who agrees these venues charge a fortune for their cola,popcorn,sweets etc the cinemas say its because they make no money from screening the features the consumables paying the staff wages,so in theory without food sales these venues would fail,seems an odd way to run a business?
By: Creaking Door - 27th February 2008 at 13:42
The cinema experience seems to be less spoiled by noisy-eaters or talking these days due to the high volume that the ‘Dolby-Super-Surround-Sound-Experience’ is turned up to.
I often come out of the cinema with a dull ringing in my ears…..and sometimes a little blood!
Cinema has always been quite special for me; I think I grew up in the largest town in the UK without a cinema, so when I was young cinema also involved a train journey.
My favourite cinema used to be (the now closed) ‘Theatre One’ in Coventry. It was a single-screen cinema that had been sub-divided to give three screens. Screen one was formed upstairs, in front of the old balcony and screens two and three were long, narrow affairs downstairs formed by dividing the original stalls in half.
The trouble was that during quiet moments in screen two you could often hear the dialogue from screen three.
I remember during one quiet and moving death scene in one film you could clearly hear noisy love-making coming from the screen next door…..it nearly brought the house down! 😀
By: topgun regect - 27th February 2008 at 12:36
Blimey, I can see that the magic and romance of cinema is alive and well in this thread…:rolleyes:
Personally I believe there’s a world of difference between watching a dvd and experiencing a presentation on the big screen. Long may it continue, even if I do have to support the cause by indulging in a large Westlers hot dog and a diet coke…:D
There have been several films I have seen at the cinema that have kinda lost their magic a little on the small screen. Star Wars, Platoon, Top Gun, Titanic, and many others
The thing that puts me off going to the cinema these days is ignorant people who feel the need to eat in the cinema and try to eat as noisy as possible thus ruining the experience for the rest of us. It was so nice to go and see The Dam Busters last year and thoroughly enjoy the experience after only seeing it on the small screen without some numpty with their bag of sweets or crisps behind me ensuring all I can hear is every mouthful of their food.
Martin
By: steve rowell - 23rd February 2008 at 02:26
I usually go out for dinner before going to a play or the cinema ..so i never really feel the need to snack during the show
By: Ren Frew - 23rd February 2008 at 00:26
Blimey, I can see that the magic and romance of cinema is alive and well in this thread…:rolleyes:
Personally I believe there’s a world of difference between watching a dvd and experiencing a presentation on the big screen. Long may it continue, even if I do have to support the cause by indulging in a large Westlers hot dog and a diet coke…:D
By: laviticus - 21st February 2008 at 19:43
It can be a bit pricey, not trying to sound like a tight yorkshireman ,but the four of us, 2 buttered and one salted popcorn, 4 drinks,witch preludes to several toilet trips and a bag of m&ms with Hagan daz ices ,can knock a good hole in fifty quid,all that for the pleasure of sleeping through alvin and the chipmonks,pure gold….:D 😀
By: FMK.6JOHN - 21st February 2008 at 15:33
I agree with moggy, Cinemas are a bit of a no go for me as the cost of going versus buying a DVD is a bit of a no brainer.
Cinema……..2 x tickets = £12 not including travel, parking and bridge fees (we have to cross the Humber bridge to get to our cinema).
It’s not hard to spend £25 for a trip to the cinema.
DVD = £14.99……nuff said!!.
John.
By: Moggy C - 21st February 2008 at 14:55
For crying out loud!
Are you honestly saying that you can’t last for three hours without stuffing something in your mouth?
Book a later showing. Have a decent pre-cinema meal, watch film, go home.
Book an early showing, watch film, go to restaurant, eat, go home.
Why do people need to eat in a cinema?
Moggy
By: jbritchford - 20th February 2008 at 21:07
I always take my own snacks and drinks in from home, although that said I am partial to a tub of ice cream if it is on offer that week.
By: mike currill - 20th February 2008 at 20:18
I was watching morning TV before I went to bed this morning and they were dicussing this. Apparently the prices have to be that high or the admission prices would have to be raised substantially. As you say a strange way to run a business. I prefer to wait for films to come out on DVD then I can watch it as many times as I like for the same price, in the comfort of my own home and I can make that much popcorn myself for about £0.50.
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