This question popped up as a prompt so I thought I would make it cinema related and put in my biggest complaints about going to the cinema!
Empty Screen – Some booking the sit next to/behind/infront of you!
Seriously what makes someone decide that in a big and empty screen with maybe 10 people already booked in, to then book the seat right next to you? It’s just super strange behaviour and one of the things that has made me now book my ticket about five minutes before the film starts. As let’s face it the number of seats in so many cinema screens now is so huge that having them fully booked out doesn’t happen all that often. Not at my local Cineworld anyway. The same for when only a few people are booked in, yet all 6 in 2s across three different rows is another werid booking thing that blows my mind. I mean you have chosen your own seats for years now.
Phones
This has been an issue for so many years now, since the introduction of smartphones and the obsessive nature that we all use them. Don’t get me wrong during the ever increasing number of adverts and the fact that 95% of the time I go to the cinema alone I do use my phone up until that point. But constantly using them throughout the film is frustrating as they always completely light up and cause a distraction! Due to this it has also added to my booking five minutes before start time, to sit closer to the screen to avoid that happening as let’s face it I would never actually say anything to anyone.
Adverts after the trailers!
Not sure if this is just a Cineworld thing, as I can’t remember if there was more adverts on my last Odeon trip. We have all been so used to adverts, then the good part of the trailers as come on we want to see what is coming soon. Then settle into the film, but no not know we then get two or three more adverts after the trailers, even though this has been going on for a while now it is still super annoying.
Big gap from US to UK release
Now this is something that isn’t as bad as it used to be for the “bigger” more blockbuster type films which get worldwide release at the same time, but when you get into some of the smaller and more independent films we still have quite a gap when it comes to the awards season films as well (which is personally one of my favourite times of year, and an attempt to watch all of the Oscar Best Picture nominees before the ceremony).
What are your biggest complaints about the cinema?
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I absolutely agree about the additional adverts after the trailers. I also go to Cineworld a lot (and their Unlimited pass is great value) but it is the 3 or 4 items promoting the chain before the ads, between the ads and trailers, and after the trailers. The annoying 4DX one seems to have been on for years (and I am still not tempted to try it) and the ones with the supposed cinema goers dancing etc are excruciating. At The Vue, I struggle with their ear splitting volume…
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The Unlimited card really is the best value. That’s a good point with the promotion of Cineworld itself, do you miss Phil or enjoyed him in Ted Lasso?
I’ve only been to The Vue a couple of times, so might have to have another trip back to see the volume difference.
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I did not watch Ted Lasso so I had to google Phil. I used to think he wanted to eat my liver with some fava beans in the Cineworld ads!
Another annoyance is kids buying a ticket for one film to get past the attendant and then go into other screens. Does not happen as much as it used to – my last experience of it was in Dance First last year, where, surprisingly a bunch of 12/13 year old lads were more interested in chatting and playing videos on their phones than watching a Samuel Beckett biopic!!
Also went to The Vue today and they had no sound to start with!
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I did not watch Ted Lasso so I had to google Phil. I used to think he wanted to eat my liver with some fava beans in the Cineworld ads!
Another annoyance is kids buying a ticket for one film to get past the attendant and then go into other screens. Does not happen as much as it used to – my last experience of it was in Dance First last year, where, surprisingly a bunch of 12/13 year old lads were more interested in chatting and playing videos on their phones than watching a Samuel Beckett biopic!!
Double bill at Cineworld and The Vue now, so let’s see what annoys me today!
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Agree with all of your points…my biggest complaint here is the decrepit state of most mega chain theaters…here in New York, the flagship AMC at Lincoln Square has had broken escalators for months, and it look dirty and rundown…makes the experience more visually unpleasant than it needs to be for sure!
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Ahh that’s such a shame is AMC the same group that own Cineworld in the U.K.?
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I’ll never understand people who are on their phones while watching a movie. Yes, maybe it’s a generational thing where the younger generation is totally fine with it, but it’s like, why aren’t you focusing all your attention and focus on the film itself?? If you want to use your phone, why did you come see the movie in the first place?
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Oh totally agree; I’ve seen people of all ages do it. It’s one of my favourite things turning my phone off whilst in the cinema, it’s the only time I fully switch off from it.
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