General Chat

My wife went last year with our son's gf's mum. It was mid-afternoon but even then the stench of stale food hung around.

Worse still was the state of the place which they described it a s...t hole. The floor was covered in discarded chewing gum and other rubbish.

Hardly a showcase.

Sharon and Paula,,See thread ""Itchy Legs anyone"" LOL

lol@ Sue.

You got scaly legs then?

Yes used to walk backwards but if I did it now I would fall over and land flat on my posterior AND wouldn't be able to get up again.

I would be like a Tortoise flayling about..

I've got the Pearl & Dean music on my mobile play that stick on a DVD and turn the lights out and shazam your own cinema without leaving the comfort of your living room...its not so easy to persuade she who must be obeyed to walk backwards with a torch though :-D :-D

We can't be bothered going to the cinema these days.

The usual problems, sometimes can't get a park near, people talking & texting, kids who kick the back of your seat, chomping of food & slurping of drinks...... and more!

Usually the movies are out on dvd a couple of months later, so we wait, then watch it in the comfort of home!

We splashed out last year & got a BIG tv (in time for the Olympics) not a monster size, but it's big enough.

The cost of the dvd is usually about the same as two tickets to the cinema!

Like Sharon, I don't tend to watch films - even on TV.
I have a few DVD's of films - some unopened.
Any DVD's (Spot, Bob the Builder etc) I have are only watched by my grandchildren.
One that is watched regularly - by my 11 year old grand daughter (when her younger brothers are in bed) is 'Life of Brian' - she loves it - and doesn't repeat the swear words (that I'd forgotten were in it!!!)
With 2 younger brothers, male nudity means nothing to her :-D

I try to get her to watch 'The King's Speech' (still unopened) with me, by telling her that her g granddad was his chef - but she seems to realise it's not funny.

Oh well, I know the elder of her brothers will watch it with me one day....

Well. she probably could then ;-)

I agree though Sue - it's such a pleasure to go to the cinema in the afternoon - no riff raff :-)

So you can walk backwards then?

We have a cinema that has been going Donkey's years and they have an OAP afternoon which is only £4 and for that you can have tea/coffee and biscuits.

I go to the OAP afternoon as there is NO rubbish,no yelling/screaming kids and no-one chatters through the film.

Peace and it's lovely.

I used to work at the self and same cinema back in the 60's as an usherette..

Actually I got that wrong............it is lack of consideration for OTHER peoples surroundings..........
Bob

Too true.........discarded litter doesn't self generate

it is PEOPLE that make litter, I just cant understand passers by dropping things on the floor while within a few paces is some ones wheelie bin........or a bin on a post. sheer bloody laziness and lack of consideration for ones surroundings...........

Bob

Dropping stuff off the balcony.

In those days you would probably have to wait forever to see the film on the television but there have only been two films in the last twenty years that I have thought I might not mind watching if I had something to do at the same time.

They were on the television within a couple of years.

And you could go in anytime and see the film right round again if you wanted. :-D

Sharron. It used to be an "occasion" to go to the cinema. Do you remember the way it was?

A few adverts from Pearl & Dean, Forthcoming attractions, Pathe News,
The B Movie, then the interval with ice cream, and then settle down for the main movie. Everyone stood at the end for the National Anthem.

Was the triangular shaped orange ice called Jubbly (sp) my sister loved those her lips would be frozen purple when she finished eating them <3

I just don't like watching films. Rarely watch one on the television, certainly am very reluctant to spend money, and so much money, to watch one.

In my teens I used to go to the cinema but can't pretend to have watched the film.

They had Payne's Poppets in Aldi the other week. If there was a place tobuy those triangular sort of shaped frozen orange drinks there would be no reason at all to go to the cinema.

Rollo The one thing that our local Multi screen cinemas seem to have aplenty is parking.

We are very lucky living so near to Birmingham we have many small specialist cinemas and theaters, they are very different to Mult screen. Stylish and comfortable you are seated on comfy sofas and allowed to take a glass of wine in with you. They are a bit more expensive but worth it, however, but do not always show the current films.

Agree with Rollo re the smaller arts cinemas. Our local one is very good, having a small cafe area, where people can meet before the film and chat, and the atmosphere is warm and friendly.

;-)

being a wearer of hearing aids which are digital, any rustle of paper near me can completely obliterate the words on the film. The aids are so sensitive and magnify the rustle of a crisp packet enormously. But why do people have to eat in there, no wonder we are an overweight society. I think a drink is fine but hot food is (like hot food served on aircraft) a nauseating smell. :-)