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The Jesus how crap is Letterkenny Cinema thread
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23-01-2011 9:47pm#1
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Ahh Monday morning, where I'm too slow to realise I can look online myself and check prices!
Cheers dude, yeah it's a shame but you get to expect that, why should the quality of service in a cinema be any different from most of the rest of the town? There's nothing actually wrong with the place, it's just the attitude "Ahh sure feck them they've nowhere else to go let's jack up the prices and do it half-assed the eejits will pay for it through the nose anyway".
Pity someone that runs the place wouldn't read this and have a sudden attack of pride in their work or...or...I don't know, personal epiphany leading to giving half a **** about keeping customers happy.0 -
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I have days like that too, tho its usually only days that end with a Y.:pAhh Monday morning, where I'm too slow to realise I can look online myself and check prices!
Cheers dude, yeah it's a shame but you get to expect that, why should the quality of service in a cinema be any different from most of the rest of the town? There's nothing actually wrong with the place, it's just the attitude "Ahh sure feck them they've nowhere else to go let's jack up the prices and do it half-assed the eejits will pay for it through the nose anyway".
Pity someone that runs the place wouldn't read this and have a sudden attack of pride in their work or...or...I don't know, personal epiphany leading to giving half a **** about keeping customers happy.
Yea that seems to be the attitude alright. And people keep complaining but do nothing about it. I for one have chosen to complain with my feet, and I'll do anything to avoid going there now.
I'd travel to cork before going back there. But theres still 1 or 2 busses there every friday at least.
The place really needs some proper competition in the area.
I don't think that will happen, the staff in there changes quite a bit and they all seem to be students. So I'm guessing overworked, underpaid.
The management are probally thinking customers must be happy because they keep comming back.
But did you watch it as far as that scene?;)stephendevlin wrote: »Watched a little of that on my ipod (dont dare ask how I got it)
Not MY cup of tea .
I can only imagine that they have big bills to pay its quite a large / new enough building. Either that or they are doing enough to be happy with that they are providing.
Different strokes for different folks.
Thats why I think people should vote with their feet and wallets and go elsewhere.0 -
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Ha interesting thread
One big complaint I have about Letterkenny Cinema is the screen positioning/aspect/focus. After going to see about 10 movies (not in a row
) I'd say at least 5 of them I had to get up and go out and tell them to fix the screen position/aspect/foucs. Was raging!
One night we went to see Hot Tub Time Machine and we were stuck way on the inside, one of the screens with the aisle down one side only. Myself and my girlfriend were chattin about the positioning because of the last few movies we had seen, sure enough the movie comes on and about a quarter of the screen is missing at the top. I thought someone on the outside near the aisle is bound to go out and say something, I can be fussy at times about movies but this was bad. 15mins later and no one had gone out and the place was full. A scene came on where one of the characters was talking at the top of stairs and you couldnt see his face, just from his mouth down, again no one moved! So, I had to get up, trip past a load of people and go out and tell them to sort it. Came back in and after a few mins it was fixed.
I really cant understand how other people don't notice/care and how the projectionist cant line it up correctly and ensure its in focus to begin with!
(rant over)
Oh and another thing, those two screen downstairs, how can they charge full price for that?! Went in once or twice but if we go and see a movie now and find its on in one of those screens we'll get it change for something else or just go home.0 -
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Went to see my first 3D movie in Letterkenny cinema tonight and have to say the quality was pretty good from start to finish.
Only gripes i'd have is that the they decided to put the lights on before the end of the movie... Take it as a gentle nudge to get ready to leave
Wonder how often those 3D glasses are cleaned though?
(TT 3D in this week and went to see it this evening - absolutely fantastic documentary from start to finish! It was great to be able to see it on the big screen).0 -
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Saw Avengers 3D today and I just have to throw my two cents into the mix.
And yes, I've experienced all the same problems as other posters: sound, curtains, (especially) out of focus and I've frequently had to go out and complaint about these issues (and issues of unruly kids, always a problem in 7 and 8 at the week-end, it seems.)
But this takes the biscuit...
A friend (luckily for me) brought me to Derry yesterday to see Avengers. I enjoyed it. Lots. And decided to go again today with someone else.
I twigged right away that the aspect ratio was 2.35:1 instead of the 1.85 version I saw yesterday in Derry. My worst fears were confirmed about about ten minutes into the movie when we get to a scene with subtitles. In Letterkenny cinema you can't see the subtitles because they are 'below' the screen area. Crazy.
Also, on a couple of occasions (group scenes usually) you are missing someone's eyes and the top of their head when they speak. This happened to Samuel L. Jackson at least twice! He was giving some pivotal speech or other and all we could see was his nose, mouth and chin.
Crazy. Beyond crazy. I was too stunned to get up and complain. I was genuinely in total disbelief.
I've been chatting about it non-stop since, however. Hence I was alerted to this thread. I'd really like to go back in and (a) complain, (b) ask them how the hell this can be allowed to happen. Is it worth it?
Should I post on their Facebook page? In a nice way. Just ask - in a public forum - how/why this can be allowed to happen.0 -
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Hello
Dropping in. I have always had a problem with this cinema for the last 6 years.Im glad other people also feel this way. I thought i was going mad!
Literally every time I go there. There is a problem. If it is not the sounds issues its the lighting. Or there is sound but no picture. I mean, how stupid can these people be. Who work in these establishments. Sholdnt they know when something doesnt work. Do they just turn it on and leave it. Half the time its not even focused properly or off the screen. I think even the people who work there arent even focusing on your face when you talk to them.
The prices you pay for it are an immense ripoff. But unfortunately sometimes I'm unable to go to Derry or lifford and they aren't much better. So im left with little choice
The guy who owns it literally doesn't care. I remember him trying to control a crowd(Harry Potter 7). He was so arrogant. I wanted to smack him. :mad:
I actually have a betting pool with whoever im with anytime i go there Whether or not the film actually will actually work.
Im only skimming the surface on this issue.
Why havn't there been massive complaints about this on Radio, or do i miss them. How people here accept this appalling level of quality is beyond me. I literally have to get up out of the room of 150 people and complain. No one does it. I do it every time. I'm bloody 22. There are 35-60 year olds that just sit there and do nothing. Sometimes I think they arent even real people who watch these films. Not to mention the bad service from the grumpy uneducated workforce there, that have taken a hatred to me because i want to watch a film with picture and sound.:mad:
If this was anywhere else in the world. It would of gone out of business a Long time ago. this cinema is in need of some stiff competition.
When was the last time you were in either of these? I make a point of not going to letterkenny, purely because of the rip off prices. Lifford is an ok Cinema much better than Letterkenny IMO, but the new Cinema in Derry (in at the bowling alley in Pennyburn) is nothing short of excellent, well priced (half price all day Tuesday
), seats are class with lots of room and the picture / sound is second to none! 0 -
donegal_road wrote: »there was a film club at the Regional Cultural Centre a couple of years ago, I will find out if they plan to run another one. link
They showed independant arthouse type films, biography, documentary etc. Would be something different at least
I walked into the cinema one day to try pre-book a film for a few nights later.. there was no one around (apart from a few student -looking lads also looking for service) so i wandered around for a few minutes till i eventually found someone cleaning up.. he said he would get the manager for me.. when the manager came out he said he couldnt sort me out because "the tills werent on yet" this was at just before 12 o clock on a weekday lunchtime and he told me they where opened at 1 & to come back then..needless to say i didnt as i had walked a fair wee distance to get there on a rainy day & i didnt fancy hanging around for another hour waiting for it to "officially" open.
Sure i should have checked to see what time it opened instead of assuming it would be open at that time but they must be doing well when they cant make the effort to turn a till on for a sale!
I said to the manager he should think about showing some old classics or documentaries or the like during the day for a reduced rate seeing as there is so many students in town & ( & others with not much to do at times ) he just kind of looked at me as if i was from another planet - and people wonder why so many local businesses are going bust these days!
But having said that i can honestly say ive never had any problems during any screenings ive went to.. im not doubting for a minute that people have ..but i must have been lucky 0 -
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oranbhoy67 wrote: »
I said to the manager he should think about showing some old classics or documentaries or the like during the day for a reduced rate seeing as there is so many students in town & ( & others with not much to do at times ) he just kind of looked at me as if i was from another planet - and people wonder why so many local businesses are going bust these days!
I used to live close to an old cinema in Toronto that opened at noon, and played the old classics and documentaries, it was always busy. Maybe this idea could be suggested to Letterkenny cinema.
If there are technical difficulties, they could be straightened out during the daytime shows, then the night films will run without a flaw.
*Google Documentary Heaven, and Documentary Storm in the meantime*0 -
donegal_road wrote: »I used to live close to an old cinema in Toronto that opened at noon, and played the old classics and documentaries, it was always busy. Maybe this idea could be suggested to Letterkenny cinema.
If there are technical difficulties, they could be straightened out during the daytime shows, then the night films will run without a flaw.
*Google Documentary Heaven, and Documentary Storm in the meantime*
Thats what im saying i did suggest it to him but he kind of just shrugged the idea off ..surely he could get these films for dirt cheap & charge 3 or 4 euro & they would make money on food etc too.. i think a lot of students would love the idea of somewhere to go during the day that they can sit for a few hours especially during the winter etc.
I wish i had the capital to start my own business id be a millionaire within a year ..
Seriously though it annoys me when i see shops and businesses, pubs and cafes etc with great potential yet people with zero imagination running them!0 -
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As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I went through a very annoying stint of cinema going. Out of about 7 movies 5 I had to go out and ask for things to be fixed. Craziest one was what I mentioned earlier :One night we went to see Hot Tub Time Machine and we were stuck way on the inside, one of the screens with the aisle down one side only. Myself and my girlfriend were chattin about the positioning because of the last few movies we had seen, sure enough the movie comes on and about a quarter of the screen is missing at the top. I thought someone on the outside near the aisle is bound to go out and say something, I can be fussy at times about movies but this was bad. 15mins later and no one had gone out and the place was full. A scene came on where one of the characters was talking at the top of stairs and you couldnt see his face, just from his mouth down, again no one moved! So, I had to get up, trip past a load of people and go out and tell them to sort it. Came back in and after a few mins it was fixed.
Luckily I havent had to go out in the last while although there a few things that bug me sometimes but not as major as they were.
Maybe the cinema should be alerted to this thread
With regards to 3D, yeah its a bit of a gimmick but I have to say I enjoyed Avatar in 3D when it came out and doubt I would have got the same experience in 2D. That being said Cameron did a really good job with the movie in that it was made for 3D. Alot of the crap that comes out and ultimatley gives 3D a bad name are either conversions (filmed in 2D then later poorly converted to 3D to make more money) or overusing the 3D effect by having alot of content flying out at you. Want to go and see Avengers in the next few days and not sure whether to just go 2D or try 3D. Some have said the 3D is very good but I dunno.0 -
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