Anyone else here remember when cinemas were good?

AMKC

Cinema,s were good.
They really are gone to the dogs these days. Was thinking of going to catch a few films but there is nothing good on. Would get it hard to book one film never mind 3 or 4.
The solution is simple and hopefully it happens sooner rather than latter. Get rid of 3D films they are the biggest load of bull****. Then the cinema,s can run a proper schedule again and we can all go see 3 or 4 films in one day again that was when cinema,s were good.

Elemonator

The cinemas were never really good here, at least in my lifetime. Like I've paid up to 15 euro per ticket, then 2 euro for 3d glasses, and then 11.50 for popcorn and drink. It's madness. Get into the screen then, it is an absolute mess. Throughout the movie, people on their smartphones or talking.

Having said that though, I was at a cinema in Bantry when I was visiting Cork and I think I got all in (ticket and food) for less than a tenner.

Lights On

I see you chose the pub over the cinema. Wise choice.

MacauDragon

Lights On wrote: »

I see you chose the pub over the cinema. Wise choice.

Until the kids start running around.

The Backwards Man

Remember when they used to show a cartoon before the film? You'd have your Macaroon bar ate and your Smak Pineapple drunk before Who Framed Roger Rabbit started.

Ken Shamrock

AMKC wrote: »

Cinema,s were good.
They really are gone to the dogs these days. Was thinking of going to catch a few films but there is nothing good on. Would get it hard to book one film never mind 3 or 4.
The solution is simple and hopefully it happens sooner rather than latter. Get rid of 3D films they are the biggest load of bull****. Then the cinema,s can run a proper schedule again and we can all go see 3 or 4 films in one day again that was when cinema,s were good.

So hold on, you willingly want to spend what? at least 40 quid so you can sit In a cinema for 10 hours of your day?? If you have a computer and the Internet which I assume you do, I believe your time and money would be better spent on that watching whatever you want for free.

TheOtherBloke

Cinemas will be history very soon because you can watch all of the latest films online at home

And for free.

Armchair Andy

Ah I miss the hazy waft of heavy tobacco smoke drifting across the screen.



And the handjobs:(

electrobanana

Remember when two dogs would get stuck together while they were riding you just don't see that anymore..how times have changed eh.

eeguy

White dog sh*t.

Hardly ever see that...

TheOtherBloke

electrobanana wrote: »

Remember when two dogs would get stuck together while they were riding you just don't see that anymore..how times have changed eh.

What kind of cinema did you go to?

lazeedaisy

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electrobanana wrote: »

Remember when two dogs would get stuck together while they were riding you just don't see that anymore..how times have changed eh.

Punctuation too! Ha ha took me a while to get it, was wondering why two dogs would .......:P

The Backwards Man

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

So hold on, you willingly want to spend what? at least 40 quid so you can sit In a cinema for 10 hours of your day?? If you have a computer and the Internet which I assume you do, I believe your time and money would be better spent on that watching whatever you want for free.

TheOtherBloke wrote: »

Cinemas will be history very soon because you can watch all of the latest films online at home

And for free.

How long do yous reckon people will keep financing films if nobody is paying for them?

In the future you're talking about, the Oscars will be won by ice bucket challenge yahoos on Facebook and xhamster amateur videos.

mansize

I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair...

Ahhhh nostalgia,,,,ssss

mansize

The Backwards Man wrote: »

How long do yous reckon people will keep financing films if nobody is paying for them?

In the future you're talking about, the Oscars will be won by ice bucket challenge yahoos on Facebook and xhamster amateur videos.

youporn

AMKC

TheOtherBloke wrote: »

Cinemas will be history very soon because you can watch all of the latest films online at home

And for free.

It ain,t free do you are paying for your internet. If the movie company's go out of business because no one is going to the cinema or buying DVDs anymore then they will not be any new films or TV programs next.

mansize

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mansize

AMKC wrote: »

It ain,t free do you are paying for your internet. If the movie company's go out of business because no one is going to the cinema or buying DVDs anymore then they will not be any new films or TV programs next.

I blame comma,s

AMKC

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

So hold on, you willingly want to spend what? at least 40 quid so you can sit In a cinema for 10 hours of your day?? If you have a computer and the Internet which I assume you do, I believe your time and money would be better spent on that watching whatever you want for free.

About 25 quid actually. I would always go at of peak times in the middle of the week and cinema,s were cheaper then too. I do not enjoy watching movies on a computer they are much better in a cinema or on a big screen TV.

maudgonner

AMKC wrote: »

About 25 quid actually. I would always go at of peak times in the middle of the week and cinema,s were cheaper then too. I do not enjoy watching movies on a computer they are much better in a cinema or on a big screen TV.

What was your favourite film to go see? The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, Apostrophe Now? Or the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Comma-ndo? Perhaps you prefer more old school swords and sandals stuff - like The Ten Comma-ndments? Sorry, I mean The Ten Comma-ndment,s.

sryanbruen

Anyone else here remember when:

- Ireland had a Celtic Tiger with dozens of job opportunities
- The true last Summer (2006) whilst some say 1995
- Movies weren't boring or crap
- TV shows started out good but now are crap
- Music was class

mansize

This is beginning to feel like thejournal or buzzfeed

maudgonner

sryanbruen wrote: »

Anyone else here remember when:

- Ireland had a Celtic Tiger with dozens of job opportunities
- The true last Summer (2006) whilst some say 1995
- Movies weren't boring or crap
- TV shows started out good but now are crap
- Music was class

TV shows are better now that they ever have been. Seriously, some of us remember Matlock.

sryanbruen

maudgonner wrote: »

TV shows are better now that they ever have been. Seriously, some of us remember Matlock.

Well I can't find one good show, no matter what channel.

Zaph

Anyone else here remember when AH threads had proper, non-clickbait titles that gave you some hint as to what the thread was about?

sryanbruen

Zaph wrote: »

Anyone else here remember when AH threads had proper, non-clickbait titles that gave you some hint as to what the thread was about?

When was that about? Eternity.... :rolleyes:

Buona Fortuna

eeguy wrote: »

White dog sh*t.

Hardly ever see that...

Its where they've been eating a lot of bones

MadDog76

AMKC wrote: »

Cinema,s were good.
They really are gone to the dogs these days. Was thinking of going to catch a few films but there is nothing good on. Would get it hard to book one film never mind 3 or 4.

Try Private Moments on Dorset Street, think that's what you're after ........

*Don't ask for butter on your popcorn*

maudgonner

sryanbruen wrote: »

Well I can't find one good show, no matter what channel.

Go over to the TV forum, take a look at the recommendations thread stickied to the top of the page. If you watch all of those and still think there are no good TV programmes, then we can talk.

DanielODonnell

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering, it is odd because that is not the case if you go to a sporting event or concert on your one (most of the time anyway)
I wonder why watching a film in a theatre is seen to be some sort of social occasion and why people don't go on their own like grocery shopping or a barbers.
I have only met one person who went on their own, that was because there was a theatre beside their university

MadDog76

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering, it is odd because that is not he case if you go to a sporting event or concert on your one (most of the time anyway)
I wonder why watching a film in a theatre is seen to be some sort of social occasion and why people don't go on their own like grocery shopping or a barbers

Depends when you go, if it's Saturday night then you probably will get a few inquisitive looks ......... go on a Wednesday afternoon like the other weirdos do!

AMKC

MadDog76 wrote: »

Try Private Moments on Dorset Street, think that's what you're after ........

*Don't ask for butter on your popcorn*

I do not eat popcorn its horrible stuff so no worry there.

Badly Drunk Boy

maudgonner wrote: »

TV shows are better now that they ever have been. Seriously, some of us remember Matlock.

You're probably the sort who thinks Breaking Bad is superior to Murder, She Wrote, and The Wire is better than TJ Hooker!

:pac:

maudgonner

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

You're probably the sort who thinks Breaking Bad is superior to Murder, She Wrote, and The Wire is better than TJ Hooker!

:pac:

NEVER!!!

sryanbruen

AMKC wrote: »

I do not eat popcorn its horrible stuff so no worry there.

I thought I was the only one!

pgj2015

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering,



that is a strange reason to stop you going to a film you want to see, who cares if people stare? if they do it is them who has the problem, not you. I go to the cinema on my own all the time, I have never seen anyone stare at me,not that it would bother me if they did, i could go with friends but prefer to go alone, its more relaxing that way.

entropi

Zaph wrote: »

Anyone else here remember when AH threads had proper, non-clickbait titles that gave you some hint as to what the thread was about?

That was quite a long, long time ago

5rtytry56

........in a Galaxy far, far away............

Buona Fortuna

Mr.S wrote: »

You do realise that nearly every 3D film is also in 2D....?

Was this in reply to a particular post?

Just that this page of posts is mainly about popcorn, page before handjobs - oh yeah a bit about being looked at if you go in alone

5rtytry56

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Just that this page of posts is mainly about popcorn,

Very Unlikely but still.....................in the event that somebody reading this thread is thinking of opening a cinema in their own town....IMHO......instead why not open a:

1. Purely Popcorn store - this has been done in the Swan Centre Rathmines. I'm serious.
2. Open a discount store, and sell Star Wars Darkside digital watches, plastic lightsabres and other tat.

Good Luck.;):D

foggy_lad

Years ago films were great because going to the cinema was a big treat. It was maybe a three or four time a year thing for when big Blockbuster films like star wars or ET were released.

Back then films were far better than the mass produced crap that passes for films today. Kids go to see crap films once a week and they don't even watch the movie, they go to chat and make noise in the cinema. After ten minutes they are bored.

We sat through many films years ago and you could hear a mouse fart the concentration on the film was so intense. The old special effects were enthralling and kept us riveted to the old armchair type seats and cinemas were proper large theatres where now they are just long narrow sterile rooms with a row of speakers down the sides and screen at the end.

Bring back the Colosseums and the old Dara cinema in Naas and the flea pit stalls, the double seats and the 2 jam-jar matinees.

sryanbruen

foggy_lad wrote: »

Years ago films were great because going to the cinema was a big treat. It was maybe a three or four time a year thing for when big Blockbuster films like star wars or ET were released.

Back then films were far better than the mass produced crap that passes for films today. Kids go to see crap films once a week and they don't even watch the movie, they go to chat and make noise in the cinema. After ten minutes they are bored.

We sat through many films years ago and you could hear a mouse fart the concentration on the film was so intense. The old special effects were enthralling and kept us riveted to the old armchair type seats and cinemas were proper large theatres where now they are just long narrow sterile rooms with a row of speakers down the sides and screen at the end.

Bring back the Colosseums and the old Dara cinema in Naas and the flea pit stalls, the double seats and the 2 jam-jar matinees.

This man preaches the truth out of my mouth!

branie2

I think they're still good

cowboyBuilder

I could direct you to a classic cinema, with a big screen, comfortable seats, a big steep drop between rows of seats so even if Michael Jordan was sat in front of you - it wouldn't matter.

Amazing Dolby ATMOS sound.

70MM rare showings.

Shows new and classic films.

Just a few nights ago they showed GoldFinger in 4k!!!

It's in Barcelona tho

matchthis

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

I could direct you to a classic cinema, with a big screen, comfortable seats, a big steep drop between rows of seats so even if Michael Jordan was sat in front of you - it wouldn't matter.

Amazing Dolby ATMOS sound.

70MM rare showings.

Shows new and classic films.

Just a few nights ago they showed GoldFinger in 4k!!!

It's in Barcelona tho

The one in Wexford or the other one?

jester77

I still enjoy going to the cinema. It's nice to be able to sit in a large comfortable chair, enjoy a good beer and watch a movie on a huge screen. Watched the Good, the Bad and the Ugly this week, first time seeing it in the cinema. Goodfellas coming up soon, looking forward to that.

LordSutch

I think they're a lot better now then I were a nipper, many moons ago.

Better seating, digital quality pictures (instead of analogue), and no haze from all the smoke!

Difficult for younger folk to believe, but nearly all the men smoked in the cinema back in ther day, and when you came home from 'the flicks' you too reaked of fags (even if you didn't smoke). So I think the cinemas are much better nowadays, even if some of the Movies are not up to scratch.

cassid

Went to a see films in Fairview, northside of Dublin.

It had a smell that was unique to the place.

Would stock up on a quarter of sweets in a little brown bag, bought from the corner shop and if you were really plush like after a communion, you could afford to buy a drink or an icepop. Everything just seemed to taste nicer from the cinema.

Bus stop just outside and hopefully you remembered the bus you were told to get or did not throw it away on sweets

pickarooney

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering, it is odd because that is not the case if you go to a sporting event or concert on your one (most of the time anyway)
I wonder why watching a film in a theatre is seen to be some sort of social occasion and why people don't go on their own like grocery shopping or a barbers.
I have only met one person who went on their own, that was because there was a theatre beside their university

This simply doesn't happen. People don't stare at you for going to the cinema on your own.

DanielODonnell

pgj2015 wrote: »

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering,



that is a strange reason to stop you going to a film you want to see, who cares if people stare? if they do it is them who has the problem, not you. I go to the cinema on my own all the time, I have never seen anyone stare at me,not that it would bother me if they did, i could go with friends but prefer to go alone, its more relaxing that way.

It is not something that bothers me as nowadays you can watch new releases on the computer and I go to everything else on my own such as concerts even though you do hear the odd annoying comment at them too

DanielODonnell

pickarooney wrote: »

This simply doesn't happen. People don't stare at you for going to the cinema on your own.

that is just from your experience,
we all have had different experiences and i have heard the comments with my own ears.