No wonder people download films illegally.

No wonder people download films illegally.

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MX7

7,902 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Happy82 said:
We usually take a KFC in if we go to the cinema, can get a bucket of chicken for th price of popcorn and a drink.
Classy...

raptor600

1,356 posts

145 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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daveydave7 said:
Cinemas need to ban mobile phones and throw scroats out who use them
Why? Whenever I go they are completely full - all they care about is profitability.

It's a shame...but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

the stigs dad

378 posts

137 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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8.5 out of ten for the rant op. The same reasons why I avoid public transport like the plague.

Wuzzle

9,658 posts

136 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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I really can't remember the last time I went to the cinema.

Given how much it costs to go it's not surprising some people think they can behave how they like

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

254 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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A lex said:
You take a bucket of KFC in the cinema with you!?!

Jesus Christ.
Take 2 bottles into the shower?

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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MotorcyclesFish said:
Anyone know what the "block" is that is "busted"?
The queue outside the old-fashioned US cinema, that stretches around the block.

ETA: also apparently possibly that other cinema's on the block are busted, because this film is the only one people want to see (this sounds dubious to me).

Or also a blockbuster was apparently a WWII military nickname for a large bomb capable of levelling a whole city block - i.e. a big deal or knock-out, and it was then applied to other big deals, like major films. (this sounds a bit more reasonable, but I'm sticking with my original)

Edited by SpeckledJim on Saturday 24th November 16:30

the stigs dad

378 posts

137 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Happy82 said:
We usually take a KFC in if we go to the cinema, can get a bucket of chicken for th price of popcorn and a drink.
Are you "waynetta slob" off harry Enfield?

LovelyTia

553 posts

179 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Last time I went to the cinema there was 3 (all female and 2 of us look pretty young for our age) of us and we were chatting during the ads at the begining and the bloke with 2 boys (who had been playfighting and still were) told us to shut the f*** up.
We replied that it was just adverts and during the film/previews we would be quiet.
Cue him having a go at us.

Anyway film started and his kids would not shut up. Kept talking and messing about.
We asked him if he could ask his kids to be quiet (and we were polite) and got a load of abuse from him again.
At the end of the film we stood up and my mate dumped her popcorn on him.

Not saying it was the right thing to do but boy it felt good.

I don't think I'll be bothering with the cinema anymore. Just not worth the aggravation and hassle.

stephen300o

15,464 posts

227 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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I havn't been to a cinema for about twenty years, they were getting bad back then, this thread doesn't really encourage me to give it another try. Sky movies for me.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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I must come from a very nice place because I've never experienced such horrors in my local cinema.

vladcjelli

2,962 posts

157 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Mrs Cjelli and I finally got to see Skyfall at a well regarded independent cinema while visiting my family the other week.

Without going too much into my disappointment of the film in general, the cinema itself had no booking procedure and no information about when tickets would go on sale.

Turned out that nearly all the tickets had been sold as part of a meal deal as the cinema is also a restaurant. No problem with that, but people were being turned away who'd turned up in the absence of any information.

Due to the missus' determination, we arrived early enough to buy a pair of the remaining eight tickets, and settled in for the film.

Now, I'm no cinephile(?) but I do just about know my R's from my elbow when it comes to problems with displays. As early as the adverts, there were noticeable digital artefacts (faint vertical lines) on the screen, and when any light background scene was shown, it looked like it was raining, with faint spots tumbling down the screen. Pretty distracting throughout the whole film.

Not normally a complainer, I wanted to let a member of staff know of the problems, and check if they were even aware of them. All staff seemed to have disappeared, after the showing.

The cost/reward balance seems to have tipped the wrong way for me on this occasion.

Manicminer

10,772 posts

196 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Where do you lot live? My local Cineworld is £3 each in clubcard vouchers. We go on a weekday in the afternoon before the schools kick out as I work shifts.

Comfy seats, great sound and total immersion in what have been some superb films this year. Can't beat a good film at the cinema IMO.

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Whenever I take my young 'un to the cinema I tell myself in advance that I'll be surrounded by ignorant, selfish idiots, holding normal conversations all through it and that is just the way it is.

Things can only get better from that point.

Last time a Korean couple sat behind us were chatting away like they were at home. I asked them politely could they shut the ferk up, and they apologised profusely and shut up. Obviously they don't understand the basic finer points of sharing the world with other people, and think talking through the movie is perfectly acceptable. Some people just don't get it.

Issi

1,782 posts

149 months

Sunday 25th November 2012
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I often wonder if there's any point complaining to the staff about idiots who talk throughout the film, and ask them either to sort it out, or give me my money back.

I never have because deep down, I realise that a. it probably won't make a blid bit of difference, and b. I'd come across as a bit of a grumpy old tt.

Years ago in a cinema in Lakeside, i did shout 'shout the feck up' at half a dozen chavvy gits and it seemed to work, nowadays I probably wouldn't.

Flip Martian

19,504 posts

189 months

Sunday 25th November 2012
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I suspect cinemas take the view that as long as the screening is turning a profit (ie the people are coming through the doors), there's no need to enforce any behaviour rules.

Stinkfoot

2,243 posts

191 months

Sunday 25th November 2012
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Issi said:
I often wonder if there's any point complaining to the staff about idiots who talk throughout the film, and ask them either to sort it out, or give me my money back.

I never have because deep down, I realise that a. it probably won't make a blid bit of difference, and b. I'd come across as a bit of a grumpy old tt.

Years ago in a cinema in Lakeside, i did shout 'shout the feck up' at half a dozen chavvy gits and it seemed to work, nowadays I probably wouldn't.
Last time I went to the cinema in Lakeside, it was for a late night showing of Last Action Hero. I fell asleep during the adverts and woke up during the end credits !

Ray Luxury-Yacht

8,910 posts

215 months

Sunday 25th November 2012
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A lex said:
Happy82 said:
We usually take a KFC in if we go to the cinema, can get a bucket of chicken for th price of popcorn and a drink.
You take a bucket of KFC in the cinema with you!?!

Jesus Christ.
Woosh Parrot missing here I think...

vladcjelli

2,962 posts

157 months

Sunday 25th November 2012
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Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
A lex said:
Happy82 said:
We usually take a KFC in if we go to the cinema, can get a bucket of chicken for th price of popcorn and a drink.
You take a bucket of KFC in the cinema with you!?!

Jesus Christ.
Woosh Parrot missing here I think...
KFWP?

Crook

6,714 posts

223 months

Tuesday 26th March 2013
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Ha, bloody IT gerbils!

Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Tuesday 26th March 2013
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Crook said:
Ha, bloody IT gerbils!
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