Weird to go to the cinema by yourself?

Denerick

I really want to see the dark knight rises but can't get anyone to go with me until the weekend! Do people go the cinema alone or is comparable to declaring yourself a Thatcherite at a ULA meeting?

Samich

Denerick wrote: »

I really want to see the dark knight rises but can't get anyone to go with me until the weekend! Do people go the cinema alone or is comparable to declaring yourself a Thatcherite at a ULA meeting?

There were 2 seats beside me at the cinema, one guy came in and sat down. A while later another lad came in and sat down. Not like you're supposed to be talking during the movie?

Jimmy Iovine

I went with a few friends to TDKR and it was packed so I had to sit on my own. I didn't mind it one bit.

I've often gone to films on my own. That was usually in Dublin or England. I'd never go at home, mainly because the cinema is brutal and I avoid it even if friends are going.

I'd have missed out on a lot of great films if I was afraid to go on my own. I went to see Toy Story 2 in 3D a while back in Manchester. That was one of the most awkward moments of my life. I was in a cinema full of children and their parents. The film was great though.

If the cinema is almost full you'll get away with it if you want. Just look around and pretend your friends are in the back row and there's no seats. Then just find an empty aisle seat right in the centre of the screen and enjoy the film in peace and quiet .

googled eyes

Go to an early show. Chances are there will be less teenagers there and its cheaper so win win. Plus you wont feel like a weirdo loner as there'll be other weirdo loners around you.

ZombieMed

lol, I just went to it by myself (actually come to think of it, it happens a lot for me and Christian Bale movies, though usually later in the release). I wasn't the only loner there either, nor did I care that I was alone.. movie was great. Also, at the time I went there was only one seat left available to be sold so would have had to prebook if going with a friend.

Maybe people will be weirded out by you, but hey, that's not your problem:)

krudler

nope, do it all the time, usually go on midweek days off when most people there are by themselves, some movies I prefer to see with friends or a crowd, but if nobody was around it wouldnt stop me going at all. people don't care, and if they do, fcuk em.

ZombieMed

watch how early you go to it though, a few weirdos in Cineworld Dublin at 10-11am..

Madam_X

No it's not weird. Only to teenagers.

johnny_ultimate

This comes up so very often, and the answer is so very simple: no, it is not in the slightest bit weird to go to the cinema by yourself. Can't count the number of films I wouldn't have seen if I had wasted time and effort trying to gather a posse (hard enough to get friends to go see what they actually want to watch, let alone that pretentious Hungarian one). Go solo. Watch what you want to watch, when you want to, where you want to. It's not like you spend the film talking to people anyway. If you do, well then there's another reason not to go with others

silvine

Most people go to the cinema to see the film, not to check out who's there alone.

Just saying.

Drum.lad

Its my preferred way of seeing a movie. I do remember going to see Despicable Me and the screen was full of mothers and children,i got some strange looks.

Antar Bolaeisk

I always go to the cinema on my own.


*sniff*

Nervous Wreck

Going to the cinema alone is one of the better ways to see a film.

Sad Professor

People who go to the cinema by themselves are freaks! Freaks, I tell ya!

krudler

Sad Professor wrote: »

People who go to the cinema by themselves are freaks! Freaks, I tell ya!

you know who are the real freaks? people who go to the cinema and spend the entire time talking, on their phone and not paying attention to the movie they just paid nearly 20 quid to watch. going during the day is bliss, one of my little joys is going to a cinema on a midweek day off work, its pissing rain, there's a handful of people there, nobody talks and everyone just shuts the hell up and watches the film.

Ape X

I have an unlimited card for Cineworld, so I find myself going by myself quite a lot. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. There are plenty of movies that friends won't go to see, so I see those ones on my own.

Galvasean

Ape X wrote: »

I have an unlimited card for Cineworld, so I find myself going by myself quite a lot. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. There are plenty of movies that friends won't go to see, so I see those ones on my own.

I'm the same. While I enjoy going with friends they aren't as big into cinema as me so I wouldn't get to go too often if I waited until they wanted to come along too.
One of my favourite things to do is wander into Cineworld when its quiet and relax and enjoy a movie by myself.

Ape X

Galvasean wrote: »

I'm the same. While I enjoy going with friends they aren't as big into cinema as me so I wouldn't get to go too often if I waited until they wanted to come along too.
One of my favourite things to do is wander into Cineworld when its quiet and relax and enjoy a movie by myself.

Ditto. I also find I'm far more likely to go to something on a complete whim when I'm on my own with the Unlimited card, ie go to something I've heard absolutely nothing about. Have seen some *real gems that way



*and some utter shiiite too :pac:

Samich

How much is that card?

Galvasean

Samich wrote: »

How much is that card?

20 bucks per month (but you have to subscribe for a year).
+10% discount in Woolshed Bar, woooo!!!!!

Richard Hillman

I always go by myself. I dont see any point in going with people as Its not really a social place. A lot of my mates say "I'll come out with ya some time", i think because they feel sorry for me :pac:

I just prefer to go by myself

Sad Professor

The people you see in the cinema on their own are true film lovers. They are there because they want to be and not because that's what their mates wanted to do. As krudler said, the real weirdos are the messers, the talkers, the texters. They travel in groups, they don't like movies and the only reason they are there is because that's the only thing them and their mates could agree on. Unfortunately for the cinephiles among us, modern multiplexes are designed for these people. Hence the reason they employ more than a dozen cleaners to mop up the mess these wasters leave behind, but no projectionists and barely any ushers.

vicwatson

It be a bit weird if say a 20 or 30 something went into the likes of Alvin and the chipmunks on their own

Ape X

vicwatson wrote: »

It be a bit weird if say a 20 or 30 something went into the likes of Alvin and the chipmunks on their own

Heh, I've gone to Pixar movies on my own :pac:

Oranage2

Not weird though I've never done it.

Might buy a Cineworld and start going by myself, some films like Abraham Lincoln vs vampires i would love to see but its so hard to get a friend to go so usually end up downloading it.

hatrickpatrick

Denerick wrote: »

I really want to see the dark knight rises but can't get anyone to go with me until the weekend! Do people go the cinema alone or is comparable to declaring yourself a Thatcherite at a ULA meeting?

Not in the least. I do it regularly.
Put it this way: If there's a film you're rabidly excited about, it's better to go on your own than to drag someone along who has no interest and will spend the whole movie distracting you. Definitely not weird at all.

Sulla Felix

I've been going to the cinema alone for years. A lot of my friends have no interest in anything other than blockbusters. Nothing wrong with it. Next step though is the theatre alone. A little bit more scary since there's an interval. <<

titan18

Nope, not weird at all. The people who have a problem with it are the weird ones tbh. Kinda sad if someone needs to be with other people to watch a film all the time.

saa

There's always a large number of people seeing films on their own at Cineworld, I'm sure its down to the card, which is a shame as its nice to get out of the house and actually watch a movie rather than it being about seeing a friend. Once I was in the city centre got bad news, didn't want to go home so I went to see some stupid comedy flick on my own, it wasnt funny but I just sat there and thought thank fúck I can just sit here and not have to talk to anyone of take any calls for a few hours, not a single fúck was given about what others thought of me.

vicwatson

Ape X wrote: »

Heh, I've gone to Pixar movies on my own :pac:

Pixar IS NOT Alvin and the Chipmunks

More adult humour in Pixar than there is for the chislers !

coronaextra

I dont think its wierd, just so long as you dont go to wearing a gas mask or anything

e_e

No because I'm not so ridiculously self conscious and insecure that I need somebody to hold my hand 24/7.

jaykhunter

Of course it's grand. Sometimes you can't get someone to go to a specific showing and you shouldn't miss out on it.

Sure it's nice to experience with someone else but watching a film a solitary act anyway. I opted out Of the 4am TDKR showing because I didn't want to wait in the cold by myself. That and it was 4am lol

narddog

No problem going solo to movies. Watching a film is a solitary act anyways.

johnny_ultimate

Also just in case Fred Willard or that old man watching Cosmopolis in the IFI are reading: yes, it is weird to masturbate in the cinema if you're on your own. Don't do that and everything's kosher.

d@rk l0rd

I always go to the cinema on my own, I find other people a distraction. :rolleyes:
I think it's a lot sadder if you need to have your hand held as you're too insecure to go on your own. Loads of people go on their own. No one cares. And if anyone does, does a stranger's opinion of you really matter?

As a previous poster said, the real freaks are talkers and texters, people with no attention spans at all.

titan18

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Also just in case Fred Willard or that old man watching Cosmopolis in the IFI are reading: yes, it is weird to masturbate in the cinema if you're on your own. Don't do that and everything's kosher.

It'd be weirder if they went in groups to masturbate

IncognitoMan

Haven't ever gone on my own yet but its something I would have no problem with if nobody else was going. Its a 30-40 minute drive so I tend to go with someone. I cant say I really notice if people are on their own or in a group and I wouldn't care.

Glico Man

Last film I went to see with another person was Senna, and that was quite a while ago. I much rather going by myself so I don't have a phone screen lighting up beside me, or someone trying to knick my popcorn :mad:

While I have no problems going with others (bar the food theft ), I find I often enjoy a film more by myself. Went on my own on Friday morning, heading in again early afternoon tomorrow.

tok9

I haven't gone to the cinema on my own yet but I have gone away and sat somewhere else. Did so for the Dark knight rises, friend sat in the very front so I went off searching for a seat and got a great one dead centre of the screen!

I'd have no problem going on my own if it I really wanted to see a movie none of my friends did.

Sleepy

I'd end up going to most films alone as going with the other half would necessitate a babysitter which could often put the cost of a night at the movies into ridiculous territory.

d@rk l0rd

Nice to see that you're not one of those couples that uses the cinema as a babysitting service and brings a screaming child in with them! :eek:

Sleepy

I'll bring the kids to weekend matinees (that's what they're really there for after all) but an evening show? Not til they're a lot older!

jaykhunter

Sleepy wrote: »

I'll bring the kids to weekend matinees (that's what they're really there for after all) but an evening show? Not til they're a lot older!

THANK YOU!

d@rk l0rd

Sleepy wrote: »

I'll bring the kids to weekend matinees (that's what they're really there for after all) but an evening show? Not til they're a lot older!

I don't mean kids mornings obviously or parent and child screenings. I mean evening screenings or really any screening that's not the above.
Oh this country would be such a nicer place if everyone had your sense of responsibility!

CL7

My gf likes the cinema but not as much as I do so I often go by myself. Nothing weird about it.

Kinski

No, it's not weird in itself (doesn't mean you're not weird though :P). If I go alone it's usually to the IFI, Lighthouse, Screen, or Savoy, since deep down I really hate Cineworld and its airport aesthetics, refusal to let patrons move freely up and down stairs, and ****ty location in crap part of town away from almost anything remotely good (Chapters excepted). I prefer to be able to get something to eat and/or have a coffee and read a book while I wait. Can do that on O'Connell St or in the IFI...

don ramo

i like going with someone else, its nice to talk about a film with a friend when its fresh in your heads,

but as others have pointed out, people have varying tastes in films, i would often ask people if they want to go see certain films, and if it so happens they don't want to see a film and i really want to see it then ill go by myself, i don't see anything wrong with it, i often don't notice how many people go by themselves until im walking into a screen by myself,

also i tend to go by myself in the afternoon which saves a few quid, if buddies are working or anything its often an evening show,

Galvasean

Kinski wrote: »

I prefer to be able to get something to eat and/or have a coffee and read a book while I wait. Can do that on O'Connell St or in the IFI...

So long as you go during the day the Cineworld bar is a good quiet spot to do that. I do it quite frequently.

AllWasWell

Not in the slightest! It used to bother me but not anymore, its more pathetic to miss a film u really wanted to see because u were too embarrassed to be seen by yourself! Nobody pays any attention to others and anyway once the film starts every1 shuts up! I go to a lot of film festivals and see loads of the screenings by myself, half the people in there do the same! Anyone who gives u a strange look is just immature and obviously lacks enough self confidence to do it themselves, so I would say go for it! and enjoy the film!

fillefatale

As nice as it is to have someone to discuss the film with afterward, more often than not my friends aren't interested in seeing the same films as me, so I quickly got used to going to the cinema by myself. Its a darkened theatre and you're paying attention to the screen.... no judgement there! Eating by myself on the other hand...