Rant number 95
As most of you will be more than aware, I am a massive movie fan! I like movies of all types (except for Twilight & its derivatives of course,) and from all around the world. I recently sat through a 4 hour long, utterly bizarre & totally twisted Japanese film - and surprised myself by loving it!
I have as such, a more than healthy collection of DVD's - a small amount of Bluerays (although, it must be said that as of yet, I don't really see the need (is it bluerays by the way, it doesn't scan right like dvd does; blueray movies sounds awfully clumsy doesn't it? Anyway, I digress) I subscribe to lovefilm to rent yet more films - and allow me to watch them on demand. Its good to say that I like to cuddle up with the wife and a good film.
You'd think then, that I was an avid cinema goer.
You'd think that, but you would be wrong.
The reasons for this are many, some of which I plan to cover today.
Firstly and simply, many of the new releases over the last couple of years just don't endear me. For several years sequels, prequels & reboots have become big fashion. There are some high points to this - such as Batman Begins/The Dark Knight which have been fabulous. Many though have been of little interest to me.
That aside, lets propose that I have found something I want to see - such as today, when I watched 'Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists' (Pretty good actually, ask for details if you wish) what's stopping me?
First off, the price: When I stated attending the cinema - it was about £4 pounds for an adult ticket - now its closer to £8. Yes there is Orange Wednesdays to bring that to what it should be, but I don't always want to see a film on a Wednesday.
And why would that be? Because, on Wednesday (because it is less expensive) it is always busy, which means that there are many noisy people in the cinema with you. Today it was like movie with sweet wrapper accompaniment, joined also by munching, slurping, stage whispered conversations and scuttling feet - heading to the bathroom at a frequency of approximately 4.7 minute intervals.
Now, going back to sweets is another cinema beef. The food they sell beggars belief. The shoddy quality of nearly everything they sell is doubly painful for the price. A corn cobs worth of popcorn costs about £4, a bag of sweets that anywhere else would cost £1.50 costs £3 and of course, you are not meant to take your own food (and they wonder why everyone does.) The drinks too are ridiculous in both cost and quantity, guaranteeing that a small bladder will require multiple trips within an hour and a half's sitting.
Finally (for this rant, but there are more annoyances, trust me) is the adverts.
Don't get me wrong here, I mean adverts - not previews. I love to see what's coming soon on the big screen, but I hate seeing an additional 20 minutes of big screen sales pitches: particularly when I have paid out for the pleasure.
This also creates yet another issue - the obligatory late arrival, who breaks your concentration by trotting in - with all the subtlety of a rhinoceros on a unicycle, giggling that they can't find a seat because its dark.
OF COURSE ITS DARK, YOU ARE 20 MINUTES LATE!
Gaaargh!
Rant over.
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