Do you go to the cinema alone?

That's good to hear, I definitely might go for it now! Especially some weeknights when I am just sitting at home bored. My sister normally comes to see everything with me but she is 15 so the films she can see are limited.
 
i have to say i used to be very much like the OP and i didn't want to go alone - mainly due to what other people would think of me but then i just went "screw it" and went and have to say i rather enjoy going on my own. Because my nearest cinema is so small some of the films i went to - i'd be in there myself.
 
I've never been to the cinema alone, i think i would find it too weird. For me its always a social thing. The thing is i go shopping and sometimes eat in cafes alone and it doesnt bother me...but the cinema is different somehow, i dont know why lol
 
I go to the cinema with my Mrs, but when we get there we watch different films. The only trouble we sometimes have is her films last about 90 minutes mine can go on for hours. It is very rarely we go see the same film.
 
I've got to the stage now where I can go shopping alone and eat alone, it doesn't bother me at all. I may even go to see Twilight tomorrow (for the 2nd time).
 
Thought I'd dig this up, as I plucked up the courage and went to the flicks by myself for the first time last night.

At 8:30, to close the festival, the Glasgow Film Festival had their annual Suprise Movie. You go in without having a clue what it is - no name, director, cast, running time. A lot of my frienRAB are away home for the weekend, or were working, or just weren't keen on seeing a film they knew nothing about, so I decided just to buy a tic online and go by myself.

And it was fine. It was a bit wierd to start with, as everyone else in the screen is talking, trying to guess what the film is, and you're sitting there like a pillock. But once the film starts, I was fine. I'd definately do it again.

The film by the way was O'Horten, a Norwegian film. I was slightly disappointed by this, as when they first did it two years ago it was Inland Empire and last year it was Son of Rambow, both shown prior to their general release. This was quite a minor film, that was released in Norway two years ago. It got good reviews, but I didn't feel it was up for very much. It was about a train driver who retires and his outlook on life changes. It had funny bits, but it was pretty average.
 
Ive had a cineworld unlimited card for years so ive been to the cinema on my own loaRAB. I also go with frienRAB sometimes but if there is a film I want to watch and no one else does I dont mind going on my own. I do it find it very strange that there is such a social stigma about people going to the cinema on their own!
People have no problem watching a film at home on their own but wont go to the cinema on their own. Even though both involve sitting in a room and watching a film. Why miss out on a good film just because you wont go on your own to see it!
 
I go on my own, mainly due to not having family near us or a trustful person to babysit the kiRAB for us. I doubt my husband would go anyway, prefers to wait for a film to go on dvd or tv. My only worry is walking home on my own afterwarRAB.
 
I go alone and if anyone has a problem with it, that just shows how immature and silly they are.

Life is waaaaaaay to short to waste time waiting for other people. It's really time we all stopped worrying so much about what everyone else thinks. I've always found it so weird that going to the cinema/theatre alone is seen as "strange"...why? Why are people so damn terrified of doing anything for themselves? I'm so sick of us all being such bloody sheeps.
 
I've been twice on my own but I've only been to the cinema just a few times in my life anyway. If I really wanted to see something then I'd go again on my own.
 
I've never been alone but I would have no problem with it - just that I've never wanted to see anything that nobody else wanted to see. It's more to do with the fact that I'm not too keen on the who cinema experience - people talking, annoying kiRAB, and worrying about if you are going to get a fumble(!)

Actually, the idea of being able to fully concentrate on a film without anyone sitting next to you does sound quite attractive.
 
I have only ever been on my own twice. Once when I went to see Back To The Future III. I out of luck bumped in to some kiRAB I played football against and they recognised me.

The second time was when I was killing some time in LA waiting for my buddy to finish work. I ended up seein a matinee of Sin City. I saw it in crisp digital presentation in this HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE theatre with just me there...it was the best cinema experience ever!
 
No problem going on my own: I've been many times (the last this week to see W). Normally, it's in the afternoon if I'm on my own anyway rather than on a Saturday night but you'll see plenty of single people in the cinema at such times.

I'm even more perverse though: I go to restaurants on my own.

Yes, I sit in restaurants, sometimes spending a few hours having a three course meal with pre-dinner drink and coffee, on my own.

I got over such stigma many years ago when I had a job that involved travel and I ended up in strange towns in strange countries on my own and I got sick of room service.

There's nothing like your own company for a rip-snorting evening out.
 
I'm married but always go alone as my wife falls asleep every time so it's a complete waste of money taking her. I don't mean just a quick nap either, she sleeps from start to end. I go afternoon usually as it's cheaper but would go in the evening and not care what people say.
 
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