Free Cinema Tickets - Discussion thread

marialionza

:A Good poll on IMDb:
Which director do you prefer: PT Anderson or Wes Anderson? :rolleyes:
PT Anderson: Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Cigarrettes and Coffee, Punch-Drunk Love, There will Be Blood, etc.
W Anderson: The Darjeeling Limited, Life Aquatic with SZ, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, etc.
Heavy stuff!:huh: _pale_ :question::A

The_Old_Bag

Having read about all your early morning successes obtaining tickets, I thought I would trawl thru the code thread and see what I could manage.

It struck me how many posts there was that didn't have a code in.......not thanks, or questions, but "Tellings off"

I think it safe to say that it tends to be Newbies who post on the code thread to ask questions and say thanks, and even just say "hello I've just found you guys ..." etc.

There then follows several posts from people who should know better, telling off the offending Newbie, and then several other posts follow, telling said school inspector to chill out etc.

Why don't we simply agree to bite our toungue and ignore these original wrong place postings ?
1) In time the Newbies WILL learn the etiquette of when to use which thread

2) Newbies will not be intimidated the first time they ever post, and 'watchers' will not be put off from ever joining in

3) I honestly think there are more 'wrong' posting done in response to a couple of innocent wrong postings ..... and then we have a couple of days where everyone is dreading the bad feeling continuing. :cool:

4) Every time I check the code thread when I see a new posting I do not expect to automatically have a chance to get a free ticket. My cinema is not always listed ( so I haven't even bothered with your 104 club - there is no chance of me even achieving say 30!). Also, many postings are about new codes for the same film - which are not on at my cinema, or I already have tickets. So it is less than 20% of postings that are of any use to me at all (and that includes getting tickets for DD at uni in another city)
Therefore to check the thread and see a "Thank You" posted, rather than a new code, is NOT the end of the world.
I realise that some people are lucky and that they probably get tickets to nearly ALL the films on offer, and therefore expect every update to be their chance at another Free ticket. But couldn't you just be grateful for your good fortune and give Newbies a bit of lee-way ?
After all we were all Newbies once, watching from the sidelines. :A

p.s. Love the threads, am grateful for all the codes from you guys and gals, but hate the squabbling

hm71_2

Just thought I'd pop in and say morning fellow club members and visiters. Just reading your post OLD BAG, and to be honest I ignore it anyway- I have felt lately that in many of the threads there are a few short tempered people who are quick to have a go at anyone & anything! It is irritating when you subscribe to a thread and when you check it is only discussion and not codes but we are none of us perfect- we all make mistakes.

Beate

Good morning all. I have been checking the Time Out Opening Nights URL every day now for the last week or two, and there is just nothing new coming at the moment, what is wrong with them? Ok, so you don't automatically get tickets with them, you have to apply etc. but See Film First seems to be the only way of obtaining tickets at the moment. Not that there is anything wrong with See Film First of course! On a different note, my post on the tix thread was not to complain about the latest post just to clarify the date of the screening because it looked to me like the tickets were for 29 February at first.

T42

The_Old_Bag wrote: »

.......4) Every time I check the code thread when I see a new posting I do not expect to automatically have a chance to get a free ticket. My cinema is not always listed ( so I haven't even bothered with your 104 club - there is no chance of me even achieving say 30!).....

I know what you mean, its very unlikely for some of us to even see one film a week.

But, like the 2008 pounds in 2008 club, at least in my case, its just a bit of wishful thinking and fun (last year I only won a 1 pound MOV :rotfl: so to win 2008 this year is absolutely dreaming ).

Similarly, 104 free previews is, on my part, definitely optimistic. I suppose its easier for people who are at the computer night and day 'cause they won't miss the latest codes. Nevertheless, as I said, its just a bit of fun. It's also interesting to see how many films people actually manage to see for free. That's saving hundreds of squids.

The_Old_Bag

T42.
I know it is fun, and wish I could join in.
It is not that I don't get the codes quick enough, more often my city is not listed at all.
I do get a healthy number ( 2 coming up in the next couple of weeks) and am VERY grateful for every one.
Fantastic feeling to be able to see films ( like Atonement) before anyone else, and then see them going for awards - like Little Miss Sunshine.
Also is giving me a much wider viewing experience - I am going to film I would never ever pay to see, but because they are free, I go, and am often favourably surprized.
Even the ones I really don't like, well at least I can base my opinion on my own viewing, rather than on "What the Critics say"...which is much more honest.
Also, even if I have wasted a night, I haven't wasted £12.
I have never seen so many films before - not even when the children were young and I used to take them to the latest Disney release. That only worked out about 2 or 3 a year.
TOB

p.s I have even started getting tickets for my Dad who is 100 miles away !! - but he has even fewer cinemas to chose from, and they come up much less often.:rolleyes:

Wolverine

Go on then I'll be number 13 then!

CloudRuler

lol number 14 then

Linguistic_Chimp

Hi all,

Now I know this is a discussion thread, not a free tickets thread, but someone recently posted a notice just like this over on the codes only thread and then got 3 days of abuse so....you lucky people can benefit!

I have 2 x FREE tickets for new comedy Be Kind Rewind (cert 12A) at 18:00 for 18:30 on Wednesday 13th February 2008 at Cineworld Wandsworth, Southside Shopping Centre, SW18 4TF.

However, something has come up and now I can't go so do any of you want these two tickets?

The tickets will have to be collected from me in person as they are paper, not email tickets, so you need to be in London. First person to private message with their email address wins!

Film info: In Be Kind Rewind Jerry (Jack Black) becomes magnetized while trying to sabotage the power plant that he believes is melting his brain and accidentally erases all the tapes in the old-fashioned video store where his best friend Mike (Mos Def) works.

To keep the few customers happy, Jerry and Mike decide to remake one of the erased movies in Jerry’s junkyard. To their astonishment, their unique version of the movie is a hit. Mike, Jerry, and soon, friends from the neighbourhood are in full-time production, re-making movies, from Ghostbusters to King Kong, and in the end revitalize not only the business, but the entire community.

twinkle_n_spud

Woo managed to get two tickets to "27 dresses" for Derby using 573485 which was full yesterday. :beer:

A little way to travel from Leicester but worth it for a freebie lol. :T