Cinema query - does anyone have the answer?

nlgbbbblth

When I go to UGC/Ster Century etc there's loads of little c*nts running in and out of films, talking on their phones, chucking stuff etc. Generally watching a film is not an enjoyable experience.

Funny how there's never any hassle when I go to the Screen/IFI. I wonder why that is?

Sparky

nlgbbbblth wrote:

When I go to UGC/Ster Century etc there's loads of little c*nts run in and out of films, talk on their phones, chuck stuff etc. Generally watching a film is not an enjoyable experience.

Funny how there's never any hassle when I go to the Screen/IFC. I wonder why that is?

Were you watching a kids film? Other than that maybe because at that time the cinema was full of scum.

nedoo

Location location location

Larianne

Well if you're going to the Screen or IFI to see a foreign film, those type of people defo aint gonna be there. Sure most probably can't even read!! The SCUM!!

aidan_walsh

I always bring my friend Mr. Moral Decency, who has a quiet word with these people. They usually don't do it again.

danniemcq

aidan_walsh wrote:

I always bring my friend Mr. Moral Decency, who has a quiet word with these people. They usually don't do it again.

yeah i'm never arguing with him again, tried headbutting him once... not a good idea

nlgbbbblth

Sparky_S wrote:

Were you watching a kids film? Other than that maybe because at that time the cinema was full of scum.

new Star Wars was the last one I saw in a multiplex
'little c*nts' encompasses anyone from 12 to 18.

zokrez

I can remember the first time in IFI. There was NO noise, NO food, NO talking. It was super. Not quite the same anymore becuase when a foreign film is now shown, there is a very good chance that half the audience are in fact foreign as opposed to arty irish.

Mossy Monk

i tend to not go to the cinema because of all of the above

nlgbbbblth

So do you guys think it's a class thing, a location issue, an intellectual/arty vs blockbuster ninja death fight or what?

really grateful for the replies so far

Thanks and keep them coming!

Endurance Man

Would think it has a LOT to do with what you are going to see. If its the latest blockbuster thats just been released u probably gonna got a lot of kids/nuubs , running around. Never actually been to the movies in this place :eek: . Back home we had security that would keep a check on the nuubs, no hassles .

Vokes

When going to see a blockbuster, go before 2pm or after 10pm. Rarely see kids/teens at those times.

Problem solved.

BigEejit

Where i go to the cinema there is usually very little noise .... people speak up when their viewing experience is diminished by some twat talking .... and there are lots of warnings on the screen and elsewhere in the cinema telling you to turn it off...

Saying that, I always wait a week or two before going to see a new movie ... fewer people and better choice of seats

(Or I go to see it in the "directors chair" auditorium .... free soft drinks and popcorn, leather seats, small number of seats big screen, beer if you want it .... of course it costs, but it can be worth it)

SoupyNorman

only ever encounter the problem when i go to liffey valley or the coolock UCI(cos there the only places i go), the pictures in athlone(where im attending to my 3rd level education needs) is always grand. i especially like the late shows....everyone is superly behaved.

Sparky

went to the ucg on parnel st last saturday, to see the pacifier, and we sat at the front and there was no messing going on or anything, granted it was 5.30 in the afternoon, there might of being some messing up at the back but i didnt notice it.

SoupyNorman

Sparky_S wrote:

went to the ucg on parnel st last saturday, to see the pacifier, and we sat at the front and there was no messing going on or anything, granted it was 5.30 in the afternoon, there might of being some messing up at the back but i didnt notice it.

yeah but i bet the film was muck

JackKelly

its not really down to location at all. There will be messing in every cinema. Especially for blockbusters. I've gone into a specific cinema and heard nothing one day and gone in another time to hear people on the phone,talking etc.

Sure most probably can't even read!! The SCUM!!

wtf?

Larianne

A few reasons..

The film might be crap and they're bored.

They're kids/teenagers and when in a group get giddy and coz there is another boys/girls there they wanna get their attention etc. Good place to meet people etc so throw stuff at each other for the laugh and to get attention

Or they are just brought up badly and wanna make trouble wherever they go.

I went to see The Aviator in Chicago and some person, a grown up was filing her nails. The noise was so annoying, really irriatating, the woman wouldn't stop, even after someone shssshed her two or three times!!! So annoying!! So it's not just kids all the time!!!

Sparky

bravestarr082 wrote:

yeah but i bet the film was muck

yea, nothing to write home about, but twas a bit funny seeing vin diesel in it.

Deadwing

Sparky_S wrote:

yea, nothing to write home about, but twas a bit funny seeing vin diesel in it.

I bet it wasnt as half as funny as other tough guy turned softie films, such as Mr. Nanny or Kindergarten cop

Branoic

As another poster said, it really is all to do with location location location.

I live in Celbridge, so Ster Century (or whatever its called now) is my closest cinema. But I will always, ALWAYS, go to UGC instead.

I don't mean to sound elitist or anything, but Ballyfermot is at the back of Ster, and its knackerville. I used to work in Ster, and I'm well aware of all the little sh1ts that go to "see" a movie there. By "see" I actually mean talk and laugh loudly, play games with the volume up on their mobiles, kick seats in front of them, or throw random items into the crowd around them. It was my great pleasure to forcefully eject the little c#nts on numerous occassions.

In contrast, I've never seen that kind of trouble in UGC at all.

Oral Slang

I went to UCI in Tallaght to a Pigsback Premiere the other day, the cinema was half empty, but as usual 2 people that went to the cinema just to talk sat right beside us! For the whole film they yapped about everything and anything. They weren't teens either - both were in their thirties..

A few months ago, also in UCI Tallaght, some teenage scumbag kept lighting up a cigarette. We'd go out & complain and while we'd be gone, he'd put it out. This happened around 3 times - security would come in with their torch, but couldn't figure out who it was. Eventually we had to point the idiot out & him and his mates got kicked out. At this stage the film was over half over!

It's so annoying when some twat acts up - it really ruins a film.

RuggieBear

SofaKing wrote:

When going to see a blockbuster, go before 2pm or after 10pm. Rarely see kids/teens at those times.

Problem solved.

I'll second that...

Kingsize

i cant actually go to the cinema anymore cos im liable to throw down & murder some one at the drop of a hat - kids getting rowdy,twats who dont turn off their phones gangs of foreign students who blabber inanely through the movie while one of their mates translates at the top of her voice, girls giving their boyfriends handjobs in the seat next to me & asking him "do you like that".People sitting together & talking about the film as it unfolds as if one of them were blind
jesus what ever happened to people getting fukked out by "the man"
there you have it bring back "the man"

Rant over

RedorDead

I think its all down to the films being shown. People watching films in the IFI/Screen are really into cinema and have a much more eclectic choice of film than the latest drain brain summer blockbuster that people with Iqs smaller than their shoe size tend to watch.

These people are there to see and listen to whats going on as opposed to your average anto or deco whos there (Ster,UGC,Square, etc) with the lads for a laugh or maybe to try and get a grope of some young one. The film is not really important to them.

davej

I have learned from experience too, that going late (after 10pm) is perhaps the best method of avoiding noisy little sh→ts in the UGC.

As for blockbusters, if you book the first Friday or Saturday night of it's opening you can be farily guaranteed a lack of scum as it will basically be sold out by credit card bookings.

davej

StickyMcGinty

lads, why should you have to go to te cinema at certain times just to get a good service?? you should be able to go when you want and expect the same service no matter what time of the day.

if anyone is talking around me non-stop, i just turn around and tell them to shut up - if they are being rude, then i have no problem being rude.

if they're having a quiet whisper, thats grand, but i think the people who talk on their phones during the cinema are the most ignorant b*stards ever.

so, in short, just tell them to shut the hell up

Earthhorse

I usually try to go to see a movie in the Screen. Good crowd there, by which I mean quiet.

UGC hasn't been too bad the last few times. And the last movies I saw in Ster Century and the Savoy were also fine.

I think it's a combination of factors. I saw Return of the Sith in Ster on a Wednesday near the end of its run. There was next to nobody there. Caught Sin City in the Savoy on a Saturday around 3 and again there was noone there.

Don't go see a blockbuster in a multiplex just after release at a "primetime" and you should be okay. Also, careful where you sit. The messers tend to hang out near the back.

Dave

I was at the cinema once and some guy actually pissed into his cup behind me! Top that! :eek:

StickyMcGinty

Dave wrote:

Top that! :eek:

sounds like a challenge.....!