Cinema Food - Do You Smuggle?

AnonoBoy · 08-03-2010 05:07PM

IrishManSaipan wrote: »

How much does that cost you a week? 150/200 euro?:eek:

He probably has a Cineworld Unlimited Card.

I.S.T. · 08-03-2010 05:08PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I have never smuggled food in, i carry it openly for all to see and have never been questioned by staff. I don't think the staff really care to be honest.

Kiera · 08-03-2010 05:09PM

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I bring in a little hot plate, frying pan, some butter, bacon, bread, sausages, beers.

Baby I get my grill on!

Awww that reminds me of the outdoor cinema in Sydney. Good times!

AnonoBoy · 08-03-2010 05:10PM

Kiera wrote: »

Awww that reminds me of the outdoor cinema in Sydney. Good times!

That wasn't an outdoor cinema, it was the bushes in a park at night.

And that wasn't a grill, it was a spit-roast.

But yeah, good times alright!

MaybeLogic · 08-03-2010 05:10PM

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

I have never smuggled food in, i carry it openly for all to see and have never been questioned by staff. I don't think the staff really care to be honest.

I body-pack it or carry it in a false-bottomed briefcase.
In the more security conscious cinemas I´ve been known to smuggle it internally to avoid the x-rays.

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 05:20PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Kiera wrote: »

7-8 a week :eek:? Are you a film critic? I probably see about 4 a year.

I wish. dream job

bonerm wrote: »

Out of interest do you just watch everything that comes out? That seems like a lot of times to go to the cinema

Yup, see everything

I don't watch trailers and never read about movies until after I have seen a film. Especially see all movies that show at the IFI.

It's not that many three movies there and three or four between all the rest. Love movies ever since I was kid.

Kiera wrote: »

Only thing about the UCI cinema's is that the seats are pure shíte. I cant get comfy in them.

Yeah, hard as a rock

bonerm wrote: »

even if I lived next door as 90% of what comes out is just rubbish.

I would say 60%, everything else will have something good about it.

Leap Year is the biggest piece of trash out right now, good if you're drunk I'd say though

Bolag_the_2nd · 08-03-2010 05:21PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

OutlawPete wrote: »

I see around 7 or 8 movies a week at the flicks and the UCI is the only Cinema that I can see that Pop their own Popcorn and serve melted Butter.

so you are the durty guy that debates in the back row

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 05:22PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I bring in a little hot plate, frying pan, some butter, bacon, bread, sausages, beers.

Baby I get my grill on!

I seen you and you had your flask :cool:

Thanks for the bacon butty

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 05:25PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

AnonoBoy wrote: »

He probably has a Cineworld Unlimited Card.

Do indeed and the ole IFI membership but see a lot of Classics (ahem, see sig) at all the other cinemas so gotta pay there too.

The Jdiff cleaned me out last month

magma69 · 08-03-2010 05:26PM

I buy microwaveable popcorn and ask if I can use the microwave in the staff canteen.

Bolag_the_2nd · 08-03-2010 05:27PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

ive never smuggled food in, i just walk in with my maccky D's, i also have a screw top bottle of wine in the bag, no glass, i am that classy

lizardfudge · 08-03-2010 05:27PM

Luckily my eyes and ears work independently of my mouth... so I'm perfectly capable of enjoying a film in the cinema for an hour and a half without the need for sustenance.

I do enjoy a coffee though on occasion in the cinemas that do them in paper cups.

phasers · 08-03-2010 05:32PM

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

Cineworld has a lidl and aldi right next to it - hell yes I smuggle stuff in

I buy frozen fantas though, nyom

kraggy · 08-03-2010 05:34PM

You see, the problem is with the way cinemas are set up, not just here but in the Uk as well.

The cinemas themselves get close to none of the ticket money so they have to charge crazy money for the food.

On opening weekend, they only get about 5% of your ticket money. So, for examply, your ticket was 10 euro, the cinema only gets about 50c. The rest goes to the distributor.

The percentage increases after a couple of weeks but by that stage most people have viewed the money so the ticket money is still worth damn all to them.

Hence the ridiculous prices for coke, popcorn etc.

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 05:39PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

phasers wrote: »

Cineworld has a lidl and aldi right next to it - hell yes I smuggle stuff in

I buy frozen fantas though, nyom

Did you see the Cineworld have written on their time listings brochure thingamajigs:

"Only food purchased in from inside the cinema will be allowed into the auditorium." :eek:

For ages they just had:

"Patrons are asked not to bring bags into the cinema".

They changed that recently in Cineworld so they must get peeved.

I would say the make 90% of the revenue from food and drink.

The mark-up on tickets would be very little.

EDIT: Kraggy beat me

Handsome Bob · 08-03-2010 05:43PM

I pay but to be honest, the prices are ridiculous and I'm beginning to think about smuggling

Yes the prices are a rip off but alas, I regularly pay the full whack.

The only thing I draw the line at is water. I went to buy a bottle of water one time in the cinema, I hand the bloke €2, and he says to me "that will be another €1.50 please". :eek:

Agricola · 08-03-2010 05:47PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I rarely buy food at the cinema. As someone else said, I never understood this idea of buying truckloads of sweets before you see a movie. I just go for the movie, if im lucky for other things.

Went to see Solomon Kane with a couple of friends last week. I spent just 8 quid while large popcorns n drinks brought them up to around 18 euro each :eek:
Id rather starve tbh.

NothingMan · 08-03-2010 05:52PM

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

OutlawPete wrote: »

Did you see the Cineworld have written on their time listings brochure thingamajigs:

"Only food purchased in from inside the cinema will be allowed into the auditorium." :eek:

For ages they just had:

"Patrons are asked not to bring bags into the cinema".

They changed that recently in Cineworld so they must get peeved.

I would say the make 90% of the revenue from food and drink.

The mark-up on tickets would be very little.

EDIT: Kraggy beat me

Vue in Liffey Valley, where i'd go most often is a lot more relaxed.

10. Hot food brought from outside of the cinema may not be consumed on the premises.

Roadend · 08-03-2010 05:55PM

Where's the "I'm capable of sitting down down for 1-2 hours without having to stuff myself with ****e" option?

brummytom · 08-03-2010 05:56PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Xavi6 wrote: »

I smuggle everything except the hot buttered popcorn.

This.

Well, I can't actually eat popcorn at the moment, so obviously I don't buy it. Before I got my braces I would, obviously.

I hardly 'sneak in' the food though; I'll pop to a corner shop/Tesco before and just take in the bag. No way am I paying the prices in the cinema, ridiculous.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 08-03-2010 05:57PM

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

Should smuggle but dont. Then again I have my 'method'. whereby I buy a large popcorn and a large bag of malteasers.
I then eat/poor out the top fifth of the popcorn and fire in the malteasers.
I then mix them all up together and the rest of my cinema experience will be mixed with delight and surprise at my popcorn:malteaser ratio

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 06:01PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Roadend wrote: »

Where's the "I'm capable of sitting down down for 1-2 hours without having to stuff myself with ****e" option?

The thread is for foodies really.

People who go to the cinema and don't at least have a pack of chewing gum should be shot.

People do be sitting there with their Popcorn, Fanta, Coffee, Hot Dogs, Chuppa Chups and Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey Ice Creams

Then in comes two spoons with not so much as fcuking Biscuit between them :mad:

People like that make everyone feel uncomfortable and guilty just for having some munchies for the movie

It's the pictures, buy some popcorn .. cheer up ffs!!

Roadend · 08-03-2010 06:03PM

Did you say foodies when you meant fatties? :P

Bolag_the_2nd · 08-03-2010 06:03PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Jerry Mammoth Merry-go-round wrote: »

Should smuggle but dont. Then again I have my 'method'. whereby I buy a large popcorn and a large bag of malteasers.
I then eat/poor out the top fifth of the popcorn and fire in the malteasers.
I then mix them all up together and the rest of my cinema experience will be mixed with delight and surprise at my popcorn:malteaser ratio

i thaught you were going somewhere else with this :P my durty mind:o

donvito99 · 08-03-2010 06:04PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I once attempted to sneak into the Savoy with one of those massive multi packs of popcorn.

The aul fella whos been there for years just laughed and let me in.

Sweet, sweet victory....

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 06:05PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Roadend wrote: »

Did you say foodies when you meant fatties? :P

I'm a sexy size 8, thank you very much .. *slaps sexy hip*

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 08-03-2010 06:07PM

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

Bolag_the_2nd wrote: »

i thaught you were going somewhere else with this :P my durty mind:o

oohh matron

Spore · 08-03-2010 06:08PM

The price of food in cinemas is so high because they make next to nothing on the films. The big five distributors control the prices and along with other monopolistic practices like block booking and blind booking, cinema's have to take what they're given. Hence the push towards selling you popcorn and beer / hot food (where available). Look at Cineworld Parnell St - it's more of pub / arcade than a cinema.

*Ah response: rabble rabble rabble fight the man rabble rabble rabble

OutlawPete · 08-03-2010 06:09PM

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Jerry Mammoth Merry-go-round wrote: »

Should smuggle but dont. Then again I have my 'method'. whereby I buy a large popcorn and a large bag of malteasers.
I then eat/poor out the top fifth of the popcorn and fire in the malteasers.
I then mix them all up together and the rest of my cinema experience will be mixed with delight and surprise at my popcorn:malteaser ratio

Genius :cool:

Spore · 08-03-2010 06:12PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Genius :cool:

Salty malteasers? Uggh!

Cinema Food - Do You Smuggle?

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