times at a movie theater and a few times at live performances. The most embarrassing was at a Broadway matinee where I was dead to the world midway through the first act. It's probably not a great idea to get so stoned beforehand but I never fall asleep if I'm interested in what's going on, and it's almost always a fantastic nap.

by Anonymousreply 4December 19, 2022 2:06 AM

Forgot that I fell asleep during a play at the Ashland (Oregon) Shakespeare Festival. My friends made so much fun of me for that.

by Anonymousreply 5December 19, 2022 2:10 AM

Slept through Flubber (97), that shitty first Hellboy movie (torture), first Harry Potter (my date was pissed) and most recently that Star Wars movie where Darth Vader shows up and kicks ass in the last 5 minutes...so I slept through the only redeeming part of that shitshow.

by Anonymousreply 6December 19, 2022 2:17 AM

I didn't fall asleep during the horrible Wild Hogs movie but I could have. I had walked to the movie theater and it was a hot day. About 30 minutes in I knew I hated it and wanted to leave but since it was a hot day and the theater was airconditioned I put my earbuds in and listed to my iPod for the rest of the movie.

by Anonymousreply 7December 19, 2022 2:34 AM

All the time in those deliciously, comfortable reclining seats! So comfortable.

by Anonymousreply 8December 19, 2022 2:43 AM

I used to work overnights and go to cheap matinees. I bought a ticket to Bulworth and never saw any of it. I hear I didn’t miss much.

by Anonymousreply 9December 19, 2022 2:51 AM

Lately, it’s nearly every time- no matter how loud the movie is. I think it’s the sheer relief of being able to disconnect from my cell phone 🤪

by Anonymousreply 10December 19, 2022 2:58 AM

Falling asleep in a movie theater is tantamount to "Two Hours of Living Dangerously."

Be careful out there.

by Anonymousreply 11December 19, 2022 3:05 AM

I fall asleep almost every time. I’ve also fallen asleep at plays. It is embarrassing. If a movie or play holds my interest throughout, I don’t fall asleep. But a few boring minutes + reclining chairs and I’m out.

by Anonymousreply 12December 19, 2022 3:35 AM

Even if the film interests me, if the seats are too comfortable I fall asleep and stay asleep. Not a light sleep either.

by Anonymousreply 13December 19, 2022 4:03 AM

In the 1970s I fell asleep in a theater during a showing of the Glenda Jackson movie "Stevie."

by Anonymousreply 14December 19, 2022 5:19 AM

I fell asleep during Out of Africa. The theater was overheated, the scenery was lush, the acting wooden, the plot soporific.

Ah, it was a glorious nap.

by Anonymousreply 15December 19, 2022 6:04 AM

Which day did each of you make it to?

by Anonymousreply 16December 19, 2022 6:57 AM

I think it's only been at most 3 movies, but the only one I recall (probably because it was within the past 5 years) was The Nutcracker. God what a snore fest. And yes, they were reclining seats.

by Anonymousreply 17December 19, 2022 7:07 AM

Not to hijack this thread, but for those of you who regularly fall asleep during the day, even in a dark room in a comfy chair, consider getting checked for sleep apnea. It has really bad health consequences and can be treated pretty easily. Everyone deserves regular good sleep.

by Anonymousreply 18December 19, 2022 7:13 AM

Lots of mine are jet lag related as I can never sleep in public unless exhausted.

Jackie Brown

Donnie Brasco

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Titanic

Though I do think at least two of those were also terrible!

by Anonymousreply 19December 19, 2022 7:14 AM

I’ve fallen asleep a few times at the movies, & always feel it coming on. The longest nap I took was during the awful kids’ movie Surf’s Up, with my little nephew & the family. We all wanted to see the Shrek sequel but my father refused bc he’d already seen it.

by Anonymousreply 20December 19, 2022 7:15 AM

r6 why did you hate Hellboy? I've never met anyone who didn't love both movies.

by Anonymousreply 21December 19, 2022 7:17 AM

OP is lying. I’ve slept more than once at a movie and I’m sure most people here have too. It’s normal.

by Anonymousreply 22December 19, 2022 7:20 AM

[quote]why did you hate Hellboy?

Only thing I really remember is these monster dogs that if you killed one then two replace it or some nonsense.

I thought well this won't last too long. They'll figure out how to stop them multiplying, only they didn't it kept going on and on and on...

by Anonymousreply 23December 19, 2022 7:23 AM

Have you ever fallen asleep reading a thread on DL about falling azzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.....

by Anonymousreply 24December 19, 2022 7:33 AM

Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand. Just returned from trekking the Dusky. Went to see Catch Me If You Can. I didn't realize I'd fallen asleep, until I was woken up by an usher, who told me I was snoring so loud that the patrons couldn't hear the film. Oh, uhhhh, ta mate. I got up and walked out of the film.

by Anonymousreply 25December 19, 2022 7:39 AM

As a child I was SHOCKED that my mother fell asleep during Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind and slept through that crazy music sequence at the end.

by Anonymousreply 26December 19, 2022 7:40 AM

The only time I ever fell asleep in a movie theater was way back in 1984 in the French film "A Sunday in the Country". Kind of a dreamy film and it was warm in the afternoon.

by Anonymousreply 27December 20, 2022 12:03 AM

I love touching cock in the movie theatre. Surrounded by strangers. In the dark. Hard cock. Hmmmmm

by Anonymousreply 28December 20, 2022 12:11 AM

Jumanji (1st one1995) with my nephew's, I've never been to the cinema since.

by Anonymousreply 29December 20, 2022 12:21 AM

R5, a friend of mine fell asleep during a production of Macbeth at the Stratford festival

by Anonymousreply 30December 20, 2022 12:29 AM

Twice

Bram Stroker's Dracula. It was a midnight screening and I was just not up for it.

Quantum of Solace. I was kind of drunk and the movie was really boring. I actually got ribbed by another person because I was apparently snoring. I was so embarrassed.

by Anonymousreply 31December 20, 2022 12:31 AM

I've fallen asleep at the opera (I've learned never to see any Handel operas or "Parsifal" again, no matter how beautiful some parts of them are--they're just too long and monotonous for me), and also at classical music performances; but never at a film.

But people do. It's not that big of a deal.

by Anonymousreply 32December 20, 2022 12:34 AM

[quote] Just returned from trekking the Dusky.

Perhaps you could please translate that for those of us not from New Zealand?

by Anonymousreply 33December 20, 2022 12:35 AM

The Legend of the Bagger Vance. I was alone and I was the only person in the theater!

by Anonymousreply 34December 20, 2022 12:35 AM

[quote] [R6] why did you hate Hellboy? I've never met anyone who didn't love both movies.

I liked the first one but not the second.

Despite your implication it is somehow impossible to dislike them, I will note the first "Hellboy" has an 81% critics favorable rating (very good, but not unanimous) and a 66% favorable rating with audiences.

by Anonymousreply 35December 20, 2022 12:38 AM

Oops--screwed that up.

here is the link for the reviews to "Hellboy 1."

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by Anonymousreply 36December 20, 2022 12:38 AM

And "Hellboy 2" also did not garner unanimous praise, although the reviews again were better. Though you should remember most of the people who saw the sequel saw and liked the first one.

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by Anonymousreply 37December 20, 2022 12:39 AM

I feel asleep during transformers but in my defense I just got off an 18 hour bus ride.

by Anonymousreply 38December 20, 2022 12:42 AM

I fell asleep during the theatrical re-release of The Exorcist and started snoring until my friend elbowed me. I love the movie, but I've already seen it several hundred times.

Also during The Hunt For Red October, which I had no interest in seeing in the first place.

by Anonymousreply 39December 20, 2022 1:09 AM

I fell asleep during Downton Abbey. A big fat woman kicked the underside of my seat from the row behind me.

by Anonymousreply 40December 20, 2022 1:32 AM

The English Patient. I woke myself up in a snoring snort, got up and walked out.

by Anonymousreply 41December 20, 2022 1:34 AM

Star Wars - when released in 1977

Ricky Horror Picture Show - in 1977/1978

I was 17 and a college freshman who could stay awake for anything it seemed...but not for these films

Star Wars was just ridiculous and bored me right to sleep with its cheesy characters and dive bar scenes. That anyone would find that funny or exciting or even gently entertaining puzzles me still.

Rocky Horror was very clearly overhyped by a silly girl who had done the whole midnight showings thing in high school, but a few friends and I went as her guests, a holiday present (lucky us.) I more or les knew what to expect and hated it immediately.Musical. Kitschy. And the whole daring sexuality business was really grating. Enough to put me of transexuals and trans and he/she crossdressing or masquerading confusion films popular at the time: Tootsie, Víctor/Victoria, etc.

by Anonymousreply 42December 20, 2022 1:37 AM

You should never feel embarrassed about falling asleep, but at the same time other people are always right to wake you up in you start snoring.

by Anonymousreply 44December 20, 2022 1:45 AM

[quote] Star Wars was just ridiculous and bored me right to sleep with its [...] dive bar scenes.

All [bold]one[/bold] of them!

by Anonymousreply 45December 20, 2022 1:46 AM

I would suggest Uwe Boll movies R42, it sounds like you'd appreciate an experience where everyone is miserable rather than enjoying themselves.

Friends laughed at me for falling asleep during Pulp Fiction, but it was my sixth time seeing it in the theater. If they'd had their acts together and we'd all gone to one showing as a group I would have remained alert throughout!

The Cider House Rules might as well have shot a tranq dart out of the screen at me. The only things I remember about it are that it starred Michael Caine and my first boyfriend laughed about how quickly and deeply I fell asleep.

by Anonymousreply 46December 20, 2022 1:56 AM

Sometimes horrible things become magnified in one's memory, R45. Or I meant to write "its dive bar and other stupid scenes " Mostly I recall it was so embarrassingly bad that I slept though all 5 or 6 hours of it.

by Anonymousreply 47December 20, 2022 2:01 AM

I was a tired as I have ever been when I was dragged to see " Raiders of the Lost Ark" by some friends. I fell asleep right after the boulder scene and woke up as the Nazis were opening the Ark. To this day, I have not seen the entire film.

by Anonymousreply 48December 20, 2022 1:32 PM

I have a friend who fell asleep halfway through The English Patient

by Anonymousreply 49December 20, 2022 6:21 PM

I fell asleep during The English Patient. Also Picnic at Hanging Rock.

by Anonymousreply 50December 20, 2022 6:24 PM

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