Cinema Only Free Tickets Discussion thread

The_Old_Bag

I am an old bag, who for a long time has felt myself a member of a diminishing club. Everyone around me seem incapable of walking down a street without having to be staring constantly down at their feet/pavement.
Oh sorry, that should be staring down at their mobile phone.

They cannot sit in the Drs, Dentists, on a bus, in a cafe' ....... without flicking through photos they've already seen a hundred times, checking up on every person they know in case their status on fb has changed in the last 5 minutes, or playing games.
In the cinema, while sitting waiting for the film to start...... they do not chat to their companions, or sit in quiet contemplation.
No, they play computer games.

I also find it very distracting when someone next to me has a glowing screen on whilst in the cinema..... so I was delighted recently when a member of staff came over and pointedly told the guy to switch it off or hand it over.
Hurray !!
Mobile phone guy turned it face down and tried to hide it, but security guy was having none of it and stood there until he turned the blessed thing off.
After phone was switched off and security guy left, mobile phone guy muttered about them making such a fuss about nothing.... clearly the embarrassment factor of whole cinema staring at him had the desired effect.

My son complained a while back that a group of students (based on age/appearance, not absolute knowledge) had sat filming with their mobile phones during a screening he attended.

I surpose in your case kalsha, now the film has been released the security wasn't as tight.

anamenottaken

At the preview screening of Saving Mr. Banks which I attended, one young man was told by the security person that he had to turn his mobile phone off or leave. He chose to leave.

nikotime

geordie_ben wrote: »

http://www.showfilmfirst.com/pin/508419

And Sky are showing it at Norwich

Can't believe I missed your post and they are now all gone! And also don't have Sky. Thanks a lot, and !!!!!!.

kalashah

How do I get free film tickets. I am new and totally confused. Any suggestions?

loranius

kalashah wrote: »

How do I get free film tickets. I am new and totally confused. Any suggestions?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4071029

This thread is where ppl post the free preview tickets. If you subscribe to this thread (see above the topic it should say subscribe) you will get an email when there is a reply to this thread.

geordie_ben

nikotime wrote: »

Can't believe I missed your post and they are now all gone! And also don't have Sky. Thanks a lot, and !!!!!!.

Just go on each page of the codes board and do CTRL + F and search for Norwich

monsieur_epargnant

I've never seen this before today. Tonight's Walter Mitty screening says I should have the page from Heat where the screening was advertised. Anyone had any experience where they were denied entry if they didn't have it?

rabbitmoon

monsieur_epargnant wrote: »

I've never seen this before today. Tonight's Walter Mitty screening says I should have the page from Heat where the screening was advertised. Anyone had any experience where they were denied entry if they didn't have it?

I know this isn't a useful reply - but it all depends on whoever is checking the pages. I've sometimes wandered in without even handing over the page, sometimes they check it, most of the time not. I once had a guy ask me for a page from a newspaper, I said I didn't have it, and then he asked for ID(!) which in my mind, doesn't really prove anything (it wasn't related to the film's certificate). At the end of the day, if there are seats available (and I'm sure there will be), and you feign ignorance/say you've driven a long way, I very much doubt they would refuse to let you in. Its not really in their interests.

quoia

nikotime wrote: »

Annoying that none of the Mitty films are showing in Norwich!

geordie_ben wrote: »

http://www.showfilmfirst.com/pin/508419

And Sky are showing it at Norwich

nikotime wrote: »

Can't believe I missed your post and they are now all gone! And also don't have Sky. Thanks a lot, and !!!!!!.

Can you make it to a 4:00pm for 4:30pm screening on Tuesday 17th December ?
(As per the early option on the SFF 508419 offer)

If so ..... (I have it on good authority) ....

.... keep an eye out for another release of tickets for Walter Mitty courtesy of STUDENT MONEY SAVER ...

for exactly the same ODEONS (including NORWICH) .....

Belfast
Birmingham Broadway Plaza
Bournemouth
Bracknell
Bridgend
Brighton
Cardiff
Coolock
Covent Garden
Coventry
Derby
Dundee
Edinburgh Wester Hailes
Epsom
Glasgow Braehead
Greenwich
Guildford
Hatfield Galleria
Huddersfield
Kingston upon Thames
Leeds/Bradford
Leicester
Liverpool ONE
Liverpool Switch Island
Maidenhead
Manchester Printworks
Manchester Trafford
Milton Keynes
Newcastle MetroCentre
Newcastle Silverlinks
Norwich
Sheffield
Southampton
Southend on Sea
Surrey Quays
Swansea
Taunton
Tunbridge Wells
Warrington
Wimbledon


on the same date (17th Dec) at the same early time (16:30)

.... in the very near future.

Hopefully someone can post the link as soon as it appears

glider3560

I went to see Walter Mitty tonight. Sadly I never got to see the film.

Arrived in good time (about 40 minutes early) for a 6:30pm screening. At 6:45, we were told the film would start around 7pm. At 7:15pm, we were shown two trailers. Then at 7:30pm, we were told the film would start in about 10 minutes time. I waited another 10 minutes or so, then decided to leave. Several other people also left.

The bouncers would not allow use of mobile phones at all after 6:30pm, so I had nothing to do during this time, having read the Evening Standard at least three times.

I had planned to get food at a nearby chain restaurant after the film, however they would've been closed by the time the film ended had I waited for it to start.

I appreciate that the tickets are free, but what a waste of my evening.