Movies and booze

sxt

Has anybody ever gone to the cinema slightly tipsy?? And did it add to the experience...

frostyjacks

sxt wrote: »

Has anybody ever gone to the cinema slightly tipsy?? And did it add to the experience...

Not really, fell asleep during Miami Vice.

RichardCeann

Spent half the time running in and out for a piss. Wouldn't recommend it, tbh.

fermanagh_man

Vodka and slush puppies are unreal

Zaph

Yep, many years ago myself and a mate went to see a comedy film. We decided to go for a pint first, which turned into a lot of pints. I don't know how long the film had been on when we eventually wandered into the cinema, but I do remember that we were laughing louder and harder than anyone else there, probably at bits that weren't even meant to be funny. When I saw the film again on video a couple of years later I remembered absolutely none of it, it was like I was seeing it for the first time. The drink probably added to our experience, but I'm sure it did nothing for the other poor unfortunates who had to put up with our guffawing. I've had the good sense never to go to the cinema after I've been drinking since then.

Charlie19

frostyjacks wrote: »

Not really, fell asleep during Miami Vice.

I wouldn't say it was just down to the booze.:)

I had a few beers at cineplex and I found that there was too many toilet visits during the movie so I'll not be doing it again.

arayess

yes but i don't remember much of the movie

JohnDaniels

Yup, wouldn't recommend.

Stoned on the other hand, big thumbs up. Popcorn, dark room, good film and huge screen while high is ****ing great.

NachoBusiness

Loads of times.

Was at that film Trainwreck last week and tons of women had smuggled in wine, as was the case with 50 Shades of Grey when I was at it.

Grindhouse Dublin hold classic movie screenings in the Lighthouse Cinema and most people get locked at them. The worse the film is, the more of a laugh generally. Lighthouse show the Talking Head's docu Stop Making Sense once a year and that's pretty much the same.

When I was at Wolf of Wall Street in the Savoy, some guy was out of his head and kept shouting at the screen. His girlfriend was mortified.

The Backwards Man

Watching a movie is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman.

You risk missing the climax when you're pished.

Zaph

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Loads of times.
Lighthouse show the Talking Head's docu Stop Making Sense once a year and that's pretty much the same.

Why am I only finding this out now?!

I went to see Stop Making Sense in the Ambassador when it was out originally. The film was stopped two or three times because people were up dancing on the stage in front of the screen. We'd had a few pints but were probably the most sober people in the cinema.

NachoBusiness

Zaph wrote: »

Why am I only finding this out now?!

You need to follow the right threads and right Twitter accounts
/shamless

I went to see Stop Making Sense in the Ambassador when it was out originally. The film was stopped two or three times because people were up dancing on the stage in front of the screen. We'd had a few pints but were probably the most sober people in the cinema.

Same here and it was just like that at their Screen 3 back in 2012, almost everyone was up dancing, just now much older.
Here's a clip someone uploaded to Youtube from that screening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwwttznykyE

That was quite a cool night but it was still nothing on the '30th Anniversary Party Screening' last October as it was shown it in their much larger Screen 1 (they actually had it on in three screens simultaneously) such was the demand. Another screening earlier this year was no different when it came to demand.

DoYouEvenLift

^ I normally hate people making any noise during movies in the cinema, but that is absolutely hilarious and I'd fuking love to go

Yes, it was 2012 (the movie, not the year). It didn't improve the movie even one bit.

Sirsok

Decided to watch batman begins and dark night before dark knight returns, had a few beers, that lead to me bringin southern comfort in the cinema.

I started crying at the end of the movie.

Menas

One of my favourite movies is Withnail and I.
Now, the thing about this movie is that you cant ever watch it sober.
A couple of years ago the IFI were showing it on a saturday afternooon - the remastered version or some such. So been a true fan I had to neck about 3 pints at midday to get myself in the proper mood and then another two during the movie.
Trouble is that in the IFI they dont pause the movie when you need to go to the bogs...so missed a fair bit of the show.