I stopped going to movies several years back. There’s just too many distractions, particularly illuminated cell phones. People are admonished to turn them off and put them away; no matter, the last time I was there many were texting and a few were actually having conversations. Never again. We’re living in an age when it’s almost impossible to shield ourselves from either visual or aural impositions.
I guess it depends on the theater management and the audience. Where I usually go, we get the same admonishments and most obey. Those that don't get talked to by staff.
I haven’t gone to a movie in years...the few I have any interest in seeing I can catch on a relative’s flat screen. Not interested in sitting in a theater with the kind of freaks populating this country nowadays...