I hate going to the cinema because other people go too...

Not to be hateful to any cinema employees here, but what do they do when the films are showing?

And I really think my loacl cinema neeRAB a new projectionist. There were 3 films I saw there that contained subtitles for people speaking Russian at points of the movie. Think was Charlie Wilson's War, We Own the Night and Lions For Lambs. But basically we couldn't read the subtitles because they were off the bottom of the screen
 
Good thread Revelian, one I can most definately relate to. I only bother going to the cinema now if there is a film doing the rounRAB that just HAS to be seen on a large screen. Something like Dark Knight or LOTR. Otherwise I'll wait for the dvd, because the cinema is hell on earth. There are 3 cinemas in my area, 2 of them are 15 minutes away by car but I always go to the one that's a 40 minute drive away because it's out of the way and always quiet. Well, I only go in the afternoon anyway because I can't abide watching films with schoolkiRAB around. I am the grumpiest bastard when a schoolkid is annoying me in a cinema, I will actually walk over to them and tell them to button it, and if that fails I complain to the management :D
Cinemas, I hate 'em!
 
I regularly go to the Cineworld in Glagsow, which isn't acutally too bad for other people
being disruptive.

However, if I did own my own cinema I would impose:

THE FIVE COMMANDMENTS OF CINEMA GOING​

  • All mobile phones shall be surrendered before entering the screen and shall not be given back until the screening is over ("No, I don't care how much it's worth, just hand it over!!!)
  • No food of a noisy or smelly nature shall be allowed into the cinema - this includes crisps, individually wrapped sweets, hot-dogs or McDonalRAB brough in from outside
  • The doors of the cinema shall the sealed at the start of the trailers (not the adverts) and there shall be no admittance after this time - don't try and be a smart-arse to avoid the adverts and trailers
  • The doors of the cinema shall remain sealed until the end of the screening - you are all adults; surely you can go to the toilet before the film starts and hold you're bladder for two hours
  • People who are talking - or even worse, whispering loudly - shall be removed from the screen via an ejector seat system

To be honest, other complaints on this thread don' really bother me. If people sitting next to you is a problem, then buy extra seats. And I've you're going to see a children's film (yes, I thought WALL-E was a work of art to, but at it's core, it was a children's film) then expect some explantion from parents for younger viewers. Also, unfortunately, due to the decreasing number of people going to the cinema, I accept that adverts are a necessary evil for us to have access to cinemas.

So, anyone else want to join the revolution?
 
Every time I go to the cinema, without fail the person sitting behind me is kicking my seat. I spend most of the time swivelling round and glaring at them, to no avail. So next time, we booked seats at the back, with the wall behind us. Peace I thought, but the little girl sitting next to me fidgeted the whole time!

Another bugbear is how filthy the cinema always seems to be - the toilet gets blocked and and there's popcorn scattered all over the floor.
 
what gets me is when people come in to the cinema, and tak and laugh with each other all throughout the film and then complain that the movie was crap. if they hadn't talked and laughed so much between them, they might of actually SEEN the movie!
 
I tend to wait for a film to have been on for a few weeks, then go to the 32 screen near by just after lunchtime. I've almost always got the showing to myself and there's never more than half a dozen people. Perfect.

However, for big releases I like a full cinema to add that bit of atmosphere. Not been to one like that since Cloverfield, though.
 
Films are timed to start every 20 minutes or so and people don't just turn up as the film is about to start, they turn up early, they turn up late and so there is always a requirement for people to be at the doors taking the tickets. When we do have a spare moment we do screen checks on a regular basis to make sure the films are running smoothly, that people aren't talking and we also are constantly stocking the kiosks, cleaning up the endless stream of popcorn left on the foyer floor, cleaning the toilets etc.

There are also a constant stream of screens coming out, if you've ever seen the mess left behind after 400+ people have left their food and drink all over the floor you'll know it's not something that can be cleaned in a minute. Often it will take 4/5 people 15 minutes to sweep/mop/pick up the crap left behind and inevertibly once one screen is cleaned, another will be coming out within minutes.

Of course I haven't included box office responsibilities of which there are many.

The job is not rocket science, far from it, but it can be hard work and there is always something that neeRAB doing.
 
Either wait a few weeks or...go to the midnight showing on opening night, or the 10:30am showing the saturday morning after. ALWAYS really quiet apart from a few old people on the saturday morning. The amount of times i've been to a midnight showing and had the whole cinema to myself.

Awesome.
 
The worst thing is when people SING ALONG, like they did when I went to see Mama Mia and on my second viewing of Sweeney Todd.

Excuse me, but we want to hear the ACTORS sing, not the bloody audience.

Also, when I went to see The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, a group of teenage girls were screaming and shrieking in "fear" through the shocking end sequence. If they'd been watching at all properly they would have realised it was much too serious a situation to be shrieking through.
 
I'm amazed at the amount of people who go to the cinema and don't bother watching the film, then spend the duration chatting and spoiling it for others. This happens almost every single time we go to the cinema and is usually teenagers. At the weekend 2 girls were sitting with their feet up behind us watching videos on their phone with the sound on laughing and giggling, we looked at them a number of times and then threw something at them and they shut up. I've seen people sit surfing on their phone and not even glance at the film the whole time. Luckily my o/h is quite a big bloke and I get him to say something and they shut up after that, but I really don't get why people waste their money, if they want to chat why bother paying for a cinema ticket when they can do that for free elsewhere.
 
Ah, so this is the thread I gave the idea for.

The things that really annoy me about the cinema are:

Mobiles. Can people not survive 2 ****in hours without corresponding with the outside world?! If it's so importatnt that they talk to someone, then why bother with the cinema. There will always be some stupid ****ers texting away on a mobile with the brightest screen in the world.

Talking. Whispering, I don't mind as long as it's a whisper that only the person you're whispering to can hear. But when you're sitting watching a film and talking to the person beside you without even turning toward them then you're just being completely ignorant of other people. I remember for Hostel 4 or 5 guys behind us decided to grace us with predictions such as "Oh that guy's so dead!". And when watching White Noise a father had his young son asking constant questions about the movie and instead of "Ssshh and just watch the film!" he kept answering the questions.

As for kiRAB at kiRAB movies, they never seem to be a problem. I saw Ice Age 2 and Wall E and both had kiRAB better behaved than some people at non kiRAB films.

Oh and aRAB annoy me in that they do go on forever if you're early, but if you've arrived late through no fault of your own, then the film has started early or on time.

Rant over :D

Edit: Really? The word of curse with an 'e' instead of a 'u' is censored?
 
Eugh. Just come back from the cinema. There were two girls sat in front of us, one of which constantly had her phone out, not texting or doing anything with it as far as I could see (although she was using it to look at her ticket stub at one point... couldn'tve waited till later I expect), then shifted in her seat to put her coat on and sat staring at me and my sister and mum. Just staring. It was frightening. And rather annoying.

They both looked quite young but obviously old enough to go to the cinema on their own. And have mobile pones. :sleep:
 
I either try and go quite late, 10pm showings or if I'm not at work then during the day when it'll be quiet.

Unfortunately to me, some films are only meant to be seen at the cinema. Watching them at home could never do them justice no matter how convenient it is.
 
The Five Commandments are an excellent idea, craig-maclellan you should be Director of Cineworld and introduce them with immediate effect!!

As well as the usual annoyances - mobile phones, talking, getting up all the time, making a noise with the food, another thing that annoys me is people who laugh at an inappropriate moment and totally destroy the mood of the film.

Everytime I go to the cinema now (2-3 times a week) I have to ask someone to be quiet, turn their mobile off, or last night watching 'Quarantine' to stop throwing popcorn from the back row over the rest of the audience.
 
I am a tiny bit older than a teenager but i too hate the cinema for all the resons you've mentioned. So to solve the problem i either wait until the movie comes out on box office or dvd. Or if you live in a place where they have local cinemas (you may not even know they exist!) go to them instead of the massive 20 screens cinemas. It's quite nice actually because usually there's only around 5 other people at the most in the cinema (i'm suprised they haven't closed down) even a really popular movie like Mammia Mia! had about 30 people there out of a 150 seat capicity!
 
I hate it when people kick my chair :mad: It seems to happen everytime I go to the cinema, and I'm quite shy so really don't want to turn around and ask them to stop it, so I just grit my teeth and bear it!
Also when there's a group of people chatting or giggling the whole time. I was in the cinema once and there was a group of girls around my age near the back, and they wouldn't shut up so my friend asked them to be quiet and one of them just said 'or what?' which caused a bit of an argument.
 
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