Cinema goodies

dsmythy · 19-02-2008 01:53PM #1

This man went on a mini protest outside his local cinema across the water after being booted out for having the apparent cheek to bring his own goodies into the film.

Now i know many cinemas have a policy of banning food and drink not bought in the cinema, although it is rarely enforced, but if this were to happen to me I'd go nuts. What do you think of this sort of situation?

monkeyfudge · 19-02-2008 01:58PM

How about going 90 minutes without stuffing your gob?

I certainly wouldn't be happy at a security guard wanting to check my bag though.

LouOB · 19-02-2008 01:58PM

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Nachos n cheese

aidan_walsh · 19-02-2008 01:59PM

No money in tickets, all cash made from shop sales, and all that jazz.

wheres me jumpa · 19-02-2008 02:00PM

Our local cinema has the worst popcorn so I generally bring a bag of sweeets myself.

19-02-2008 02:02PM

I don't eat in the cinema, when I was little mice would come and nibble on your left overs during the film. Today the thoughts of all the trapped man fart germs in the seats puts me off.

unreggd · 19-02-2008 02:02PM

Cinema food is gank. so if im gna be eatin it'll be somethin decent like fruit/ a sambo and a pint o milk

Although I've stuck to not eating at all when i go, as i dont wanna hafta take a pi55 half way through a 2 hour long film

Its just greed after greed

Yes, its their policy, but its a pants one

Tickets themselves go up every few months, its nearly 10 euro a ticket, and i remember the good ol school days of £3 for a ticket!

Ha, the spokeman said you get a full refund if you have to leave, so any tiny profit they might of gotten, they wont! Saps

aidan_walsh · 19-02-2008 02:03PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't eat in the cinema, when I was little mice would come and nibble on your left overs during the film. Today the thoughts of all the trapped man fart germs in the seats puts me off.

Simple solution, stop eating the food off the seat.

BlitzKrieg · 19-02-2008 02:07PM

Wasnt there a talk about this in the film forum recently?

I dont think people get stopped as much in irish cinemas.

I know I bring fruit sometimes and I never get stopped.

Earthhorse · 19-02-2008 02:09PM

Last time I was at Cineworld the girl I was with decided to lift a bottle of RiverRock rather than queue and pay for it.

As I tried to convince her of the merits of a society based on law and order she informed what they were charging for it, to which we both chimed "Now that's robbery!".

Ruu_Old · 19-02-2008 02:12PM

After seeing them refill the butter machine, I think I'll pass on the whole popcorn thing altogether. I rarely go to the cinema anyway.

FunkZ · 19-02-2008 02:14PM

I wouldn't even bother going to the cinema anymore, not with cheap food and teh internetz.

whiskeyman · 19-02-2008 02:20PM

i live near our cinema, so always just pop in some microwaved popcorn and bring it over, along with a bottle of drink.
My popcorn is always way fresher than their overpriced muck anyway!

Isn't there some legal issue that a cinema employee can't themselves 'search' you, although they can always fall back on the right to refuse admission?

If cinemas here got that anal, I just wouldn't go

EdgarAllenPoo · 19-02-2008 02:21PM

Haven't gone to the cinema in years but when I did go I bought popcorn and drinks there, everything else I brought with me.

Xavi6 · 19-02-2008 02:22PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

If cinemas here got that anal, I just wouldn't go

I'm sure some do down the back seats

Dragan · 19-02-2008 02:22PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't eat in the cinema, when I was little mice would come and nibble on your left overs during the film. Today the thoughts of all the trapped man fart germs in the seats puts me off.

You breath rooughly a liter of ass gas a day, regardless.

Krieg · 19-02-2008 02:23PM

This man went on a mini protest outside his local cinema

http://soapboxrants.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/father-ted-careful-now.jpg
Had to be done.

Yeah I just don't buy the cinema food, I fill up before I go see a film

chopperbyrne · 19-02-2008 02:36PM

Cineworld do Ben & Jerry's Core Sundaes.

No food I could bring myself would compare!

19-02-2008 02:41PM

*Awaiting Karl Hungus's response*

DaDa · 19-02-2008 02:44PM

I wonder if you brought a mars bar and a coke could you get away with claiming to be diabetic.

(no disrespect to those actually suffering from diabetes intended)

Pherekydes · 19-02-2008 02:49PM

If I'm going on my own, I eat or drink nothing.

If I'm going with the kids there's a Boots beside Vue where you can buy sweets and drinks if you forget to bring them. While your wife stands in the queue for the tickets, shout to her that you're dashing into Boots for the goodies.

Never stopped yet, and if it does happen I'll just say it's shopping.

Kur4mA · 19-02-2008 02:53PM

I voted that I like to follow the rules but actually sometimes I eat the food from the cinema and sometimes I bring my own in. I r rebel.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 19-02-2008 02:59PM

Simple answer, pockets. I can fit a small bag of sweets and a can of coke easily in the pockets. And with no bag you don't look suspicious and it's not an airport - they don't have time to frisk everyone.

I like the justification from the cinema: "our prices are in line ith other cinema chains."

halfinch · 19-02-2008 03:12PM

mmmmmmmmmmm cinema popcorn just tastes nice

Mossy Monk · 19-02-2008 03:24PM

I eat and drink nothing at the cinema. I thought only the Gardaí had the right to search so the cinema staff can get ****ed.

5starpool · 19-02-2008 03:37PM

Earthhorse wrote: »

Last time I was at Cineworld the girl I was with decided to lift a bottle of RiverRock rather than queue and pay for it.

As I tried to convince her of the merits of a society based on law and order she informed what they were charging for it, to which we both chimed "Now that's robbery!".

I hope this wasn't a girl you were there on a date with. It would put me right off.

Homer · 19-02-2008 03:37PM

Was wondering how long it would take before someone used the father ted reference

Kur4mA · 19-02-2008 03:48PM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Simple answer, pockets. I can fit a small bag of sweets and a can of coke easily in the pockets. And with no bag you don't look suspicious and it's not an airport - they don't have time to frisk everyone.

Yep agreed. I find wearing a pair of combats especially useful for bringing all your goodies into the cinema.

Malteaser! · 19-02-2008 03:58PM

I always buy popcorn and nachos at the cinema, not becasue I want to follow the rules or anything just because it tastes so damn nice. Way better then a bag of popcorn from the shop.

If I'm a bit broke I'll buy a drink and a packet of sweets before I go in.

'Ol Jack Chance · 19-02-2008 03:59PM

food and drinks are the main way cinemas make their profits not through film ticket sales. which is kinda weird. i dont see irish cinemas frisking people for food gestapo style. VERR ARRR YOURR PAPERS??

however if they were to start some type of strict shoot to kill policy for people that talk in the cinema i would fully support it. did i pay the guts of a tenner to hear some bimbo and her friend wafflin throughout the film? No i fuppin well did not! :mad:

Petey2006 · 19-02-2008 04:00PM

Used to get popcorn in the cinemas. But since they've stopped making it there and then, and instead ship in sacks of pre-popped ****e that's rubbery and stale, and costs a ridiculous amount, I've stopped buying. I'll eat just before or just after instead.

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