Dine-in Cinema

stesaurus · 03-09-2016 3:33am #1

So, in the states at moment and there are these new dine-in cinemas. I had to try it out. You get really big comfortable recliner seats and a desk area in front. There's a button to summon a waiter for anything you'd like, beer, cocktails, burger, tacos, nachos etc. There's low level lighting on each desk so you can see your food.

Very odd experience. Hearing knives and forks on the go and its not quite dark enough. For me it took away from the experience and didn't really add much. I loved the seats and being able to order drinks while not missing anything but I think I'd rather eat beforehand.

What's everyone else think? Where on the spectrum should we be, should we ban noisy food entirely or should we welcome this new style of dining?

MilesMorales1 · 03-09-2016 8:01am

Mark Kermode's rules of conduct and cinema approved snacks would not be happy with this.

Mr E · 03-09-2016 8:08am

Sounds like a nightmare.

Oafley Jones · 03-09-2016 9:31am

They've been around for a few years. There was a big push from AMC in 2010, but I don't think they ever really caught on. Last I heard is that they were moving away from them. I've never been. I am slightly curious but does seems like a terrible idea.

MilesMorales1 · 03-09-2016 9:45am

I think they have something like that in Swords cinema? In the VIP screens, a bar and all in the screen.

Uriel. · 03-09-2016 9:50am

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I think they have something like that in Swords cinema? In the VIP screens, a bar and all in the screen.

Not really the same setup at all. With your vip ticket you get a drink and a popcorn /nachos. The drink can be a soft drink, bottle of beer or small bottle of wine. You get it beforehand as you go in, as normal and there's comfy enough recliner chairs. But after that it's the normal cinema experience and nothing like a dine in experience as described by the OP

stesaurus · 03-09-2016 2:27pm

Oafley Jones wrote: »

They've been around for a few years. There was a big push from AMC in 2010, but I don't think they ever really caught on. Last I heard is that they were moving away from them. I've never been. I am slightly curious but does seems like a terrible idea.

Surprised Ive never noticed them before then. Ive seen AMCs before that you could bring in pizza, burgers and stuff but being served in your seats was new. It was curiousity that got me. Doubt id go back again though.

Outlaw Pete · 04-09-2016 9:13am

Reclining seats with foot rests would be sweet but any kind of noise or light pollution wrecks my head.

Even the little lights in Cineworld's ceilings I wish I could turn off and all Exit signs in every screen everywhere.

Yes, I know, it would put people's lives at risk. Who cares. I wanna my films in the dark!

shaunr68 · 04-09-2016 9:17am

Add to that smell polllution - it would be kind of off putting being sat next to some numpty munching on a kebab! :pac:

04-09-2016 9:19am

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Mark Kermode's rules of conduct and cinema approved snacks would not be happy with this.

I believe at one point he did say that if the cinema was fully intended in this way and every participant was OK with it, then it would be tentatively OK.

Hello to Jason Issaacs

I'd be for it - would be something to try once, with a movie I don't mind having some distractions in.

SEPT 23 1989 · 04-09-2016 9:21am

I detest any food related noise when I'm watching a film

Chromosphere · 04-09-2016 9:26am

Isn't that called "your living room" ?

I could understand that working in the 1940-1950s when television was a relatively poor quality thing that a lot of people still didn't have.

People go to the cinema for that totally immersive sense.

Noisy auditoriums, light pollution or inadequate screen size just makes it pointless. You might as well stay at home. The flat screen telly would do a far better job.

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