Cinemas and general public.
Discussion
Jimmy Recard said:
Second Best said:
I try and pick unpopular times to watch films in the cinema - late nights on weekdays or first showings on weekends. Tends to cull out a lot of the people who think it perfectly reasonable to snapchat, instagram, or otherwise f
k around with social media while everybody else is trying to watch the film.
Remember seeing a bloke get kicked out of The Martian when he got pissed off with the teeny boppers in the row in front of him taking selfies with the flash on, so he grabbed one of their phones and launched it across the room
The young Odeon rep was met with a lot of boos and some popcorn thrown at him when he came to remove the bloke (not unusual for SW London) and leaving the girls in situ. Thankfully they didn't piss about again, but Odeon refunded everybody that came to complain about the disruption. I originally had no idea what was happening, too busy sat at the back of the cinema with a mate pouring her hip flask of whiskey into our cokes, but when presented with the opportunity to refund our £30 or whatever it was, job done.
You took along your own drinks, sent even notice the disturbance, and then opportunistically claimed a refund?k around with social media while everybody else is trying to watch the film.Remember seeing a bloke get kicked out of The Martian when he got pissed off with the teeny boppers in the row in front of him taking selfies with the flash on, so he grabbed one of their phones and launched it across the room
The young Odeon rep was met with a lot of boos and some popcorn thrown at him when he came to remove the bloke (not unusual for SW London) and leaving the girls in situ. Thankfully they didn't piss about again, but Odeon refunded everybody that came to complain about the disruption. I originally had no idea what was happening, too busy sat at the back of the cinema with a mate pouring her hip flask of whiskey into our cokes, but when presented with the opportunity to refund our £30 or whatever it was, job done.
Snowflakes aside, if cinemas had an usher in each performance keeping an eye on things like they used to, none of this crap would happen. But they'd rather save a few quid and f
k the customers. Therefore good on Second Best.Coolbanana said:
Well, my mate was a Policeman at the time, relatively new to the role, slightly over-zealous, 6ft 7in tall and had his Metro Police issue .357 on him (SAPS had 9mm's but City had revolvers back then). He had been slouching but now stood up, displayed his badge, put his hand on the butt of his firearm and with gritted teeth, told the nice chaps behind us to find other seats "Now!" 
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arfursleep said:
I don't get why people leave all their rubbish etc in the cinema when they're done, you usually walk past bins on the way out the screen.
I assume they do the same at home, eat / spill food & drink and then just leave the container / mess for someone else to clean up...
fking scrotes
I can understand this. You've paid THAT much for the cinema ticket and the concession food - you expect someone else to clean up. Not condoning, but certainly understanding. I assume they do the same at home, eat / spill food & drink and then just leave the container / mess for someone else to clean up...
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king scrotes Puggit said:
arfursleep said:
I don't get why people leave all their rubbish etc in the cinema when they're done, you usually walk past bins on the way out the screen.
I assume they do the same at home, eat / spill food & drink and then just leave the container / mess for someone else to clean up...
fking scrotes
I can understand this. You've paid THAT much for the cinema ticket and the concession food - you expect someone else to clean up. Not condoning, but certainly understanding. I assume they do the same at home, eat / spill food & drink and then just leave the container / mess for someone else to clean up...
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king scrotes They literally tell you to not bin your own mess and send in a bunch of employees at the end to clear it all up
JimSuperSix said:
"took your own drinks"... OH NO!!!!! THE SHEER TERRIBLENESS. Perhaps you should sit down for this because I once took....(brace yourself) MY OWN FOOD into a cinema.
Snowflakes aside, if cinemas had an usher in each performance keeping an eye on things like they used to, none of this crap would happen. But they'd rather save a few quid and fk the customers. Therefore good on Second Best.
Missed the point there?Snowflakes aside, if cinemas had an usher in each performance keeping an eye on things like they used to, none of this crap would happen. But they'd rather save a few quid and f
k the customers. Therefore good on Second Best.The use of the word “snowflake” marks you out as a complete
anyway, so I’ll ignore you after this comment.Tankrizzo said:
I used to complain about people talking in the cinema and then i went to the US and watched I,Robot in a cinema in New Jersey.....holy hell that was an experience. People whooping and hollering, throwing things, phoning their friends to tell them what was happening in the film, actually standing up and shouting at the screen, people getting up and walking around to see if there was anyone they knew at the back etc....just an amazingly different time.
I wonder if it is a kind of American thing then. I went to a cinema in Kent with an American friend and she wouldn’t stop texting or turning to me and talking. Eventually I told her I was embarrassed and would go and sit elsewhere if she continued. She continued so I did. We fell out 
Jasandjules said:
Hell, it is not just the cinema, I was watching Phantom once when a bloke over the aisle was chatting away. I went over and told him if I heard him again I'd break his face. He said "I wasn't talking" but by coincidence the sound stopped...
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arfursleep said:
I don't get why people leave all their rubbish etc in the cinema when they're done, you usually walk past bins on the way out the screen.
I assume they do the same at home, eat / spill food & drink and then just leave the container / mess for someone else to clean up...
fking scrotes
The post credit scene in the first Deadpool movie makes me chuckle, he reminds people to take their rubbish away with them and I spotted folk turning around to collect their left packaging etc as they were leaving, I assume they do the same at home, eat / spill food & drink and then just leave the container / mess for someone else to clean up...
f
king scrotes 
Jimmy Recard said:
JimSuperSix said:
"took your own drinks"... OH NO!!!!! THE SHEER TERRIBLENESS. Perhaps you should sit down for this because I once took....(brace yourself) MY OWN FOOD into a cinema.
Snowflakes aside, if cinemas had an usher in each performance keeping an eye on things like they used to, none of this crap would happen. But they'd rather save a few quid and fk the customers. Therefore good on Second Best.
Missed the point there?Snowflakes aside, if cinemas had an usher in each performance keeping an eye on things like they used to, none of this crap would happen. But they'd rather save a few quid and f
k the customers. Therefore good on Second Best.The use of the word “snowflake” marks you out as a complete
anyway, so I’ll ignore you after this comment.milfordkong said:
I love going to the cinema, the whole experience of watching a film on the big screen with supposedly like minded film enthusiasts has always been worth the price of entry to me. People talking / using their phone / doing anything other than watching the film and not impacting on other people's enjoyment is so incredibly annoying that many times i've asked people to be quiet, with varying levels of annoyance and equally varying levels of success. Problem is if I have to do that it then impacts my enjoyment anyway and often ruins the experience that i've paid £13 for.
I just don't get it? Why do teenagers pay all that money to then go and chat or giggle or whatever throughout the film? They can do all of that at the park or outside a supermarket or at each other's houses even and save all that money for cheap booze and in-app purchases? Why go to the cinema not to watch the film? What's the point. I realise it's completely unrealistic in these days of automating everything but if ushers or projectionists were still a thing then I doubt it would be as common-place.
What makes you think they paid? More likelyI just don't get it? Why do teenagers pay all that money to then go and chat or giggle or whatever throughout the film? They can do all of that at the park or outside a supermarket or at each other's houses even and save all that money for cheap booze and in-app purchases? Why go to the cinema not to watch the film? What's the point. I realise it's completely unrealistic in these days of automating everything but if ushers or projectionists were still a thing then I doubt it would be as common-place.
- they paid for an earlier film and have now walked in to your film to get more for their monry
- they have Unlimited cards or whatever
- they know the guy ripping tickets at the door and he let them all in
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Cinemas are great for kids and first dates etc - but as an adult I'm more than happy to sit at home in the comfort of my OLED TV and 5.1 sound system.
3D was a passing fad that made sense to view in a Cinema, but not sure what they can offer V's a decent home system these days?
nachos with hot cheese sauce3D was a passing fad that made sense to view in a Cinema, but not sure what they can offer V's a decent home system these days?
mmmmmmmmmmm
none of the home based variants are as good as Odeon chemical cheese!
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