going to the cinema alone.

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i really want to see the second part of IT, but none of my friends have watched the first part, and my boyfriend doesn’t like horror films. i told one of my friends that i was thinking of going to watch it alone and she said that it’s ‘sad’ and only ‘losers’ go the pictures alone. i don’t get why though? it’s not like you sit chatting away anyway, you generally don’t talk whilst watching a film, so why does it matter if there’s someone sitting beside you or not? i’m still going to go but i was just wondering whether anyone else goes to the pictures alone?

Just back from seeing Downton Abbey today! Didn't have to share snacks, what's not to like?

Me! All the time!! I have a cinema pass so can go whenever I want. Friends suggest going to see films with them but I always find an excuse not to. I'd much rather go alone, sit where I want, not have to share my pick n mix and spread out over both arm rests!

Sad??? Ha!! Sensible more like!!!

First of all , no one will notice or care if you are alone . Everyone lives in their own heads . Do you look at people in the cinema ?
Secondly , why would you care what a ( nonexistent ) stranger thinks anyway ?
Life is short , seize the day !

Lots of people go alone OP, you won’t be the only one in there. I went to see Hobbs and Shaw alone a couple of weeks ago and there were loads of people on there own, both men and women...must have been to oogle Statham and the Rock which was my main incentive 🤣🤣

Guilty pleasure of mine too. I love being in Screen 1 (capacity 150+) with perhaps four or five other "losers". Go to the early afternoon screening, and they are almost always really quiet. No rustling, munching, eating, talking, smelly, other people. Bliss.

I love going to the cinema by myself!

I think the people who would rather sit at home than “do something on their own” are the losers. Sometimes I do things with friends, sometimes alone. I can’t bear to think about all the lovely experiences I would have missed out on if I hadn’t done them on my own!

One of my favourite things to do - bliss (though unfortunately rare). I am happy to do pretty much anything on my own though. Perhaps because I usually have three children with me.

I do this often. I also go to restaurants alone or various other places. I am an introvert and happy alone, though sometimes other people struggle to understand this

I used to do it quite a lot in my late teens and early twenties. Still would, if there were films I really wanted to see at the cinema rather than in the comfort of my own armchair.
When I do go I vaguely recall seeing people come in on their own, but don’t think anything of it.
I’ll be jump-shrieking quietly at It 2 tonight and won’t give a stuff if anyone is there alone!

I went for the first time alone a while back and was fine . No one cares about what anyone else is doing . Would definitely do it again .

it’s clearly much more common than my friend thought! she’s not one of my close friends so i just brushed it off but i do think she was rude to imply i was a loser. i’m actually looking forward to being able to watch a film in peace without a child climbing all over me or having to answer a thousand questions. and enjoying an ice blast without one of my kids having to ‘share’ it with me after saying they don’t like them 😂 thank you everyone!

I regularly go alone - the first time I did I felt self conscious but no one batted an eye and it soon became normal

When I do go with someone and they break or simply can't conform to basic cinema etiquette (lighting up phone screen because they can't bear 2 hours without texts) I find myself thinking it's actually preferable alone.

Sigh..
Ignore her. I live alone and I am single. I go to cinema alone. When Frozen 2 comes out I will be going to the cinema alone.

I feel like I've found my people. 🤣🤣🤣

I am going to go see IT2 alone on Friday afternoon.

I'm also going to see the Pixies next month, most likely alone.

I'm more worried about falling asleep in the movie and then shouting as I wake up in a scary bit. 😳

Go I've been to see films before on my own I've even gone to concerts on my own life's too short to miss out on things you enjoy when others don't want to go or do same thing with you and besides once your sat down and the film starts no one really pays that much attention to who's on their own

OP, I spent my student years working in cinemas and I guarantee you that no one will bat an eyelid. Almost every screening had someone who’d come by themselves. I do love going to the cinema with someone but I also love going alone (at least I think I do, it’s been so long I can’t remember - in fact maybe I’ll go when the twins are next at nursery!)

Went alone a couple of weeks ago when stuck in different town for a long day while DS did some sports training.

If you do the first showing in the morning or the very late one, you've got a great chance of having the cinema to yourself.

It's amazing - nobody talking at you, nobody developing almost immediate incontinence as the film starts, nobody nicking your snacks (silent and non smelly ones, obviously), nobody being weird and I siting upon sitting right at the front and side where the view and sound are shit and most importantly, you can unleash your wrath upon the inconsiderate fucking monsters in front who do such things without somebody to tell you you're being unreasonable.

Just adding that this person is obviously one of those monsters who talks during a movie.

There are plenty of us decent human beings here who will give you an alibi if you do the right thing and take steps to ensure that she never sets foot inside a cinema again.

I love going to the cinema on my own, big bag of pick and mix. Lovely

Ugh what a douchey friend.
I know lots of people that go alone and I do too. Go, the film is good!

I go to the cinema alone all the time. It’s relaxing.

DH and I have different tastes in films and have gone to the cinema together then split off to different screenings. We've also gone completely seperately.

It's not exactly somewhere you go for the scintilating conversation. Comparing notes afterwards is the social bit.

People aren't watching us as much as we think they are!
I once went to see Alien directors cut in a morning showing.. I had the whole screen to myself. Terrifying! But amazing