Cinema

[ivor4781]

after not visiting a cinema for a decade or more having a big tv 4k and a superb sound system i thought i would book a seat to see the new blade runner in imax 3d but instantly changed my mind when i saw the price £18.50,ill stick to my tv it will be on nextflix in a year or so..

[Eleena]

What did 18.50 buy you Ivor?

[ivor4781]

i seat not even the 3d glasses

[ivor4781]

0ne seat

[Georgiesmum]

Do you seriously think £18.50p is expensive?

[sapelesam]

I preferred it when it was 6 pence and 2 jam jars.

[Eleena]

That's expensive Ivor.

[Old_Geezer]

It is expensive, but it's about what it costs these days. Cinema, concerts, shows, entertainment generally, one simply has to put up with the price or go without.

[Old_Geezer]

That stated, if you can afford a big tv 4k and a superb sound system... Nothing for an individual of your means.

[Eleena]

Yes it's the price you pay for entertainment, I suppose it's the principle though OG.

[ivor4781]

Old_Geezer
im oldish too so lets think about the old addage we both know it's called "value for money" yes i went to town on my tv and audio but thats giving me "years" of pleasure,not 2 hrs

[Old_Geezer]

I know where you are coming from; but value is desirability. Only you can decide if something is worth the cost to you; and what constitutes value for money to you. To you, the Mona Lisa for £600M may be judged better value than a print of it at £25. It's your judgement.

One doesn't expect a pre-recorded signal, beamed to millions of others too, to demand as high a price as attending a live event. Never has been has it ?

Instead of a play or whatever, consider that a live football match ticket will cost you anything from £20 to £100. It's a live event happening in front of you. You are there, experiencing the atmosphere. Whereas TV is cheap; keeps the masses content but is simply basic entertainment to pass the time. Granted the receiver can be a high outlay. HiFi and PCs are similar; high initial outlay, but you can use it again and again. The price difference between the two types of thing is to be expected.

[Cloverjo]

Yep, if there's a film I really want to see I'll go to my lovely and very cheap local cinema, if it's on there. Otherwise I'll wait for the DVD. I'm not a big film fan.
The last time I spent a silly amount of money in a cinema was my birthday a few years ago to watch The Kings Speech. It was £21.50 each in Leicester Square. Lovely comfortable seats, though.

[jno]

not particularly expensive for an Imax screening - you're paying for something several storeys high. Of course it will be cheaper on your TV screen, however big, but my guess is Imax costs several £££ per square foot less than Netflix, you'll get far more visual detail, and you get to see it the year it comes out. If you don't care about any of that, by all means wait.

[Buenchico]

Prices seem to be a little cheaper here in Suffolk:
https://www.cineworld.co.uk/magnoliaPublic/dam/jcr:0192df05-683c-4908-b719-4c707d30f1d3

Also, if you sign up to a year's contract, you can watch unlimited movies for just £17.90 per month.

For comparison . . .

A match day ticket to watch Arsenal will cost you £97.
A ticket to watch our local non-league football team will cost you a tenner.
To hear a cello recital, given by a solo musician, sitting on hard pews in our local church costs £15.
West End Theatre tickets typically cost £60 to £100.
Local theatres often charge about £40 to £60 for professional productions.
Concerts given by pop stars often cost £80 to £120 for a ticket.
Tickets to the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone start from £155 but a seat in a stand costs between £200 and £400.

£18.50 to go to the cinema doesn't sound particularly outrageous to me!

[Georgiesmum]

Nor me.

[janzman]

By comparison general admission to Friday 7th July 2018 at The Open Championship at Carnoustie is £110.
For that you can start watching your favourite golfers at 7am walk all over the golf course following the players until around 9pm. Thats 14 hours of uninterupted entertainment, that's value for money.

[mikey4444]

To be honest, the last film I saw in a cinema, was the 1st Lord of the Rings film. I have seen a few broadcasts of plays from the South Bank, and some operas.

Its all that eating noisily in the dark that gets to me these days, so I am not so keen.

[Old_Geezer]

You should've brought a torch.

[New Judge]

I have not been to a cinema since 1979 and would not go now even if I was paid to do so. There are not any films I need to see that much and certainly none that I'd watch surrounded by a load of ill-mannered scrotes busy stuffing their faces and fannying about with phones.

[Togo]

Will be going to see it next weekend. Not 3d though. I have been waiting 40 odd years for the follow up. That is long enough. :))