Vue, Liffey Valley

CyberGhost

Hi,

Has anyone been to that cinema? how is it compared to UGC? is screen bigger and sound better?

colm_mcm

think the big screen is bigger than UGC, bit of a pain queueing for popcorn and drinks.

J.R.HARTLEY

great for the leg room though, spacious cinema

CyberGhost

Nice, I guess I'll go there to watch X3

Thanks!

BopNiblets

When I was there this afternoon for X3 there was some monkey running the projector. A hungover monkey who obviously left to take a whizz not realising that the film had cut out 10 minutes in and the sound was screwed up at the start too.
And they left the frickin lights on for a while.
It was rediculous.

the_syco

BopNiblets wrote:

When I was there this afternoon for X3 there was some monkey running the projector. A hungover monkey who obviously left to take a whizz not realising that the film had cut out 10 minutes in and the sound was screwed up at the start too.
And they left the frickin lights on for a while.
It was rediculous.

What time?

CyberGhost

BopNiblets wrote:

When I was there this afternoon for X3 there was some monkey running the projector. A hungover monkey who obviously left to take a whizz not realising that the film had cut out 10 minutes in and the sound was screwed up at the start too.
And they left the frickin lights on for a while.
It was rediculous.

Ha! that's definitely a turn off

constitutionus

bigger screens , some of the biggest in fact. and the seats are comfortable and staggered so even if jaws from the bond films sits in front of you the view is unobstructed. BUT its the most expensive cinema ive ever been in, the slot for your drink in the chair is bloody awfull inconvenient to use in the dark and trying to get to the seats at the back is something akin to mountain climbing (your talking stairs with a 45 degree incline )

oh and the food sucks (no butter allowed on popcorn that goes immediatly to war with you gut):D

base2

The cinema is fine for a multiplex. Just overpriced and you have to share the experience with a disgusting array of people.

KdjaCL

Best cinema in the world if used correctly.


kdjacs rules to Ster Century:

1: Never go on a Fri Sat or Sun.
2: take an afternoon off and watch the movie practically alone.



Actually all cinemas apply there but Ster is the best i have been in.


kdjac

CyberGhost

Actually that's when I'm planning to go, Monday at about 12 or 1pm.

Hopefully there won't be many people.

KdjaCL

CyberGhost wrote:

Actually that's when I'm planning to go, Monday at about 12 or 1pm.

Hopefully there won't be many people.

There be you a few shift workers and the projector guy. hate watching movies in packed cinemas as Irelands Arsehole to normal person ratio is quite high.


kdjac

Baggly

.....id do something about those idiots throwing popcorn but im paralyzed with rage.......


nah, they dont really throw popcorn, they just wont shut up

J.R.HARTLEY

KdjaC wrote:

There be you a few shift workers and the projector guy. hate watching movies in packed cinemas as Irelands Arsehole to normal person ratio is quite high.


kdjac

very true my friend, very true.

BopNiblets

the_syco wrote:

What time?

12pm.
It wasn't too packed for a preview, I was told it was just that and not an opening day, but still you'd think they'd have the "showing of a film from start to finish without any hiccup" down by now, it is a cinema after all... :rolleyes:
Like going to a play and have the actors screw up and say "Haha, sorry, lets try this scene again!"

the_syco

KdjaC wrote:

kdjacs rules to Ster Century:

1: Never go on a Fri Sat or Sun.
2: take an afternoon off and watch the movie practically alone.

3: Don't go between 8pm and 10pm. Always will be busy.

CyberGhost wrote:

Actually that's when I'm planning to go, Monday at about 12 or 1pm.

Hopefully there won't be many people.

Keep hoping. Since the DVC came out, its been busy. Esp now that Xmen is out.

KdjaC wrote:

There be you a few shift workers and the projector guy. hate watching movies in packed cinemas as Irelands Arsehole to normal person ratio is quite high.


kdjac

Aye. I'll proberly be working then...

petermonaghan wrote:

.....id do something about those idiots throwing popcorn but im paralyzed with rage.......


nah, they dont really throw popcorn, they just wont shut up

Tell someone at where you got your tickets ripped, and if they're still making noise when we come in, we'll usually just kick them out.

BopNiblets wrote:

12pm.
It wasn't too packed for a preview, I was told it was just that and not an opening day, but still you'd think they'd have the "showing of a film from start to finish without any hiccup" down by now, it is a cinema after all... :rolleyes:
Like going to a play and have the actors screw up and say "Haha, sorry, lets try this scene again!"

12pm... as in midnight, or noon? Meh. Odd. Usually there's no hiccups, but sh|t does happen. Usually after the film starts, lights go out, etc, and everthing runs, automatically, but sometimes the metal clip isn't detected in the reel, and the machine doesn't dim the lights.

As for it not being packed, yeah, proberly cos its over late, and most people work in the morning.

J.R.HARTLEY

BopNiblets wrote:

When I was there this afternoon for X3 there was some monkey running the projector. A hungover monkey who obviously left to take a whizz not realising that the film had cut out 10 minutes in and the sound was screwed up at the start too.
And they left the frickin lights on for a while.
It was rediculous.

ah here, try going to UCI in blanch, they started walk the line in the most ridiculous size ever, the film only displayed in the middle third of the screen, then went black for about 5 mins, the picture came good a full 15 mins into the movie and they wouldn't replay it, despite us having missed parts, all we could hear was the prison concert begining couldn't see a tap of it and the pic came back during a flashback to his childhood.
the exorcism of emily rose was out of focus for nearly 25 mins and MI3 was without sound for some reason during the bridge scene.
VUE have never screwed up like that on me,

pbsuxok1znja4r

Vue is alright if you just want to go once to see one blockbuster action film, but in general the place has gone to the dogs since it stopped being Ster Century. Their roster of films is now down to under 10-ish all the time. (Actually not sure of the figures but it is annoyingly low lately). They only show the terrible films that will make the most money, i.e. what all the retarded kids will go to see on school holidays. They charge stupid prices for stupid things; a bag of M&Ms is 4 euro...harsh. Anyway, the decent films (i.e. the ones that don't make money) run for annoyingly short periods of time now, too. The place was equally well-kept (if not moreso) while it was Ster Century and it hadn't sold out (as much) then either. Boo-urns to Vue.

CyberGhost

just came back, pretty good, nice seats! but sound I felt was a bit lower than UGC/

philologos

the price of everything there is a ripoff unfortunately

CyberGhost

haha, well lucky for me I don't like to eat and watch movies.

Giblet

Thursday at 11:50pm. No-one there, no queues, and no traffic! Fantastic.

constitutionus

was just down there again today to make sure i got my figures right. just shy of NINE euros for a regular (i presume medium) popcorn and coke. on top of a similar amount for the ticket itself. thats nearly EIGHTEEN euros to see a film with food. i can go to the UCI in tallaght and get a large popcorn and coke for eight euros:rolleyes: and the daytime ticket is 6.75 no competition there:D

KdjaCL

Seen X men 3 in a nice empty cinema, me and the boy only ones there. Could have been another wasnt sure.

Was in the Big Fella with a row of seats each and it cost .........€28.50 one adult one kid kids box and popcorn and coke.


I dont mind paying that much thanks to how i see other movies, i feel it a fair transaction that adds up eventually.



kdjac

the_syco

scouser.tommy wrote:

Anyway, the decent films (i.e. the ones that don't make money) run for annoyingly short periods of time now, too.

You mean the ones that nearly NO-ONE goes to? When I say nearly no-one, I mean a max of 15 in any one screen, for the entire week. One of the films that showed for a week only got 20 people a day, if even that. Some beutiful-mind type film.

constitutionus wrote:

was just down there again today to make sure i got my figures right. just shy of NINE euros for a regular (i presume medium) popcorn and coke.

Aye. 8.40 for a reg pop combo, 8.90 for a large pop combo. Due to renovations (due to be finished today week), currently prices are very high, and the place should be avoided. Or go into Boots. Seriously.

=-=

Films on now:
XM3: Good.
IA3: Good
MI3: Good.
DVC: Avoided it like the plague.

Baggly

haha, student cinema ticket is 6 euro. popcorn and drink combo is a bit dear, but sure what can ya do.

branners69

Was in the Omni in Santry two weeks ago to watch Silent Hill, the sound and image were terrible.. and that was after they left us sitting there for 20 mins!!

I looked at my watch and realised we had been sitting there 15 minutes after the film was meant to have started. I went out to see what happening and some teenager went over to a bloke in a suit who disappeared for a few minutes and when I went back to my seat the lights had dimmed and the film was starting, so obviously they had forgot about us!! Clowns!!

I cant stand cinemas in Dublin anymore, I used to live in Manchester for a couple of years and the cinemas where fantastic!! One 5 mins walk from my house was Warner Brothers and they had a Gold Class Cinema which was around €15 in but you got a leather reclining chair and a button which you pressed to bring the waiter over who would get you a bottle of bud or some more popcorn during the film!! Popcorn and soft drink refills were free!!

Another cinema near Deansgate, the AMC I think which was brand new, had a full month of free entrance to all films!!

I recently resorted to spending over €10,000 on my own home cinema with Plasma, surround sound and leather reclining laz-i-boys!! But sometimes you just cant beat the cinema!!

I am going to Cineworld tonight to see Xmen 3 and for nearly €10 the sound and picture quality better be excellent!!

Finally does anyone know why you cant get sweet popcorn in cinemas in Ireland??

the_syco

branners69 wrote:

I used to live in Manchester for a couple of years and the cinemas where fantastic!! One 5 mins walk from my house was Warner Brothers and they had a Gold Class Cinema which was around €15 in but you got a leather reclining chair and a button which you pressed to bring the waiter over who would get you a bottle of bud or some more popcorn during the film!! Popcorn and soft drink refills were free!!

Aye. Warner Brothers were owned by a umbrella company called Village, which Ster Century seemingly bought.

Alot of the cinema's in England are now VUE, but the one in Dublin is the largest VUE cinema. Next time you're in VUE, watch the ad's on the screen in the lobby. You'll see the Drink Refills ad. It gives a brit Pound price, tho. The management have been notified, but they don't seem to care. Seemingly they do it over in England, but not here.

branners69 wrote:

Finally does anyone know why you cant get sweet popcorn in cinemas in Ireland??

Dunno, tbh. In VUE, all the popcorn (aside from these two weeks when we've no access to our poppers) are made here. Fresh. IIRC, in UCI its brought in made, and put in the popper to heat it up, and make it look fresh:rolleyes:

I suppose as everyone else does salt, so does VUE. I'll look into it for you, if I remember.

branners69

the_syco wrote:

Aye. Warner Brothers were owned by a umbrella company called Village, which Ster Century seemingly bought.

Now that you say it the cinema complex was called the Warner Village.. wish they would open up a few new cinemas over here!! Being Northside based am sick of the Omni in Santry, walls are paper thin and they have no ice cream!! The UCI in Coolock is a kip, ripped seats and sticky floors!!

Went to Cineworld today after work and wasnt too impressed, as stated before the toilets are disgusting. And cos of the unlimited ticket people seem to come and go. An hour into the film and 3 people came in and started looking for seats which is very distracting!! And why would anyone come into a film that has been on for an hour!!

the_syco wrote:

I suppose as everyone else does salt, so does VUE. I'll look into it for you, if I remember.

Would appreciate that. Have always wondered why we dont have it.. I went to the cinema in Newry before Xmas and they had it there!!

the_syco

branners69 wrote:

as stated before the toilets are disgusting.

Cool. VUE makes us check the toilets every 20 minutes @ peak times