I possibly should have known I would cry, since I once bawled over someone describing the Futurama episode about the guy and his dog. I have never once seen Futurama.

In fairness, that is the cryingest episode of Futurama and a total sobfest.

When I went to "Sicko", at the end, the whole theater applauded. Mostly, though, my theater experiences have been...less than magical. I would miss them if they went away, but it's been ages since that "gotta see it!" feeling.

Hec, LOOK AWAY NOW I AM WARNING YOU.

I think the applauding-est movie I've seen in a theater was The Goonies. As it rightly should be. (Sloth = AWESOME.)

I also remember the audience on opening night of Batman Begins applauding at the end of the film.

I pretty much don't like going to movies in the theater, though, because I don't like other people intruding on my Special Magical Bubble of me and the movie. I mean, that's WHY I go see movies. Special Magical Escapist Bubble.

coincidentally, I read that post while listening to Conan talk about "The Goonies."

Oh and I forgot --

White Knights-Lose my Breath

I loved this movie when it came out. I was maybe 13? And saw it in the theatre 2 or 3 times, which was a big deal for a kid who couldn't drive. And it's not like it was a movie I could get my little junior-high friends to see with me, either.

Also? Baryshnikov and Hines are beautiful men. I was lucky enough to see Baryshnikov perform live about 25 years ago, and the man was unreal. Michael Jordan unreal.

Also? Baryshnikov and Hines are beautiful men. I was lucky enough to see Baryshnikov perform live about 25 years ago, and the man was unreal. Michael Jordan unreal.

Yeah, he had unbelievable balloon. (The ballet term for uh...floatiness.)

Can you believe my first girlfriend got to see that from the same stage where she was in the chorus? Crazy.

And I think I'm lucky because I got to see a Nolan Ryan no-hitter.

I have actually met people at the movies, but that may be a factor of my friends saying "Hey, let's go see [whatever]" and then arranging it with all their friends to be there.

My great audience moments run the gamut of emotions:

1. College, seeing The Little Mermaid, with most of the Glee Club...who broke into "Somewhere That's Green" during "Part of Your World" (same song, really)

2. Romania, seeing Coppola's Dracula, with the Romanian audience howling with laughter.

3. Romania, again, this time seeing Schindler's List in a theater that had been a synagogue prior to WWII. As we Americans sat there, men and women openly weeping, the Romanians around us kept stealing puzzled glances at us, unable to figure out why we were crying...then the guy in front of me whispered to his neighbor, "Do you think they're Jewish?"

4. Return of the Jedi on opening night, with all the electric fandom energy and anticipation.

5. Attack of the Clones, midway through it's theater run, with a stunningly small turnout due to the crappy word of mouth. At the part where Yoda turns away from Kenobi and faces the audience to say "Much suffering I sense, much death," an audience member responded "I don't think any of us have DIED yet" and everyone there cracked up.

6. Any showing of Rocky Horror

There are probably more, but those off the top of my head.

My most interactive movie experience was the smell of burning starting up around the time that she burns their house down in "Betty Blue". The theatre was evacuated shortly afterwards.

I dragged my 2 best friends to Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, I think. It's the one where Bones and Kirk wind up in some kind of prison and Iman comes on to Kirk...it was a packed theater and I think there was a collective silent WTF? happening because the entire audience heard me say :"Oh, Please!" and cracked up.

Trilogy Tuesday. I don't think I'll ever top that one.

Trilogy Tuesday. I don't think I'll ever top that one.

Oh yeah! Although it was good and bad...I made the mistake of stepping out of the theater between TTT and ROTK, and when I came back in, the Wall of Geek Funk hit me like a ton of bricks.