'Titanic' moviegoer accused of smacking unruly Wash. boy

A Seattle-area man has been charged with felony assault for allegedly hitting a noisy 10-year-old boy in the face during a showing of Titanic 3-D, according to news reports from the Northwest.

Yong Hyun Kim, of Auburn, Wash., is accused of knocking out one of the boy's teeth and bloodying his nose April 11 after he and several friends refused to be quiet and stop throwing popcorn at the AMC Kent Station 14 theater, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Kim told police he thought he was hitting an adult, and appeared ashamed when told the victim's age.

"I got so mad that it just happened," he said.

Kim, who was with his girlfriend, told police he had asked the boys to settle down.

"The group laughed at him and did not quiet down," according to the charging document. Kim said "he hit one of the subjects in the face with an open hand."