Children cinema question..

hazyjo

Never used to fall asleep anywhere - struggle to sleep at the best of times (and currently propping up eyelids with matchsticks as barely slept all week).

Did nod off during the last Sherlock Holmes film, and a bit during Tree of Life (OMG that was a struggle).

I'm not someone who ever nods off in front of the telly or anything - unless I'm very drunk, or have had wine at lunch!

I suffer with 'fidgety legs' so it's sometimes impossible for me to sit still. I'm forever getting up and walking around or just standing, so to be confined to a cinema seat is hell for me. It's far worse when I'm tired. I remember wanting to tear the skin off my legs or stand up and scream or run round the cinema and not sit down for a week during Dreamgirls - that was by far the worst I've ever felt in a cinema. Fidget, fidget, fidget. I could have cried with frustration.

Jx

Violetta_2

I get hypnotized into sleep by 3d films, maybe it's too much work for my brain???

lostinrates

coolcait wrote: »

I found that an interesting quote. I used to go to the cinema regularly when I was younger - and it was cheaper! I stayed put for the whole film, so that I didn't miss anything. It wasn't a hardship.

We used to watch films on the telly. Same approach. Sat in my chair from start to finish, so that I didn't miss anything. I didn;t feel tied to the chair though...

My kids have grown up watching videos and DVDs - and new-fangled Sky malarkey stuff.

So they are used to using the pause button at regular intervals, so that they can wander off and get some popcorn, or text a friend, or just stand up and wander for the sake of it, because they have lost the ability to sit still for more than ten minutes at a time..... :eek::mad:

It drives me bonkers!!! :eek:

I wonder if it's a generational thing? Hard though it is to write that, when it puts you in the 'older generation' category

I am in thirties and while i like the theatre (not that keen on cinema) i don't go now because of the sitting still for so long.

I would rather watch a film a home too, where i can pause for a loo break or drink,where the temperature is right and where dh and i cansnuggle up.

pinkclouds

Ellejmorgan wrote: »

Just wondered if I'm the only one that does it and if not what makes us fall asleep in there...:)

We like to tease our mom that she never sees the end of a film. However, it doesn't have to be at the cinema... she does it at home too! lol

HeadAboveWater

lol My dad is the opposite: he usually misses the first 3/4 of the film and gets the ending :rotfl:

eyelinerprincess

Lol, my mum usually sees the first 10 mins and the last 10 mins. She still doesn't understand Fight Club, but she's seen the ending five times!

luxor4t

I wished I could fall asleep during "Dunstan checks in" - 15 or so years ago and I'm still grumbling about how dull it was

cardiogirl

Love this thread... my first sleep was all the way through the Pokemon movie, unfortunately it's been repeated many times since!

Ellejmorgan

Keep them coming everyone nice to see i'm not alone...

eyelinerprincess

cardiogirl wrote: »

Love this thread... my first sleep was all the way through the Pokemon movie, unfortunately it's been repeated many times since!

Lol, that was the first movie I slept through too. Parents "convinced" me to take my brother (i.e. they didn't want to go) and I missed most of it, what a shame....