to read on my phone in the cinema?

[teaandakitkat]

Just that really, taking the kids to see Captain Underpants at the cinema this afternoon and am wondering if I can read a book using the kindle app on my phone? Or will the light annoy people? I would still have it turned off so it won't ring or anything.

My youngest is only 5 so I feel he's still a bit small to sit in the cinema without an adult while I sit in the cafe in the foyer, which would have been my number one choice.

God! A film is 2 hours long at most! Can people really not cope with 2 hours in a cinema without their phones?? I'm as guilty as anyone of being on the internet too much, but christ! Just use it as an excuse not to respond to people on Facebook for a bit. And everything isn't an emergency, most things can wait 2 hours!, especially in a place where you arent supposed to have phones.

That's what I think, River. How fucking hard is it to just sit in the cinema and, you know, watch the film?

Hello back to all wittertainees on this thread. Although, does anyone think it's gone too far to the side of self-indulgence these days? And most of the emails they read out are rambling/pretentious/boring/long/pointless/some combination of the above. It needs a new editor.

Mumtotwobs

Well I'd object too if I or others were "flashing" things about and disturbing others. I guarantee you'd not know what I was doing so no worries that I'd get thrown out should I be in a cinema near you Oliversmumsarmy!

You really are amazingly self-absorbed and lacking in self-awareness (although it is a waste of time even posting this as it will just sail over your head)

And I can't actually say I'm bothered or even feel much like an ignorant and self absorbed arsehole but hey ho I'll live. Sticks and stones and all that

Possibly the sine qua non of being an "ignorant and self-absorbed arsehole" is not recognising you are one?

Only children like watching films for children.

It's part of the job, so YYABU!

They are never longer than two hours! x

How am I being self absorbed and ignorant exactly if I am aware enough to realise that my actions might have upset someone in other circumstances!? That's what I am struggling to understand Lass? I never said I'd shone by phone at its brightest and went out of my way to disturb a cinema full of people, did I?

I broke a rule - ok I get that. Slap my hands for it. Whatever. I'm not the first or last person to do it and at least I'm big enough to say I did and try open a dialogue about it!

OP asked if it was unreasonable and I don't think it is. Ok so apparently I'm one of the only ones but that's ok too - we are all entitled to our own opinions and that doesn't make is self-centred and ignorant. It makes us different and that should be ok. But on here it's not. It's like an alternate universe! It's your way or the high way.

Aside from that the fact remains I'd do it again in the same circumstances! Has no one here ever broken a rule? It wasn't a law. No one was affected. I can guarantee that as I was on the back row with a friend and five kids and the only others in the cinema were sat about half a cinema in front of us! The friend I was with didn't realise I was reading so how someone give to six rows in front could have is beyond me!

HOW IS THAT SELF ABSORBED AND IGNORANT!?!? Is it just because I said I'd do it again in the same circumstances!?

I'm actually saddened to read the less than savoury language aimed at others as well as me over such a tiny issue! I try to portray myself on here just as I would in real life and wouldn't have any qualms about speaking to you all just the same face to face. Sorry if that breaks some kind of mumsnet etiquette or something but I have a sneaky suspicion that in real life some of the posters even on this thread would think twice about taking the moral high ground if it was in a face to face situation!

"Good luck with your eviction attempts though"

I've asked for people to get chucked out, and the staff have done so. Why should I waste time and money on a film and not enjoy it because of some ignorant, anti-social arsehole?

I normally have a snooze.

StiickEmUp More bad behaviour from you, I see. You unfortunately haven't learnt manners yet then.

Why don't you take a plastic bag of crisps and biscuits and fizzy drinks and put it on the seat between you and someone else and keep rustling it every two minutes like the family of ignorant fuckers sitting by me at the cinema last week.

I'd rather take in a chilli dog with extra onions.

If anti social behaviour is seen as normal by some, I'd quite happily sit my youngest behind certain posters and instruct him to kick their seat repeatedly.
Although I wouldn't really as it's not in my nature to be a massive twat

Why not watch the movie? It will always be something to talk to your child about afterwards. It's so great when they talk about what they thought was funny or ask you what you liked?

Yes, the light will annoy people. But nowhere near as much as those flashing light things people buy and take to pantomimes. I wish I could ban them.

It's not that people can't manage two hours without a phone. It's the fact that the film is so terminally boring that it's like torture. I felt like that about Lord of the Rings.

Oh God. Lord of the Ringpieces? I fell asleep three times with that one.

LOTR fair enough. Hours upon hours of tedium rolled into one. But kids films are quite short. I have low standards so I've quite enjoyed most of them. I can't remember the last film I though mindnumbingly tedious. Even Diary of a Wimpy Kid was OK. I agree about the emails on Wittertainment. But only since I sent in my review of Baby Driver overrated and out wasn't read out. I thought it was quite good

My review, noir the film!

LOTR fair enough. Hours upon hours of tedium rolled into one.

Not fair enough for LOTR. They missed a fair bit out of the books, and added more action, thrills and spills and other nonsense not in the books for the easily bored and the younger audience.

Ah LOTR - I think it was the Desolation of Smaug when I fell asleep as they were being chased by a dragon in a cave / mountain interior only to wake up some time later to find them still being chased by a dragon (not a fan)

I didn't whip my phone out though

I’d snore if I fell asleep, which would be way more annoying than a dim phone screen

Oh that's a good idea sixinthebed I wonder if I can do that with a 6 year old... although with minions you've missed a classic

I tried to impress a boyfriend once by reading LOTR. Neither the books or he lasted long. Same with A song of ice and fire, even though I watch GoT and love it. It benegits from all the guff being cut down. I've come to the conclusion I'm not really a fantasy reader!