to think it is a bit pathetic to go to the cinema alone.

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what should i see? and should i get snacks? nachos? or minstrels?

I've been before - I got some ice-cream and saw it's complicated.

What's out at the moment?

i would only go alone if there was something i really wanted to see but no-one would come with me.

YABU.

It's not as if going to the cinema is a very sociable activity, you sit in the dark and (hopefully) don't talk much.

Get sweets from a shop and sneak them in, don't buy the overpriced cinema sweets!

I would go alone as DH is a miserable arse who likes shit films.

I would love to go to the cinema on my own. In fact I think I might well do that the next time there's a film on that DH doesn't want to see....

I LOVE going on my own.

Get nachos and minstrels, go wild!

I go alone if I want to see a film that noone else does. Usually girly weepy ones

Nope, it's a fab idea - and you get to eat all the snacks yourself! I have to have minstrels or peanut m&ms at the pictures ^but I buy mine with the weekly shop and smuggle 'em in>

True Grit is meh. Black Swan is supposed to be good - if rather melodramatic. Or the National Theatre is broadcasting Frankenstein to cinemas across the country in the next couple of weeks - Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch. Score!

On topic but don't want to hijack, our local cinema have started searching bags for contraband goodies. I am planning on going with a friend next week to see the Colin Firth-a-Thon and I'm NOT buying overpriced shite from the cinema.

If I refuse to let them search me, I am within my rights, no? They can't just insist on searching me, they have no legal right, do they?

I love going on my own - just me and my sweeties

I haven't done it for ages (pesky small kids ) but I love going to the cinema alone. It feels like a real "Me Time" - sorry, bleugh I know -thing to do.

Popcorn or minstrels. Never nachos!

Sometimes DH and I go to the cinema together and watch different films. It's brill

I love going to the cinema on my own! Nothing to distract you from the film.

I agree with TA, get some sweets beforehand and smuggle them in. I used to get pic'n'mix from Woolworths before its sad demise

god, i'd love to go alone.

to the right film.
i saw LOTR by myself. it was great - you can really immerse yourself in the film without distraction.

bupcakes, I'd guess that they can't force you to let you search your bag but they'd be within their rights to refuse you entrance if you didn't (as it is a private space). That's just my hunch though.

think i'll see the kings speech. or never let me go.

I've been a few times by myself on a weekday afternoon. Almost had the theatre to myself - bliss!

That's what I was thinking too WincyEt

yabu, I love going on my own. dh doesn't like the cinema (claustrophic thing) and since having ds I can only go in the afternoons. I love just concentrating on the film and not having anyone to distract me.

would it be very sad to take a flask of coffee?

yabu, when i moved to a new town years ago before dh and dc i often went on my own. i think it was good for me.

I went once on my own and ended up sitting a few seats away from a wanker.

An actual wanker.

I love going to the cinema on my own. I do it all the time. It's a guilty pleasure. Not pathetic at all!

Let them look in your bag Bupcakes, but secrete the sweeties about your person in smaller bags if needed . They always use the excuse that they're looking for recording equipment at my cinema. I know that they're really looking for contraband sweeties.

TBH, the ticket prices are so high that buying nibbles too becomes tres expensive. I resent paying over the odds for stuff I can get in ASBO.