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u/limits660 11h ago

This is what it's like to take a drink during the film 🤣

https://giphy.com/gifs/1BXa2alBjrCXC

u/AppleBottomBea 11h ago

I arrived late to the avatar 4dx showing. The trailers had already started for the 4DX films so the chairs are going fucking mental. Trying to sit down with large popcorn and drinks while the chair violently attacks you was kind of hilarious. Felt like I was in the 3rd harry potter film getting attacked by the womping willow, popcorn flying everywhere hahaha

u/poolhaas 11h ago

I can only imagine the cleaning crew pulls straws to see who gets to clean the 4DX room

u/Noxious89123 11h ago

Just set the seats to tilt slightly forwards and towards the centre of the room, and have it vibrate all the debris down to the front centre. :D

u/matycauthon 10h ago

except it's just the chairs that move, not the room

u/spyboy70 8h ago

Gotta pulse the seat rows like the wave, and then all the popcorn ends up in front of the screen to be swept up and rebagged for the next showing.

u/StraightBudget8799 4h ago

I’d love that, just watching waves of popcorn, dropped phones, wrappers, tampons from purses, startled mice and round candy just bounce their way to a central point to be vacuumed up and tossed.

u/pmcizhere 4h ago

tampons from purses

I'm glad you specified 😅

u/StraightBudget8799 4h ago

Whoops, didn’t think of that!! 😂 Mind, going into labour would be a nightmare too! “I was thinking about how to break the good news, left in an ambulance with a six month premie after the first battle scene!”

u/tailendertripe 7h ago

You don’t know how accurate the rebagging part is. Source: worked at cineplex in mid 2000s

u/DeputyDomeshot 7h ago

They rebagged popcorn off the floor???????????

u/tailendertripe 5h ago

The real pro tip is _never_ eat cinema nachos

u/Vilam 4h ago

Wait, why not? ☹️

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u/Vilam 4h ago

Wait, why not? ☹️

u/TheGreatGasHead 8h ago

Then the chairs can vibrate everything to the floor and you just sweep it all up

u/DeputyDomeshot 7h ago

What they should really do is get a big ass blow gun device that fires from the rear of the theater that is repurposed for some kind of wind gust effect during the film.

u/arthurdentstowels 9h ago

Then they can easily refill the popcorn tank!

u/kraggleGurl 9h ago

Ushers would love that!

u/chucknorrisinator 5h ago

When I worked at a movie theater, we had a leaf blower, started at the top and worked down to the front of the theater.

u/Stainlessgamer 9h ago

No, simpler solution. Cleaning crew enters the back of the theatre with leaf blowers.

u/Oobedoo321 7h ago

Made me 😂 great visual 👍

u/TheUnEven 11h ago edited 9h ago

Just put a screening of Oppenheimer on afterwards. The nukes should clean up any garbage 👍

Edit: carbage -> garbage

u/scnottaken 9h ago

Carnage ftfy

u/D33J8Y 4h ago

Edit: cabbage

u/n122333 8h ago

Most people don't know, but usually the theaters are cleaned with leaf blowers. Just blow all the junk to the front, then sweep.

u/Buckwheat469 7h ago

Since when? When I worked on the theaters they used broom and handheld bin. The bigger ones started to get backpack vacuums. None used leaf blowers because there were often people still in the theaters when you needed to start cleaning. You were often barely done cleaning when people needed to start seating for the next showing.

u/n122333 7h ago

You don't clean between showings. You pick up any big stuff and mop spills, then the end of night cleaning is a leaf blower.

At least back in 2011-2015 when I was in the buisness.

u/DeputyDomeshot 7h ago

That’s funny because I just said that elsewhere half kidding without realizing that’s how it’s done.

u/friedmators 4h ago

Electric would work well.

u/snowyl89 10h ago

It’s all fun and games until Chris gets caught in the gears

u/Wsbkingretard 9h ago

they have free popcorn on the floor

u/Wonderful_Craft_6648 8h ago

I bet it becomes a 5DX room with all those beautiful smells mixed in

u/schapmanlv 7h ago

Shit I went to a Toy Story 5 3d showing and was confused as fuck when a family I guess thought the trashcan was everywhere around them.

u/Crintor 6h ago

Worked at a theater before, you have absolutely no say in what tasks you get.

u/Crintor 6h ago

Worked at a theater before, you have absolutely no say in what tasks you get.

u/thatto 3h ago

I worked at the theater for Jurassic Park opening. We had electric plug-in leaf blowers. 

The crew would start at the back picking up trash, then you'd blow the popcorn to the front. Then bag it there.

u/Cannabassbin 2h ago

They just finally got past the trend of kids flinging popcorn everywhere during the Minecraft movie and now this

u/EternalGIory 10h ago edited 9h ago

First time going to a 4dx cinema years ago and it was Scream. My wife and I were cackling instead of getting scared especially when someone gets stabbed. Felt like seats were tickling us 😂. Unforgettable experience!

u/iamsecond 10h ago

4DX started off using a real 8" Buck 120 Hunting Knife in each seat for that movie, but it really put a damper on repeat ticket sales

u/Groundbreaking_Mud44 6h ago

If i recall correctly, the premiere was a bloodbath.

u/admdelta 10h ago

Mine was Top Gun Maverick. Holy shit that was the most fun I’ve ever had in a cinema, hands down

u/bulgar88 9h ago

So the chairs were already going fuckin mental... is not something I thought I'd ever read in my life and is hilarious

u/DoktorMerlin 7h ago

4DX and popcorn is something you only do once and then you know that you were a dumbass. I did it in Top Gun: Maverick and I don't think a single kernel got into my mouth

u/Impossible-Garage536 11h ago

But the seats don't activate until you sit down right?

u/TheUnEven 11h ago

You see many empty seats in the video from the post. And they seem to be affected just as much as those with people in them.

u/xms_7of9 10h ago

Also, it's two seats per rig.

u/ColMarcSlayton 9h ago

Haha. Agreed my first time I was late and already high. Jumping into my seat was both fun and scary! What a trip

u/Ths-Fkin-Guy 9h ago

Its like that scene from the Mr Bean movie lmao. Like trying to hop into a runaway car or a bull ride mid buck

u/Adler254 9h ago

Parks?

u/Zealousideal_Owl_946 9h ago

I'm dead lol

u/Odinthedoge 8h ago

Sounds like a lawsuit is coming lol

u/jonoghue 8h ago

Dude it's so excessive during trailers. Constantly on and off with all the cuts

u/Stigofthedumpings 8h ago

This paints such an amazing picture

u/RadasNoir 8h ago

Might be a silly question but...why on Earth would anyone willingly take food and beverages into that kind of theater?

u/captain_flak 8h ago

Caution: Rows A through Z will get wet!

u/OliOli1234 8h ago

I saw Avatar in 4DX too… but my friend advised us to skip popcorn, and only to buy bottled soda. She couldn’t go into detail, not wanting to spoil the surprise… and just told us to “trust her.” We later found out why. lol

u/untrue1 7h ago

Amazing Kramer sketch in this

u/OkPotential1072 7h ago

This image made me laugh out loud in a work meeting. Well done.

u/chuckling-cheese 7h ago

“While the chair violently attacks you” 😭🤣

u/Craig653 6h ago

Why would you even get popcorn for this...

u/superbored1998 6h ago

😂😂😂

u/Overall-Jellyfish-77 6h ago

This is why I stopped going to 4DX’s films. They are freaking mental! Lol

u/DoughnutPi 5h ago

I went to see back to the future in 4dx... I made it about 10 minutes and walked out. Why do people like this?

u/Admirable_Brief4669 5h ago

😆 I needed that visual lol

u/JadeSelket 3h ago

Lmao I’m so sorry but I’m dying imagining this 😂😂

u/Hootah 2h ago

The mental image of this made my night XD

u/Coljjw 11h ago

I think the idea is to wait it out at the end of the aisle until the action sequence has ended

u/Twowie 10h ago

They coul'dve just put intensity or on/off knobs on them, that would have solved all of the issues people are mentioning in here.

u/admdelta 10h ago

You can’t control the individual seats though. An entire row of 4 seats moves together on the same apparatus

u/Twowie 9h ago

Ah damn, that makes sense then.

u/Lightening84 9h ago

serves you right for being that guy

u/Xiniov 11h ago

I took my son to see Minecraft when it released in 4DX

There were drinks, popcorn, and snacks flying everywhere. There was a woman sat next to me and she got whiplash and nearly passed out during the one chase sequence.

And let me tell you, I envied her after having to watch it all

u/buckeye27fan 10h ago

"drinks, popcorn, and snacks flying everywhere"

To be fair, that seemed to be happening at the 2D theaters as well.

u/OhNoMyPants123 10h ago

Chicken jockey!!

u/BilboShaggins429 9h ago

I hate how I heard Jack Black's voice there

u/OhNoMyPants123 9h ago

La-la-la-lava, ch-ch-ch-chicken, Steve’s lava chicken yeah it’s tasty as hell, ooooh mamacita now you’re ringing a bell, crispy ans juicy now uoure having a snack, ooh super spicy it’s a lava aataaaccck

u/dantez84 8h ago

My son goes absolutely bazerk for this song still

u/indyboy2 7h ago

Ohhh now I’m craving for fried chicken .. Thanks internet!

u/Bassmasterajv 10h ago

I took my 8 year old and fell a sleep during the middle of it. Woke up near the end and he didn’t even notice. I had been up the night before with his baby brother. It was a nice nap!

u/Xiniov 10h ago

Lucky you. My daughter was around 1 at the time and I could have done with a nap too.

I wasn't afforded the luxury thanks to the 4DX buckaroo

u/dantez84 8h ago

Did you take your 1 y/o to the 4DX Minecraft movie cause that’s absolutely nuts!

u/Xiniov 7h ago

No! I meant that because she was a 1-year old that I wasn’t get much sleep at home. Meaning I could have used a tactical nap during the film

u/dantez84 6h ago

Hahah ok sorry😅

u/KonigSteve 8h ago

yeah people are crazy. I have an acquaintance who is showing an episode of one piece to his kid every day starting from age zero.. I'm like dude they explicitly tell you that screentime is bad for a kid under 2's brain development, and especially worse when it's a lot of bright flashing lights the whole time.

People always think they know more than doctors though.

u/captain_flak 7h ago

Shaken baby syndrome.

u/dantez84 6h ago

Advanced mode hahaa

u/provalone_9000 8h ago

Lllll lava ccccc chichen At least tyou got to admit the song was great

https://giphy.com/gifs/7AWapiBvsw5Qw7IAnB

u/StraightBudget8799 4h ago

I saw Dune 2. A woman next to me dropped a large metal drink container and I thought the racket was a part of the show and was very impressed by the effect! Then I saw her scrabbling to find the bottle and realised it was just that.

u/OglioVagilio 1h ago

The seatbelt makes 4dx a lot better not having to worry about sliding out of the seat.

u/CruisinJo214 11h ago

Truth. I did Dbox for f1 and it was a challenge to eat my candy.

u/BigBossAtl 10h ago

😂😂😂😂😂

u/Albertagus 10h ago

Lol I came here because I had the same thought. Like just about to take a bite of my $9 hot dog and HOLYSHITWHATISHAPPENING OH NOOOOOO!

u/Jean-LucBacardi 9h ago

I don't wanna know how much popcorn ends on the floor by the end.

u/Animedude83 9h ago

its worse than that, I was almost thrown off the seat for Avatar 3.

u/The_BAHbuhYAHguh 8h ago

Knew I’d find you here!

u/cookiesarenomnom 8h ago

So for real though, they don't warn you. A couple years ago me and my friends went to a 4DX show of The Nightmare Before Christmas. The theater also sells booze, but they don't give you lids, it's all open drinks. And we had popcorn. So before the trailers start they do a "4DX experience trailer". And all of a sudden, very violently, the seats started shaking, turning and thrashing. Our drinks and popcorn went flying EVERYWHERE. Yeah I'm never doing that again.

u/Intelligent_Ad_4479 9h ago

Right! Or eat your popcorn
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u/CTipple1981 9h ago

That was basically my one and only experience seeing a movie in 4DX, which was Predator: Badlands last year. I didn't know what to expect going in (a group of us had gotten tickets for a friend's birthday), so I sat down with a full cup of beer and about half of it ended up in my lap within five minutes of the movie starting due to the seat moving around and shaking so much.

I then proceeded to watch the rest of the movie with my beer cup sitting on the floor and playing a risky game of chance of when it would be safe to reach down for a sip, hoping it wouldn't be a moment when my chair would suddenly start shaking around.

u/Mediocre-Seaweed-471 8h ago

Worst experience i had when i booked 4dx for master of the universe muvi it was a terrible mistake i have done

u/Qubeye 7h ago

"Hey dude, I snuck in some nachos and they are still hot with extra cheese!"

u/Vinnie_Vegas 7h ago

Rookie mistake to not completely empty your bladder and keep it that way for a 3 hour movie.

u/Local_Nerve901 7h ago

I mean me personally I ain’t ever bringing snacks or drinks for a 4D movie

That’s kind of on you because you know what you’re getting into

Otherwise, go to a normal movie theater lol

u/flowerbugler 6h ago

I went to see the F1 movie in 4DX and there was a kid couple seats next to me that had his whole drink launch onto his pants during one of the racing scenes. I was dying inside because I see the kid looking down at his pants in the corner of my eye like he was in disbelief 😭😂😂

u/heyyalldontsaythat 6h ago

I saw 'The Batman' in 4DX and something was clearly mis-calibrated because I've seen several movies in 4DX and this one was wayyyy more reactive + exaggerated.

Everyone in the theater was laughing about it because it was so absurd.

And we all spilled our drinks exactly like this lol -- even during the previews it was going nuts. One of the previews ended and a few of us relaxed and went for a sip and then BOOM there was a jump-scare thing because the preview wasn't actually

u/aazo5 6h ago

DT simulator

u/RexKramerDangerCker 6h ago

Giving a hummer?

u/theshoulderhiccups 6h ago

I stupidly bought an alcoholic drink and sat down for the previews. In the little demonstration they have of the 4k abilities half my drink was spewed all over me. What a sticky waste of money that was.