Taylor Swift Eras Tour Concert movie: Fans divided over what is appropriate cinema etiquette

When it comes to cinema etiquette I am fully in the camp of sit down and shut up. I don’t want to hear any talking or chewing because believe me I will be turning round and giving you a very stern stare. However, when it comes to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert movie I am 100% on board with standing up, singing and dancing as loudly as you can because I don’t know about you but I’m feeling ‘22’. 

Cinemas including Odeon, Cineworld and Showcase Cinemas reportedly relaxed the rules for watching the movie. Cineworld stated “singing and dancing was allowed, Swifties could not stand or dance on their seats, throw glitter or confetti or record the screen.”

I mean what did moviegoers expect was going to happen? This isn’t your standard movie with a plotline that you have to follow; this was meant to be the concert experience. Sadly some fans haven’t been able to get hold of tickets for the world tour so this is the next best thing. This is the one time (unless your going to Swiftogeddon) Swifties can sing all the hits with fellow fans and enjoy the concert experience as if they were there.

The fact that some people were hoping to sit and watch the film in a dark and quiet room is ridiculous. They clearly aren’t true fans. As all Swifties know ‘All Too Well’ you only have to hear the intro or lyric from one of Taylor Swift’s hits, then the next thing you know you're happily singing the entire song. 

You can spare a thought for the horror fans, though. There may be many people who have been waiting with bated breath (and a pounding heart) for the latest installment of the Exorcist to arrive. The fear factor is going to be turned down slightly if you can hear several hundred glitter-clad Swifties belting out 'Cruel Summer' next door. Famously, the urban myth has it that people collapsed with fright during screenings of the original Exorcist. Given what the reviews have been like this time, that's possibly unlikely now - but you'll certainly struggle to get into the zone if there's a party going on next door. It's further proof that this year it's Taylor's world and we're just living in it.

Even Taylor Swift was seen singing and dancing away when she watched the movie at the LA world Premiere. It is meant to be a concert experience, so go dress up as Tay-Swift, slick on the red-lip, share your friendship bracelets, buy the popcorn tub, sing and dance to all the hits because you're ‘Gorgeous’. And anyone that says you have to sit down and be quiet, whether there for the concert experience or the frights in the next cinema... tell them to ‘Shake it Off’.