I’ve been to a few premières through a past job, so I don’t count those, nor ones where the filmmakers are present at the screening, as that’s just politeness, but I have seen it sometimes (UK)
Movies where I’ve seen this happen (and it felt right):
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Grosse Pointe Blank
Goodfellas
The Big Lebowski
Stop Making Sense (special open air screening which was set up like a gig - they even had support acts!)
Ghostbusters
The Room
Aliens
All three LOTR movies
In most cases these were either screenings with a big student crowd, or retrospective screenings which will always bring out the fans, and the atmosphere was really positive, so the applause felt, like a collective acknowledgement of, “How fucking great was THAT?!”
It’s a bit odd to see it at other times, but if someone has had that good a time at a movie, then great! I’m certainly not going to have a problem with it :-)
I’ve been to a few premières through a past job, so I don’t count those, nor ones where the filmmakers are present at the screening, as that’s just politeness, but I have seen it sometimes (UK)
Movies where I’ve seen this happen (and it felt right):
In most cases these were either screenings with a big student crowd, or retrospective screenings which will always bring out the fans, and the atmosphere was really positive, so the applause felt, like a collective acknowledgement of, “How fucking great was THAT?!”
It’s a bit odd to see it at other times, but if someone has had that good a time at a movie, then great! I’m certainly not going to have a problem with it :-)