To sneak McD's into the cinema

I still like that moment, those moments in the film, the whole audience is captured and hooked with tension,it’s a critical moment in the film, you are listening and watching intently and you know, that saying, ‘You could have heard a pin drop’! Then, just at the crucial moment, a rustle of a crisp bag breaks the atmosphere and you come back into reality with a hard thud. I have been in cinemas where I have heard audience members saying Sshhhh to noisy rustlers. It does completely spoil the ambience.
Fine if it’s an all guns blazing, noisy action hero thriller, but for some films, the atmosphere also is what is important, the whole audience waiting on baited breath is a tangible positive to a cinemas screening rather than Netflix at home. I like to see what I am eating, however, I will bring a drink with me to a film but also be careful not to slurp or burp!

@wherethewildtbingsgo

Also does nobody consider that perhaps the reason the cinema wants you to buy their food is because the business model is not sustainable without people buying food and drink?

Lol. Customers don't exist to prop up a failing business model. 😄

Change the business model then!
Sell good food at a decent price. 😂

*Also does nobody consider that perhaps the reason the cinema wants you to buy their food is because the business model is not sustainable without people buying food and drink? Cinemas are expensive to run and are very rarely even half full these days. I've been to many cinema showings where I've been one of only a handful of people in the cinema. Cinemas are shutting down up and down the country.

Will everyone find it so hilarious that they sneaked in their fast food when their cinema shuts down because it can't sustain itself on £50 worth of ticket sales and a bunch of entitled idiots sat in the place eating their McDonalds?*

If the business model is not working it's not working. The customers don't go to the cinema to keep them going. They go because it's entertaining.

Maybe it's the cinemas missing a trick.

Funnily enough Everyman's are still opening new Cinemas.

Are you saying you're actually fine with the "stench of fast food and rustling paper bags" as long as it's from nachos, hot dogs and bags that were bought on site and therefore subsidise tickets? Shouldn't you be grateful to the eaters since they're helping to keep your ticket costs down?

Also does nobody consider that perhaps the reason the cinema wants you to buy their food is because the business model is not sustainable without people buying food and drink? Cinemas are expensive to run and are very rarely even half full these days. I've been to many cinema showings where I've been one of only a handful of people in the cinema. Cinemas are shutting down up and down the country.

Will everyone find it so hilarious that they sneaked in their fast food when their cinema shuts down because it can't sustain itself on £50 worth of ticket sales and a bunch of entitled idiots sat in the place eating their McDonalds?

Hahahahahahahaha who cares if the other 50 people have to sit through a film they've paid for with the stench of fast food and rustling paper bags hahahahahhaa at least I've done exactly what I want with no thought for anyone else hahaha

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Sorry you've had to put up with this, but thank you...this is one of the best threads on here for a long time.

But if cinemas closed, it would solve the country's obesity problem immediately!

If you're going to a shitty cinema (Vue,Odeon etc)...

I love my Odeon cinema. Their reclining seats are just the comfiest thing ever.

Shitty cinemas 4 lyfe!

This thread is fucking brilliant. I may need a McDonalds for lunch 🤔

Also the last time I went the cinema my friend and I ordered food to our seat and a bottle of wine. Terrible behaviour!

If you're going to a shitty cinema (Vue,Odeon etc) that sells hot food anyway then I think it's not that uncommon and you can probably get away with it - but really you should only be eating popcorn/sweets etc in a cinema rather than hot food, it s a bit vulgar - you're there to watch a film not eat your tea - but unfortunately lots of people do it...saw a couple once in a community cinema with a full Chinese takeaway!

You need to also avoid Vue cinemas as they sell food. And PictureHouse as they sell hot food.

In fact, I can't think of the last time I went to a cinema that didn't sell some form of hot food - oh, probably soho arthouse cinemas before I had kids and had time for such things!

Personally I find the smell of stale popcorn to be akin to vomit! But I'm not going to the cinema these days for a high end hipster experience. I'm going for some basic entertainment.

It’s all to try to get more audience in

Exactly. Cinemas won't survive if they only cater to hard-core film buffs. Many more people go to the cinema as a treat. It's a day/evening out. They go to sit back and watch a good movie while enjoying a snack. If you take that side of it away and make it only about the movie, people will just wait until it comes out on Netflix. Cinemas know they have to adapt or die.

It’s all to try to get more audience in, cinemas have changed. 30 -40 years ago it was considered vulgar to eat in the street. So it goes, a shame really as it does spoil the cinema experience for many people.

As you and others have pointed out there is a variety of choice.

And the shame would be if cinemas closed because of lack of audiences.

I often take a Burger King to the cinema with me - we don't even hide the bag, never been challenged but always a wee bit para about the smell. Not para enough to never do it again mind haha 😉

But clearly not so many that as a business decision the cinemas don't stop it.

It’s all to try to get more audience in, cinemas have changed. 30 -40 years ago it was considered vulgar to eat in the street. So it goes, a shame really as it does spoil the cinema experience for many people.

@Extrasprinklesplz 😉

No way. I could not bring myself to be around that. Imagine the smells! They'll probably all come out smelling like chicken nuggets and that could make me heave and retch and I'll get a migraine.

I despair at the way this country is headed. Not only do they need to gobble down food at the cinema, but they also want to recline.
Clearly not real film buffs otherwise they would sit up straight, feet on the ground and not on a foot rest, and they most certainly would never eat or drink.
This is all very lower class.

They're all over the country @Extrasprinklesplz . There's probably one near you.

If you went along you could get a look at customers leaving and test out your obesity theory.

@Extrasprinklesplz odeon has reclining seats! They're great!

What?! Why on earth would anybody need footrests in a cinema?

Best ask Everyman Cinemas.