Cinema tickets getting a bit pricey aren't they?

pinkshoes

My nearest Cineworld is £7.90 for an adult ticket.

I tend to work out entertainment in cost per hour, so if a film is 3 hours, then it's a £2.60/hour activity. Swimming, for example, is £4.50 per hour.

greektony

pinkshoes wrote: »

My nearest Cineworld is £7.90 for an adult ticket.

I tend to work out entertainment in cost per hour, so if a film is 3 hours, then it's a £2.60/hour activity. Swimming, for example, is £4.50 per hour.

But its harder to pirate a swimming pool

DCFC79

Tuesday and wednesdays are good if your on t mobile or orange networks so that brings the cost down and if you know soemone who has a cineworld unlimited card you can get a free ticket but that might be limited to wednesdays.

Sneezy

goater78 wrote: »

Get a printworks loyalty card and its only £6 a film. Or get a spinningfields yellow card and go to the AMC its only a fiver a film.

don't you have to be a student for that though?

Cinema has got v expensive however because I don't drink,smoke or go out generally a cinema trip once every other month isn't too bad!

trumpton

£10 for an adult ticket at my local Odeon. We go about twice a year. There are a few films that are really much better at the cinema, but for most they are just as enjoyable watched at home on a good telly. They come out on dvd so quickly, often at £10 in the supermarkets when first released, that it's only worth going to the pics if it's something special like Avatar.

Hazel1980

About £8.50 at my local Cineworld now.

I go to the movies for juniors quite a lot with my daughter. Watched Gnomeo and Juliet last week so that was a £1 each plus the kiddies popcorn box for £3.25. I don't mind paying £5.25 every other month.

Only downside is that it's at 10am and we have to get there early if we want a good seat as it gets packed so my two year old ends up having popcorn for breakfast!!

johnnyboyrebel

It is expensive but personally I only go once in a blue moon so its a bit of a change. I dont mind paying over the odds as a one off it is to expected. Of course for the rest of the time, I would always wait for the blu-ray release as coming from a massive movie fan who gets through at least around 10-15 a month if its not in HD, it aint worth watching!

Nirvana9

DCFC79 wrote: »

Tuesday and wednesdays are good if your on t mobile or orange networks so that brings the cost down and if you know soemone who has a cineworld unlimited card you can get a free ticket but that might be limited to wednesdays.

What do T-Mobile users get? And what does anyone get on a Tuesday?

ahrimaniac

T-Mobile and Orange are 'as one' now, so I think T-Mobile get Orange Wednesday, might be wrong mind

As for cinema prices - just paid £28 for tickets to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. It is for two people, including 3D glasses, on an IMAX screen, so I do feel it is justified. But I rarely bother with the cinema now, as it is simply easier to download a film at home. Not entirely comfortable with doing that, but I'm sick of mouthbreathers ruining the cinema experience. Last time I complained in the Odeon in Newcastle about a group of girls talking all the way through, I got told from the 'manager' that they weren't gonna move the girls because they were a group! I still don't get the logic.

Hermia

My local cinema is about £9 for a standard ticket and £11 for a premium ticket. I rarely go now. There is also no free parking anywhere near the cinema so you have to add another few quid for parking on top. I don't mind sacrificing the experience of seeing a film on the big screen because my local cinema is often noisy etc. I have a lovefilm subscription instead and absolutely love that.