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Cinema experience, what is wrong with people!

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Xanadu78 · 12/05/2026 09:16

I recently went to the cinema. I go to the cinema all the time but this was the most bonkers cinema experience of my life.

First of all the cinema was completely full. It was a very good film and you could tell that there were only one or two spaces scattered round throughout the theatre in the build up to the film.

Everyone was chatting absolutely fine, the film starting was literally about to start and three Girls turned up. They thought somebody was sitting in their seats. They started shouting and swearing at the people who were in their seats with lots of children in the theatre but this didn’t stop them using the F word and shouting and screaming. The manager came in didn’t remove them tried to sort it out then left then and came back again. The shouting lasted about 10 minutes.

They had to pause the movie because the movie intro had already started. They realised that they were meant to be on the other end of the aisle but somebody already sat in their seats so those people had to move then other people had to move from the seats.It caused chaos! When the movie started two women behind me chatted for the entire length of the movie. It was constant commentary. I asked them to be quiet and there was no response at all. They just stared at me. The woman next to me kept on dropping things on the floor and using her torch on her phone to find the items on the floor.

It was a 12 a movie and there was slightly difficult parts in the film that were quite grown-up, but they were very some very young children in the theatre and those bits are quite upsetting so that caused tears and crying and the parents didn’t take them out of the film to be honest. I wouldn’t have brought children that young to the movie because it wasn’t a children’s movie.

Is this just normal? Why on earth to people paid to go watch a film only to talk for the entire time that was the thing that upset me the most and the shouting.

We paid £20 for this carnage!

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MermaidMummy06 · 12/05/2026 21:54

I don't bother with the cinema any more. Movies come to streaming with weeks now.

Last movie I saw was Wicked pt 1, because I had a very rare weekday off work. There were about 20 people in the cinema (release week too!) and someone a few rows in front brought a toddler, who played on a phone & was constantly up & down for the loo.

There's no atmosphere anymore, just hoping the others in the cinema behave!

Imalittleelf · 13/05/2026 07:04

Why were children as young as 4 allowed in a film marked as 12 🤯

Callmeback · 13/05/2026 07:08

Imalittleelf · 13/05/2026 07:04

Why were children as young as 4 allowed in a film marked as 12 🤯

Because in 12A films under 12s are allowed in but need to be accompanied by an adult.

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Nearly50omg · 12/05/2026 12:05

You should have gone to the staff/mamager after the film and listed all these things and asked for a refund or replacement tickets as these people at the start shouldn’t have been allowed to stay after behaving like that’

That’s what I would have done.

Snakebite61 · 13/05/2026 18:16

Xanadu78 · 12/05/2026 09:16

I recently went to the cinema. I go to the cinema all the time but this was the most bonkers cinema experience of my life.

First of all the cinema was completely full. It was a very good film and you could tell that there were only one or two spaces scattered round throughout the theatre in the build up to the film.

Everyone was chatting absolutely fine, the film starting was literally about to start and three Girls turned up. They thought somebody was sitting in their seats. They started shouting and swearing at the people who were in their seats with lots of children in the theatre but this didn’t stop them using the F word and shouting and screaming. The manager came in didn’t remove them tried to sort it out then left then and came back again. The shouting lasted about 10 minutes.

They had to pause the movie because the movie intro had already started. They realised that they were meant to be on the other end of the aisle but somebody already sat in their seats so those people had to move then other people had to move from the seats.It caused chaos! When the movie started two women behind me chatted for the entire length of the movie. It was constant commentary. I asked them to be quiet and there was no response at all. They just stared at me. The woman next to me kept on dropping things on the floor and using her torch on her phone to find the items on the floor.

It was a 12 a movie and there was slightly difficult parts in the film that were quite grown-up, but they were very some very young children in the theatre and those bits are quite upsetting so that caused tears and crying and the parents didn’t take them out of the film to be honest. I wouldn’t have brought children that young to the movie because it wasn’t a children’s movie.

Is this just normal? Why on earth to people paid to go watch a film only to talk for the entire time that was the thing that upset me the most and the shouting.

We paid £20 for this carnage!

I stopped going years ago because of ignorant arseholes in the cinema.

Tuesdayschild50 · 13/05/2026 19:23

I think this is people in general now .. I wouldn't bother paying to go to the cinema anymore .
It would make me boil if someone was constantly talking or dropping things ... jeeze id lose my shit 🤣😂

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