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I recently went to see X-Men 2 and although I thoroughly enjoyed the film I couldnt help but wish I was carrying an UZI. The simple reason being kids at about 15 and 16 running up and down the aisles and throwing sweets and whistling. This kind of behaviour should not be allowed in cinemas and cinema staff should take more decisive action to prevent the brats from ruining the film.
Anyone with previous bad experiences at the cinema post a reply then perhaps someone might take notice of this growing annoyance. :nono: :nono:
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Last three times I have been, kids behind or infront of me have been talking all the way through it.
Stern words shut them up for 20min but then they always start again :nono:
Anyway I try and avoid non-15 or 18 movies at the cinema now, and especially during term times or whatever. As the cinema doesn't act to stop this, they have lost a good 70% of my business. Why should I have to pay around £7 for a film and then not be able to listen to it?
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Best cinema experience ever was when I went to watch City of God on Tuesday. About 20 people there all of whom sat watched the entire film (half watched the credits as well) no talking, no food munching, no phones going - perfect. In fact not person got up for a **** as well!
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Oh yeah, ban food in the cinema as well. I hate the sound of munching popcorn or especially the smell of a hotdog or those natcho thingies.
Drinks are alright as long as they dont slurp them.
I'm a right moaner aint i?
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It's always luck of the draw isn't it?
I went and saw X-Men 2 yesterday. Cought the 11:00am showing (the first of the day) at Warner Village in Cambridge. There was literally me and another 8 or 9 people in the main auditorium. I couldn't have asked for a better audience to watch it with.
I could pick an ideal seat and there wasn't a whisper from anyone.
Granted i had to book a day off work to be able to go and see it but in the long run i think it was worth it.
Watching films after school times / weekends is too much of a risk.
I may even do the same for the Matrix as that's really a film you don't want any interruptions.
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i went to cineworld in wolverhampton a while ago to see ghost ship half way through the film some woman started to chat away on her mobile, the guy near her asked her to end the call. so she told whoever she was chating to 'sorry i have to go, a man is being very rude' :eek:
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This is a recurring thread and the poor behaviour in cinemas is the main reason I don't go very often any more.
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Saw X-Men 2 Saturday afternoon (my first cinema visit this year). We moved seats because of lods sitting behind us..just before the film starts 3 very young girls (about 8 years old not accompanied by a guardian!) sit beside us. "Right" I think, "I'll give them until 5 minutes into the film to shut up". 5 minutes later I lean across "Please stop talking, this is a cinema, you come here to watch.. not to talk. Also I can get you thrown out as you are underage"
Peace and quiet for the rest of the film..when one of their phones rang she actually answered it but got such hassle from her friends to shut up she turned it off very quickly.
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I was at the cinema watching a film and this kid (15-17 year old) was talking all the way through it. He was ******* me right off :mad: Unlucky for him, he was sitting in front of me. I quietly lent forward, put a knife to his throat and whispered in his ear that if he so much as farts, I'll cut his throat. I felt I was a bit like Leon when on his first hit in the film. I did it so his mates didn’t see. I then lent back into my seat and he didn't say a word :D
Psycho :nuts:
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Good idea i will try that next time.
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Originally posted by Jowser
Anyway I try and avoid non-15 or 18 movies at the cinema now
You don't go the cinema very often now then? :D
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I went to see Xmen 2 saturday night in Birmingham at a 11:00 pm showing which should have been kid free. Ha, the place was full and just to the right in the row in front was a sub 12 year old and his dad. The kid kept talking to his dad who twice answered his mobile phone. Now I'm not prone to public displays of anger or violence but this sort of behaviour really ****** me off and on the second phone call I kicked the back of their seats hard and made some suitable threats with a fair amount of ****** and blinding. The dad didn't turn his phone off but the next time it rang he didn't answer it.
These days women say why should they have to give up their career to have kids , the merits of which this forum is not the relevant place to debate. But there is a more relevant form of this "why should I put myself out for my kids" attitude which I assume is "Why should I miss the TV I want or put myself out in anyway when I can just take the kids to a later showing", later showings of both Stuart Little films both had kids there who should have been in bed. Or "I can't get a baby sitter and I want to see this film so I'll take the kids even though its an 18" , mother with two sub 10 year olds at The Ring.
Post 9:00pm showings should automatically be upgraded to 15 certificates. 12A should never have been created and instead PG should have been disposed of as parents are even less likely these days to make a reasonable decision about what their kids should see. Promotion of films with a 12 or higher certificate using happy meals toys and other children targeted advertising could do with some investigation as well.
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...and hands up anyone who still thinks easycinema is a good idea?!
:D
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Originally posted by Psycho
I was at the cinema watching a film and this kid (15-17 year old) was talking all the way through it. He was ******* me right off :mad: Unlucky for him, he was sitting in front of me. I quietly lent forward, put a knife to his throat and whispered in his ear that if he so much as farts, I'll cut his throat. I felt I was a bit like Leon when on his first hit in the film. I did it so his mates didn’t see. I then lent back into my seat and he didn't say a word :D
Psycho :nuts:
Extreme but fair. ;)
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I went to see X2 at my local UGC cinema yesterday for the midday showing (11.55) and it was excellent as there was only myself and my friend plus around 15 other adults in the room, all of which had actually come to watch the movie and not dick about (lucky them cos *Bruce Banner mode* they wouldn't like me when I'm angry :D )
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Originally posted by jonathan.e
Extreme but fair. ;)
I think they should have a public warning at the cinema just before the film. Like the one's saying turn you mobile off. They should have it saying 'You never know who's sitting behind you!' then have a graphic scene showing a kid gets his throat slit for being a little git! That should stop a few of the gits!
They should be in the style of the one’s on the ‘Fight Club’ DVD with Edward and Brad. Get a famous person talking to the camera and then cut to a shot of the audience. Then zoom into a close up of a little brat. Then pan up to above his shoulder. Then we see Buffalo Bill, Hannibal or Norman Bates sitting behind them. Then just finish with a nice close up of the throat being hacked to bits!
Psycho :nuts:
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Think yourselves lucky we're not in America, where they have the R rating which is "anyone under 17 can watch the film if accompanied by an adult" (as pointed out in the South Park Movie :D). Many 'R' films are equivalent to 15 or 18s in the UK.
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It sits in the cinema and it shuts up (and it rubs the cream on itself) :help: :eek:
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Originally posted by Robby
It's always luck of the draw isn't it?
I went and saw X-Men 2 yesterday. Cought the 11:00am showing (the first of the day) at Warner Village in Cambridge. There was literally me and another 8 or 9 people in the main auditorium. I couldn't have asked for a better audience to watch it with.
I could pick an ideal seat and there wasn't a whisper from anyone.
Granted i had to book a day off work to be able to go and see it but in the long run i think it was worth it.
Watching films after school times / weekends is too much of a risk.
I may even do the same for the Matrix as that's really a film you don't want any interruptions.
OT: You're near Cambridge? I live 35 miles away near Mildenhall :D
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Originally posted by Ron Hill
It sits in the cinema and it shuts up (and it rubs the cream on itself) :help: :eek:
:clap: :lol:
You've got to love good old Bill! :thumbs: I wish I was him! :nuts:
"You want to *have sex with* me? I'd *Have sex with* me" :wave:
"You don't know what pain is!"
Psycho :nuts:
EDIT: for bracking the T&C! :thumbs:
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You're not called "psycho" for nothing are you! :help:
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Terms and Conditions etc. :suspect:
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Originally posted by Psycho
:clap: :lol:
You've got to love good old Bill! :thumbs: I wish I was him! :nuts:
"You want to ****** me? I'd ****** me" :wave:
"You don't know what pain is!"
Psycho :nuts:
"mummy, the strange man is scaring me!":wave: ;)
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reply from the missus (Cinema Manager :nuts: )
First of all, it is a known problem with the little brats, and is really frustrating for cinema workers, and people (like us forumites) who really want to go to the cinema to watch movies.
However, in the end, it is a business, and it wouldn't be cost effective to have an usher in every screen, keeping their eyes on kids. No matter the size of the cinema.
In the 14 screen cinema that I work in, on a saturday night, we have to have 10 ushers on, to keep the place tidy, and general usher duties, so if you had another 14 people on top of that for the 15 hours a day that the cinema is open, it soon adds up!
Also, people rarely come out and tell us about any interruptions. When they do, we always do something about it. (Well at my cinema anyway! ;) )
Most of the time, the cinema staff and managers do give a damn about people causing chaos in screens, because we're all so passionate about it. (Heck, I've even stood up to a group of drunk men, who have called me every name under the sun! just to get them out of the cinema!)
On a sidenote Jowser, I know the food issue is a re-occurring debate. But we take very little money from the Box-Office earnings, and whats left, covers rent and rates. The money from retail - is where cinemas can afford to make new cinemas, pay their staff, etc...
As we can't ban kids, the best time to go to the cinema for people like us, is monday afternoons!
Rant over :D - Mrs. Jedirobbie
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Originally posted by Psycho
I think they should have a public warning at the cinema just before the film. Like the one's saying turn you mobile off. They should have it saying 'You never know who's sitting behind you!' then have a graphic scene showing a kid gets his throat slit for being a little git! That should stop a few of the gits!
Psycho :nuts:
You know that comedy advert, the one from the BBFC ?
Someone should make another ad and pay them to show it straight after with Cecil B. Demented sitting in the audience with the end of the BBFC advert playing in the background saying "As if you care, why should your rights to do whatever you want with your child", then a kid starts talking in the background and Cecil gets up and shoots the kid while shouting "No improvising in my infomercials" (a bit like the scene when they're filming in the foyer of the cinema showing Patch Adams the directors cut) before sitting back down and calmly continuing "But there are some people who care about cinema so remember, don't talk during movies and" ring ring ring, bang bang bang "don't use mobile phones !!! As they may be in the audience."
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Originally posted by jedirobbie
reply from the missus (Cinema Manager :nuts: )
First of all, it is a known problem with the little brats, and is really frustrating for cinema workers, and people (like us forumites) who really want to go to the cinema to watch movies.
However, in the end, it is a business, and it wouldn't be cost effective to have an usher in every screen, keeping their eyes on kids. No matter the size of the cinema.
In the 14 screen cinema that I work in, on a saturday night, we have to have 10 ushers on, to keep the place tidy, and general usher duties, so if you had another 14 people on top of that for the 15 hours a day that the cinema is open, it soon adds up!
Also, people rarely come out and tell us about any interruptions. When they do, we always do something about it. (Well at my cinema anyway! ;) )
Most of the time, the cinema staff and managers do give a damn about people causing chaos in screens, because we're all so passionate about it. (Heck, I've even stood up to a group of drunk men, who have called me every name under the sun! just to get them out of the cinema!)
On a sidenote Jowser, I know the food issue is a re-occurring debate. But we take very little money from the Box-Office earnings, and whats left, covers rent and rates. The money from retail - is where cinemas can afford to make new cinemas, pay their staff, etc...
As we can't ban kids, the best time to go to the cinema for people like us, is monday afternoons!
Rant over :D - Mrs. Jedirobbie
Can you suggest my advert/warning idea to Mrs Jedirobbie? I'd film it and try to get Buffalo Bill in on it! :D
Psycho :nuts:
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Originally posted by jedirobbie
reply from the missus (Cinema Manager :nuts: )
Most of the time, the cinema staff and managers do give a damn about people causing chaos in screens, because we're all so passionate about it. (Heck, I've even stood up to a group of drunk men, who have called me every name under the sun! just to get them out of the cinema!)

Hmm , in the case of the mother and toddlers watching The Ring there were ushers who could see them there and did nothing about it and the general impression I get of the staff at the two cinemas owned by this chain in Birmingham is they don't give a monkeys whatsit (the Box office bunch in particular). So it probably varies depending on who owns the cinema and where it is as to what they'll do.
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Originally posted by GregB
This is a recurring thread and the poor behaviour in cinemas is the main reason I don't go very often any more.
I go to the cinema about once a week with my mates, and I can safely say I have only had 1 or 2 bad experiences in the 9 years that it's been open. I seem to remember some idiots had one of those laser pens all through The Lost World (1997) and some young teens behind us were throwing stuff about though Behind Enemy lines (2001)
The latter I just turned round and threatened them and it stopped. We always make sure we goto the latest showing usually so we don't get any children, or the younger teenagers though, so maybe thats why the Cinema is usually such a pleasant place.
Chelmsford Odeon incase anyone was wondering.
Gary A
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Saw X Men two on Monday at the lovely WV in Watford. The row of lads behind me chatted all the way through the trailers, but shut up as soon as the film started (only making comments when Mystique first appeared along the lines of "BLIMEY!"). However, there were also a group of girls in that row who had to leave to go to the loo over SEVEN times in the course of two hours. Talk about the world's smallest bladders. And in groups of about three or so. But that's the worst experience I've ever had. I tend to avoid going in the evening or at weekends, though.
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Nymphomaniac lesbians probably......Mmmmmm
Gary A
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Originally posted by WildWayz
OT: You're near Cambridge? I live 35 miles away near Mildenhall :D
Mildenhall/Lakenheath. All the same :p
I thought you lived much further down south. :suspect:
You go to Cambs much?
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Originally posted by GAmbrose
Nymphomaniac lesbians probably......Mmmmmm
Gary A
Dammit, and I had my Honorary Lesbian card with me that day.
Woe!
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To get that cinema experience invite a group of lads age 16 into your house, a few girls aged around 12. Let them leave their phones on. Sit in front of the lads to allow them to kick the seat every time something happens on your TV/screen. Let the girls sit in front of you, answer their phones and chat to each other constantly. Give one of the lads a laser light pen to play with and of course allow them all to rustle popcorn and chocolate wrappers before dropping the remains on the carpet. Give them bottles of Coke and straws to suck as loudly as possible.
You have now the complete home cinema..don't answer the door by the way, could be the police looking for that weirdo who's inviting kids into his house. :suspect:
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I dont go to the cinema much but one thing that always annoys me is the sticky floors :gag:.
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Originally posted by unlucky alf
I dont go to the cinema much but one thing that always annoys me is the sticky floors :gag:.
UCI Solihull by any chance?
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Went to see Wonder Boys (yeah I know) at the Empire Leicester Square one afternoon and the was one other person there!
Average film but great experience.
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Only ever had one bad experience in a cinema and it was a long time ago. I was around eleven years old I suppose, and me and a couple of friends went to see Death Becomes Her. There were a group of three or four older lads next to us and as the film started they proceeded to throw their food and insult us (obviously because they were well'ard blokes. Early versions of gary's/townies/whatever you call them locally). My friend got up and went to tell a member of the cinema staff, they came and had a word and we were moved to different seats to get away from them.
When the film ended and we left the cinema, one of the well'ard blokes was waiting for us and started punching/slapping us and repeatedly saying things like "why'd you grass us up?". This lasted for a while until he ran off for some reason, came back, ran off again, etc. Eventually one of my mates dad's came to pick us up, we told him what happened, he went into the cinema to complain and we all got free cinema passes out of it.
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Originally posted by saucytoe
I recently went to see X-Men 2 and although I thoroughly enjoyed the film I couldnt help but wish I was carrying an UZI. The simple reason being kids at about 15 and 16 running up and down the aisles and throwing sweets and whistling. This kind of behaviour should not be allowed in cinemas and cinema staff should take more decisive action to prevent the brats from ruining the film.
Anyone with previous bad experiences at the cinema post a reply then perhaps someone might take notice of this growing annoyance. :nono: :nono:
My last bad cinema experience was actually seeing X-Men 2...
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The only way to get cinemas to do something about it, is to actually hit them where it hurst. Whenever someone ruins a film for me I always complain and demand my money back. I hate doing it, but I figured, if everyone did this then it would be more cost effective to not have these idiots in the cinema to begin with. Iv been compensated over 60 quid overall by getting my money back.
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Originally posted by Robby
Mildenhall/Lakenheath. All the same :p
I thought you lived much further down south. :suspect:
You go to Cambs much?
Im quite near you as well!:eek:
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I am big lover of movies at the cinema and DVD. Over the years I have had several bad experiences. However the worst one I ever witnessed was watching The Mothman Prophecies. About 5 rows down from me and my friend there was 2 full rows of 15-17 year olds who were all together. All the way through the film they kept getting up and going out and coming back in...messing about...talking on phones...swapping seats...jumping to seat in front. They were a right set of knobs.
A guy went out and obviously reported them. A couple of ushers came in and out to keep an eye on them. They seemed to settle down. Then they started up again, so this guy went out (god knows what he said) and came back in again. I could then see the supervisor spying on them...and he caught them out messing about. He them stormed over and had 4 ushers with him.
He just stood at the front of the cinema and went "you, you, you, you, you..........!" pointing at each one of about 12 individuals and told the to get up and exit the cinema. They ignored him and he said it again but this time in a raised voice and also telling them NOW and GET A MOVE ON.... and they were all escorted out of the cinema. Was excellent to watch and a round of applause as they left, from all in the cinema.
But why do kids go to the cinema and waste their money just to mess about and spoil it for those who want to watch the film?
God I could go on and on here, but this was one of the worst from memory.
Also saw X-Men 2 last week and the lass sat next to my nephew was just texting all the way through the film. Had it on silent, but again what is the point in going?