Eye Cinema or Omniplex?

kautostar

Having been away for a while I haven't been to the cinema in Galway in ages.

So was wondering what is the general consensus, which is the better cinema, comfort, food etc?!

Seaneh

I prefer the omni comfort wise myself, that said, the eye is across the road from me so I end up there more often.

FlashD

Omniplex is handier for parking.

Mal-Adjusted

quality and comport-wise, it's the eye. I always find it to be a relaxing place with plenty of room and friendly staff.

the omniplex, which also has generally-friendly staff, just looks and feels dingier. there's always carpet-stains and crap on the walls. It doesn't help that they wedge as many seats as possible into the screens so that you feel like a herd of cattle being loaded into a trailer.

Asmodean

Eye all the way for me. Tried going to the omniplex once, just wasn't the same!

kautostar

Cool, I'm going to check out Batman in the Eye tonight so as I must be the only person in the world that hasn't seen it yet, cheers guys

Diabhal Beag

Less kids riding each other in the back seats whenever I go Eye Cinema.

desaparecidos

FlashD wrote: »

Omniplex is handier for parking.

Underground carpark with direct access to the cinema is much better.

stampydmonkey

prefer the eye. don't have to head that bit further into town and the eye has the wall along the walkway separating the lower seats from the upper seats..perfect to put your feet up on without annoying anyone in front of you.

Seaneh

stampydmonkey wrote: »

prefer the eye. don't have to head that bit further into town and the eye has the wall along the walkway separating the lower seats from the upper seats..perfect to put your feet up on without annoying anyone in front of you.

I actually prefer the omni because you can put your feet perfecly on the back of the arm rests infront of you.

dastardly00

I much prefer the Eye, even though I live really close to the Omniplex. The Omniplex has far too many teenagers at weekends! And it's very handy to collect pre-booked tickets at the Eye. Although I do prefer the seats in the Omniplex, but not enough to make me go there instead of the Eye.

wotausername

prefer the omniplex, find the staff very friendly (eye staff also friendly), lovely popcorn ( large popcorn and drink 8.50 in omni, 7.50 in eye but rather pay d extra euro in omni which is far nicer ) and i find the seats tiny bit more comfortable. eye is nice the odd time for a change but omni all the way

s_carnage

I much prefer the Omni too. My main reason is because the popcorn is way nicer in the Omniplex. Actual screen and comfort wise there isn't much separating the two.

Now when is Galway getting our first IMAX cinema?!?! 2030 perhaps...

-Vega-

Eyecinema

Looks nicer and tidier
Has Ice cream stand open in evenings
Has luxury screen
Mainly all large screens

Omniplex

MUCH nicer popcorn
Far less watery/watered down coke
Larger sweet selection
When you don't get randomly put into the small screen room, the other ones are quite nice.
In town

The one gripe I have with both cinemas is they don't rechange their camera bulbs often enough and for quite a few movies.. I've had to endure them being very dark or faded, like Im actually watching a god damn CAM copy of a movie from a decent cinema..

flazio

s_carnage wrote: »

Now when is Galway getting our first IMAX cinema?!?! 2030 perhaps...

Doubt ever, the Dublin one crashed and burned

GastroBoy

Defiantly the Eye cinema for me. Omniplex seems to always have kids coming in and out of screens and noise at the back.
Popcorn is really manky in the Omni also.

s_carnage

flazio wrote: »

Doubt ever, the Dublin one crashed and burned

Ya the city isn't near big enough but I heard on another thread (probably in the Film forum) that there will be one coming back to Dublin within the next year. Not sure which cinema it is though. Would love to have seen the Batman film in one.

Mrs OBumble

Eye, definitely.

Better options in the neighbourhood for socialising before/after (Huntsman vs McDonalds & Star King ... no contest at all).

And far better bus service for getting there.

inisboffin

Omni much handier for me when strolling from town. Staff a bit friendlier there too. For after drink we'd head into town/Woodquay.

Eye is grand the odd time, are tickets a bit pricier? Not sure.

Stevolende

How much are tickets at Omniplex. I thought it was €7.20 at Eye and about €9 at omniplex. Maybe I just haven't looked at omniplex in ages.

Plus Eye does have Earlybird prices in early afternoon. Does omniplex?
Just wish the Earlybird was all films each week. But I think most films do turn up in it if you wait.

GastroBoy

Stevolende wrote: »

How much are tickets at Omniplex. I thought it was €7.20 at Eye and about €9 at omniplex. Maybe I just haven't looked at omniplex in ages.

Plus Eye does have Earlybird prices in early afternoon. Does omniplex?
Just wish the Earlybird was all films each week. But I think most films do turn up in it if you wait.

As far as I remember, the Eye was always a euro more expensive then the Omni

The Omniplex are a joke of a cinema. Haven't been there in almost two years because they constantly projected films incorrectly or had sound issues.

swiftman

the omniplex is much handier for me, but the last i went there, a group of little kids, about 14 came in with 30mins to go and didnt shut up for the last bit, maybe there PG film ended and no one was on the door and they wandered in

TerrorFirmer

The Omni is OK, but the few times I've been there, most of those had some sort of issue - most recently, went to see Total Recall on a whim, and the sound was screwed up for the first 15 minutes, time before that, the picture was off - just things that seem to never happen in the Eye. Plus, the Eye has Ben & Jerrys

Spare a thought for the poor Omni out in Oranmore...

Redhairedguy

I would never go elsewhere other than the Eye. Their screens are always clean and warm (never once had the sticky floor syndrome I grew accustomed to from the Omni years ago)

I've never had any problem with people being loud or disruptive during a movie.

The real nail in the coffin for me, is that the Eye does Pepsi Max which in my humble opinion is better than coke.

Pen Rua

The Omniplex is just much more convenient for myself and friends. They don't care if you walk in with a bag with food etc, so it's great.

Endaaaagh

The Eye for me too..just for the proper nachos and cheese! Not the pre-packed muck you get in the Omniplex.

padi89

The Eye has a major issue, either the sound system is absolutely brutal or the person controlling it is clueless. The last few movies i went to see it was way too loud to the point it was distorted and tinny. Action sequences were just painful and ear piercing, totally distracting from the movie.

whatlliwear

The Eye everytime!! The Omniplex is awful.. One time I went and they had a big patch on the screen, very distracting. Another time they forgot to turn the lights off so I had to go out & tell them... oh I could go on..

Stevolende

whatlliwear wrote: »

The Eye everytime!! The Omniplex is awful.. One time I went and they had a big patch on the screen, very distracting. Another time they forgot to turn the lights off so I had to go out & tell them... oh I could go on..

THe lights thing did happen at The Eye when I went to see Dredd a couple of weeks ago. light was reasonably low but wasn't going to work well with 3D specs. Thankfully somebody went and got them turned off.

I do remember having to ask the Omniplex to focus blurred projection several times in the days I went there. Hopefully that is something they've ceased to do.

I've wondered how taht projection thing works. Presumably tyhere is somebody going between rooms n the cinema starting films or there wouldn't be the windows to the projection room that you see in the cinema wall. I'd also assume that it was pretty much automated once the film began, if not before. So one person would be in charge of several if not all cinema projections. But things like taht out of focus projection getting fixed make me think it can't all be automated. That was some time ago though.

I think there was some quirk of the way that film was loaded for cinematic viewing that meant it couldn't be rewound. Something I heard somewhere else. So not sure what happens if a film breaks down part way through.

kautostar

Okay so I finally went to see Batman in The Eye, loved the movie and thought the Eye was good.

Popcorn was a bit crunchy but okay. We also got nachos, these were great, lots of hot cheese and salsa, €3.45 good value!

Sometimes I found the sound was a little over-emphasised on the background sound effects and thus found the actual speech a little difficult to hear clearly at times.

Price of tickets was good, €7.20 or something, not bad for a mid week movie.

Comfort was fine as well, it was in the Arthouse cinema screen, found it fine.

Overall, positive experience and would definitely go again. Was hoping to check out the Omniplex this Sunday to see Killing them softly, but a previous poster mentioned the nachos are pre-packed or something. I wouldn't go there if this was the case

Redhairedguy

kautostar wrote: »

Okay so I finally went to see Batman in The Eye... found the actual speech a little difficult to hear clearly at times.

No. That'll just be Bane.

GekkePrutser

I prefer the Eye, because of the underground parking (no walking through the rain) and the more metropolitan atmosphere. The omniplex just looks a bit run down to me, even after they jazzed it up.

I also hate the popcorn in the Omniplex, it's more like "butter flavour" where the Eye is more plain (probably cooked in oil), which I prefer. And I prefer Pepsi Max over Diet Coke which is another thing in favour of the Eye for me.

The only thing I don't like there is that the armrests are fixed. Except in the luxury screen (which in itself is another benefit, I use it sometimes when I'm really looking forward to a particular movie)

I just wish you could get a subscription for the cinema here (e.g. watch all you want during the week for 10-20 euro). You see this a lot in Europe and I think I even saw it in Dublin one time. I used to have one of those as a student.

yer man!

One thing I hate about the eye is in one of their screens they don't have cup holders, instead they have these stupid little fold away tables that can't take the weight of a fly, just really annoys me. I also hate the way that they don't have ticket machines to buy tickets to bypass the queue.

In omniplex in galway i don;t like the reclining chairs that seem to just pivot back and forth...

I like Oranmore though, it's never busy so you'll always get a good seat and feel like you have the place to yourself.

lampsie

GekkePrutser wrote: »

I just wish you could get a subscription for the cinema here (e.g. watch all you want during the week for 10-20 euro). You see this a lot in Europe and I think I even saw it in Dublin one time. I used to have one of those as a student.

Yarp, when lived in Dublin years back it was handy. Looks like they still do it to: http://www.cineworld.ie/unlimited/intro

Would be great if one of the cinema's in Galway offered something like it - maybe the high proportion of students might make it unprofitable?

lamps

yer man!

yer man! wrote: »

One thing I hate about the eye is in one of their screens they don't have cup holders, instead they have these stupid little fold away tables that can't take the weight of a fly, just really annoys me. I also hate the way that they don't have ticket machines to buy tickets to bypass the queue.

In omniplex in galway i don;t like the reclining chairs that seem to just pivot back and forth...

I like Oranmore though, it's never busy so you'll always get a good seat and feel like you have the place to yourself.

That's Screen One. The original purpose is that it was to be used as a conference hall as well, so those tables were put in for this purpose. They were never intended to take much weight.

Seaneh

One annoying thing about the eye is there is often a log delay.

Movie advertised for say 6.15, get there at 6.15, go get munchies and a drink, wander to screen for 6.10, get seat, get settled and wait...


6.30, still waiting... go ask staff, they stare blankly and panic.

6.40, movie starts.

yer man!

Deleted User wrote: »

That's Screen One. The original purpose is that it was to be used as a conference hall as well, so those tables were put in for this purpose. They were never intended to take much weight.

Sure the table would collapse under the weight of an A4 page....

Redhairedguy

yer man! wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

That's Screen One. The original purpose is that it was to be used as a conference hall as well, so those tables were put in for this purpose. They were never intended to take much weight.

Sure the table would collapse under the weight of an A4 page....

I'm sitting in screen one right now. The bleedin' tables won't even stay up.

Redhairedguy

Redhairedguy wrote: »

I'm sitting in screen one right now. The bleedin' tables won't even stay up.

Get off your phone! :pac:

TerrorFirmer

A guy there last night actually put his popcorn and drink on the tray, or tried to, at least....all fell to the floor a second later. Pretty shoddy of the Eye Cinema I think, not to just remove them all together.

Redhairedguy

boneyarsebogman wrote: »

Get off your phone! :pac:

You're not my real mom!!!

Mal-Adjusted

Seaneh wrote: »

One annoying thing about the eye is there is often a log delay.

Movie advertised for say 6.15, get there at 6.15, go get munchies and a drink, wander to screen for 6.10, get seat, get settled and wait...


6.30, still waiting... go ask staff, they stare blankly and panic.

6.40, movie starts.

I can honestly say this never happened to me... in any cinema... ever

Mr Keek

Usually go to Omniplex, but started going to the eye more recently.

Prefer the eye in nearly every regard, Seats(except for the lack of cup holders) are better, I find the sound better(sometimes too loud though) and the screens seem to have more vibrant colours.

I prefer the larger screens in Omniplex though.

The 3D in Eye is not 'Real D' so I have to use their chunky glasses instead of my own. Don't usually bother with 3D so not a huge issue for me really.

The ticket machines in Omniplex are so handy.

Vue Cinema in Lffey Valley SC in Dubin...., now there's a cinema, my fav!

Seaneh

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I can honestly say this never happened to me... in any cinema... ever

Happened to me 3 times in august.

Film delayed by anything from 15 to 40 minutes.

Mal-Adjusted

Seaneh wrote: »

Happened to me 3 times in august.

Film delayed by anything from 15 to 40 minutes.

then it sounds like a short-term problem. maybe a machine started acting up or they hired someone who didn't know what they were doing

pleasant Co.

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

then it sounds like a short-term problem. maybe a machine started acting up or they hired someone who didn't know what they were doing

it's happened to me in both cinema's a couple of times, it can be a long boring wait :pac: since it's not that rare I imagine it's something to do with poor rota scheduling.

Now I'm kinda off the omniplex at the moment as my last two trips have resulted in the film being soft for 10 minutes, until I asked for it to be sorted, and the 2nd time having the audio being absolutely diabolical - channels jumping all over the place, it was a bad movie anyway and the audio didn't help matters.

I'm considering seeing looper in the omni all same to give them one last chance before venturing to the eye.

thesandeman

Was in the Eye for first time last night (The Impostor. Good film). Liked the place but it was like a ghost town. I would say there were more staff than customers in the place. Seats were lovely and the surround sound was grand for that film but I would think it would be a bit overpowering for a loud action film if the trailers are anything to go by.

GastroBoy

thesandeman wrote: »

Was in the Eye for first time last night (The Impostor. Good film). Liked the place but it was like a ghost town. I would say there were more staff than customers in the place. Seats were lovely and the surround sound was grand for that film but I would think it would be a bit overpowering for a loud action film if the trailers are anything to go by.

...that sounds fantastic

moonandstars

To all of the above - they're all the same.. they're only cinemas to watch a movie in! Haha.

Stevolende

Saw that they had specials on showings in the luxury screen over the last week & next weekend. Where you payed the normal ticket price or the earlybird one and watched the film in the luxury screen which is normally €13.50 a seat.

I guess it's a bit more comfortable and a lot less crowded, only seats 40 people if I counted right. You get a leather seat with a raisable armrest/seat divider in the middle. Seems like there may be a bit more footroom too.

Otherwise I'm not sure it would be worth the extra money. Am glad I saw Anna Karenina but won't be going out of my way to get back into that particular cinema room, unless I can get myself enthused about Taken 2 over the weekend.