Comme avec "a student cheats", pas de différence. Donc j'en tire la même conclusion: dans la pratique les réactions convergent.
On peut quand même s'intéresser sur la pertinance de ce thème. A part ne pas réagir ou lui demander de se taire (et éventuellement de tuer tout le monde), il n'y a pas beaucoup d'autres réactions possibles.

Il est assez bizarre de voir les américains répondre "heu, oui, je lui demanderais poliment de se taire" quand on est déjà allé au cinéma aux Etats-Unis;en effet, la plupart du temps-dans les films comiques surtout- la salle en délire hurle, commente à (très) haute voix, lance du pop corn partout, bondit, injure les acteurs...(en tout cas c'est ce que j'ai vécu à NY quand j'ai vu "American Pie"). Ce qui est amusant, c'est que toutes les classes d'âge quasiment participe à cette orgie verbale générale. C'est vrai qu'en France, en général, on est beaucoup plus calme, allez savoir pourquoi... Vous êtes d'accord?
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Ce qui est étonnant c'est que la plupart des réactions restent polies; même si certains demandent "violemment"(?!)d'arrêter de parler, ou d'autres tentent de parler encore plus fort...Le terme "poliment" apparaît très souvent chez les français,tandis qu'il me semble que les américains sont plus patients (ils attendent souvent pour voir si les personnes vont renouveler leurs commentaires à voix haute ...)

Je suis d'accord avec David; au cinéma aux Etats-Unis, j'ai vécu le même genre d'ambiance: (Moi aussi j'écris sous le nom d'une autre, en fait c'est Anne-Laure) pop-corn lancé dans la salle, applaudissements ou huées selon la situation, rires exagérés... En France, je n'ai vécu ce genre d'ambiance (et encore, pas au même niveau) que dans des salles peuplées de jeunes presque exclusivement. Bref, je suis très étonnée que les américains répondent de la même façon que les français!!!

merci christian

merci christian

Merci Etienne Merci Laurent (que je ne connais pas d'ailleurs...) De rien.

Hi, while the responses were similar, I think that the French were a bit more polite than the Americans, as Delphine said. A lot of the American reactions were quite agressive. As for noisy audiences in American theaters, I think this depends in large part on where the theater is located and what kind of movie you're watching. The audience for American Pie, for example, is likely to be quite different from the audience for some movie like Sense and Sensibility. If you make a lot of noise in the 2nd movie, you will get dirty looks. In American Pie, however, the audience is less mature and concentrating on a good time. Personally, I've never seen people throw popcorn in a movie theater; New York is nowhere near all of the United States. However, it may be true that French audiences in general are quieter. What do you think?

I completely agree with Tazeen on this issue. In general, if you talk inside a theater, even during commedies, you'd get looks from people around you. My experience from watching loud, funny movies is that you can laugh, but talking is still out of the question. But seeing the reactions from all y'all French students, I'm curious as to what type of American movies do y'all watch and get your opinions from? If I remember correctly, American Pie has been mentioned several times in this entire forum exercise we've been doing. What is so significant about American Pie? By the way, American Pie is in NO way similar to American society. < and please, kids are no that sex-crazed and pathetic... and if they were, they wouldn't admit it.>

I would like to add though that not only does it depend on the type of movie that is showing, it depends largely on the make up of the crowd. I know that even in some dramatic movies, The Best Man, for example, the crowd that I saw it with was very loud but no one really cared. It all depends on who you're sitting with. Actually, I have never been to a movie where people weren't yelling and no one has told them to shut up. But, this was a movie theater in the city and perhaps in the subarbs or surrounding areas, it is quite different.

One thing that I noticed from all the observations is that Americans tend to wait before asking the other person to be quiet while French students immediately asks the person to keep it down. I'm not sure how true that is but I thought that was really interesting. Also, Americans mentioned their feelings "I'd be upset..." and how they would give dirty looks to the person.