Why is the cinema an irritating experience these days?

Robbie G said:
Chair kicking does my head in. Seems there's always someone behind me that things I want my chair to be constantly jiggling around throughout the movie.
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I watched PotC last week and I feel so sorry for the guy in front of me.
The leg room between the aisles was barely non existant and being 6ft 6 it made it even worse.
 
Adam said:
So went to the cinema this afternoon, to see a 15 rated film. Got a load of kids behind us who were being loud and wanted the whole cinema to know they were not old enough to see the film.

Through the adverts they were being loud, shouting to people sitting on the other side of the cinema despite being in the same group and generally being irritating. The film began and I turned around and asked if I can expect them to talk through the whole film. This shut them up for a while, but there was still the occasional talking, whispering and shrieking (it was a horror film) which was still distracting.

This seems to becoming all the more common when I go to the cinema. I can't work out if it's because the ID'ing has become relaxed or if kids/people generally think it's acceptable to talk during the films. Obviously you can't expect people to be totally silent as that's unreasonable, but it's extremely irritating and distracting.

Other than kicking off at them and causing a scene or grassing them up to the cinema staff (who let's face it will probably do very little), there are few options in a situation like this. Combined with the cost of going to the cinema and my experiences of late, it's becoming less appealing :(
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I haven't read all the replies.
However I never suffer people talking throughout the film or people in the screen who shouldn't be there.
If there are people talking I'm more than happy to turn around and ask them to be quiet.
Usually the fact somebody has said this is enough to shut them up.
If it doesn't then I go straight to a member of staff and tell them it is totally unacceptable.
I'm an adult, they are usually spotty kids and staff happily sort my "problem" out.
My wife loves getting the underaged ones thrown out.
She's a teacher so 99% of the time can accurately say how old people are.
So that solves that little problem too.

More and more recently I've seen staff watching for underage people.
Stood in line to go and see Scream 4 and the two people in front were asked to prove they were 15.
When they couldn't they were taken back to the ticket counter, issued refunds and not allowed in.
 
Its the fact that cinemas now sell sweets in packets rather than tubs now that gets me! Tend to go see a movie at the end of its showing now-that way theres always some newer movie for everyone else to go see and i get left in peace :D
 
Me and my friend usually go on monday or tuesday afternoons so its mostly quiet and having an unlimited pass makes me want to go to the cinema now because its not costing me £11 or whatever for a 3d film.

There is one major problem though. All the talking and the rustling and the mobile phone and the kicking the seats well yeah my mate does all that and he is sat next to me :\. Its 10 times worse when his girlfriends joins us.
Luckily they have got the hint when we walk in and I sit on the other side of the cinema to what they do and they are not as bad any more.
If I didn't have my unlimited pass I wouldn't go to the cinema with them ever
 
How did you get an unlimited pass? Your friend sounds rubbish, I will be your new friend?

Bros before hos man!
 
not been in a while, think the last movie I watched was Salt :p
I think the whole experience depends on the time and date, 8/9pm on friday/saturday night, no thanks.
 
My company pays for Pru Health cover for me, meaning I get an unlimited cinema card for £10 a year so I go twice a year and it pays that off and my GF's got a student card so it only costs us about £5 to go which is not to bad :D but totally agree with OP, we avoid going to cinema in Luton now, only go to milton keynes nowadays
 
I quite like going to the cinema. Sometimes you get a bit of noise, but if it's a good movie and you get engrossed in it it's good fun. IT doesn't HAVE to be expensive, just don't buy the food there, and choose deals like 2-4-1 offers etc... :)
 
the problem is the price

orange wednesdays is the best
but tbh it is way too expensive nowadays u are better off watching it at home :)
 
Freefaller said:
I quite like going to the cinema. Sometimes you get a bit of noise, but if it's a good movie and you get engrossed in it it's good fun. IT doesn't HAVE to be expensive, just don't buy the food there, and choose deals like 2-4-1 offers etc... :)
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Orange Wednesdays is the best imo

otherwise you're looking at about £16 per ticket in central london I bet some places it is already more!

I remember growing up as a kid it used to cost about £6 or so
 
The funniest worst experience I ever had was going to a Saturday afternoon viewing of one of the Harry Potter films when we lived in Glasgow. I don't even remember which one it was but the wife was in a crap mood and wanted to go to the cinema so we went to see it.

Anyway, the girl wizard - I don't even know her name, is she even a wizard, I don't know - happened to be on screen at the same time as Harry was and some wee raj from behind us shouted at the top of his voice, " OH ******* HELL, HARRY'S GONNA GET A WEE **** ***!" And he kept screaming it over and over again (even though Harry didn't actually get a wee **** ***, which seems a waste of effort in hindsight)

So, I know this is crass and childish and whatever else but it was the highlight of the film for me. Sometimes having people disrupt the film is a good thing, especially if the film is some garbage that you've only agreed to watch because you don't want your wife to have a tantrum-meltdown in the middle of Sauchiehall Street :D
 
[FnG]magnolia;19202418 said:
The funniest worst experience I ever had was going to a Saturday afternoon viewing of one of the Harry Potter films when we lived in Glasgow. I don't even remember which one it was but the wife was in a crap mood and wanted to go to the cinema so we went to see it.

Anyway, the girl wizard - I don't even know her name, is she even a wizard, I don't know - happened to be on screen at the same time as Harry was and some wee raj from behind us shouted at the top of his voice, " OH ******* HELL, HARRY'S GONNA GET A WEE **** ***!" And he kept screaming it over and over again (even though Harry didn't actually get a wee **** ***, which seems a waste of effort in hindsight)

So, I know this is crass and childish and whatever else but it was the highlight of the film for me. Sometimes having people disrupt the film is a good thing, especially if the film is some garbage that you've only agreed to watch because you don't want your wife to have a tantrum-meltdown in the middle of Sauchiehall Street :D
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best "my wife is moody" ever post

BTW what is a wee raj? Seriously I don't understand your lingo....
 
I only go to independent cinemas for the exact reason the OP describes. I do love the movie experience but it's tough with so many idiots around. The Odeon in Swiss Cottage is fairly chav/rabble free though. Went to see Source Code in Westfield a month ago and three IDIOTS next to me sat talking constantly through the opening parts of the movie. I asked them to be quiet and they did shut up for a few minutes then started again. Bloke behind me leaned over and said if they don't shut the **** up right now he'll stab them through the neck. I think I laughed for about 5min seeing the look on their faces. The barely breathed after that.
 
My mate still thinks it's hilarious to shout something childish when the BBFC certification comes up.

His highlights include.... "MARTY!!!!".. "ZUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"..... "NO DADDY NOOOOOOO" and the ever popular "SLOTH LOVE CHUNK" :rolleyes:

The only time I've ever laughed was when we went to see Fantasic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and someone pipped him.. they stood up at the front, turned around and shouted "IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!!" and no one laughed lol :D
 
The wife and I both have cineworld unlimited cards, and have come very close to deciding not to go see ANYTHING below an 18 certificate earlier than 11pm; it's that bad.

The complete lack of any manners, knowledge of public behaviour or even interest in the movie itself is stunning. If you're going to be disruptive or make noise, at least make it funny or otherwise entertaining.

For example, seeing Fast Five a few weeks ago -- anyone who's seen it knows the "high octane" opening with the prison bus overturning, music kicking in and the title FAST FIVE appearing on screen. Right at that moment, some kid at the back just screamed "WHHAAAOOOOWWW! THIS FILM IS A-MA-ZING!". Made me chuckle.

The others constantly flashing their bloody phones, yakking about which one of them is tooled up and why so, or leading their own little WWE match amongst the front rows did not.

Seeing Pirates of the Caribbean at the weekend just passed, there was the obligatory "Please turn off your phones" intro piece to which some random girl sitting next to my wife exclaimed to her friend: "Why would ANYONE do that?!?"

I didn't hear it, but if I had I would have responded "Because I'm here to watch the film, not read YOUR ******* Facebook. Make sure it stays off."
 
I prefer going to smaller "independant" picture houses.

The Edinburgh Filmhouse for one is great for World Cinema and has a lot less of the generic blockbusters that fly out the door.

And zero chavs in sight.
 
shifty_uk said:
Cineworld is the destination for disruptive, immature students. Go somewhere less 'exclusive/expensive' or well branded.
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At least aroundhere, cineworld is both the cheapest and best standard of cinema, the odeons etc are horrifically overpriced and and really crap seats /screens. Since changing to cineworld, it's been brilliant.
 
MonkeyNews said:
Based on what exactly? Is it because you wouldn't believe people would take action based on what you would, or wouldn't do, as it seems when the opportunity rises?

Just because many may just sit there and let others ruin your experience doesn't mean you shouldn't stand up for yourself. Sometimes you've just got to take the bull by the horns instead of shrinking into the background like the majority of the cinema goers would do.
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Because I don't believe that you threw a person out of the building and went back to your seat and the rest stayed quiet after that. Oh, and i'm hardly a shrinking violet ;)
 
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