Going to the Cinema during Covid

Tony EH · 11-03-2020 2:12am

You're more likely to catch something at work, which you go to every week day.

pixelburp · 11-03-2020 10:07am

gmisk wrote: »

I have never seen such a quite cinema stay open for so long, it must be making a huge loss

This is friend-of-a-friend talk, so take it with a pinch of salt: my understanding is that the few occupied units in Point Village are basically locked into long-term contracts, signed before the crash & PV became a pointless endeavour. I believe Dunnes Stores were meant to be the prime tenant, but they & the centre's owners have been or were locked in a legal battle. Dunnes basically refusing to set up in that otherwise vacant shopping centre, with the PV owners naturally arguing "you agreed". You can even tell where Dunnes should be; there's a huge empty plot that's exactly "large retail shopping franchise" size.

So I presume that Odeon is running a huge loss every night, but is stuck there until its lease runs out. Unless of course it's actually making a packet but I really, really doubt it. Even my local cinema in a mature, fully developed shopping centre rarely packs them in (bar outsized box office successes) so god knows how few are darkening that Odeon's doors. The whole centre is a testament to Celtic Tiger hubris; and the one thing that filled its halls every year - the Christmas market - was forced out so even that won't be around this coming season.

murpho999 · 11-03-2020 4:04pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I will wear gloves and take hand santiser with me, but some films you just have to see on the big screen, just need to clean clean clean the hands before and after, get ocd with the hand washing

There's no need to wear gloves.

Also, you're not going to get the virus from touching a chair it's from sharing a room and breathing the same air.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 11-03-2020 4:06pm

I always tend to wait until the hype of a film dies down before I decide to go see it anyway. In other words, every time I go to the cinema, it's never full of people, and I always sit at the back, at an aisle seat. So I'm not near anyone

El Duda · 11-03-2020 4:17pm

Me and some mates have tickets booked for a screening of Memories of Murder (2003) in London in a couple of weeks. It would take something special to stop me from going.

12-03-2020 11:44am

El Duda wrote: »

Me and some mates have tickets booked for a screening of Memories of Murder (2003) in London in a couple of weeks. It would take something special to stop me from going.

A global pandemic perhaps? :pac:

funkey_monkey · 12-03-2020 12:11pm

Went last night - the only virus I was in danger of catching was from the absolutely septic True History of the Kelly Gang.

Some good performances but a complete turd of a movie.

Had an entire row to myself, noone directly behind me and even better noone with crunchy food. Safest place to be in the event of a global pandemic.

branie2 · 12-03-2020 1:25pm

I normally have a row to myself when I go to the cinema

Bacchus · 12-03-2020 2:31pm

Wonder will cinemas in Ireland now have to limit audience to 100 people per showing with the new rules in place till end of month?

sterz · 12-03-2020 6:38pm

IFI closed until March 30th.

https://ifi.ie/2020/03/irish-film-institute-temporary-closure/

pixelburp · 12-03-2020 6:44pm

Lordy, anyone not particularly "indoors'y" is going to be driven spare. Cabin Fever is probably going to be the real infection. Crazy amount of
businesses and outlets closing for the 2 weeks.

The Black Oil · 12-03-2020 7:45pm

Bacchus wrote: »

Wonder will cinemas in Ireland now have to limit audience to 100 people per showing with the new rules in place till end of month?

Movies @ Swords posted this.

Customers please note that in following with HSE guidelines we have reduced all of our screen sizes by half capacity to ensure each customer can keep a distance of over a meter between the next customer. This means at minimum every second seat will be left unoccupied in all of our screens.
The safety of our customers is paramount to us and we look forward to your cooperation in implementing these guidelines

sterz · 12-03-2020 9:13pm

And Lighthouse reduced to 50% capacity.

Link

kerplun k · 12-03-2020 9:23pm

I’ll definitely be avoiding the cinema until this blows over.

With all these re-scheduled release changes to the tentpoles, late 2020/21 is gonna get very congested.

santana75 · 13-03-2020 12:21am

A quiet place II now being pushed back to a later date also......cinemas that do stay open will have very slim pickings these next 2 weeks.

branie2 · 13-03-2020 12:25am

Same with Fast and Furious 9 and Mulan

Mr Crispy · 13-03-2020 3:31am

And Antlers, which I was really looking forward to.

Xertz · 13-03-2020 3:41am

No. It’s just not worth it. There are too many unknowns and unknowable risks.

I’ve a big TV and I’ll splash out on a big range of streaming services instead

As much as I’d love to go to the cinema and do all sorts of other things, I’m prepared to just wait this out until it calms down.

I might even get going on a novel or something.

I’d even taken on a hobbyist course that involved doing some field work. That’s going to have to go on pause now too.

Hopefully this might improve by the summer. If not, we are in for a long haul until medications and eventually vaccines are available.

Andrew00 · 13-03-2020 3:45am

Xertz wrote: »

No. It’s just not worth it. There are too many unknowns and unknowable risks.

I’ve a big TV and I’ll splash out on a big range of streaming services instead

As much as I’d love to go to the cinema and do all sorts of other things, I’m prepared to just wait this out until it calms down.

I might even get going on a novel or something.

I’d even taken on a hobbyist course that involved doing some field work. That’s going to have to go on pause now too.

Hopefully this might improve by the summer. If not, we are in for a long haul until medications and eventually vaccines are available.

Where do you get all the time for doing this stuff do you mind me asking

AMKC · 13-03-2020 5:14pm

I to have decided as much as I love my cinema that it is not worth the risk and going on public transport is not worth the risk either especially as I live with someone who is much more vulnerable to this disease than I am. So I have to be extra careful for them to.

flazio · 13-03-2020 5:15pm

With all the movies pushed back anyway, not much to see anyway.

AMKC · 13-03-2020 5:25pm

murpho999 wrote: »

There's no need to wear gloves.

Also, you're not going to get the virus from touching a chair it's from sharing a room and breathing the same air.

Actually you are wrong about that. If someone else who has the virus on there hands has touched that chair or even a door on the way in and the next person in touches that then they could get the virus on there hands and then when they put there hands to there face they will have it. The virus can stay on services from two to three days. Maybe on clothe services and fake leather it might not survive long but some cinema's have chairs wit wood or chrome in them and it could survive there and on the doors into the cinema.

dublinman1990 · 13-03-2020 5:25pm

The short answer from me is no. There is no point in me going to the cinema until this Covid-19 is declared completely dead by both global & Irish health authorities.

branie2 · 13-03-2020 10:04pm

Just 4 people with me at the screening of Bloodshot

spurious · 13-03-2020 10:12pm

Ended up in Odeon Coolock last night to catch 'Parasite' again before it goes. Myself and my companion had the place to ourselves. Bliss.

branie2 · 13-03-2020 10:21pm

The staff at my local cinema were wearing gloves. Sensible thing to do.

pixelburp · 13-03-2020 10:33pm

branie2 wrote: »

Just 4 people with me at the screening of Bloodshot

Given the movie, I'm not sure the number would be that much higher on a normal day

funkey_monkey · 14-03-2020 12:33am

Going to watch calm with horses next week.

ronano · 14-03-2020 12:37am

I'll go if the covid guidance remains as it is, I'll continue what i do with the hand washing and keep away from people

santana75 · 14-03-2020 12:55am

Saw "The Invisible man" tonight......the film was very good, a lot better than I thought it would be. But the cinema had only about 10 people all in all at this screening and it was actually one of the most enjoyable cinematic experiences I've ever had.

branie2 · 15-03-2020 1:07am

Our local cinema has been closed until further notice, to help prevent the spread of the virus

kerplun k · 15-03-2020 1:40pm

All IMC cinemas are closed from 16th until 29th of March

https://www.imccinemas.ie/

thelad95 · 15-03-2020 1:41pm

kerplun k wrote: »

All IMC cinemas are closed from 16th until 29th of March

https://www.imccinemas.ie/

I imagine the rest will follow suit.

dublinman1990 · 16-03-2020 12:58am

Odeon Cinemas have this notice on their website.

Guest Information: We want you to feel comfortable in our cinemas, so in line with government guidelines, we are limiting the seats for sale, so you are able to sit where you like with more space between you and our other guests.

https://www.odeoncinemas.ie/

fryup · 16-03-2020 6:13pm

spurious wrote: »

Ended up in Odeon Coolock last night to catch 'Parasite' again before it goes. Myself and my companion had the place to ourselves. Bliss.

don't mind watching a thriller or drama in an empty cinema...but watching a comedy is deadpan:( you need the spontaneous laughter around you (imo)

santana75 · 16-03-2020 7:45pm

Omniplex have closed aswell now. I'm pretty sure the lighthouse has also. Cineworld seems to be the last man standing at this stage.

Mr Crispy · 16-03-2020 9:03pm

I can only assume it's because Corona virus just can't survive the microbiome of crud already present in Cineworld's seating.

AMKC · 16-03-2020 11:04pm

spurious wrote: »

Ended up in Odeon Coolock last night to catch 'Parasite' again before it goes. Myself and my companion had the place to ourselves. Bliss.

I hate that overhyped movie as much as I hated the musical movie 5 or 6 years ago that was that was a remake and was shiii't.

santana75 wrote: »

Saw "The Invisible man" tonight......the film was very good, a lot better than I thought it would be. But the cinema had only about 10 people all in all at this screening and it was actually one of the most enjoyable cinematic experiences I've ever had.

I seen it. It as an average movie. Nothing special. It could easily have been 30 minutes shorter.

kerplun k wrote: »

All IMC cinemas are closed from 16th until 29th of March

Dam them. That's end of the Savoy Cinema in Dublin so.
The could have just waited till Friday and then closed. I am sure the family that runs them will be delighted do. They can now do whatever it is they want with the Savoy Dublin now that they first ruined it and its now closed.

https://www.imccinemas.ie/

santana75 wrote: »

Omniplex have closed aswell now. I'm pretty sure the lighthouse has also. Cineworld seems to be the last man standing at this stage.

Nope that is gone too now. Only one screening on Friday for some reason and that's it.

silverharp · 17-03-2020 9:21am

any entrepreneurs coming up with drive in cinemas? some kind of mobile app could do the sound.

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 17-03-2020 9:39am

murpho999 wrote: »

There's no need to wear gloves.

Also, you're not going to get the virus from touching a chair it's from sharing a room and breathing the same air.

I wish people would stop spreading misinformation. The virus is spread by droplets passing from a person who has it into another person's mucus membranes. This can happen if an infected person sneezes or coughs around you or if you touch a surface or object they have sneezed or coughed over then rub your eyes or nose or put your fingers in your mouth.

The virus can last for a couple of days on some surfaces hence the need for thorough and regular hand washing. Any time you go to the supermarket for instance you're handling baskets and trollies that numerous other people have touched, products that have been handled and coughed over, keyed your debit card number into a machine used by loads of people etc etc etc

Same when you use an atm machine, a petrol pump, push the door of a shop open and so on.

Just keep washing your hands.

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 17-03-2020 2:51pm

Email from Odeon Cinemas this morning, they are closing up shop until further notice. If you have a Limitless membership, it won't be collected until they reopen. If it was just taken recently they will refund via the same method (into the bank).

It's a shame, there were a couple of movies out or on the way I'd like to see but necessary action. I haven't gone in about 2 weeks anyway.

PirateShampoo · 17-03-2020 2:55pm

Daughter works for Cineworld in the UK. She was made unemployed this morning has they have closed shop.

santana75 · 17-03-2020 5:21pm

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Daughter works for Cineworld in the UK. She was made unemployed this morning has they have closed shop.

Sorry to hear that. I hope her job will be there for her when all this is over.

murpho999 · 17-03-2020 5:35pm

AMKC wrote: »

Actually you are wrong about that. If someone else who has the virus on there hands has touched that chair or even a door on the way in and the next person in touches that then they could get the virus on there hands and then when they put there hands to there face they will have it. The virus can stay on services from two to three days. Maybe on clothe services and fake leather it might not survive long but some cinema's have chairs wit wood or chrome in them and it could survive there and on the doors into the cinema.

Yes i know all that but then the virus is simply on the gloves, no different to being on your hand, so you'd have to avoid touching your face with the gloves which you're supposed to do with your hands anyway.

No benefit to gloves unless you change them after contact with every object.

Good hand washing is more effective.

murpho999 · 17-03-2020 5:37pm

Elizabeth Rapping Cable wrote: »

I wish people would stop spreading misinformation. The virus is spread by droplets passing from a person who has it into another person's mucus membranes. This can happen if an infected person sneezes or coughs around you or if you touch a surface or object they have sneezed or coughed over then rub your eyes or nose or put your fingers in your mouth.

The virus can last for a couple of days on some surfaces hence the need for thorough and regular hand washing. Any time you go to the supermarket for instance you're handling baskets and trollies that numerous other people have touched, products that have been handled and coughed over, keyed your debit card number into a machine used by loads of people etc etc etc

Same when you use an atm machine, a petrol pump, push the door of a shop open and so on.

Just keep washing your hands.

So I didn't sure misinformation as you described gloves do not really offer any extra protection. Certainly not if sitting in a cinema for two hours and probably putting popcorn in their mouth with the same infected gloves.

Joekers · 17-03-2020 6:27pm

So Cineworld is shutting up shop. What is happening in terms of unlimited payments not really understanding their email.

"We are getting in touch to let you know that we will be closing Cineworld Dublin from today (Tuesday, 17 March 2020) until further notice.

This decision was made in light of the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and recent UK government advice, which the company has been carefully monitoring and following. As a loyal Unlimited customer, we wanted to update you on our operations and the impact this will have on your Unlimited subscription.

We are temporarily suspending activities at our cinemas, however, your membership will continue in line with the Unlimited membership terms (please see clause 15.2 which explains what can happen in circumstances beyond Cineworld's reasonable control). However, we'd like to reassure you that you will not lose the value of the fees charged for your Unlimited subscription.

If you are paying for your subscription monthly, your next monthly payment will be charged as normal but you will receive the credit of this payment once our cinemas reopen. If we need to keep the cinemas closed for longer than one month, your subscription period will be extended accordingly and any monthly payments will be suspended until our cinemas reopen.

Alternatively, if you have paid for your membership annually up front, your membership will be extended by the period of closure (with no further charge) and you will be able to continue enjoying your membership for that extended period once our cinemas are open again.

When we re-open our cinemas, we'll also be pleased to offer each of our Unlimited members one free ticket to a standard 2D performance so you can treat one of your friends to a Cineworld visit.

We thank you for your passion in cinema and for your ongoing support that helps make Cineworld The Best Place To Watch A Movie. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible to enjoy a full slate of film releases.

If you have any questions, please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions here.

We are keeping the situation under review and will keep you posted with updates through this difficult time. Updates on the status of our cinemas will be available via the Cineworld mobile app and online at cineworld.com.

We sincerely wish good health for you and your families during these uncertain times.

The Cineworld Team"

PirateShampoo · 18-03-2020 9:43pm

santana75 wrote: »

Sorry to hear that. I hope her job will be there for her when all this is over.

Cheers, i hope so, as well their welfare system is nowhere has generous has ours.

She showed me the letter saying her management team will have more details so i've no idea. I would imagine so. It was her first proper job, shes only 18.

Fireball81 · 18-03-2020 9:48pm

All the Movies@ theatres are now closed due to COVID-19

pixelburp · 18-03-2020 9:55pm

So I guess at this stage, the answer to the thread title must be "no"?

Homelander · 19-03-2020 10:29am

Eye Cinema in Galway appears to still be open even though IMC have closed both, Omniplex closed too.

Going to the Cinema during Covid

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