Cinema

bigbird · 5th October 2012, 22:15

Thats the last time I go to the cinema £14.20 for two adults, four people using mobile phones

(nobodies that important that they cant turn them off for 2 hours).The person sat next to me smelt of sick, kids talking and giggling (£3.50 for a hotdog didnt get one) apart from that Taken 2 (liam Nielson)was quite good but not as good as the first one.. so im going to join Blockbusters and have a video night at home in comfort.

rovexCDTi · 5th October 2012, 22:24

I think the Cinema is over rated as well. Frankly apart from the annoying public the screens are washed out and grainy, the sound is often boomy and the seat are uncomfortable. Id put my calibrated 50 inch plasma and surround sound system against it any day.

FLYER · 5th October 2012, 22:46

When i was younger we had usherettes who shone a torch in your face if you as much as sneezed , two shines meant you were on the street .

The cinema encapsulates all that is wrong in society .

bigbird · 5th October 2012, 23:11

I am not averse to spending money but i would like to think im getting value for it. The film was supposed to start at 20.20 it didnt start till 21.00 and people were still coming in looking for seats

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£3.50 hot dog
£4.00 Medium Popcorn
£3.00 Medium Coke
Second mortgage for sweets, I dont know how they justify it.

FLYER · 5th October 2012, 23:38

the last pic i saw at the cinema was about 6 months ago and the wife and i being in our mid 50s felt a tad old as 99 per cent of the rest were about 19 , as for the prices of eatables well it was just a rip off .

damienp · 5th October 2012, 23:44

Me and my lad only go when there's a 'special effects' film on. Although it's a tad expensive i think it's worth it. I was dissapointed with the imax/3d showing of Prometheus though - not enough 'special' stuff to justify the price. Transformers 3 was good though, but it went on for too long - square **** etc etc

Ros3 · 6th October 2012, 07:44

Aye,, The cinema is something we do very seldom now. It's overpriced and the eat's are far to expensive. Besides i think we are all spoiled now by the good quality tv's we all have at home..

rovexCDTi · 6th October 2012, 07:53

The cinema have to charge a lot for the food because depending on where in a movies run they are they can make very little on the ticket. In the opening 2 weeks they may only get 10% of the ticket (and then have to pay taxes and expenses out of that). Some studios even demand 100% for the opening weekend. As the run gets older the percentage increases, but to about 70% by the end.

The cinema market has changed totally from a few decades ago, now depending on the type of movie a movie can take half its entire gross on the opening weekend. Movies popular with teens are the most guilty of that. Very few stretch out over the long term. Avatar is a notable exception.

coolcat · 6th October 2012, 08:19

The last Movie I went to see was Harrison Fords Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I pre booked four adult 'best reserved seats in the house' tickets on line for the Odeon Multiplex in Colchester (about half an hours drive from mine)
When I got there you have to put your credit card in a machine type in ref number and out pop your tickets, this is to save time queuing!!
Shame the machine wouldnt work, so had to join the back of a very long queue to obtain my "pre booked" tickets.
I'll skip the bit where you join the next queue to obtain over priced refreshments and move onto the Theatre itself.
Got to our reserved 'best seats' which looked like all the other seats apart from a doily stuck over the back......Very tasteful

The film Begins.........Arghh, the picture is standard def and poorly focused, which was nice

Moving onto the sound, in Dolby Or Dts. Can't remember which flavour it was presented in because all I remember was the fact that we were to the left hand side of the auditorium and right above me was one of the side effect speakers which was enjoying itself so much due to being over driven that a bass driver in it gave way and started farting it's way through the rest of the movie

So to cap it off, this evening of viewing pleasure

cost me with fuel, parking, tickets for four and snacks for all, around £70.00

As you can see it's been about four years since that movie and I don't intend to be going back to the Cinema any time soon!

As Christian mentioned, I too shall be sticking to my own carefully chosen home cinema in the comfort of my own home from now on

MrDoodles · 6th October 2012, 08:23

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Originally Posted by rovexCDTi

I think the Cinema is over rated as well. Frankly apart from the annoying public the screens are washed out and grainy, the sound is often boomy and the seat are uncomfortable. Id put my calibrated 50 inch plasma and surround sound system against it any day.

Would have to concur!

5th October 2012, 22:15	#1
bigbird Gets stuck in Rover 75 V.V.C.. Connoisseur Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dalton in Furness Cumbria Posts: 557 Thanks: 24 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Cinema Thats the last time I go to the cinema £14.20 for two adults, four people using mobile phones (nobodies that important that they cant turn them off for 2 hours).The person sat next to me smelt of sick, kids talking and giggling (£3.50 for a hotdog didnt get one) apart from that Taken 2 (liam Nielson)was quite good but not as good as the first one.. so im going to join Blockbusters and have a video night at home in comfort.

5th October 2012, 22:24	#2
rovexCDTi This is my second home MG ZT+ 135 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Exeter Posts: 3,626 Thanks: 9 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	I think the Cinema is over rated as well. Frankly apart from the annoying public the screens are washed out and grainy, the sound is often boomy and the seat are uncomfortable. Id put my calibrated 50 inch plasma and surround sound system against it any day. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

5th October 2012, 23:11	#4
bigbird Gets stuck in Rover 75 V.V.C.. Connoisseur Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dalton in Furness Cumbria Posts: 557 Thanks: 24 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I am not averse to spending money but i would like to think im getting value for it. The film was supposed to start at 20.20 it didnt start till 21.00 and people were still coming in looking for seats. £3.50 hot dog £4.00 Medium Popcorn £3.00 Medium Coke Second mortgage for sweets, I dont know how they justify it.

6th October 2012, 07:53	#8
rovexCDTi This is my second home MG ZT+ 135 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Exeter Posts: 3,626 Thanks: 9 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	The cinema have to charge a lot for the food because depending on where in a movies run they are they can make very little on the ticket. In the opening 2 weeks they may only get 10% of the ticket (and then have to pay taxes and expenses out of that). Some studios even demand 100% for the opening weekend. As the run gets older the percentage increases, but to about 70% by the end. The cinema market has changed totally from a few decades ago, now depending on the type of movie a movie can take half its entire gross on the opening weekend. Movies popular with teens are the most guilty of that. Very few stretch out over the long term. Avatar is a notable exception. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

6th October 2012, 08:19	#9
coolcat This is my second home Audi Q3 TDI S-Line Quattro Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clacton On Sea/On the boat somewhere Posts: 51,224 Thanks: 9,890 Thanked 12,235 Times in 8,232 Posts	The last Movie I went to see was Harrison Fords Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I pre booked four adult 'best reserved seats in the house' tickets on line for the Odeon Multiplex in Colchester (about half an hours drive from mine) When I got there you have to put your credit card in a machine type in ref number and out pop your tickets, this is to save time queuing!! Shame the machine wouldnt work, so had to join the back of a very long queue to obtain my "pre booked" tickets. I'll skip the bit where you join the next queue to obtain over priced refreshments and move onto the Theatre itself. Got to our reserved 'best seats' which looked like all the other seats apart from a doily stuck over the back......Very tasteful The film Begins.........Arghh, the picture is standard def and poorly focused, which was nice Moving onto the sound, in Dolby Or Dts. Can't remember which flavour it was presented in because all I remember was the fact that we were to the left hand side of the auditorium and right above me was one of the side effect speakers which was enjoying itself so much due to being over driven that a bass driver in it gave way and started farting it's way through the rest of the movie So to cap it off, this evening of viewing pleasure cost me with fuel, parking, tickets for four and snacks for all, around £70.00 As you can see it's been about four years since that movie and I don't intend to be going back to the Cinema any time soon! As Christian mentioned, I too shall be sticking to my own carefully chosen home cinema in the comfort of my own home from now on __________________ Jeff. Last edited by coolcat; 6th October 2012 at 08:22..

5th October 2012, 22:46	#3
FLYER Banned rover75 cdti AUTO TOURER 160 bhp. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 35,346 Thanks: 2,985 Thanked 3,685 Times in 2,463 Posts	When i was younger we had usherettes who shone a torch in your face if you as much as sneezed , two shines meant you were on the street . The cinema encapsulates all that is wrong in society .

5th October 2012, 23:38	#5
FLYER Banned rover75 cdti AUTO TOURER 160 bhp. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 35,346 Thanks: 2,985 Thanked 3,685 Times in 2,463 Posts	the last pic i saw at the cinema was about 6 months ago and the wife and i being in our mid 50s felt a tad old as 99 per cent of the rest were about 19 , as for the prices of eatables well it was just a rip off .

5th October 2012, 23:44	#6
damienp This is my second home skoda estate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sheffield Posts: 3,474 Thanks: 15 Thanked 122 Times in 68 Posts	Me and my lad only go when there's a 'special effects' film on. Although it's a tad expensive i think it's worth it. I was dissapointed with the imax/3d showing of Prometheus though - not enough 'special' stuff to justify the price. Transformers 3 was good though, but it went on for too long - square **** etc etc

6th October 2012, 07:44	#7
Ros3 This is my second home Rover 75 V6 saloon (gone to the Rover garage in the sky), Mazda mx5 Phoenix. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cumnock Posts: 3,215 Thanks: 347 Thanked 157 Times in 92 Posts	Aye,, The cinema is something we do very seldom now. It's overpriced and the eat's are far to expensive. Besides i think we are all spoiled now by the good quality tv's we all have at home..