Annoying cinema goers

CodyJarrett

Oh, yah! Oh, yah! Harder! Harder! Oh, my God!

Chazz Michael Michaels

I think it is possible that different cultures have differing cinema etiquette. For example, I find that Eastern European men are very fond of talking out loud through films. Maybe that's perfectly normal in that neck of the woods.

But the comment about Indians not washing... not cool.

batistuta9

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

But the comment about Indians not washing... not cool.

you know that comment about indians/pakistani not washing well they're a number of people who think they smell, i've never noticed it though & i always though this was a slightly racist remark

but apparently the type of food you eat effects your sweat, indians/pakistani people eating a lot of spices etc. is what's the cause of this 'smell' people notice.

B.A._Baracus

the cinema sucks!
A year ago I had a different attitude and quite honestly would of thought someone was mad to think the cinema sucked. But as I found out recently home-viewing is better. The technology is there. Its a different time.


And by that I mean, lets take 15 years ago. Your option was to see something in the cinema with great sound or picture or watch a crappy VHS tape on a 20 inch screen (at best 20 inch)

Now I can watch a crystal-clear blu-ray dvd on a 40+ inch tv in my home. relaxed & comfortable on my sofa.... order a takeaway, drink coffee or what ever. Not to mention due to the internet so many movies are... well ... "available" so easily.

Now the obvious counter-argument to the above is that we would have to wait till the blu-ray/dvd comes out. Which is true. But I recently watched The Dark Knight Rises in Odeon. On one hand the screen was like a blown-up VHS, the sound wasn't crystal clear, my ass was sore sitting in the Premier seats .... while on the other hand everything I mentioned with the above in home-viewing.

entropi

The most annoying thing lately, is the amount of cunts who feel the need to check their phone, and distract so many people at once :mad:

the groutch

this thread sums up why I havent been to a cinema in well over a decade.

jugger0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8RzASLRSA

Dan133269

Chloris wrote: »

It is an incredibly rare occasion that I go to the cinema now that we have our own house. Why on earth you would want to leave the comfort of your own home to watch a film with a bunch of unpredictable weirdos off the street, especially when you have to pay as much money to see films as you do nowadays, is beyond me. You'd be better off investing in a projector and having a hard drive with several hundred GB of films on it, you'll never need to spend a fortune on that chewy, cold cinema popcorn again!

Thinly veiled "I have my own house" post!

Scioch

I dont understand why people go to the cinema to see movies like that anyway. Fair enough if its Lord of the Rings or Avatar or some big cinematic epic but its a movie about a talking bear. The only thing you get from the cinema that you wouldnt get at home is a few morons who will ruin it to some degree for ya.

phasers

I love the cinema and always have a good experience when I go

sucks to be you guys

narfsnonsense

Im in Saudi where there is no cinema's. Home next week and I can't wait to go. After reading this thread though it'll be midweek and during the day!

JustAddWater

narfsnonsense wrote: »

Im in Saudi where there is no cinema's. Home next week and I can't wait to go. After reading this thread though it'll be midweek and during the day!

During school holidays.... O....K

You're funeral

Max Power1

JustAddWater wrote: »

During school holidays.... O....K

You're funeral

You are funeral?

narfsnonsense

JustAddWater wrote: »

During school holidays.... O....K

You're funeral

Oh yeah forgot about that. Still going.

Toby Take a Bow

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Now I can watch a crystal-clear blu-ray dvd on a 40+ inch tv in my home. relaxed & comfortable on my sofa.... order a takeaway, drink coffee or what ever.

Or you could watch it on a 17 metre screen in the Cineworld. Get an unlimited card and you can watch whatever you want for 20 euro a month. The screen in the Savoy is even bigger. The tv I watch films on is great, pretty big, but nothing beats going to the cinema, I go a lot and have only had around maybe 3 bad experiences in 6 years.

Smeggy

I agree with the OP (as regards seeing comedies in the cinema anyway), yeah it's a comedy, it doesn't mean you have to laugh loudly and hysterically at every line in the movie in case people think you don't get the joke! This happened to me at Bridesmaids, 21 Jump Street, The Hangover etc

If anyone kicks my seat in a cinema I get up and go sit in the seat behind them and kick their seat (.............................in my head)

AllyMcFearless

There's a guy who regularly goes to the cinema in Cineworld in Parnell Street who is always wearing a Liverpool kit (cap,shorts and socks included) and has a tube of Pringles, and a 2 litre bottle of Coke, plus Nachos.

He also laughs loud, moves closer to whoever sits in the same row as him.
Not entirely annoying, just...bizarre.

getuponthis

Nothing worse than somebody screeching and laughing the whole way through a film, I find a swift kick to the face shuts them up.....

getuponthis

getuponthis wrote: »

I find a swift kick to the face shuts them up.....

You sound like a nice chap.

Chazz Michael Michaels

Deleted User wrote: »

You sound like a nice chap.

Must be Todd Bentley.

cocoshovel

I very rarely go to the cinema, maybe once very 4 years but I have a few bad memories of absolute idiots bringing their under 1 year old babies into the cinema and having to listen to it roaring and crying throughout the film.

ixoy

Lots of annoying incidents over the years but one stand out was during Toy Story 3. There was a girl who also had a hyena laugh who screeched her way through the film. That included one of the final, really poignant and sad scenes at the end. I could see a number of people giving her WTF looks throughout (including a bunch of young fellas who were initially a bit disruptive themselves). Made me wary of seeing mainstream movies with an emotional punch in the cinema again.

mauzo

I went to see Ted last night. I Have a hyena laugh. But my tickets were 40 euro, went to the posh seats :P

Toby Take a Bow

syndeyfife wrote: »

my tickets were 40 euro:P

40 EURO!! Where the hell charges 20 euro for a ticket (I'm presuming you got 2 for 40)?

mauzo

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

40 EURO!! Where the hell charges 20 euro for a ticket (I'm presuming you got 2 for 40)?

Yeah, but its in the mezz. So you get big comfy seats, loads of leg room, free popcorn and snacks and free wine!!!!

klose

Battlefield was sh!te alright, how come they can travel through space and have all that technology yet the ships can only bellyflop in the water? Christ! Rihanna was hot in it though.

Mr Benevolent

jimpump wrote: »

So i went to see Ted at the cinema with the misses this evening. we were really looking forward to the film but the chap behind me was laughing in my ear like a hyena for the entire film. there was a few funny parts but this idiot roared at the most stupidest things

Idiots like this should be thrown out of the cinema,he ruined the entire film for us after paying 23 quid for our tickets. i think ill just rent out films anymore..what a complete and utter moron

I can just imagine you sitting there and whispering 'I say, this is dashed funny!' to your missus. If you don't want laughter I suggest you stay away from funny things.

Toby Take a Bow

syndeyfife wrote: »

Yeah, but its in the mezz. So you get big comfy seats, loads of leg room, free popcorn and snacks and free wine!!!!

Oh, very fancy. And I suppose if you were getting popcorn and snacks in a normal cinema it would equate to forty euro if not more. Where's the mezz?

mauzo

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Oh, very fancy. And I suppose if you were getting popcorn and snacks in a normal cinema it would equate to forty euro if not more. Where's the mezz?

They do it in dundrum, you go upstairs and have seats to sit in while you wait. Have some wine before you go in! i think it works out cheaper.

Chazz Michael Michaels

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

Must be Todd Bentley.

I'm wasted on you people. Wasted...

Voodoomelon

I detest arseholes at the cinema. I take pleasure in telling people to be quiet. Still remember at the start of the Two Towers some teenage girl down the front who was actually turned around kneeling on her seat, taking to someone behind her , laughing and joking, loud as hell.

I always give people a chance to shut up up but not with her, so roared out "will you SHUT UP down there!". Must of given other people courage, as two more people instantly roared out in agreement to shut the hell up. Of course got a torrent of abuse back, but she turned around and kept quiet.

marshbaboon

You should have called the guards. Laughing at a comedy is practically illegal.

Hooked

Just on the topic of cinemas... And having seen Ted this weekend... (which was epic)

Why oh why do soooooo many people rock up at ten past nine, bulging and unbanaced with popcorn and a 5ltr of coke... To a movie that was listed to start at 9? Staring angrily all around the aisles... Wondering why there's no seats left... And begrudgingly take their seat in the front row - confined to watching a 6x6 foot portion of the screen for the next 2 hours???

If the movie starts at 9, and you want a good seat... Get there, hmmm maybe... BEFORE 9.

Get back Susan Boyle!!!!

syndeyfife

syndeyfife wrote: »

They do it in dundrum, you go upstairs and have seats to sit in while you wait. Have some wine before you go in! i think it works out cheaper.

The problem with the mezz for short little feckers like me, is that there is a rail which covers exactly any subtitles. I went to see avatar and taken there, the reclining seats were of little use to me cos I had to sit right up to see the translations :pac:

mauzo

Deleted User wrote: »

The problem with the mezz for short little feckers like me, is that there is a rail which covers exactly any subtitles. I went to see avatar and taken there, the reclining seats were of little use to me cos I had to sit right up to see the translations :pac:

Another big problem, when i went to see the avengers, a rather heavy lady ended up falling asleep on my shoulder! Seats are too damn comfy!

I dont have the problem with the seats, im almost 6ft so the people behind me always have to shift around to see the screen! lol

Charlie19

whippedcream wrote: »

Battlefield was sh!te alright, how come they can travel through space and have all that technology yet the ships can only bellyflop in the water? Christ! Rihanna was hot in it though.

Do you go to Cineworld on Parnell street?
Reference to post #69

Chazz Michael Michaels

Hooked wrote: »

Just on the topic of cinemas... And having seen Ted this weekend... (which was epic)

Why oh why do soooooo many people rock up at ten past nine, bulging and unbanaced with popcorn and a 5ltr of coke... To a movie that was listed to start at 9? Staring angrily all around the aisles... Wondering why there's no seats left... And begrudgingly take their seat in the front row - confined to watching a 6x6 foot portion of the screen for the next 2 hours???

If the movie starts at 9, and you want a good seat... Get there, hmmm maybe... BEFORE 9.

Get back Susan Boyle!!!!

The ****ing noise from people eating is fairly annoying, also. I don't mind so much for a brain-dead blockbuster, but I cannot understand why someone would want to watch a movie where someone is, say, battling cancer with really intense scenes, and people love nothing more than to stuff their fat faces with popcorn and slurp on their troughs of Coke while watching the image of someone depressed/dying.

mauzo

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

The ****ing noise from people eating is fairly annoying, also. I don't mind so much for a brain-dead blockbuster, but I cannot understand why someone would want to watch a movie where someone is, say, battling cancer with really intense scenes, and people love nothing more than to stuff their fat faces with popcorn and slurp on their troughs of Coke while watching the image of someone depressed/dying.

I dont go see those films, but I fooking love me popcorn in the cinema!!!!!

My favourite thing to eat! Sooo good

Chazz Michael Michaels

syndeyfife wrote: »

I dont go see those films, but I fooking love me popcorn in the cinema!!!!!

My favourite thing to eat! Sooo good

I love popcorn, but cinema popcorn...

Pick and mix for me.

marshbaboon

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

I love popcorn, but cinema popcorn...

Pick and mix for me.

I miss the sweet popcorn that you can get in cinemas in the UK. Stuff is like heroin, you just can't stop eating.

Temptamperu

We should change it to people working at the cinema. WHY THE HELL DO YOU TAKE 20 F**KING MINUTES FILLING UP A BOX OF F**KING POPCORN?

Cinema staff are the slowest workers ever. god help you if you want a drink as well it costs a fortune yet they meander around like theirs no time table. took me 15 minutes to get tickets for batman a few weeks ago and and there was no queue.
It doesent make any sense I can go to a shop and get phone credit, a 99, pack of tobacco some munchies and be out in 2 minutes. Popcorn and a drink in the cinema you say? your lucky if you only miss the trailers

DesperateDan

I went to see Prometheus in cineworld and two eastern european guys were so drunk, they would roar something every couple mins. 5 minutes later, movie freezes, lights come on and we all get to watch the two gentlemen escorted from the screen. They were funny though, singing "You'll never beat the Irish" before we got trashed in the Euros.

We all got a free ticket for another 3D movie at the end of it so everyone was delighted with the disruption.

Hooked

Temptamperu wrote: »

We should change it to people working at the cinema. WHY THE HELL DO YOU TAKE 20 F**KING MINUTES FILLING UP A BOX OF F**KING POPCORN?

Cinema staff are the slowest workers ever. god help you if you want a drink as well it costs a fortune yet they meander around like theirs no time table. took me 15 minutes to get tickets for batman a few weeks ago and and there was no queue.
It doesent make any sense I can go to a shop and get phone credit, a 99, pack of tobacco some munchies and be out in 2 minutes. Popcorn and a drink in the cinema you say? your lucky if you only miss the trailers

This!!!

New cinema in Limerick has the tickets and grub at the same counter. No queuing system, slow as snails serving.

We fill up in Dunnes or pick and mix at the shop before we go. I had to wait forever this weekend to be served just so I could buy my tickets. And we were there at 8.30 for a 9pm start. Probably explains why it started 15 mins late and so many arrived in after 9.

It's not just cinemas though. Dunnes, buying my runners recently at JJB, wherever. Staff can't be arsed shifting past 2nd gear.

I started working at 16 at a checkout and I was like a man on speed serving fast but chatting all the while. It's probably why I like Aldi so much. No nonsense approach to serving customers. Quick and efficient.

An Aldi run cinema is the answer!!!

aaronjumper

Can you not complain to the staff? I'm not talking about the loud laughers but the popcorn throwing loud talkers etc.

Surely as you are paying to watch a film you could probably have disruptive people asked to leave or demand your money back.

Or am I just way off?

mauzo

Last night at the cinema, there was a group of 5 in front of us. A couple came over saying they were in their seats.
Staff went over, and realised the 5 people had booked for sunday the 12th instead of sunday the 5th!!

They were given 2 choices, full refund or move from the mezz to the regular seats and be split up. They moved!

Table Top Joe

Master of Nothing wrote: »

The most annoying thing lately, is the amount of cunts who feel the need to check their phone, and distract so many people at once :mad:

Oh God yes,what the f*** is with people checking their phone every two minutes? friend of mine is murder for it,theres constantly a flashing light going off next to me when he goes to the cinema with me....which is why i dont go with him anymore


I only go to early shows during the week,any time at the weekend is guaranteed to be chock full of ****

Millicent

Hooked wrote: »

Just on the topic of cinemas... And having seen Ted this weekend... (which was epic)

Why oh why do soooooo many people rock up at ten past nine, bulging and unbanaced with popcorn and a 5ltr of coke... To a movie that was listed to start at 9? Staring angrily all around the aisles... Wondering why there's no seats left... And begrudgingly take their seat in the front row - confined to watching a 6x6 foot portion of the screen for the next 2 hours???

If the movie starts at 9, and you want a good seat... Get there, hmmm maybe... BEFORE 9.

Get back Susan Boyle!!!!

I tell you why because I was ranting about this after seeing The Dark Knight Rises the other night -- because the feckin' ads are a half hour long.

What the hell is with the ads? It used to be a few upcoming attractions before you got to see your film. Now you have to watch Jennifer Lopez shave her legs (every fucking time) and Roger bleedin' Federer shave his stupid face before you can see the thing you spent far too much money on seeing. Carlton Advertising -- you gits. This is solely your fault. Seeing your name makes me want to punch a horse-sized duck in the face. :mad:

Pottler

"Shut the fcuk up or I'll kick the bollix out of you" tends to work quite well for me. My teenage lads die a death from embarrasment, but I didn't spend dosh to go listen to some clowns bleating and mooing the whole way through the film. Due to the fact that I will cheefully deliver the second part of the statement, the clowns tend to stfu. Every cinema screening needs a cnut in the audience to keep the yobs quiet. Sadly, I can't be everywhere:D

Scanlas The 2nd

I'm sick of that syrupy coke substitute, where's the real fukcin coke.

Pottler

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I'm sick of that syrupy coke substitute, where's the real fukcin coke.

Just do a search for "Coke and Hookers", someone on here's bound to have snaffled it all.