I went to the cinema once -
having forked out the equivalent of a medium-sized country's GDP for an adult ticket, and then the same amount that it would cost to cancel Third World debt to purchase popcorn and a small diet coke, I then had to go home and declare myself bankrupt and so missed the film, though I'm sure, given the astronomical cost, it would have been the best film ever.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:43, 8 replies)

Actually very close to the truth...
"A small diet coke and a bag of jelly babies please"

"That'll be £637.95 sir"

Grr.....
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:46, closed)

Heh
For that very reason I have not gone to a movie theatre for over 10 years.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:47, closed)

This
I went to see I Am Legend and it cost me the best part of £20.
After the film, had I been given the choice beforehand, I would have preferred to have been bum-raped.
A similar feeling I can imagine.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:51, closed)

oneinthepink
Giv'uz a bell next time you feel like seeing a flick then. Nice little earner for me.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:52, closed)

It's worse if it's a really shit film too.
I was once forced to go and see "My Best Friends Wedding".

I'd rather have stapled my scrotum to the table than sit through that... AND I had to pay for it.

At the end of my life, I'll lament those two wasted hours.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:54, closed)

Why watch just the one film?
The way UK multiplexes are laid out, once you're in you can stay all day, watch as many films as you like.

That's also the reason why food/drink is so expensive and why they don't like you bringing in your own stuff.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:01, closed)

I always take my own food.
Unless someone else is paying of course : )
( girlinthehole, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 10:38, closed)

The reason it's so expensive
is that the producers and distributors charge ridiculous amounts to show the film.

So the only way for them to recoup the money is through charging silly money for food and drink.

It's not that long ago a ticket was £2.60...
(Stevie Ruggling, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 15:00, closed)