Many of them are not massively exaggerating. You are just lucky.
Are we seeing a decline in cinemas yet?
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. It's not the cost that bothers me so much as the people around me.
Soldato
Local independent cinema is only £4 so go there whenever they have a film on I'd like to see... Just had all new comfy seats fitted too!
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The last time i went to a cinema, the wife bought tea time matinee tickets. So got a cup of tea and some biscuits in with the low price. There was nobody else in either so we had the whole place to ourselves. Bargain it was.
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Just remembered intermissions. No chance of that these days!
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I just checked our local IMAX. £16.20 for an adult, £13.30 for a child. The do a package deal £54 for 2 adults and 2 kids.
Yes it's IMAX but every cinema should be IMAX this day and age tbh, it should be standard.
Yes it's IMAX but every cinema should be IMAX this day and age tbh, it should be standard.
Don
Went to see the re-release of 2001 a couple of years a go, still had an intermission in it!
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If it was standard they wouldn't be able to charge so much (segmentation).
Cinema should offer bed pans / bottles so people don't have to get up to use the facilities (or maybe some sort of astronaut-style vacuum extraction system).
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Damn, haven't seen one since the 80s! They also had popcorn sellers walk around and those red torches too. Seems an age ago now.
Soldato
Hateful eight had one.
Personally I now go to the cinema far less than I used to. I used to go most weeks but now it's maybe once or twice a year.
The reduced time between cinema and DVD release combined with the increased price of cinema tickets and reduced price of DVD/Blu-Ray means it's got to be something really special to warrant me paying more to see something now than I can buy it for in 3 months.
The reduced time between cinema and DVD release combined with the increased price of cinema tickets and reduced price of DVD/Blu-Ray means it's got to be something really special to warrant me paying more to see something now than I can buy it for in 3 months.
In the cinema 1-3 times a week for £17/month due to Cineworld unlimited.
Become a bit obsessive in that i'll only go to showings where I can sit back row in front of the stairs. Reason being to avoid people kicking the back of my seat and also so I don't have to push pass folks if I need the toilet.
The seat kicking thing really annoys me, even if someone is at the end of the row, all the seats are joined so you can feel the pressure/movement.
Had no real issues aside from occasionally you get a muppet checking their phone and not realising it's so bright to anyone behind it gets really distracting. I was watching a guy placing bets 3 rows ahead of me during Rogue One.
However minor annoyances aside, £17 for unlimited movies can't be beaten for new releases, I end up seeing loads of movies I normally would never have paid for and end up being really good.
Become a bit obsessive in that i'll only go to showings where I can sit back row in front of the stairs. Reason being to avoid people kicking the back of my seat and also so I don't have to push pass folks if I need the toilet.
The seat kicking thing really annoys me, even if someone is at the end of the row, all the seats are joined so you can feel the pressure/movement.
Had no real issues aside from occasionally you get a muppet checking their phone and not realising it's so bright to anyone behind it gets really distracting. I was watching a guy placing bets 3 rows ahead of me during Rogue One.
However minor annoyances aside, £17 for unlimited movies can't be beaten for new releases, I end up seeing loads of movies I normally would never have paid for and end up being really good.
I hardly go to the cinema any more, but I always think to myself while i'm sitting there: "man, the res is very low..."
If you can get such good quality set-ups at home, why cant they get as high res at the cinema? The tech is there to do it!
And once I think that, and considered what ive forked out to see that movie, im a bit... disappointed.
If you can get such good quality set-ups at home, why cant they get as high res at the cinema? The tech is there to do it!
And once I think that, and considered what ive forked out to see that movie, im a bit... disappointed.
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Cinemas should be Faraday cages. That'd learn 'em.
I've only been to Vue cinemas recently but they have all been 4k
Most will either be 2k or 4k, it's just a much bigger screen.
I do find that 3D films tend to look a bit blurry (especially when panning) but they can be quite fun so accept it.
Imax used to have these huge glasses you wore and I remember the 3D being amazing, now they just use the standard passive throwaway glasses and it doesn't seem as impressive.
I wonder if there is a psychological effect with that along the lines of: what we perceive as being cheap/free can more easily impress us?
So, by watching a movie that you "would never have paid for" i.e. wouldnt have lived up to the value of the ticket, but they "end up being really good" because you have lower exceptions due to the reduced entry cost.
I dunno, but it is interesting
EDIT: BTW, I'm not knocking the Cineworld unlimited deal - it is really good value for those who like the cinema. I am genuinely interested in the psychological effect it has on the viewer/consumer
Soldato
We went last night and there certainly wasn't many people in there. We were watching Sully so not the most popular option at the moment with Passengers, Rogue One being out.
Literally 20 minutes of adverts at the start is still a joke, and £3.20 for a bottle of water is horrendous. I always take my own bottle of water in and will never buy food from cinema. I don't want to have to take out a mortgage
Literally 20 minutes of adverts at the start is still a joke, and £3.20 for a bottle of water is horrendous. I always take my own bottle of water in and will never buy food from cinema. I don't want to have to take out a mortgage
being in 4K doesnt automatically mean that the film looks good though
I would say that most people are used to their smartphone/computer screen which would have a much higher DPI than the cinema screen - which is probably why i always notice the difference and think that the res is low