[Closed] eating in the cinema

Fish & chips with salt and vinegar ... 😆

No, no ... I don't do that.

No, I don't go to cinema or the last time I went there was about 10 yrs ago.

Edit: I don't like eating or drinking in cinema because I want to concentrate on the movie. I would not starve or die of thirst for 3 hours plus without them food or drink ...

Think I ate M&M only ...

😛

So long as I can't hear or smell what you're eating, go for it. Rustling crisps and chocolate bags are just about acceptable at kids films, but when you're a grown up watching an 18 rated film, sort it out.

No problem with people eating at the cinema as long as they do it quietly / shovel when it's on a loud bit.

You wouldn't devour crisp after crisp at home watching television,

Says who?

Though TBF I'll decant crisps into a bowl so there's no rustling. Otherwise it annoys [i]me [/i]when I'm the one eating them.

Popcorn ftw, although I'm still not sure if I'm happy with the Mrs' technique of throwing chocolate in with it

Most times we go the cinema is full of people loudly eating crap.

It's just not the same without treats to eat. I can't explain it but it isn't.

1) No eating ...of anything harder than a soft roll with no filling. No one wants to hear you crunch, chew or masticate in any way. Nachos cause special offence and are of the devil.

Do those people eating in the cinema have thunder arms? 😆

Our local privately owned cinema serves food and drink while you watch the film , you can even text the bar and they'll bring the drinks too your seat ....

Our local cinema is awesomz. It serves cake and lager. Snack away I say!

Just wondering why stuff your face in the cinema?

Helps me get to sleep quicker.

Garbage food of the worst kind. Can't stand munching in the cinema, shuffling popcorn boxes, someone drops the box, someone spills their drink.

Most people go for the cinema experience or tradition though rather than actually interested in the film. Popcorn and shitty reclaimed so called meat hot dogs are part of the tradition.

Myself I can't watch films while eating. At home I have to finish my meal before sitting down to watch a film. Though I do the whole home cinema thing and lights down, reclining seat, phone off the hook, amp up to 11 😀

I cant afford cinema snacks, well I can but they are a ****in rip off!

Consumed Five Guys burgers and chips when I last went! Didn't have time to eat before so stuffed it down during the ads before the film.
There are worse things at the cinema.

I cant afford cinema snacks, well I can but they are a ****in rip off!

Lidl or Aldi.
3 cans of Coke £1
£1 each for a snack
Go to VUE on Tuesday with Super Tuesday offer, get 1/3 off tickets.
Just over £20 for a flim for 2 people.

Job done.

My pet hate. I get the rage.

When I pay over a tenner to watch a film with the best sound, screen and all round experience I don't need some fat bloke grazing on Pringles next to me.

Flumps and soft rolls only.

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[quote=coolhandluke ]You wouldn't devour crisp after crisp at home watching television

Of course I would - do have to rewind a bit sometimes when I miss something because of the crunching, which is one reason I wouldn't do that in the cinema.

You wouldn't devour crisp after crisp at home watching television,

How little you know me.

Wouldn't do it in the cinema though - our tradition is an ice cream timed for the start of the film, two scoops if I've been good.

You wouldn't devour crisp after crisp at home watching television

Yes I do.

I'll decant crisps into a bowl

DezB - Member
Consumed Five Guys burgers and chips when I last went!

Burger from them can be more than a cinema ticket, and that's £10+ these days!

Went to a cinema recently where I was horrified to discover they were actually selling Dorito platters. [url= https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Misophonia&rlz=1CAASUD_enGB610GB610&oq=Misophonia&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8 ]Misophonia[/url] overload for me, seriously thought about leaving early in case I gave in to the urge to stamp on some nearby couple's spread. Starwars was nearly ruined by another guy's nasal whistles in the quiet scenes.

Cinemas should have quiet zones or sittings, am sure it would encourage attendance.

I took someone's sweets off them once because the wrappers were driving me mental, I also said the least cool and softest thing in my entire life when I did it, "you can have these back after the film".

Last time i went to the pics it was when the movie stopped and the lady with the icecreams came round.

I'm sure i was to young to watch Jaws (still can't swim and have no intention of trying)

[i]Burger from them can be more than a cinema ticket[/i]

Yeah, but it's right next door and still cheaper than buying the cinema's junk.

I find it a nuisance but try to remind myself that most of the population are plebs and therefore don't know any better.

That said, the nadir of cinematic eating was several years ago when Dr North and I went to see Steve McQueen's extraordinary film Hunger. Just as we're watching a grotesquely emaciated Fassbender playing Bobby Sands's final moments, so the woman in front of us opened her handbag and drew out her foil-wrapped sandwiches and proceeded to tuck in.

Last film I went to with my wife (other than kids films) was the full monty
She's worried I may kill (again)

when I'm minister in charge of cinemas, it'll be no straws and the sweets'll be dispensed out of massive jars into cloth bags

oh, and no ****S, obvz

I saw a couple in the cinema and they each had, ice cream, nachos, bucket of popcorn and a vat of coke.

Yes its surprising that they even sell food as it clearly attracts vermin. Frankly if, when I go out in public, the public are there I may well choose to go back in again. They're disgusting with their breathing and their touching things. It make s my skin crawl.

You wouldn't devour crisp after crisp at home watching television,

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Got to be Battenberg cake FTW 😉

My local cinema serves sensibly priced good beer and wine only problem is it also attracts the sort of movie goers that struggle to last 2hrs without a bathroom trip...

At least for Star Wars there was no talking just the laughts in the right places and no explanation of who anyone was.

I did date a lady who had a fortnightly cinema visit with her girlfriends & they used to smuggle cans of lager in.

Those rules seem fairly sensible but knitting? Really?

but knitting? Really?

If you don't like the public don't go to a public venue.

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and Fairport Convention

Shower of miserable sods!

Tbh every time I go to the cinema (very rarely these days) I'm reminded of how mentally loud it is. Our local odeon is so loud that if someone was pushing nachos into my ears, I don't reckon I'd hear them!.

Wassup. Can we get a STW corner or would we automatically go straight into pedants corner?

pedants

pedant's?
pedants'?

Ped'ants?

You need to go to better a Cinema I reckon.

Everyman Cinema in Leeds.
No kids, proper sofas (no cinema seats)
Proper food and drinks.
Wine cooler for every double seat etc.

[quote=chewkw]...No, I don't go to cinema

I can see why you felt the need to rush to be the first to respond then.

Watching crap is fun

Eating crap is fun

Combining the two is fun and therefore potentially profitable for the cinema.

Combining the two and charging inflated prices to a caprive audience is even more profitable for the cinema.

I risk eating endless crisps at home watching TV so mostly stay away from the cinema.

Flappy hands

This thread reminds my of the lyrics of Popcorn and Fisticuffs
http://www.urbanlyrics.com/lyrics/example/popcornandfisticuffs.html

wicki - Member
If you don't like the public don't go to a public venue.

I've no problem with the public, just when they turn out to be selfish and inconsiderate of others and ruin the film you have just paid £10 for I think we all could get a little annoyed.

Did you cry ALL the way home?

Eating/drinking/making noise/playing with your phone *after* the trailers is a sure sign that you're a scumbag.

Every time I go to the cinema, I'm reminded why I don't do it more often.

It could be worse.

My girlfriend

Buys the huge 'slurpeee' - the clues in the f****** name that it's going to piss everyone eoff
Buys a hotdog - "do you want one?", "no", "are you not hungry?", "yes, but i don't want luke warm dry reclaimed meat in a stale bun to eat whilt sitting through the adverts".
Buys Pick'n'mix that makes oil at $200/bbl look cheap.

And when I say buy, I mean I have to buy because it's "date night". Which would have been fine if we were on our 3rd date and something was on the cards, but we'll get home, she'll go onto facebook to tell the world how much she loves me and how wonderful i am for taking her out, I'll go to bed alone and she'll play candy crush till 1am.

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I'm pretty sure eating in the cinema is not a new thing.

I'm 39 and can remember this happening when I was a kid. Christ, they even used to stop the film so people could get more stuff!!

I ended up telling a bloke off in the cinema last year. His kid (probably 9 or 10 years old) and him had been scoffing for probably an hour of a two hour film. In the end after I missed some dialogue because they decided this was the perfect time to dip into the ****ing doritos I turned round and asked them if they needed a hand with any of it as clearly they'd never learned to open a crisp packet in under a minute. The kid asked his dad (in French), what I'd said and the dad shrugged. I translated.

I felt like a **** but they shut up so on balance it was a win.

Last time we went to the cinema, some guy in the VIP seat in front of us had a go as he thought my mrs was kicking his seat - just for the record she could barely touch the floor let alone reach his seat. The 2nd time he did it, before I had time to react she told him to cram it before she smacked him in the back on the head with her Nokia...for starters we were both shocked at her outburst and secondly he apologised and offered to buy her some more popcorn as she threw it his way, she also doesn't even have a Nokia...Turns out it was the kid next to her kicking his chair when he got excited at something on the screen.

As for eating in the cinema, I'm always cautious of what I buy as to not eat too loudly or disturb others. Fudge is a good one but leaves you thirsty.

My girlfriend

Buys the huge 'slurpeee' - the clues in the f****** name that it's going to piss everyone eoff
Buys a hotdog - "do you want one?", "no", "are you not hungry?", "yes, but i don't want luke warm dry reclaimed meat in a stale bun to eat whilt sitting through the adverts".
Buys Pick'n'mix that makes oil at $200/bbl look cheap.

And when I say buy, I mean I have to buy because it's "date night". Which would have been fine if we were on our 3rd date and something was on the cards, but we'll get home, she'll go onto facebook to tell the world how much she loves me and how wonderful i am for taking her out, I'll go to bed alone and she'll play candy crush till 1am

The problem there isn't the cinema...

And nachos. Why nachos? They're a noisy, messy food, exactly what you [i]don't[/i] want when you're trying to eat quietly and in the dark.

And nachos. Why nachos? They're a noisy, messy food, exactly what you don't want when you're trying to eat quietly and in the dark.

Pseudo hipster streetfood tat. See also any other Tex-Mex/Southern USA imports of recent years, pulled pork, BBQ ribs, fried tomatoes, fired jalepenos, fried cheese etc.

Ermmmmm nachos have been at cinemas for decades long before hipsters.

BBQ ribs have been around for as long as I recall too.

Jolmes your girlfriend sounds charming and short if a kid in another seat can reach further that her or do I smell internet bull?

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I can put up with people eating. Ever since I can remember there has been people rustling sweet and crisp packets at the cinema.

What I can't abide is people talking. These people need knee capping. That'll learn 'em

You get this in posh cinemas too, working in London last week and went to Olympic Studios in Barnes and the woman next to me had a supersize bag of crisps, I had to move to an empty seat

I always try to see films at our local Europa cinema.
They take a bit longer to be screened after release, but it’s a place where people go to watch films in silence, eat any food during the loud bits, they even open all the bags during the adverts.
They are (usually) very well behaved, and IMO it adds to the viewing experience.
Saw The Revenant there the other night ,and during the quiet build ups ,you could sense the whole audience watching and waiting.
Of course, if it's a Starwars/Marvel blockbuster fest, then it's off to the big screen Odeon for maximum noise and CGI, all the great unwashed, munching and throwing food all over the place,just gets blanked out.

Pseudo hipster streetfood tat.

What Drac said. I was getting nachos at the cinema in Hull in the late 80s.

Hull? Cinema? Standing outside Rumbelows doesn't count you know.

Drac, shes 5foot4 with a temper, the kid was my height 6foot4, I refer to anyone in their teens as kids. What do I have to gain bullshitting my way around the internet, bugger all.

Hull? Cinema? Standing outside Rumbelows doesn't count you know.

Wait what? Gravy and chips and a can of panda cola outside the TV showroom was proper Saturday night entertainment round ours.

I usually have a bag of Revels or something, even though I know I'm being rinsed for them. For me it's part of the treat of going to the cinema.

Our way we do have a trendy independent where you can have beer and cakes and while I buy into that to a degree it's actually a far worse place to go and see a film than one of the big chains IMO. Every time I've been there's been people coming in late, going in and out of their creaky seats etc.

Quiet food, like a kebab, fine.
Crunchy food, bad.

I once went on a date with a girl who took her boots off in the cinema and put her feet on the empty seat in front.
I still went out with her for a little while after that, because her dad had a full set of imperial spanners.

I once went on a date with a girl who took her boots off in the cinema and put her feet on the empty seat in front.
I still went out with her for a little while after that, because her dad had a full set of imperial spanners

Bravo, sir! Nearly choked on my coffee there! 😆

i subscribe to the code of conduct, but i did use to visit the Vue in Angel every week and quite often id smuggle a buritto in from Chilango's! tbf they are pretty silent eating and it was always devoured long before the adverts finished.

Kebabs? Burritos? Burger and chips?

Think I'd rather listen to rustling crisp bags than smell other people's fast food, personally.

Watching Jaws at the cinema and it gets to the bit where the shark has gnawed the end of the boat off and Clint is sliding into its mouth. The guy in the seat in front of me gently taps me on the knee and I just about hit the ceiling. Turns out I'd been kicking the back of his chair 😳

The poshest food I've had in a cinema was smoked salmon blinis washed down with champagne. It was just a normal odeon showing the first Lord of the Rings film. God knows what the rest of the audience thought. Apart from the Cork popping, it was quiet food.

I drink beer and eat watching tv so would think watching films I would do the same ,I don't however like the cinema so you are safe from my habits

I wasn't serious about the kebab.

As with so many things in life God Bless America sums up perfectly how I /should would be allowed to be behave, and will do once I'm finally the boss of everything (not long now)

Have to say I hate going to the cinema these days due to the constant noise of eating and drinking,and sitting in the associated mess from the previous showing. I long for the cinema I used to go to at the Warwick Arts Centre in the 90s when all eating and drinking was banned and you could sit back and enjoy the film.

Where are these cinemas as I've never been to one that bad?

I miss uni days. Get up late, bog off down the cinema to catch Pulp Fiction for the 15th time in the afternoon and there'd be no one else there. No old folk doing matinees, at least none where I was seemed to be up for Pulp Fiction.

That's when shift work has it's advantages. Quiet cinemas, shops and roads.

Hello to Jason Issacs.
and Fairport Convention

And Stephen Fry

Hello to Jason Issacs.
and Fairport Convention

And Stephen Fry

Love the show Steve

I was at the cinema once and this guy was eating a curly wurly so brazenly that I was forced to cut his throat with my Leatherman.

"HOW ABOUT SOME BLOOD PUDDING WITH THAT?!" I shouted, as his short remaining life ebbed away onto the crushed velour upholstery.

God knows how they get the stains out.