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Is it wierd to go to the cinema on your own?

  • 19-01-2014 06:22PM
    #1
    Foxhound38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭


    I've never thought so - I only really go to the movies when there's something out that I really want to see, so not having my friends or OH distracting me while I'm watching it is generally a plus in my book. Tend to go in the morning or early afternoon when the place is generally empty so I have my pick of seats and there's a lessened chance of gobsh*tes or little scrotes disturbing me while I'm trying to pay attention to the film.

    Bliss - or maybe I'm just an anti-social cnut! :pac:

    What do ye reckon AH, is the cinema a valid solo experience or do you judge the loners sitting on their own in such places?


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  • #2
    hedgehog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭hedgehog2


    I suppose its 2014 time to do this thread again for another 5 times


  • #3
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    If you're touching yourself, then it's creepy.


  • #4
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Bliss. If I really want to enjoy a film or play or concert, I go by myself. Don't want anyone near me when I'm (ideally) completely engrossed.

    Hey OP, maybe we should go out some time. Oh, wait... :)


  • #5
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Depends which cinema you will be attending, as in does the kiosk sell popcorn or tissues and ky jelly?


  • #6
    bronte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    God no, it's heavenly!


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  • #7
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Foxhound38 wrote: »

    What do ye reckon AH, is the cinema a valid solo experience or do you judge the loners sitting on their own in such places?

    You're never on your own once you've got a dirty mac.


  • #8
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Watching a film in a very quiet auditorium is an extremely anti-social activity, so in my opinion, not being able to go to the cinema alone is what's weird.

    (It's not weird btw to go to the cinema with someone else, but it is weird IMO to find the idea of going alone unfathomable).


  • #9
    Dublin Red Devil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭Dublin Red Devil


    I prefer it.


  • #10
    Daqster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Daqster


    Year long thread in the film forum on it.

    It's more weird to attend with people I think.

    I always felt it was a kind of odd to go to a place with people where it meant you couldn't speak to them when there, all that much at least.


  • #11
    calanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭calanus


    Depends on the movie too I think. Comedies suit a group of 4-5 friends going out for a night bit with other genres, a quiet late night showing of a harrowing drama suits a visit to the cinema all by your lonesome


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  • #12
    megaten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭megaten


    If asked people will say yes but nobody actually cares


  • #13
    Santa Cruz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    Walkin Talkin Stephen Hawkin wrote: »
    If you're touching yourself, then it's creepy.
    Or if you try touching others it is creepier


  • #14
    black_frosch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭black_frosch


    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    I've never thought so - I only really go to the movies when there's something out that I really want to see, so not having my friends or OH distracting me while I'm watching it is generally a plus in my book. Tend to go in the morning or early afternoon when the place is generally empty so I have my pick of seats and there's a lessened chance of gobsh*tes or little scrotes disturbing me while I'm trying to pay attention to the film.

    Bliss - or maybe I'm just an anti-social cnut! :pac:

    What do ye reckon AH, is the cinema a valid solo experience or do you judge the loners sitting on their own in such places?
    No you're okay.


  • #15
    Raminahobbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭Raminahobbin


    I don't think I've ever gone into a cinema, seen a person sitting alone, and said to myself 'god, what a loner! FREAK!'

    It's perfectly acceptable to go alone, and I have a me-date this week to do just that!


  • #16
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Watching a film in a very quiet auditorium is an extremely anti-social activity, so in my opinion, not being able to go to the cinema alone is what's weird.

    (It's not weird btw to go to the cinema with someone else, but it is weird IMO to find the idea of going alone unfathomable).



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  • #17
    anniehoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    I've never gone to the cinema alone. It'd be kind of like going to a restaurant on my own, I just wouldn't do it. I don't find it odd anyone else does it, just not for me.

    For me going to the cinema is a social event as I like the chat/dinner/drink with friends before or after. It's not just about the movie for me.


  • #18
    COYVB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    Given that the cinema is one of the few places you go NOT to talk and interact with others I've never understood why people think it's weird to go alone. If you wanna go see something, go see it


  • #19
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    I get why people think it is, because growing up you would always go in a group to the cinema, and so you might be self-concious about going to the cinema on your own. No need to be though, nothing weird about it at all.


  • #20
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    I've never done it but I don't see why it should be considered weird at all. I've gone to a lot of concerts by myself though.


  • #21
    Paco Rodriguez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭Paco Rodriguez


    Tbh, I feel sorry for people who are vain enough to worry about going to the cinema alone. Its a cinema...you go to watch a movie. Hopefully you are not going to be talking through it anyway.


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  • #22
    Fudge You
    Closed Accounts Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Fudge You


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Watching a film in a very quiet auditorium is an extremely anti-social activity, so in my opinion, not being able to go to the cinema alone is what's weird.

    (It's not weird btw to go to the cinema with someone else, but it is weird IMO to find the idea of going alone unfathomable).

    Very well put. I dont have the balls to go. But I would love to go alone.


  • #23
    boobar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭boobar


    It's one of my favourite things to do.

    You get to choose the movie you want to watch, compromising with my Mrs in the past has had me endure the most dreadful ROM coms.

    Switch off for a few hours, nothing like it.


  • #24
    COYVB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    Fudge You wrote: »
    Very well put. I dont have the balls to go. But I would love to go alone.
    It's sad that you think it requires balls to go somewhere on your own


  • #25
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,639 ✭✭✭feargale


    What next? Is it weird to go to bed on your own?


  • #26
    Mickey H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Mickey H


    I wouldn't consider it weird.


  • #27
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    feargale wrote: »
    What next? Is it weird to go to bed on your own?
    Well as Earthhorse said, people might view the cinema as a social activity because of associating it with going with a group of friends all the time as kids, and with a partner/date later on. It's a case of what people are used to.


  • #28
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    It's only weird if you put your own arm around yourself while pretending to yawn and proceed to shift your own face.


  • #29
    Nino Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭Nino Brown


    I do it all the time, but I know a lot of people who wouldn't. I think its weird to not go see a movie you want to see, just because nobody else wants to.


  • #30
    Riddle101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,670 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    I do it all the time. Nothing weird about it though. Some people have different tastes in movies so it's hard to make a choice or go with others for the sake of it. For instance, I went to see The Hobbit there two weeks ago. My friends aren't in to those sort of movies, so naturally I would go myself to watch it.


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  • #31
    Chemist Difference
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 22 ✭Chemist Difference


    If it's weird to watch television on your own then it's weird to go to the cinema on your own.


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