Cineworld preparing to file for bankruptcy

meh, our local Cineworld was mediocre at best. Although it was brand new the chairs were average, and even though everybody complained about the lights being too bright they just said 'you should've walked out at the start of the movie, we are not giving you a refund now', so never went back after that.
 
M1k3H said:
meh, our local Cineworld was mediocre at best. Although it was brand new the chairs were average, and even though everybody complained about the lights being too bright they just said 'you should've walked out at the start of the movie, we are not giving you a refund now', so never went back after that.
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Our one was I think meant to be a showcase/one of their best ones when it was built in the "Xcape" at MK, the sound system never worked properly in at least one screen (we seemed to get the same one every time for a couple of years), with one of the speakers always having the same distortion/buzzing noise that indicated something was either loose or the speaker had a blown cone (every single time there was a lot of bass at a mid to high volume from it, you could hear it). I won't mention the time the centre speaker was turned off during Star Trek, and it wasn't until several people went out to report it (starting at about 5 minutes in) that it got fixed 20 minutes in...Although at least they gave a voucher to see any other film at the end.

We moved over to the Odeon pretty much the day it opened, and in all the times we've been to it they've had zero sound issues.
 
gEd said:
I heard from someone who went out with a cinema manager that all their actual profits came from popcorn and soft-drinks.
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Correct. Has been this way for years. I used to work for the ABC cinema chain in the Mid 80's. 90% of the ticket sales (IIRC) + a 'fee' goes to the distributor, In turn they pay the film studio, hence the term 'box office gross'. I could never work out how the place where I worked survived but it did while I was still there. It did close eventually though after I left, it became an amateur theatre for a few years & that shut too. In the end after a few years empty, the yobs got in, torched the place & it had to be demolished.
 
Ravenger said:
I am actually going to Cineworld next week to watch the Star Trek The Movie Director's Edition on the big screen, which would be the first time I've seen that film on a big screen since it released in 1979! I hope they don't go bust before then!
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I went to see that on Saturday as I wanted a distraction from being at home. Could have easily put it on my own TV but neighbours were in and I'd probably get an itch to go and do something else. It's always been one of those films where I'd quite easily sleep through but watching it in the cinema it had my full attention all the way through, probably the extra filler in the directors cut making it a bit more interesting than it was before. It was in one of the smaller screens at my Cineworld but I still had to sit on the 3rd row from the front to give myself some space and not sit next to anyone else, all the other rows were busy.

Wrath of Khan in 2 weeks time, if they haven't gone bust by then I'll be going to that one too.
 
the issue i find with cinemas at the moment (though it's not their fault) is just a lack of new films and good ones at that.

last films i've watched at cinema:

Jurassic world - terrible
thor - terrible
matrix - terrible
spiderman - great
uncharted - mediocre at best
fantastic beasts - terrible
the batman - great
doctor strange - terrible
death on the nile - pretty decent
nicholas cage move - above average

what is the next big movie that's coming out? what's the next big franchise that people talk about and discuss future films etc?

what movie will make people line up to watch it at midnight release? remember when harry potter was out, and people would go to book signings, dress up like the characters, then go to the movies in characters, watch the movies multiple times.

i don't think netflix has stopped this. i think the quality of films have.

there is such terrible quality, and such small amount of original movies coming to cinemas now.

i haven't been in about 1.5 months, which is the longest time (ignoring covid) that has gone by and i can't see anything getting me to go back soon.

i am the one that organises my group to go cinema, and they have all said the same thing about pretty much every movie we've watched this year, and that the movie was rubbish, and they only paid £3 each to see the film.

the only thing i can directly blame on cinemas, is the price of their food and drinks. it's just ridiculous. i get they are trying to make money, but i'm sure they've got to the point now that they are so far above what you'd expect to pay, that people buy else where and bring in, or don't buy at all.
 
I've booked tickets for Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan 40th Anniversary - would be a bit strange that could be the last film I see in a local cinema, since my first film I saw in a cinema was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in 1992.

Our out of town cinema (a good 1 hour walk from town) has changed hands a few times: Cannon - Virgin - UCG - Cineworld (then relocated to town centre)...our independent Curzon closed a good few years ago.
 
The cinema can be a great experience, but on average over the past 20 years (for me at least) it hasn't, and I have much preferred 4k films on my big tv and lovely sound system from the comfort of my couch.

In fact, the only really memorable cinema experiences for me over the past 10 years have been when watching limited release anime, as there were a fraction of the normal numbers of movie-goers, who were there because they were fans of the genre, and this were all respectable.
 
Ruined by ***** who can't leave a phone alone for 10 seconds. Sad really love going to the cinema some movies are just meant to be seen at the cinema.
 
413x said:
I've never bought food in the cinema. Just eat somewhere before going in
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Exactly.

At say £2.50 a large coke, OK its more expensive but to avoid walking to another place, it's not too expensive, especially when you have an unlimited card so you're not handing over any money for the ticket. But when it's like £4.50/£5 a coke, that's when it's crazy high and just not worth doing. Same with pubs. It gets to a point that you just say nah, no money for you.
 
Higher Than Average said:
Exactly.

At say £2.50 a large coke, OK its more expensive but to avoid walking to another place, it's not too expensive, especially when you have an unlimited card so you're not handing over any money for the ticket. But when it's like £4.50/£5 a coke, that's when it's crazy high and just not worth doing. Same with pubs. It gets to a point that you just say nah, no money for you.
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And cinemas always have options right next door.

I've never paid for food at a cinema. It's garbage too
 
Used to pay £4.50 when I was at university, so maybe £10 would cover a snack and drink (from within). I can be paying nearly £15 these days and the wife usually wants a **** off sized popcorn, sweets and drink so it's really not uncommon for the combined price to be not far off £50. Ridiculous. Fortunately there are alternatives, the one in Fulham does £7-8 tickets - bring our own water and sweets from the Sainsbury's below the cinema and it's a lot more affordable.
 
Our Everman cinema has fantastic food but it's also very expensive. We go see the odd film there as a date night but for the two of us, some food and a cocktail each it used to easily be around £70 for a movie.
 
I've got Cineworld membership paid up until the end of the year, so I'm hoping my cinema doesn't close down - It's less than 3 years old, and is a 20 minute walk, or 5 minute cycle, with bike parking, from my house. The next closest one is around an hour's drive away, and if they close entirely as a chain, I get the feeling I'll lose my paid-up membership. :(
 
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