With a couple of days off from our hectic everyday lives, the holidays are our time to catch up and see the movies we’ve been meaning to see. For two hours, we can escape the reality of bills, work, personal lives, etc., and sit back, relax, and be entertained. But sometimes, the whole experience can be ruined by a collective few who do not follow those unspoken movie-watching rules we all have come to accept.

I propose that here and now, we set these “common law” rules in stone. Appropriately modeled after the 10 commandments, the following are guidelines for movie-watching no-nos we should all obey religiously.