Going to the Cinema during Covid

Telecaster58 · 09-07-2020 4:19pm

SteM wrote: »

Looks like the IMC in Tallaght won't be reopening. Bad news for the Square.

Sorry to hear that, but not surprised. On any of my visits it was invariably poorly attended.
To be fair it showed a few non-mainstream films. A couple of my last visits were to see Seberg, The Laundromat and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

mikhail · 09-07-2020 4:21pm

Where did you see that? I just checked the imc site, and while I don't see any notice, Tallaght isn't on their list of cinemas!?

SteM · 09-07-2020 4:34pm

mikhail wrote: »

Where did you see that? I just checked the imc site, and while I don't see any notice, Tallaght isn't on their list of cinemas!?

The front page of this week's Tallaght Echo.

SteM · 09-07-2020 10:56pm

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

What does it say?

https://echo.ie/show/article/this-week-s-front-pages-9th-of-july-2020?utm_content=bufferc64e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

You should be able to see the front page here.

CinemaGuy45 · 09-07-2020 10:58pm

SteM wrote: »

https://echo.ie/show/article/this-week-s-front-pages-9th-of-july-2020?utm_content=bufferc64e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

You should be able to see the front page here.

Hardly a surprise.

Conall Cernach · 10-07-2020 11:15pm

I'm not long in from seeing The Empire Strikes Back at my local Omniplex. There was maybe 2 dozen in the cinema and there was plenty of social distancing in place.

TESB looks so much better on the big screen than on tv.

pixelburp · 11-07-2020 3:38pm

The surreal thought occured, what remains the biggest global box office hit of 2020? And looking into it, the answer is ... ...

Bad Boys for Life, at $419 million. Sonic at #2 and perversely, Dolittle at number 3 despite ostensibly being a total flop. For comparison, last year $419 million would have placed you 20th worldwide, with 9 of the top 10 breaking the billion barrier.

I mean it's easy to understand the why but those are crazy figures really.

gmisk · 11-07-2020 3:44pm

I was listening to the mark kermode podcast (Robbie Collins in for him this week)...apparently UK box office is about 1 percent of what it was this time last year.
Not surprising.

I went to a small cinema in cork last week, only two people in the whole cinema (Bohemian Rhapsody) it was a lovely experience, lots of spacing and hand sanitizer etc.

Nigel Fairservice · 11-07-2020 9:59pm

gmisk wrote: »

I was listening to the mark kermode podcast (Robbie Collins in for him this week)...apparently UK box office is about 1 percent of what it was this time last year.
Not surprising.

I went to a small cinema in cork last week, only two people in the whole cinema (Bohemian Rhapsody) it was a lovely experience, lots of spacing and hand sanitizer etc.

I love when it's like that. I would have normally gone at odd times mid week to get the cinema like that.

santana75 · 11-07-2020 11:27pm

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I'm not long in from seeing The Empire Strikes Back at my local Omniplex. There was maybe 2 dozen in the cinema and there was plenty of social distancing in place.

TESB looks so much better on the big screen than on tv.

Went to see it myself tonight in omniplex and it just made it so clear to me what the new films(force awakens, last jedi etc)are missing: a sense of magic. TESB holds up so well. Even some of the ropey dialogue doesn't detract from a great popcorn movie. There was about a dozen people at the screening I was at and it was perfect.

10000maniacs · 11-07-2020 11:29pm

All I can say is thank God for Netflix during this crisis. No risk whatsoever.
Goes well with my 55' LG Oled tv.
With 4K, the picture is better than the cinema.

SteM · 11-07-2020 11:46pm

Went to the 19:40 showing of tesb in Dundrum tonight. 8 people in the room in total.

gmisk · 12-07-2020 3:23pm

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I love when it's like that. I would have normally gone at odd times mid week to get the cinema like that.

I am the same I used to go regularly on a Saturday or Sunday am to cinema

Telecaster58 · 12-07-2020 8:11pm

I saw Black Water: Abyss yesterday in Dundrum. 6 other people in the cinema. I doubt there would have been many in normal circumstances. Avoid..

gmisk · 12-07-2020 8:14pm

Telecaster58 wrote: »

I saw Black Water: Abyss yesterday in Dundrum. 6 other people in the cinema. I doubt there would have been many in normal circumstances. Avoid..

I havent heard of that one.
But hey nice to see a new release
If your looking for a decent croc film I would recommend crawl

smurf492 · 13-07-2020 1:52pm

Omniplex have suspended sign up to their year long omni pass system..

sheepsh4gger · 13-07-2020 6:59pm

Are there any clusters traced back to these venues (theaters/cinemas/museums) or is it that people are avoiding them and therefore there are no cases to speak of? Ouch, they must be even more affected than airlines.

AMKC · 13-07-2020 9:28pm

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I love when it's like that. I would have normally gone at odd times mid week to get the cinema like that.

The same here. Always went mid week and mostly always quiet just the way I like it. I hope cinemas do not go back to how crazy it was before. I would much prefer quality over quantity. Put out good films and leave them in the cinema longer so more people can get to see it in the cinema. If it goes back to the way it was before I see cinemas struggling to survive into the future as more people stop going to them because they just do not have the time to see all the films. It's ok if you live in a city with a job nearby but if you do not and you have to travel or take public transporh for work it's harder and people would be lucky to get to the cinema once a month or even two months.

Nigel Fairservice · 13-07-2020 10:24pm

AMKC wrote: »

The same here. Always went mid week and mostly always quiet just the way I like it. I hope cinemas do not go back to how crazy it was before. I would much prefer quality over quantity. Put out good films and leave them in the cinema longer so more people can get to see it in the cinema. If it goes back to the way it was before I see cinemas struggling to survive into the future as more people stop going to them because they just do not have the time to see all the films. It's ok if you live in a city with a job nearby but if you do not and you have to travel or take public transporh for work it's harder and people would be lucky to get to the cinema once a month or even two months.

I'm very lucky that I work a few doors up from my local cinema. I can clock out from work at 4 and easily make those 4:10 pm screenings on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. I couldn't think of a better way to pass 2 hours

13-07-2020 10:25pm

Telecaster58 wrote: »

I saw Black Water: Abyss yesterday in Dundrum. 6 other people in the cinema. I doubt there would have been many in normal circumstances. Avoid..

Agreed. No way this was getting a cinema release under normal circumstances

13-07-2020 10:27pm

sheepsh4gger wrote: »

Are there any clusters traced back to these venues (theaters/cinemas/museums) or is it that people are avoiding them and therefore there are no cases to speak of? Ouch, they must be even more affected than airlines.

Well we wore masks and ordered tickets and food online. They're was no one within ten feet of us inside the cinema and the only physical contact was when the prepared our come and popcorn but then I saw the staff using sanitiser either side.

Never say never but it seems pretty safe to me

OU812 · 13-07-2020 10:30pm

If I could rent the big releases for viewing at home day & date with the cinema release, I'd probably never go to the cinema again. Willing to pay about €20 to rent a major title.

Only problem is getting the time to watch them without distractions from the kids.

kerplun k · 14-07-2020 9:53am

And that's the thing. You just cant compare the Cinema to watching something at home. Obviously everyone's situation is different, but for me, I could never watch a film at home uninterrupted. Someone will always walk into the room, turn on an appliance, knock on a door, plus your more likely to check your phone.

Banjaxed82 · 14-07-2020 6:02pm

kerplun k wrote: »

And that's the thing. You just cant compare the Cinema to watching something at home. Obviously everyone's situation is different, but for me, I could never watch a film at home uninterrupted. Someone will always walk into the room, turn on an appliance, knock on a door, plus your more likely to check your phone.

Exactly. If it all came down to convenience, then cinema would have died with the advent of television....widescreen television....surround sound...etc, etc

Theatrical cinema is still around today because it's not just about the film you're watching. You can dress up your livingroom any way you want, but it's not the same experience as going to cinema.

justmehere · 15-07-2020 11:55am

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Hardly a surprise.

I prebooked tickets for a show in August. No contact details anywhere to get my money back.

CinemaGuy45 · 15-07-2020 1:48pm

justmehere wrote: »

I prebooked tickets for a show in August. No contact details anywhere to get my money back.

They also run the Savoy in the city centre why don't you just pop in and talk to them I am pretty sure they will have to refund you.

JimmyVik · 15-07-2020 1:52pm

I live near a Vue cinema. Id go every week if they had a monthly pass.
As it is I hardly ever go.

15-07-2020 2:04pm

No.

Today Wednesday in a restaurant I overheard this remark about someone who dropped one of their family into a cinema for a film:

"I don't care what he watched,...just he had a great time"

dublinman1990 · 18-07-2020 2:07am

An cinema industry analyst group in the U.S. has said that cinemas there may remain closed for business until Mid-2021.

https://thenerdy.com/movie-theaters-may-remain-closed-through-mid-2021/

The immediate future for movie theaters in the U.S. is looking a bit bleaker as a new projection places their return in mid-2021.

It seems that every analyst in the marketplace has an idea of when movie theaters will re-open, and it is getting progressively worse. While one this week suggested it would be by the end of the year, another is now saying it will be mid-2021, but his logic does indeed make sense.

It says in the article that Christopher Nolan's Tenet has to make a projected $800 million for it to break even. To me that sounds like an impossibly large amount of money to raise from people going into an enclosed cinema setting to watch the entire movie. It will become a big challenge to raise that money in that setting this year while making social distancing guidelines mandatory within cinemas or when cinemas will eventually close again because of rising case numbers being seen again from more people who are suffering from Covid-19.

Going from what it has been said from this article so far; it looks like it to me that the market for box office films being viewed at home on demand on streaming services will see a much larger increase in demand from members of the public when this public health crisis worldwide eventually gets worse.

OU812 · 18-07-2020 2:17am

dublinman1990 wrote: »

An cinema industry analyst group in the U.S. has said that cinemas there may remain closed for business until Mid-2021.

My guess is they'll reopen & then close again & remain closed until early-mid 2021.

Vaccine will come along & people will be able to resume these activities in changed circumstances.

We're about to see a massive change in home streaming however. Increases in broadband availability & speeds, better encryption to counter piracy & a broader range of product & standardised rental prices, with global releases rather than country/continent specific.

We may even see the likes of tenet being locked in a vault for five years until they can see any likelihood of recouping their costs.

We may see a change in the type of movie produced, moving away from the (several) hundred million dollar production costs cgi-fests & back to better storytelling.

When you look at the likes of (for example) movies from the 80s that had much lower budgets & didn't rely on CGI & impossible physics to keep audiences entertained, we'll see that sort of thing return.

sheepsh4gger · 18-07-2020 2:59am

OU812 wrote: »

better encryption to counter piracy

If you can see the video it can be pirated. Encryption doesn't counter piracy.

Parsnips · 18-07-2020 5:15am

I do really miss the Cinema. ( but I wont be going back for a looong time)
Im a huge movie buff and am sorry to see IMC is gone again in the Square. But TBH it has been a horrible experience over 2019. staff really looked like they where suicidal everytime I went in and more than once they had no Popcorn,. I mean FFS Gimme a break..
hey did deals on Wed and Thur and always had a huge crowd. Need a bank loan to bring a family to the cinema on weekends these days.

The White Wolf · 18-07-2020 12:36pm

I had been slowly falling out of love with the cinema so its absence hasn't been all that painful for me, but I do miss that whim of deciding to go see something mid week amidst a busy time in work.

So to answer the question if my local one ever reopens, I'll happily attend while taking the precautions I deem necessary if there is something to go see.

JoeExotic81 · 18-07-2020 3:07pm

I'll be going, more than pre lockdown. The way I see it is that cinema has given me so much joy. Less in the marvel dominated universe I loathe, but yeah. And it's in crisis at the moment so I'll try and help as much as possible.

OU812 · 20-07-2020 8:58pm

Tenet has now been pulled indefinitely from a US release. WB are hinting that they may release it internationally and leave the US until next year.

ronano · 21-07-2020 2:20pm

lighthouse cinema reopening from the 27th July

https://lighthousecinema.ie/now-showing

Like other cinemas it has mainly older films scheduled but god just to be in the cinema with a new potentially decent release such as saint Frances makes me happy. Hopefully they will add newer films if they are available for release to their schedule. I missed the cinema as an activity to do but by this point just miss it for the solitary darkness, the story unfolding and thinking about it after it. I can't watch films at home during lockdown, no attention span.

titan18 · 28-07-2020 2:17pm

Anyone see omniplex are reactivating the omnipass from tomorrow? What are people doing with it? Going to cancel or stick it out and hope stuff starts getting released?

smurf492 · 28-07-2020 2:51pm

Films are getting releases. Not the huge budget tent poles but smaller films. New Russell Crowe film starts this weekend. I've gone to see classics such as empire strikes back and superman and it was great seeing them on the big screen again... Don't have the Omnipass but hoping to get one as soon as they go live again.

branie2 · 28-07-2020 4:21pm

no date yet, but my local cinema will be reopening soon

ronano · 28-07-2020 4:49pm

I asked cineworld on fb a few days ago about reopening their dublin cinema

'Hi there, unfortunately we don't currently have an opening date for our cinemas in Ireland as yet. We're working hard on opening as soon as we can. As soon as we have more information we will announce this'

A pity but there doesn't seem to be much new releases and everywhere is showing the same older content

Homelander · 28-07-2020 7:06pm

Was at Omniplex today, was a fair few people around.

Went to see Black Water Abyss, perfect example of a film I would never had gone to see under normal circumstances.....I would say it was never intended to be theatrically released original, low-budget made for streaming movie basically.

sporina · 28-07-2020 10:36pm

ronano wrote: »

lighthouse cinema reopening from the 27th July

https://lighthousecinema.ie/now-showing

Like other cinemas it has mainly older films scheduled but god just to be in the cinema with a new potentially decent release such as saint Frances makes me happy. Hopefully they will add newer films if they are available for release to their schedule. I missed the cinema as an activity to do but by this point just miss it for the solitary darkness, the story unfolding and thinking about it after it. I can't watch films at home during lockdown, no attention span.

saw Saint Frances last night - really enjoyed it.. twas a tough watch but v rewarding - heart warming in the end.. some great one liners - flawless cast

ClydeTallyBump · 29-07-2020 1:04pm

I haven't gone yet. I'm going to wait until Bill & Ted arrives in the Lighthouse and that will be my first time back.

My membership expired during the pandemic so I must renew that too before I go back.

johnny_ultimate · 29-07-2020 1:39pm

Made it back to the Light House earlier this week, and by god it was glorious to be sitting back in front of a big screen when then the lights went down.

Hopefully the capacity limitations are enough to let them operate somewhat successfully. Encouraging to see sold out screenings (sold out probably being a third of usual capacity).

OU812 · 29-07-2020 1:52pm

Universal reached agreement with AMC Cinemas to reduce the theatre window from 90 to 17 days before VOD. Granted, it's in the US, but they're currently negotiating international rights.

That means 007: No Time To Die is released to theatres on Nov 12 & VOD on Nov 29 (& the pirate bay on Nov 30).

Expect others to follow.

Parsnips · 30-07-2020 11:26am

OU812 wrote: »

Universal reached agreement with AMC Cinemas to reduce the theatre window from 90 to 17 days before VOD. Granted, it's in the US, but they're currently negotiating international rights.

That means 007: No Time To Die is released to theatres on Nov 12 & VOD on Nov 29 (& the pirate bay on Nov 30).

Expect others to follow.

Cant beat a good movie in the cinema but for everything else.....PBay is your only man.

kerplun k · 30-07-2020 1:57pm

I'm kinda hoping we see a reduction in this kind of thing. If anything, the pandemic has shown the vulnerability in the film industry. I'd hope that everyone will give a little more consideration before doing things like this and show more support for the films they want to see.

two wheels good · 30-07-2020 10:22pm

I returned to the Triskel, Cork last week on their opening weekend. Actually felt a touch emotional to be back.
They've done a great job with contactless and distancing and ushers on hand. Safer than a typical trip to the supermarket I'd say.

The Lighthouse - what a wild film! Reading the technicalities on imdb I'm astonished at what drives a film maker to take on such challenges.

Portrait of Lady on Fire this weekend, worth seeing again I think.

MayoDayo · 03-08-2020 5:58pm

Back in my day we had to go to a place called the theater to watch films instead of on demand

AMKC · 03-08-2020 6:08pm

OU812 wrote: »

Universal reached agreement with AMC Cinemas to reduce the theatre window from 90 to 17 days before VOD. Granted, it's in the US, but they're currently negotiating international rights.

That means 007: No Time To Die is released to theatres on Nov 12 & VOD on Nov 29 (& the pirate bay on Nov 30).

Expect others to follow.

Thars hardly good and a bit crazy. It should have stayed at 90 days but if it was too be less then it should have went to 32 days. I would love to know why 17 days. That's is just 2 5 weeks the film gets in the cinema before being available elsewhere
Crazy.

Going to the Cinema during Covid

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