Cinemas and general public.
Discussion
Pothole said:
gtidriver said:
Would have been good if you had called his bluff and asked him to call the police. I'd like to think that the police would see sense and would side with you.
They shouldn't "side with" anyone. He committed assault and could have been arrested or and charged with same. They had not committed any offence.NB. I agree wholeheartedly with his actions, but had the police been called they would have had to deal with the actual circumstances.
t' moment. Can't imagine much would have come of it though. Hardly likely to have ended up doing a ten stretch in Pentonville...
The last 2 films I watched at the cinema were Solo and Mission Impossible: Fallout. Both films were watched at the first screening of the day on a Friday (1st day of our weekend). 5 people in Solo and 7 in Mission Impossible, both films had no kids in the cinema so talking / screaming, phones etc. Definitely the way to go.
We have film ratings such as PG13, PG15 etc so more often than not you get kids who are way below the recommended film age, but as they are rated PGXX, the parents think is fine.
Won't talk about the mess left behind by certain nationalities and their kids...
We have film ratings such as PG13, PG15 etc so more often than not you get kids who are way below the recommended film age, but as they are rated PGXX, the parents think is fine.
Won't talk about the mess left behind by certain nationalities and their kids...
PositronicRay said:
Last film seen in a Cinema, The darkest hour. We had a nice bottle of crisp house white, comfortable settee, plenty of legroom and a respectful quiet audience in a packed auditorium.
Sans Wine, that describes the experience I had watching The Last Jedi on it's release day. Of course that was in Colombia where I paid a whopping 16,000 Peso for the tickets and another 20,000 peso for the concessions (4,000 peso to the quid). Seats were comfy, audience was quiet, no-one kicked chairs, shouted, talked to took any flash photography and whilst it wasn't at capacity, there was a decent crowd. If I have to complain about anything, its the audio system wasn't perfect (too bassy, really hurts reproduction of treble and high notes are used a lot in Star Wars type music).
Also, I never realised how often the word "wait" is used in movies until watched one in Spanish subtitles.
It seems that rudeness in theatres is a western thing as I've gone to cinemas in Thailand and the Philippines and had the same lack of problems.
gtidriver said:
jdw100 said:
I had an incident a few years back in the Odeon in Muswell Hill.
Was that film where the girl with long hair crawls out of the television....can’t think what it is called. Must be a fair few years ago now.
Anyway there was a group in there talking all the way through the first 20 minutes. I popped over to them and told them if they wanted a conversation best to go outside because they were disturbing people.
They ignored this, so I told them in a more forceful manner- which got backing from other audience members. Still chatting, laughing....so I went out to find a member of staff and explained the situation. They said they’d sort it....and sent it a young girl who must have weighed all of 5 stone. Of course she just stayed at the back cowering - no way could she be expected to evict a group of noisy idiots.
This carried on with various people shhhhhhing loudly and other calls of ‘shut up’ etc. In the end I grabbed my partner’s water and mine, walked over and emptied the lot over them. They went silent, I sat down, they then left to various claps and ‘goods’ etc.
On leaving at end of film I get stopped by the manager - he is talking about pressing charges for assault and calling the Police. This group of five, slightly bedraggled, late teens stood behind him.
Thankfully about ten other people stop (including a very vocal chap in a deerstalker hat!) and take my side. Turns out two other people had come out to complain during the film as well: one had spoken directly to the manager. Why didn’t he come in and sort it out she asked...instead of sending a junior member of staff?
In the end we all in fact walk off with refunds.
To this day I can’t fathom why you would go to the cinema to talk - unless they just see it as an extension of their living room somehow?
Would have been good if you had called his bluff and asked him to call the police. I'd like to think that the police would see sense and would side with you. Was that film where the girl with long hair crawls out of the television....can’t think what it is called. Must be a fair few years ago now.
Anyway there was a group in there talking all the way through the first 20 minutes. I popped over to them and told them if they wanted a conversation best to go outside because they were disturbing people.
They ignored this, so I told them in a more forceful manner- which got backing from other audience members. Still chatting, laughing....so I went out to find a member of staff and explained the situation. They said they’d sort it....and sent it a young girl who must have weighed all of 5 stone. Of course she just stayed at the back cowering - no way could she be expected to evict a group of noisy idiots.
This carried on with various people shhhhhhing loudly and other calls of ‘shut up’ etc. In the end I grabbed my partner’s water and mine, walked over and emptied the lot over them. They went silent, I sat down, they then left to various claps and ‘goods’ etc.
On leaving at end of film I get stopped by the manager - he is talking about pressing charges for assault and calling the Police. This group of five, slightly bedraggled, late teens stood behind him.
Thankfully about ten other people stop (including a very vocal chap in a deerstalker hat!) and take my side. Turns out two other people had come out to complain during the film as well: one had spoken directly to the manager. Why didn’t he come in and sort it out she asked...instead of sending a junior member of staff?
In the end we all in fact walk off with refunds.
To this day I can’t fathom why you would go to the cinema to talk - unless they just see it as an extension of their living room somehow?
Funny they go crying to the manager.
Good on you.
xjay1337 said:
Probably not, there's no law saying you have to be silent in a cinema.
Funny they go crying to the manager.
Good on you.
There is a law against wasting police time. They're not going to run a guy in for assault and battery for pouring a drink over someone (who, if taking the GP at face value, completely deserved it). The Police would at absolute worst say "they'd investigate it" and promptly stick it on the "do not care about" pile. More likely they'll tell them to stop wasting their time. Cops have enough real work to do and no-one is going to go all Angela Landsbury over a theatre altercation where no-one was actually hurt. Funny they go crying to the manager.
Good on you.
StevieBee said:
A lot of the stories here seem to concern the miscreant young.
The last film we went to the cinema to see was Dunkirk. At 48 and 50, my wife and me were the youngest in the audience and surrounded by the clearly audible murmurings of the elderly extolling the accuracy and / or lack of at every bloody scene. Lots of 'tutting' too!
You stumbled into the live action version of the Pistonheads thread on the film, then? The last film we went to the cinema to see was Dunkirk. At 48 and 50, my wife and me were the youngest in the audience and surrounded by the clearly audible murmurings of the elderly extolling the accuracy and / or lack of at every bloody scene. Lots of 'tutting' too!
I've never really had problems in the cinema, I only go a few times a year but that's due to the ludicrous pricing (if it were £4 a go I'd be there every week). The sound is often so loud that there could be a full blown terrorist attack in the back row and it would take some time before anyone realised it wasn't part of the movie. The odd quiet word from someone wouldn't even be heard. Also unless it's a new release at peak time the auditoriums are often <10% full so there's only so many people to be annoying.
I imagine living in stty places, going to see the fast and the furious or kids films and going at peak times would be more likely to encounter issues.
I imagine living in s
tty places, going to see the fast and the furious or kids films and going at peak times would be more likely to encounter issues.TurboHatchback said:
I've never really had problems in the cinema, I only go a few times a year but that's due to the ludicrous pricing (if it were £4 a go I'd be there every week).
A Cineworld Unlimited card works out at £4-£5 per week. I go most weeks even to see films I'm not sure I'm bothered about seeing, just because I have Unlimited membership. If I go to the cinema I tend to go to a small independent to watch something a bit different. I took the photo below shortly before someone shouted out "Are you going to turn that fking laptop off?" He shut it pretty sharpish.
I know I should have just told him myself but I was that surprised that someone would bring a laptop to a cinema I had to take a photo.
king laptop off?" He shut it pretty sharpish.I know I should have just told him myself but I was that surprised that someone would bring a laptop to a cinema I had to take a photo.
BigMon said:
I have that 'thing' (think it's called Misophonia) where the sound of people chewing or slurping is like nails being pulled down a blackboard.
Therefore if I'm sitting in a cinema and can hear those sounds it ruins the film for me.
I would pay a lot more to watch a film with no drinks or food allowed in.
Therefore if I'm sitting in a cinema and can hear those sounds it ruins the film for me.
I would pay a lot more to watch a film with no drinks or food allowed in.
Oh God, the sound of liquid being poured out of a bottle does it for me. (Along with many other things).We went to see a movie last year - Can't remember what it was... Something like the modern day equivalent of Shrek.
One woman had brought her young son. No problem. She'd also brought her 18 month old toddler. Who screamed through the film. She did move him from the front row to the entrance corridor - but we could still hear the little st clearly.
Why you would think it's acceptable to bring a child who will never sit still to a cinema is still beyond me. interestingly I was castigated on FB and told that I was being too demanding.
One woman had brought her young son. No problem. She'd also brought her 18 month old toddler. Who screamed through the film. She did move him from the front row to the entrance corridor - but we could still hear the little s
t clearly.Why you would think it's acceptable to bring a child who will never sit still to a cinema is still beyond me. interestingly I was castigated on FB and told that I was being too demanding.
popeyewhite said:
StevieBee said:
my wife and me
My wife and I.Sorry. I was just thinking how well written (including yours) some of the posts on this thread were... .
Is it an Americanism?
h0b0 said:
I’ve been struggling with this recently. Microsoft products seem to insist it is “me” but it’s jarring to my mind as I was taught “I”.
Is it an Americanism?
"My wife and I went to the cinema."Is it an Americanism?
"Jim and Katie came to visit my wife and me."
It just depends whether you and your wife are subject or object of the sentence.
There's no special rule. You wouldn't say "Me went to the cinema" or "Jim and Katie visited I". It just follows that.
Just think of it this way - imagine it's just you in the sentence. Would it be "me" or "I"?
Edited by Jimmy Recard on Thursday 23 August 06:31
anonymous said:
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Same here what’s the cost these days £10-15? I just buy the films when they come out on iTunes. The Mrs convinced me to go to the cinema a few years ago when jungle book come out (the love action one) 9pm Sunday night showing so no one can annoy me. First kids out in our seats so instead of causing an issue find some others, turns out they were someone else’s so we got upgraded to premium.
Then I can hear 2 girls having their monthly chat behind me with snacks. Then I start seeing flash photography behind me, WTF? Look round it’s a new born child and mum and it are getting dad to take “babies first cinema photo” the kid then begins to scream but no instead of taking the kid out and sorting it out they spend the next 45min with it screaming.
The Mrs now finds friends to go to the cinema
Tankrizzo said:
Robertj21a said:
Because you need to take the older child and don't have a babysitter ?
Then you don't go, or make alternative arrangements. I wouldn't have dreamed of taking one of ours as a baby or very young child, we waited until (I think) 4 at a minimum. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff