Should Ushers/Usherettes return to cinemas?

mrcow

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

Sadly we have paid the princely sum of £40 to attend, 2 adults and 2 children. After one awful time in a £1 viewing I vowed never to go again.


Sadly people just don't seem to care anymore.

From an MSE point of view:

I seriously hope you asked for your money back!

What were you seeing to pay £40? I've not paid full price for the cinema since I joined this site!

scooby088

Since the introduction of internet I no longer have use of the cinema

**professor~yaffle**

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

We witnessed:
teens on mobile phones and chatting throughout.
2 mothers who had arrived and chatted one end of the row and let their 8 children do what they wanted down the other end.
Scores of people getting up and walking around. In and out of the cinema
Children given mobile phones to play games on keep them quiet during the film
People texting, and talking on mobile phones.
Glow of lights throughout the cinema from devices

Thanks you've just reminded me why I NEVER go to the cinema :rotfl:

There was someone on room 101 not long ago who wanted to put noisy people at the cinema in. They sit there slurping and burping, crunching and guzzling their way through buckets of popcorn, coca-cola, crisps, sweets and snacks. Sounds like a bloody farmyard next to you.

I wait till the film comes out on dvd now.

Hermia

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

That's another side issue, why can't people watch a film for 2 hours without needing a vast array of snacks and refreshments?

Indeed! In my local cinema it's now the norm for people to go out and get two or three more lots of food during the film. They therefore miss a big chunk of the film. Why would you pay all that money to see a film and then miss chunks of it? The last film I saw was screened at 11am and the couple next to me had popcorn, nachos, hot dogs, chocolates and several drinks during the screening! The cinema gets lots of complaints about the nachos because they are noisy to eat and really smelly.

catkins

I used to love going to the cinema and me and OH would often go 3 or 4 times a week. Now we rarely go because of all the disruptions.


It seems every time now there is something - someone playing with their phone, someone's phone ringing, even people answering their phones, people chatting through the whole film, people making so much noise with their food, people getting up and down to go out (don't know if it is to smoke or go to the loo but I find it hard to believe people can't manage to last 2 hour without having to do either).


I am the sort of person who gets totally engrossed in a film. I can honestly say I have never ever spoken even 1 word during a film at the cinema (nor have I ever had to go out during a film). Me and OH don't eat there either - can't see any reason why you would need to eat. That's one reason we used to love the NFT on the South Bank as they did not allow food (don't know if that is still the case).


I have twice complained to staff but both times they were useless. One time was in a local cinema and the member of staff (a youngster) came and stood in the cinema for about 5 minutes during which time everyone behaved and then left and the noise started again. I went and complained again but nothing at all happened. The other time was at the cinema at Whiteleys in London and the staff member did nothing at all. That experience (about 8 years ago) was the worst ever with quite a few people talking throughout the film, 2 people answering their phones and having a conversation and 1 person making a call and having a conversation. I would never ever go there again.


I just don't understand why people pay to go to see a film and then not watch it. If you want to eat/talk etc then go to a restaurant or pub. If you can't manage 2 hours without needing a loo or a cigarette then sit on the end of a row so you don't disturb everyone in your row when you go out and then come back in and all the people in the rows behind you as you block the screen when you walk along your row.

Indie_Kid

This is why I prefer going early in the morning or mid afternoon.

Went one time and someone was talking all the way through. Why pay money just to sit through a film and talk?

On the flip side - went to see Despicable Me 2 last year without realising it was the holidays; so the cinema was full of parents and children. Had no such problem with noise, etc.

Went one time and it was near the end of the film. The people next to me were sat there playing on their phones. Why? All I could see out of the corner of my eye was someone on Facebook.

Counting_Pennies_2

mrcow wrote: »

From an MSE point of view:

I seriously hope you asked for your money back!

What were you seeing to pay £40? I've not paid full price for the cinema since I joined this site!

Apart from the £1 viewings (which might as well be entering into a farm yard of wild animals and messy troughing) and two for one on Tuesdays, there are no other options. It is Vue cinema or nothing!

Counting_Pennies_2

I think the suggestions of not going again are a good one.


It is a shame, as it is a lovely thing to do when the weather is wet, but people spoiling it just makes it so stressful.


Thanks all for your input

Gillyx

I'm in 2 minds about this, adult showings I tend to go really late at night, I.e 11pm showings, so it's pretty quiet as I don't like loads of distractions. However I recently took my 2 year old son for the first time and paid the full price for him, I felt he behaved brilliantly for the duration of the adverts and the Lego movie. He was on my knee and then on his seat and them back to my knee again and he did eat quite a few pieces of dried fruit and lots of water so that would maybe be seen as annoying behaviour by some

Counting_Pennies_2

Gillyx wrote: »

I'm in 2 minds about this, adult showings I tend to go really late at night, I.e 11pm showings, so it's pretty quiet as I don't like loads of distractions. However I recently took my 2 year old son for the first time and paid the full price for him, I felt he behaved brilliantly for the duration of the adverts and the Lego movie. He was on my knee and then on his seat and them back to my knee again and he did eat quite a few pieces of dried fruit and lots of water so that would maybe be seen as annoying behaviour by some

Goodness your son sounds like a perfect punter, if only the good 20 - 30 children and teenagers who couldn't sit still without wandering around the cinema and texting and playing games were as good as him.