Cinema Ticket Prices

http://www.flixster.com/user/phubbs1 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:54 am

It cost me £11 to see Tron, at a Vue cinema, one adult, no extra food or drink, on a Tue night at 20.10 and in 3D. Now does this seem expensive to anyone? my fellow Islanders I refer to of course.

They give you the 3D glasses auto but I'm not sure if you can actually pay for the film minus glasses charge cos its all inclusive. There is no advertisement to say its cheaper if you bring your own glasses.

This is a Vue cinema, dunno about others, if you get food and a drink your looking at around £15 - £20!! for a film!! I remember paying £3 for the Odeon when I was about 17-18. For £20 I could buy it and watch at home with all the food in the world and toilet breaks lol!

So I ask you...too much? do you care? do you think it should be more? should 3D equal more expensive tickets? food n drink costs?

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:50 am

I last visited the cinemas some time during 1995 and saw Pocahontas it was expensive then and it is now, the food, the drinks, the lack of toiletbreaks, the lack of my sofa, the lack of my girl ain't worth a larger screen combined with sticky floor.

I download everything and watch it at home with quite a decent media system, if the movie is great I buy it to support it, like Matrix and Avatar. However I don't even own a DVD/BlueRay player so I can't use the disks, well oki I got one in the computer but I have never used it.

I can't understand how going to the cinema can be romantic? Make some great food and cuddle with the girl in the sofa isnstead, much better and more romantic!

http://www.flixster.com/user/phubbs1 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:28 pm

^ So do you use VHS still??

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:40 pm

i'm with ya hubbs its far too expensive nowadays!!!! and they wonder why so many people download films to watch!!!! but there are some films that just need to be common spammer phrase.d at the cinema!!!!!!!!!

http://www.flixster.com/user/phubbs1 · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:37 pm

^ True, I saw 'Tron' just the other day cos I firmly believed that had to be a cinema trip for the classic look of course and cos I'm a fond 80's lover (the original)

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:53 pm

Myself, I sometimes feel like I want to demand my time back from the movie industry for downloading a crap movie. I could never see myself going to a movie theatre or paying for a rental for the cost of my sanity. It costs me a $120.00 to go to the theatre with the wife, that includes the tickets, meals and babysitter. Thats half my groceries or even a fillup on my truck.I want my kids to learn they can go far on the money they have, not spend it on something they could get for free.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:02 pm

Ya its way too expensive really. Though it might not be half as bad paying if i didnt have to listen to people nearby chatting or on their phones, or some kid screaming! its not like you can rewind the fecking thing if you miss a bit. Thats what really does my head in about going to cinema, nevermind the outrageous prices.

So nothing beats watching a film in the comfort of your own home Wink

Last time i went to cinema was to watch the latest Star Trek last year. So i will go once in a blue moon, but very rarely indeed. Mostly i download, and if its something i really like i buy it on blueray/dvd.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:44 pm

Hubbs wrote:

^ So do you use VHS still??

Nope, no VHS, no CD's, no DVD's, no BlueRay's, just HD rip .torrents downloaded to this computer and then played on my TV and sound system via HDMI.

Got USB stick to move stuff if I need Smile

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:29 pm

Vymish you're a very brave man, taking your wife and babysitter to the cinema at the same time is asking for trouble-bet you sit in the middle too ! No wonder you pay so much, it's to cover your guilty consience Wink

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:40 pm

robmead wrote:

Vymish you're a very brave man, taking your wife and babysitter to the cinema at the same time is asking for trouble-bet you sit in the middle too ! No wonder you pay so much, it's to cover your guilty consience Wink

Maybe its better I send the whole lot out to the movies while I stay at home with online porn making my keyboard sticky....... Hey! wait a minute , can we "sticky" this piece of advice? Wink

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:53 pm

Hubbs wrote:

It cost me £11 to see Tron, at a Vue cinema, one adult, no extra food or drink, on a Tue night at 20.10 and in 3D. Now does this seem expensive to anyone? my fellow Islanders I refer to of course.

While not a fellow islander, I was also appalled at the cost of my ticket on a Wednesday night when I went to see Tron: $14.

Hubbs wrote:

They give you the 3D glasses auto but I'm not sure if you can actually pay for the film minus glasses charge cos its all inclusive. There is no advertisement to say its cheaper if you bring your own glasses.

I asked about this once. They gave me a blank stare and mumbled a "no, we can't do anything..." A manager graciously gave me permission to reuse the glasses and not get a new pair - but I would still have to pay for a new pair.

As for food, I generally take a bag with a drink and a candy bar hidden inside to the places that say "No outside food or drink" - at least they haven't started searching people yet?

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:36 am

Myself and 3 kids at Tron, 60 quid inc basic munchies, few packs of MnM's and coke.

Very expensive, I tend to just go to the spectacular movies that you need a big screen for, or 3D, but the kids always have a desire to go see the next big kids movie, of which there seem to be an endless stream.

The 3D for me is the only draw, standard vision movies, well, I get the DVD instead and watch it at home, I guess thats why there are so many 3D movies now, to get people back into cinemas, instead of watching torrents.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:34 am

When I go to the cinemas, I'll be going for 3D. And I don't care to support the movie and pay the ticket for it.

But the food and drinks are way to expensive, when you want to be satisfied the whole movie, you'll lose arround 20 euro's which is too much.

Especially if you have kids (I have none, but I can imagine it all adds up).
Normally I don't buy food or drinks, which makes it cheaper, but you might get thirsty or hungry :p

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:27 am

My biggest problem with going to the cinema isn't the price.

...it's... well the other people.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:45 am

The price of the ticket I can handle, so long as they're comfy seats, somewhere around the back.
...but the food is a joke. Sure ye'd need to have a wedge in yer pocket to afford to eat the shite that they sell. Most of the time the popcorn is more like greasy hot salty air, like meself sometimes Shocked

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I also like to have a beer or six with a good flick and I miss the days when there was an interval, so ye could have a pee break and tell the noisy feckers that yer gonna burst them if they don't shut up, instead of causing a further disturbance by slapping them in the middle of the show! Though they were also the days before mobile phones AND t'interweb Shocked

All told, given my short fuse with noisy buggers and my propensity for slapping them, my dislike for an overpriced and calorifically challanged menu, my love of beer and pee breaks ... and pause and rewind buttons , I think I make a much better contribution to society in general by staying home and watching stuff on my telly!
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