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Cinema alone

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Fireonbutfrozen · 08/01/2026 20:43

Do you ever do it?

I have a couple of times and like it, but always feel a bit weird going in. Also-this is crazy, do you ever feel a bit scared on your own? Ive been in before when I was the only one in there, does that leave you vulnerable?

Planning to go tomorrow and sneak some treats in my bag from the shop, i’m thinking Revels or Minstrels and some Monster munch
What would you take?

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Netcurtainnelly · 09/01/2026 13:50

Fireonbutfrozen · 08/01/2026 20:43

Do you ever do it?

I have a couple of times and like it, but always feel a bit weird going in. Also-this is crazy, do you ever feel a bit scared on your own? Ive been in before when I was the only one in there, does that leave you vulnerable?

Planning to go tomorrow and sneak some treats in my bag from the shop, i’m thinking Revels or Minstrels and some Monster munch
What would you take?

Nothing, you dont need to eat just eat something before you go. You wont annoy other peoole either with the noise.

No its not strange to go alone Why would it be?
Do you think nobody dies anything on their own then?
Theatre, Cinema, holidays etc.

MsOtisReflects · 09/01/2026 13:49

I have Curzon membership and try to go as often as possible. The hour’s walk to my local cinema makes it two birds, one stone. I’ve always been happiest to go alone - and prefer to be amongst other solo viewers because they’re generally better behaved than couples or groups.

Sunday afternoons, G&T and popcorn. Otherwise, coffee and a brownie.

StoppingByWoodsOnAColdEvening · 09/01/2026 13:47

Ted27 · 09/01/2026 13:44

Id love an Everyman cinema.

When my son was younger I used to go to the matinées while he was at school and take sandwiches and a flask of tea.

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When DS was a newborn I used to go to lunchtime showings of gloomy French films at the local arthouse cinema, even though it probably had fleas. He was asleep in a sling, and there was virtually never anyone else there, so I figured he was OK.

Ted27 · 09/01/2026 13:44

Id love an Everyman cinema.

When my son was younger I used to go to the matinées while he was at school and take sandwiches and a flask of tea.

StoppingByWoodsOnAColdEvening · 09/01/2026 13:44

Christmaseree · 09/01/2026 13:06

I agree, I didn’t even realise going alone was potentially a ‘thing’
I watched Sentimental Value yesterday, Sing Song Blue last Saturday and Housemaid the week before on my own.

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Was Sentimental Value good? It looks interesting.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 09/01/2026 13:43

I’ve been on my own before and it’s a lovely thing to do.

Re snacks - I wouldn’t take anything with too much of a rustly packet, or that smells. Otherwise, the world’s your oyster! I don’t think you even have to sneak things in, do you? It’s not banned in most cinemas afaik!

StoppingByWoodsOnAColdEvening · 09/01/2026 13:43

I never get these posts, as if going to the cinema alone was the equivalent of being dropped into wartorn Mogadishu with only the clothes on your back and a deathwish.

Seeing a film in the cinema involves sitting in the dark and watching something in silence. Its pleasure in no way depends on, or at least should not depend on, having someone to engage in mid-scene conversations with. Unless you go out for dinner or a drink afterwards with whoever you're seeing the film with to discuss it, it is literally an activity that does not gain from having another person present.

HorrorAndHaagenDazs · 09/01/2026 13:39

I love going on my own.

mondaytosunday · 09/01/2026 13:38

i don’t go to the cinema now but have gone loads of times on my own. It’s fine! I usually buy popcorn not sweets.

AllIdoistidyup · 09/01/2026 13:33

I go alone nearly every week! Me, coffee and a bag of sweets. Bliss.

Londonnight · 09/01/2026 13:32

I am on my own so always go to the cinema on my own. I can't see what the problem is going anywhere on your own, I do it all the time. I saw Song Sung Blue last week and looking to see Hamnet this weekend. My son saw in last week in Canada and said it's worth seeing.

HeadyLamarr · 09/01/2026 13:14

I have an Everyman membership and go on my own all the while. I like having a cocktail brought to my seat. Maybe olives or hummus and pitta as well.

Christmaseree · 09/01/2026 13:06

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 08/01/2026 23:54

I go once a week, if not more. I have a cinema card and I want to see everything. I go in the day and there are plenty of people who go alone. All sorts of people. Not creepy loser weirdos which is what people on here seem to think.

I agree, I didn’t even realise going alone was potentially a ‘thing’
I watched Sentimental Value yesterday, Sing Song Blue last Saturday and Housemaid the week before on my own.

ClaredeBear · 09/01/2026 11:02

I don’t like going to the cinema with anyone else. I don’t like sharing my sweets.

ColdNotintheSun · 09/01/2026 11:00

I go most Sunday afternoons using the odeon cinema membership card. It’s one of my favourite times of the week. I’ll be watching Hamnet on Sunday

Fontet · 09/01/2026 10:52

Go on my own often…snacks, sofa to myself and a cocktail…PERFECT X

Mumoflovelyboys2 · 09/01/2026 10:46

@viquesYes me too! It’s out today. :-)

viques · 09/01/2026 10:44

Looking forward to Hamnet, just as soon as I can sit through a film without coughing and infecting everyone . A cup of hot chocolate and some sweeties and I will be set up for a couple of hours.

Mumoflovelyboys2 · 09/01/2026 10:41

I go a lot. My fav time is midweek in the afternoon on my NWD. I don’t book though if there’s just one other person as I wouldn’t feel safe if it turned out to be a lone male. Luckily there’s always a few others when I check a booking again.

if I go with a friend or my DH on a weekend I now find it annoyingly busy and noisy!

cramptramp · 09/01/2026 10:38

I love going alone first showing in the day because I hate the noise other people make when it’s busy. I wouldn’t take any sweets that you’ve got to keep dipping into because the packets rustle. And absolutely definitely not monster munch!!! I usually just get a drink.

Mum2Fergus · 09/01/2026 10:37

All the time!

Itsnotjustmeisit · 09/01/2026 10:36

Plusbwatbwhatwber you want. No one will smell or hear you 😃

Itsnotjustmeisit · 09/01/2026 10:35

I have done it once, in a foreign country when I was young waiting for a train in the dark (think waiting 12 hours for a train). Felt odd but I was 19.

Ive missed lots of films because I haven't gone on my own..

I get a week day off. I have often thought I could go on my own (husband and friends sometimes have day off too) and I tend to try to go with them. I spend ages trying to organise going to see a film with someone- can't find a date that works then end up not seeing it. Daft really.

When I go on my eeekday off with hubby (once/twice a year) there is always at least one lone person in there.

I'm going to go on my own next time 😃

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Fireonbutfrozen · 09/01/2026 10:27

IOweMySanityToBasilParsley · 08/01/2026 22:05

I love going alone, usually at lunchtime, I take a packed lunch. Ive been in there on my own once and must admit I was a bit scared. I sat there and thought ''if someone came in here and attacked me now, nobody would hear me screaming'

This thought has crossed my mind too

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CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 08/01/2026 23:54

I go once a week, if not more. I have a cinema card and I want to see everything. I go in the day and there are plenty of people who go alone. All sorts of people. Not creepy loser weirdos which is what people on here seem to think.

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