All he wanted to do was watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ......

Police: Pa. man shot for making noise during movie

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Writer - 2 hrs 4 mins ago
This undated photo released Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, by the Philadelphia Police AP - This undated photo released Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, by the Philadelphia Police Department shows James …

PHILADELPHIA - A man enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a movie theater on Christmas night shot the father of the family in the arm, police said.

James Joseph Cialella, 29, of Philadelphia, told the man's family to be quiet, then threw popcorn at the man's son, police said. The victim told police that Cialella was walking toward his family when he stood up and was shot.

Detectives called to the United Artists Riverview Stadium theater in South Philadelphia found Cialella carrying the weapon, a .380-caliber handgun, in his waistband, police said.

Cialella faces six charges that include attempted murder and aggravated assault. He remained in custody Saturday. Police said bail had been set, but they did not know the amount.

Lt. Frank Vanore called the incident "scary that it gets to that level of violence from being too noisy during a movie."

Vanore said the 31-year-old victim from suburban Yeadon was hospitalized in stable condition after the shooting. His name had not been released.

It was not immediately known whether Cialella had a lawyer. A woman who answered a call to Cialella's home number Saturday declined to comment.

A theater manager referred calls to Regal Entertainment Group spokesman Dick Westerling, who did not immediately return a phone message Saturday.

Police could not confirm what movie was playing in the theater, but The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that it was "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Keith said:
He deserved to die.

Volkov said:
we had this problem and others like it all the time until they instituted mandatory pre-movie instructional videos here in Austin.





I swear, the zombie outbreaks were getting to be a fucking nuisance.

Volkov said:
we had this problem and others like it all the time until they instituted mandatory pre-movie instructional videos here in Austin.

I swear, the zombie outbreaks were getting to be a fucking nuisance.

deathadder said:
I think it all depends on the movie. I went to see 20 days of night in the theatre, and that movie was SOOO boring. I almost got kicked out for making fun of it the entire time.

AaronB said:

I don't think it depends on the movie, you should have gotten kicked out. Although in the context of this thread, I don't think you should have been shot.

gdarklighter said:

Agreed. But if you read deathadder's post carefully, you can see he left two thirds of the way through.

gdarklighter said:

Agreed. But if you read deathadder's post carefully, you can see he left two thirds of the way through.

gdarklighter said:

Agreed. But if you read deathadder's post carefully, you can see he left two thirds of the way through.