To think the cinema is a day to day event

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Not an experience or day out

It used to be for us.

Is this one of those deeply specious distinctions that centre on whether it’s Instagrammable?

With the cost of tickets, plus any food if you choose to get it, I would say that it is definitely not an everyday activity. It's incredibly expensive.

I wish it were. I'm obviously far FAR poorer than you. But it used to be a monthly treat. Now it's unaffordable. Certainly not day to day. And I consider myself part of the lucky few who have some sort of disposable income. Which is increasingly rare.

It’s a treat for me. Can’t imagine why anyone would think otherwise.

The way it adds up I’d say it’s an outing; definitely not a day to day. Day to day is a movie at home with snacks.

It’s “going out” and you wouldn’t do it every day, so I think probably YABU.

I think it’s a treat or day out. I wouldn’t use the word “experience” like it was a one off thing, or something to tick off a bucket list, like sky diving, or swimming with dolphins or something.

But it’s definitely a treat and not “day to day”.

My local Vue is £4.99 a ticket. So not really an expensive treat. I can sit through a film without the need to eat popcorn or drink my way into diabetes.

This is me too

Definitely not a day to day event for us, in fact, it's quite a rare event

It’s not an every day thing but maybe a once a week thing for me. I pay £20 a month for an unlimited card so usually go on a Sunday morning to see a run of the mill film and a Friday/Saturday night for a blockbuster

If you go twice a month you get more than your money back. Tend to only buy food/drink once a month as I take a drink with me and never bother with a snack

It's far from a day to day thing for me, but I guess it depends on how it's planed , for me I'd meet up near by and have a drink 1st , be that at someone's house or a pub , then the flicks and a fast food / easy meal after BK MCds pizza hut , so not a cheap day . But if I was to just go to the cinema, no drinks or snack , still not a day to day thing but not a big thing either .

It's a bit like my friend he walks round the grounds of his local stately home , it cost him about £3 he goes a few times a week , but for families/ groups that want to see the home , gardens , parks ect it cost more and is definitely more of a whole family day out.

It used to be when i was a teenager.

Now we need to plan it because its so expensive, ticket cost alone are often £10+ each for new releases. It's not something we do regularly now, as a family it's too expensive.

No it's a treat now very expensive

When I was a teen/early 20's it I had a membership card for my local cinema and it cost £3 per film so went at least once a month but often once a week. Since we have had DD we barely go once a year so it's not worth the membership and tickets are now £8 each plus the food so too expensive just to watch a film which will be on Sky or Disney in a few months.

Treat, definitely. The last film I went to see was Barbie at my local Picturehouse. It's pricey!

It's a treat for me, and I only go three or four times a year, although part of that is because I can find so few movies I really, really, want to see.

I wouldn’t call it an experience or day out as we can afford to go often and it’s for a couple of hours.

Surely you’re aware though, that people have different budgets and for some people this would be more of a big thing. We were very poor growing up and I probably only went to think cinema a few time’s throughout my whole childhood. It felt very exciting and like an ‘experience’.

Does it matter if others see it differently to you?

It's not something I look on as a treat tbh. I find paying a fortune then sitting in a big room together having to listen to people eating and arguing soul destroying. I now only go to a cinema if there's a film I desperately want to see and can't avoid it.

What it now costs for our family we can go to the zoo for a while day and eat out after it

Bully for you OP but in our house we go two or three times a year and on of those times is around Christmas which has become a tradition. When I was a kid, it was very much a treat.

We don’t go regularly now because mostly there isn’t much to see and I am time poor. Streaming services and Corona also changed the film going landscape and any film that I have an interest in I usually download and watch on long flights.

How frequently you visit the cinema is such a personal thing based on many factors, cost being only one.

It's like a takeaway, maybe every couple of months treat

I've been to the cinema once this century but I wouldn't call it a day out either unless it's a particularly long film! Obviously it's an experience as everything is.

Rarely go so definitely a treat. Plus it's expensive.