Cinema Free Tickets and Films Discussion Thread

geordie_ben

The code has been live for ages. Was posted on fmuk yesterday

The_Old_Bag

Thanks - I have been trying since quoia posted it on the code only thread in the early hours - right from the go-get it said all tickets had gone.
I know sometimes this happens before the code goes live.....
So I just kept trying.

geordie_ben

It was posted on fmuk on the 27th. Shame on them for not sharing

purplevamp

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, as it's not about free tickets, but it does concern cinema etiquette!!!

http://e.emeraldstreet.com/25MN-4Q2B8-8EGDYIFBEB/cr.aspx

I agree 100% with the author :T

geordie_ben

Yeah I'll let someone else click that haha

purplevamp

geordie_ben wrote: »

Yeah I'll let someone else click that haha

It's not dodgy. They're just talking about how annoying it is going to the cinema where people think they're in their own home and talk loudly.

This is the article:-

WHY CAN’T PEOPLE BEHAVE AT THE CINEMA?

Weekend editor Anna-Marie Crowhurst just cannot understand why some people can’t keep their mouths shut and let everyone enjoy the film

Emerald Street
We're not just crying over spilt popcorn

I went to the cinema again last night. It’s one of my favourite things to do when the weather is filthy, and I can sink into the embrace of my seat clutching a box of popcorn (salt, always salt) and a generic red wine in a mini screw-top bottle (#wetjanuary Mwa a aaaa *glugs*). Last night I sipped my wine and snorted up my popcorn and enjoyed the on-screen spectacle that was Ryan Gosling playing jazz piano whilst showcasing his lovely burly forearms. WOOF.

I try to spend as much time as possible in the comforting twilight dream world that is the picture palace. I’ll see most things, if you ask me to, just because I love the cinema so. I’ll happily go alone, if I’ve a wet afternoon and need to take a break from working, thinking and things like that. I love old black and white movies, even if I’ve seen them before, because everything looks different when it’s up there on the big, flickering screen, especially if it’s a silent film and there’s a live accompaniment. *dances*

In the past few years, I’ve got a bit uptight about the cinema experience. Whether it’s my advanced age and increasing cantankerousness, or a modern phenomenon that is growing ever more prevalent, I am not sure – but it seems like people – mostly adult people – have forgotten what you do in the cinema, which is to say: they complete disregard the rules of cinema civility.

They talk – not just once, in a whisper, to say something essential to a friend, like “OMG look at his forearms, I’m dribbling,” – but openly and throughout, as if they’re in their own lounge, or alone in the screening room, without dozens of other cinemagoers around them silently gnashing their teeth and wishing hellfire and brimstone would rain down upon them (it can’t just be me?) and in many cases, even after they have politely been asked to be quiet (usually by me).

They check their phones, or type messages (WHAT CAN BE SO URGENT?), the blue light creating a bright beacon in the dark that distracts everyone’s eyes from the screen. They rustle food wrappers, repeatedly and, dare I say, flagrantly. They arrive late, disturbing everyone in their row. They traipse in and out. Did I mention they talk?

This litany of movie misbehaviour irritates me so that I can now only attend cinemas which are known to me as ‘safe spaces’. One of my favourites in this regard, is the BFI Southbank, who don’t admit cinemagoers more than ten minutes late, and employ lovely people known as ushers, who are on hand to hush or indeed eject cinema miscreants. This is a beautiful thing. Smaller or independent cinemas seem to be better for an uninterrupted viewing experience – in London, I have always had good experiences at The Phoenix, The Screen on the Green and the Curzon Mayfair.

What’s to be done? A set of ‘house rules’ might be good, but will anyone read them, and how would they enforce them, and doesn’t that seem a bit silly, telling people how to behave? There could be more ushers – but cinemas are closing all over the place and don’t have money to spare. I’ve had many sweet daydreams of a new technology that gives persistent chatters a mild electric shock. I’m hopeful that someday that could be a reality. Until then, I’ll sit in my cinema seat and dream. Quietly.

Poochface

geordie_ben wrote: »

It was posted on fmuk on the 27th. Shame on them for not sharing

You're the reason nobody on FMUK shares Ben and you know it.

geordie_ben

Ah, still going down the pedantic line are you? Get a grip and share the codes

Queenriderbrekke

I agree with a lot of the said etiquette, I would also add don't get the pop corn and rustle/smell the place out I hate the smell and sound of food being eaten while I am watching lol

Poochface

geordie_ben wrote: »

Ah, still going down the pedantic line are you? Get a grip and share the codes

Have some manners and credit the people who put the hard work in to finding the codes, then maybe people would share again.

You are the sole reason why codes are not shared and why people lose out.