Anyone else here remember when cinemas were good?

AMKC · 15-03-2016 07:05PM #1

Cinema,s were good.
They really are gone to the dogs these days. Was thinking of going to catch a few films but there is nothing good on. Would get it hard to book one film never mind 3 or 4.
The solution is simple and hopefully it happens sooner rather than latter. Get rid of 3D films they are the biggest load of bull****. Then the cinema,s can run a proper schedule again and we can all go see 3 or 4 films in one day again that was when cinema,s were good.

Elemonator · 15-03-2016 07:08PM

The cinemas were never really good here, at least in my lifetime. Like I've paid up to 15 euro per ticket, then 2 euro for 3d glasses, and then 11.50 for popcorn and drink. It's madness. Get into the screen then, it is an absolute mess. Throughout the movie, people on their smartphones or talking.

Having said that though, I was at a cinema in Bantry when I was visiting Cork and I think I got all in (ticket and food) for less than a tenner.

Lights On · 15-03-2016 07:08PM

I see you chose the pub over the cinema. Wise choice.

MacauDragon · 15-03-2016 07:10PM

Lights On wrote: »

I see you chose the pub over the cinema. Wise choice.

Until the kids start running around.

The Backwards Man · 15-03-2016 07:21PM

Remember when they used to show a cartoon before the film? You'd have your Macaroon bar ate and your Smak Pineapple drunk before Who Framed Roger Rabbit started.

Ken Shamrock · 15-03-2016 07:22PM

AMKC wrote: »

Cinema,s were good.
They really are gone to the dogs these days. Was thinking of going to catch a few films but there is nothing good on. Would get it hard to book one film never mind 3 or 4.
The solution is simple and hopefully it happens sooner rather than latter. Get rid of 3D films they are the biggest load of bull****. Then the cinema,s can run a proper schedule again and we can all go see 3 or 4 films in one day again that was when cinema,s were good.

So hold on, you willingly want to spend what? at least 40 quid so you can sit In a cinema for 10 hours of your day?? If you have a computer and the Internet which I assume you do, I believe your time and money would be better spent on that watching whatever you want for free.

TheOtherBloke · 15-03-2016 07:23PM

Cinemas will be history very soon because you can watch all of the latest films online at home

And for free.

Armchair Andy · 15-03-2016 07:25PM

Ah I miss the hazy waft of heavy tobacco smoke drifting across the screen.

And the handjobs:(

electrobanana · 15-03-2016 07:26PM

Remember when two dogs would get stuck together while they were riding you just don't see that anymore..how times have changed eh.

eeguy · 15-03-2016 07:27PM

White dog sh*t.

Hardly ever see that...

TheOtherBloke · 15-03-2016 07:28PM

electrobanana wrote: »

Remember when two dogs would get stuck together while they were riding you just don't see that anymore..how times have changed eh.

What kind of cinema did you go to?

lazeedaisy · 15-03-2016 07:30PM

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electrobanana wrote: »

Remember when two dogs would get stuck together while they were riding you just don't see that anymore..how times have changed eh.

Punctuation too! Ha ha took me a while to get it, was wondering why two dogs would .......:P

The Backwards Man · 15-03-2016 07:33PM

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

So hold on, you willingly want to spend what? at least 40 quid so you can sit In a cinema for 10 hours of your day?? If you have a computer and the Internet which I assume you do, I believe your time and money would be better spent on that watching whatever you want for free.

TheOtherBloke wrote: »

Cinemas will be history very soon because you can watch all of the latest films online at home

And for free.

How long do yous reckon people will keep financing films if nobody is paying for them?

In the future you're talking about, the Oscars will be won by ice bucket challenge yahoos on Facebook and xhamster amateur videos.

mansize · 15-03-2016 07:34PM

I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair...

Ahhhh nostalgia,,,,ssss

mansize · 15-03-2016 07:34PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

How long do yous reckon people will keep financing films if nobody is paying for them?

In the future you're talking about, the Oscars will be won by ice bucket challenge yahoos on Facebook and xhamster amateur videos.

youporn

AMKC · 15-03-2016 07:34PM

TheOtherBloke wrote: »

Cinemas will be history very soon because you can watch all of the latest films online at home

And for free.

It ain,t free do you are paying for your internet. If the movie company's go out of business because no one is going to the cinema or buying DVDs anymore then they will not be any new films or TV programs next.

mansize · 15-03-2016 07:36PM

This is an apostrophe ' (Not to be used to pluralise)

This is a comma ,

mansize · 15-03-2016 07:37PM

AMKC wrote: »

It ain,t free do you are paying for your internet. If the movie company's go out of business because no one is going to the cinema or buying DVDs anymore then they will not be any new films or TV programs next.

I blame comma,s

AMKC · 15-03-2016 08:08PM

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

So hold on, you willingly want to spend what? at least 40 quid so you can sit In a cinema for 10 hours of your day?? If you have a computer and the Internet which I assume you do, I believe your time and money would be better spent on that watching whatever you want for free.

About 25 quid actually. I would always go at of peak times in the middle of the week and cinema,s were cheaper then too. I do not enjoy watching movies on a computer they are much better in a cinema or on a big screen TV.

maudgonner · 15-03-2016 08:18PM

AMKC wrote: »

About 25 quid actually. I would always go at of peak times in the middle of the week and cinema,s were cheaper then too. I do not enjoy watching movies on a computer they are much better in a cinema or on a big screen TV.

What was your favourite film to go see? The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, Apostrophe Now? Or the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Comma-ndo? Perhaps you prefer more old school swords and sandals stuff - like The Ten Comma-ndments? Sorry, I mean The Ten Comma-ndment,s.

sryanbruen · 15-03-2016 08:35PM

Anyone else here remember when:

- Ireland had a Celtic Tiger with dozens of job opportunities
- The true last Summer (2006) whilst some say 1995
- Movies weren't boring or crap
- TV shows started out good but now are crap
- Music was class

mansize · 15-03-2016 08:37PM

This is beginning to feel like thejournal or buzzfeed

maudgonner · 15-03-2016 08:43PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Anyone else here remember when:

- Ireland had a Celtic Tiger with dozens of job opportunities
- The true last Summer (2006) whilst some say 1995
- Movies weren't boring or crap
- TV shows started out good but now are crap
- Music was class

TV shows are better now that they ever have been. Seriously, some of us remember Matlock.

sryanbruen · 15-03-2016 08:46PM

maudgonner wrote: »

TV shows are better now that they ever have been. Seriously, some of us remember Matlock.

Well I can't find one good show, no matter what channel.

Zaph · 15-03-2016 08:47PM

Anyone else here remember when AH threads had proper, non-clickbait titles that gave you some hint as to what the thread was about?

sryanbruen · 15-03-2016 08:48PM

Zaph wrote: »

Anyone else here remember when AH threads had proper, non-clickbait titles that gave you some hint as to what the thread was about?

When was that about? Eternity.... :rolleyes:

Buona Fortuna · 15-03-2016 08:49PM

eeguy wrote: »

White dog sh*t.

Hardly ever see that...

Its where they've been eating a lot of bones

MadDog76 · 15-03-2016 08:53PM

AMKC wrote: »

Cinema,s were good.
They really are gone to the dogs these days. Was thinking of going to catch a few films but there is nothing good on. Would get it hard to book one film never mind 3 or 4.

Try Private Moments on Dorset Street, think that's what you're after ........

*Don't ask for butter on your popcorn*

maudgonner · 15-03-2016 08:55PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Well I can't find one good show, no matter what channel.

Go over to the TV forum, take a look at the recommendations thread stickied to the top of the page. If you watch all of those and still think there are no good TV programmes, then we can talk.

DanielODonnell · 15-03-2016 08:59PM

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering, it is odd because that is not the case if you go to a sporting event or concert on your one (most of the time anyway)
I wonder why watching a film in a theatre is seen to be some sort of social occasion and why people don't go on their own like grocery shopping or a barbers.
I have only met one person who went on their own, that was because there was a theatre beside their university

MadDog76 · 15-03-2016 09:02PM

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I don't attend cinemas, they are an odd setup, I don't have anyone to go with and if you attend yourself you receive stares from people and whispering, it is odd because that is not he case if you go to a sporting event or concert on your one (most of the time anyway)
I wonder why watching a film in a theatre is seen to be some sort of social occasion and why people don't go on their own like grocery shopping or a barbers

Depends when you go, if it's Saturday night then you probably will get a few inquisitive looks ......... go on a Wednesday afternoon like the other weirdos do!

Anyone else here remember when cinemas were good?

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