Just back from cinema, what a fcuking rip off!

Soby · 26-06-2011 10:44PM

For the record not all cinemas ban outside food.Only hot food

zxcvbnm12 · 26-06-2011 10:47PM

whats the big problem with him startin a new thread about this anyway docunam?i

Wolflikeme · 26-06-2011 10:47PM

Ironman76 wrote: »

X Men First Class, liked the movie but ever since then Irish cinemas can fcuk right off as far as Im concerned. Youd think with the prices they charge they could have someone at least pop their heads in to make sure noone is acting the b*llox and people are enjoying the movie. Some prick behind me rustling a bag, when I turned my head and back again it got worse. Four kids talking and ****eing out of them for the entire movie (One of them was about three years old . . WHY ! ! ) , another ass*hole messing with his phone.

I cant wait until one by one these rip off merchants are on RTE News ****eing out of them they have to close as theyre getting no customers. And it WILL happen. . .pubs anyone ?

GOD BLESS BLU RAYS ! ! ! !

Now you just sound like a whinger. An ill-informed one.

Nobody's forcing you to pay for snacks at the cinema.

And no. It won't happen.

dillo2k10 · 26-06-2011 10:54PM

I don't think it's a rip off at all.

The cinema make very little (if anything) from your ticket purchase as they have to pay for the movie.

The only way that they make any profit is from the food. If the cinemas didn't charge so much for the food then there would be no cinema as they would not make a profit.

DOC09UNAM · 26-06-2011 11:07PM

zxcvbnm12 wrote: »

whats the big problem with him startin a new thread about this anyway docunam?i

The whole subject has been done to death, he could have searchd and found the other thread that was done recently, and upon reading he would have realised they have to charge the prices they do for the most part, and probably wouldnt have made this thread.

Ghandee · 26-06-2011 11:10PM

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

The whole subject has been done to death, he could have searchd and found the other thread that was done recently, and upon reading he would have realised they have to charge the prices they do for the most part, and probably wouldnt have made this thread.

You seen thread title, looked at thread, made smart arse comment.
Even though its been done to death?
Ain't you the smart one so........

iguana · 26-06-2011 11:14PM

dillo2k10 wrote: »

The only way that they make any profit is from the food. If the cinemas didn't charge so much for the food then there would be no cinema as they would not make a profit.

Or, if they sold the snacks at a reasonable price a hell of a lot more people would buy them, thereby increasing their profit margins. The old method may have worked well for them in CelticTigerland as too many people just spent money without thinking. But for the foreseeable future people are going to be more and more money conscious. Cinema traditionally does well in a recession but only as long as it's considered a good value night out. But it's hardly good value when a deal of the day voucher will get you a 3 course meal with wine for less than the amount in the OP.

If cinemas want to survive they are going to have to adjust, and fast. Especially as now most people have big screen tvs, and dvd releases generally happen within 17 weeks of cinema releases. (Not to mention all the "greyer" ways people have of acquiring movies. When there is little to be gained for your limited money you won't spend it.

LighterGuy · 26-06-2011 11:17PM

we all know why prices are high in cinemas. movie companies take like 80 percent of boxoffice opening weekend of a movie. As week by week goes. Their percentage goes down. so cineams sell over priced consessions to make money.

but that still doesnt change the fact the cinema business is a rip off!

admiralofthefleet · 26-06-2011 11:18PM

the cinema should have paid you to see hangover 2, its brutal

Biggins · 26-06-2011 11:19PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

the cinema should have paid you to see hangover 2, its brutal

Hang on a while, there is a third one coming (honestly).

phasers · 26-06-2011 11:22PM

It costs me 6 quid to go to the cinema. 4/5.10 for a ticket depending on where I go, and snacks from aldi. Job done.

The cinema nearest me ( Liffey valley) is an overpriced dump, I go into the city for my viewing pleasure.

admiralofthefleet · 26-06-2011 11:23PM

Biggins wrote: »

Hang on a while, there is a third one coming (honestly).

yeah i was reading in the herald that its to be set in dublin

LighterGuy · 26-06-2011 11:26PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah i was reading in the herald that its to be set in dublin

What?

phasers · 26-06-2011 11:27PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah i was reading in the herald that its to be set in dublin

What?

Ah the herald just took an interview out of context and twisted it. Rumour has it it'll be set in amsterdam

four18 · 26-06-2011 11:31PM

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Don't give up the day Job, because you're also wrong

nah nah nah nah nah nah oh stop nitpicking, theres always a nitpicker !

Biggins · 26-06-2011 11:39PM

phasers wrote: »

Ah the herald just took an interview out of context and twisted it. Rumour has it it'll be set in amsterdam

Heard that too.

Anyway back on topic.
For the service we get in our local cinema and the conditions of it amid other things, the money they charge (which is high) is indeed a rip-off.
I know Wolfe Tone will agree.

iguana · 26-06-2011 11:44PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah i was reading in the herald that its to be set in dublin

Sure they go to Dublin for a stag night on Good Friday. Everywhere is shut so they wander around looking glum for 30 minutes. Then someone suggests they get a train so they can buy drink. They get on a train, get really drunk, pass out and wake up in the back end of nowhere where they are forced to participate in the blessing of the graves and cross kissing due to a hilarious misunderstanding. Somehow they lead the locals to believe the statues are moving, cueing a repeat of the 80s moving statues hysteria. The boys have a madcap adventure somehow culminating in the destruction of a giant in-store display of Easter eggs.

Then when all is settled some other local asks why they got on a train and didn't just drink in their hotel residents bar. Facepalms all around.

Karona · 26-06-2011 11:44PM

Ahh the good ol cinema in Drogheda, with the sour puss behind the ticket counter, never says thank you or kiss my ass...

Talk about service with a smile. :rolleyes:

Biggins · 26-06-2011 11:47PM

Karona wrote: »

Ahh the good ol cinema in Drogheda, with the sour puss behind the ticket counter, never says thank you or kiss my ass...

Talk about service with a smile. :rolleyes:

LOL You know her too!
She's a legend at this stage! :pac:

LETHAL LADY · 26-06-2011 11:48PM

I thought I had the 3d movie thing cracked when I acquired a pirated 3d film and got the 3d glasses for all the family and then put it on a hd tv wow what a dissappointment.

Note: It was 3 years ago.

Kevin Duffy · 26-06-2011 11:51PM

Biggins wrote: »

Hang on a while, there is a third one coming (honestly).

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah i was reading in the herald that its to be set in dublin

phasers wrote: »

Ah the herald just took an interview out of context and twisted it. Rumour has it it'll be set in amsterdam

I hope they set in in concrete and dump it in the sea, the world does not need a repeat of that Godawful, unfunny rubbish.

Karona · 26-06-2011 11:54PM

Biggins wrote: »

LOL You know her too!
She's a legend at this stage! :pac:

Of course I know her, everyone from Drogheda does (yes I am a droghedian)

One of these days I am gonna get her to crack a smile and see what damage it does to her face.

Biggins · 27-06-2011 12:02AM

Karona wrote: »

...One of these days I am gonna get her to crack a smile...

Jeasus, I believe in miracles too but even thats pushing it! :pac: :pac: :pac:
If she smiles, I'll have a friggin' heart attack.

Karona · 27-06-2011 12:08AM

Ill take a picture if it happens... then you can have your heart attack:D

Biggins · 27-06-2011 12:13AM

Karona wrote: »

Ill take a picture if it happens... then you can have your heart attack

Madmammy (wifey) will be very grateful - once she gets the insurance, she can afford to go to our nearest cinema a lot more!

tonydude · 27-06-2011 12:13AM

Both myself and gf are big cinema fans, we go to Mahon in Cork,

2 Student tickets, ( out of date student cards)
Large Combo ( large popcorn and large drinks )

Total €21.50

Richard Dower · 27-06-2011 12:14AM

OP IS CLEARLY AN IDIOT....what moron buys food at a cinema?....i never buy grub + i LOATHE popcorn eating fools chomping through the damn movie!!!!
I usually wait a week to see new movies, by then the kids, idiots and sundry other scumbags have came and went.

Then i sit all by my lonesome a soak up the visuals, nothing better then an empty cinema. Trying to impress some chick with coke and popcorn won't get you the shift, just a depleated bank account.

Gulliver · 27-06-2011 12:47AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

OP IS CLEARLY AN IDIOT....what moron buys food at a cinema?....i never buy grub + i LOATHE popcorn eating fools chomping through the damn movie!!!!
I usually wait a week to see new movies, by then the kids, idiots and sundry other scumbags have came and went.

Then i sit all by my lonesome a soak up the visuals, nothing better then an empty cinema. Trying to impress some chick with coke and popcorn won't get you the shift, just a depleated bank account.

Add midweek to that and you have a great chance of perfect viewing conditions.

watna · 27-06-2011 12:58AM

It's about the same price in NZ, relative to salaries and things. Night at the cinema for two costs about $50.

They do have Half-price Tuesdays though, where the tickets are $9 instead of $18. I tend to go on those nights. They also have 1 film per week that the tickets are $9 - it's usually a film that it is in last week of being showed.

Do any cinemas in Ireland do half-price nights? I reckon it would do really well.

120_Minutes · 27-06-2011 01:06AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

OP IS CLEARLY AN IDIOT....what moron buys food at a cinema?....i never buy grub + i LOATHE popcorn eating fools chomping through the damn movie!!!!
I usually wait a week to see new movies, by then the kids, idiots and sundry other scumbags have came and went.

Then i sit all by my lonesome a soak up the visuals, nothing better then an empty cinema. Trying to impress some chick with coke and popcorn won't get you the shift, just a depleated bank account.

The charming couple one aisle over attempting coitus while myself and the wife attempted to watch predators (her suggestion god bless her) during the middle of the day 2.5 weeks after opening weekend beg to differ.

Just back from cinema, what a fcuking rip off!

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