Going to the cinema, alone

darthed1981

EricTheWeary said:

darthed1981 said:

EricTheWeary said:

Has 3D died yet? Wearing glasses over my glasses for two hours wasn’t that much fun either. 

In new TVs for the home it has, it's still struggling on life support in the cinema.

They will always push new technologies like IMAX and 4DX, but they don't last forever.

The biggest change in recent years is the switch to digital projection.

I almost miss the problems of scratches and little warps, they told your brain you were at the cinema and now it's just watching a really big telly. 

I know I've moaned about 3D cinema before and the response was don't go but these were family occasions, it's not a personal choice I'd make more than once. 

I'd agree with you moaning about 3D, it was and remains shit, IMHO.

I've avoided 3D screenings for years.

Grumpyrocker

Didn't like 3D at the cinema. But our TV is 3D and the experience is fabulous compared to the cinema. 

57Deluxe

take your Raincoat...

EricTheWeary

schrodinger1612 said:

Does anyone else like to go to the cinema alone? I have people I can go with, but being an aspie I like to spend a lot of time by myself. I realise there’s a bit of a stigma attached to this, especially at the cinema where it’s seen as slightly creepy. But it’s not like I sit in the back corner watching Peter Rabbit and the like, with a sweaty complexion and one hand down my trousers. It’s just nice to escape for a while and watch films that none my friends or family would be into. I’ll often get a screening room to myself if I go late on a work day 

having known people with autism and high functioning autism the cinema seems like it must be their idea of hell yet somehow it isn't. The immersive aspect of it seems to overcome the issues around crowds and noise although some cinemas also have autism friendly screenings where the lights are left on low and the volume reduced.
  

Grangousier

Cinema alone in the afternoon is my idea of indulgence, actually. When I broke my hand a couple of years ago and couldn't do anything (no work, as that involved holding a graphics tablet pen, no guitar playing, obviously, though that's when I started reading the Fretboard), I got a membership to the Prince Charles (London rep cinema) and started going a lot - no guilt about wasting time as it wasn't as if I could use the time for anything more productive. As long as the place isn't full of idiots it's much better than watching at home - no temptation to nip off to make tea, or read the paper or check Twitter or anything. 

I've always gone in the afternoon, though, by myself (or my wife or a friend who wants to see the movie, but usually alone). I've never understood this thing about it being a social / date thing - surely if you want to meet people going to a dark room and ignoring each other is probably 100% in the wrong direction, isn't it? Though I must admit I'm not the world expert on what normal people do for fun. 

Grumpyrocker

Grangousier said:

I've always gone in the afternoon, though, by myself (or my wife or a friend who wants to see the movie, but usually alone). I've never understood this thing about it being a social / date thing - surely if you want to meet people going to a dark room and ignoring each other is probably 100% in the wrong direction, isn't it? Though I must admit I'm not the world expert on what normal people do for fun. 

First date with my wife I booked cinema tickets for this reason really. If it wasn't going great we could just sit and watch a film and not have to interact. I've never seen the cinema as a great "date" location.

Instead we didn't bother with the cinema, carried on drinking until we were the last ones in the pub, had a great old time. Seven weeks later we were engaged. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

I'm off to the pictures by myself this afternoon as it happens - second time this week! I have a Cineworld Unlimited Card meaning I pay a flat monthly fee and go as many times as I like. I prefer to go with my wife as we're both big cinephiles, but I work either 10.5 or 12 hour shifts with my job (which frequently includes nights and weekends), whereas she works a Mon-Fri 9-5 sort of job. It's often just not possible to go together. 11am screenings on a Tuesday morning are often blissful - on a few occasions I've literally had the whole place to myself!

Blaendulais

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I'm off to the pictures by myself this afternoon as it happens - second time this week! I have a Cineworld Unlimited Card meaning I pay a flat monthly fee and go as many times as I like. I prefer to go with my wife as we're both big cinephiles, but I work either 10.5 or 12 hour shifts with my job (which frequently includes nights and weekends), whereas she works a Mon-Fri 9-5 sort of job. It's often just not possible to go together. 11am screenings on a Tuesday morning are often blissful - on a few occasions I've literally had the whole place to myself!

Same here cineworld card rules

darthed1981

I've gbt one of the cineworld cards.

Doesn't get as much use as it should as I go through phases of feeling a bit sad going alone, I don't mean "sad" as in pathetic I mean sad as in, a bit sad.

Despite being married with two kids, if I want to do any of "my" stuff I usually have to do it alone, which can be draining sometimes.

Keiko

Does taking "Samantha" count as going on my own?

schrodinger1612

@Keiko ;;

Not at all, meet my  friend, Barry. He likes to tag along occasionally.

https://i.postimg.cc/FzsWxHY7/51-ISy-Xcflh-L-SY355.jpg

darthed1981

That thing is wrong on a lot of levels

schrodinger1612

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 

schrodinger1612

EricTheWeary said:

having known people with autism and high functioning autism the cinema seems like it must be their idea of hell yet somehow it isn't. The immersive aspect of it seems to overcome the issues around crowds and noise although some cinemas also have autism friendly screenings where the lights are left on low and the volume reduced.
  

noise for me is not an issue unless it's in tandem with being in crowds, in which case I get a bit on edge....but in a cinema the volume simply adds to the immersion. The lighting in the actual theatre is fine... it's after the film that's disconcerting, when I step out into the bright lights in the lobby after adjusting to dim light for the past 2 to 3 hours. I tend to just shuffle out nervously lol 

TimmyO

I don't think it's odd - go see the movie however you like man 

Keiko

darthed1981 said:

That thing is wrong on a lot of levels

I agree. The mouth isn't open for a start.