Alan Smithee

So if you decide you don't give two shits about what happens to the characters, do you leave early then too? I've been out of the gaming loop for a while so I didn't realize many people in fact don't watch the end credits that are shown only when you beat the game- I remember seeing a few of those on the NES and Sega Genesis and paid attention to them because they were the "reward" you got for getting so far in the game. Games being a different medium than films, they could put all the credits in the instruction manual- people who do want to look the names up aren't always going to be able to do so just by putting the game on and beating it.

That would be to purposely separate the serious movie watchers from everyone else- if anyone's so gung-ho to leave the theater or stop watching the movie, then they can just miss the real ending for not being patient. Besides seeing FAR too many movies that had post-credits scenes or anything fun hidden in the credits, I've also watched movies I've really liked to the end just hoping for any possibility that it might not really be over! (Just remembered Napoleon Dynamite does have a rather long scene after all the credits- I wouldn't call that a great movie but it's a great example that credits do NOT mean the movie is completely over!)

Of course it might also be fun to make a movie where people agree not to have their names listed in the credits, so you could start rolling credits only to just have them cut off abruptly, then maybe have someone come on camera saying "Fuck you, the movie's over, now get the fuck out!"

davidh777

This kind of puzzles me as well. Credits roll, and people bolt out of their seats. I've always watched the credits out of respect but also for three pieces of information: Cast, locations, and music. Granted, I could get this all online these days, but I stay through the credits. And then I laugh at the people who left and miss the extra scene.

At home, though, I fast-forward to the information I want, or sometimes skip them altogether.

Worse than leaving during the movie credits is people who leave live stage shows during the curtain call. That's just rude.

I find this annoying.

I don't mind people reading their phones during the credits, as I usually expect them to leave and this is better than that. Sometimes, though, they stand up to read their phones right in front of me when I'm watching the credits.