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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Apr 6, 2005 18:53:22 GMT 1
We go to the Trafford Centre on a Sunday morning - any film is £2.30 before 12 noon We also rent DVD's through Amazon - 6 per month for £9.99 including postage. I don't think £6 is excessive, but with deals like those above I wouldn't pay it.
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Post by peterjones1 on Apr 6, 2005 18:56:25 GMT 1
Enjoy Meet the Fockers then Ant? There are always going to be some awful films on show, it would be nice to think that people have the sense to suss these out in advance and choose to spend their cash on a film of a higher quality. People happily pay £12 to see football with no idea whatsoever whether they are going to be entertained a not (you pay the same for a dull 0-0 as a 4-4 draw afterall), at least when you part with £6 at the cinema you can gauge beforehand whether you are likely to get value for money or not.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2005 18:57:05 GMT 1
£14 a month with blockbuster, and we can keep 3 at any one time. I managed 20 or so rentals within the month for the first couple of months but then ran out of things I wanted to watch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2005 19:44:50 GMT 1
Enjoy Meet the Fockers then Ant? Nope, but then I didn't pay to see it
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Post by aleix on Apr 6, 2005 19:46:09 GMT 1
Nope, but then I didn't pay to see it very spanish attitude
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2005 19:49:52 GMT 1
Like forgetting to use capital letters I presume?
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Post by aleix on Apr 6, 2005 19:55:09 GMT 1
i can't be arsed to press shift. in spain we don't use our left hand
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Post by pawlo on Apr 6, 2005 21:16:19 GMT 1
Not that im tight , but for the price of me and the mrs, i prefer to wait a couple of months and buy the dvd.
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Post by mr1972 on Apr 6, 2005 21:25:06 GMT 1
Hmm £15 / £10 here in London
£6 sounds like 1990's prices
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Post by Blues in Crewe on Apr 6, 2005 21:49:46 GMT 1
It is expensive, best way to get around it is just download the films and plug your laptop into a hifi system, settle down and watch. *this may however be slightly ilegal and as a result of this the distributors spend more money on anti piracy measures as well as loosing out themselves on potential revenue they therefore due to the cost of making and hiring the stars of the latest blockbuster charge more to the cinema chains for film rental which in turn reflects on the ticket prices. Or you could always enter the B&A raffles or competitions on Beacon Radio and Shrewsbury FM and win free tickets
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Post by rob on Apr 6, 2005 22:24:57 GMT 1
oh and the savoy
£2.75 for an adult ticket in comfy 1920s art deco styled interrior that resembles a private theartre.
Bargain!!!
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Post by Blues in Crewe on Apr 6, 2005 22:27:00 GMT 1
does it have new films the week of release or do you have to wait a couple?
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Post by rob on Apr 6, 2005 22:29:03 GMT 1
Nah its pretty instant i think. They only have 4 screens though, and one of those holds 50 people if that
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Post by shrewinjapan on Apr 6, 2005 22:39:50 GMT 1
Six quid is not so bad - as someone else said, it's only a couple of beers or 30 to 45 minutes of the lowest grade of professional football. Watching films at home, even if you have a big TV and home-theatre sound system, is not the same as getting off your arse and going out to the cinema. The drinks and snacks are always going to be a rip-off - it's a captive market like the buffet at the football.
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Post by Blues in Crewe on Apr 6, 2005 23:34:19 GMT 1
And as Ive discovered tonight its less than a quarter of the price of a ticket to Alton Towers this year £28 on the gate they have done away with the off peak tickets or £25 in advance by booking online
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Post by shrewinjapan on Apr 6, 2005 23:39:02 GMT 1
That's steep! Almost exactly the same price as Tokyo Disneyland. I thought Japan was so expensive when I first came here nearly 8 years ago, but now there is not much difference between many prices here and in the UK.
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Post by Bilbo on Apr 7, 2005 9:29:41 GMT 1
Its funny how some people will moan about the price of a cinema ticket FFS you will pay £12 - £14 for 90 minutes of Football an not blink an eyelid. At least with a movie you can gain information from critics about a film, but you sure can't judge a football match. Cineworld is great value for money in regards to comfort, as for the food..... yes its bloody exspensive, but you can always smuggle your own in Sorry Jules ;D
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Post by SMP on Apr 7, 2005 10:04:56 GMT 1
There is a great cinema in Manchester City Centre. You buy your ticket downstaris and then one person at the top of the escalator checks it. From that point on, no-one else looks at your ticket! If you time it right you can see 3 films on a Saturday night, all for a fiver. What's even better is that if you buy a large popcorn and drink, you can get a free refill.
Now, this may sound slightly dodgy, but you only need to hang around for 10 minutes to see several groups of people all with the same idea, so the cinema must be aware. It seems that they feel that people are only going to spend £5 to watch a film on any given night and they would rather have that £5 spent there than at the other multiplex at the other end of the street. It's not costing them any more money and if it means more people through the door they'll take what they can get.
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Post by matt on Apr 7, 2005 10:04:56 GMT 1
don't think thats really applicable - the cinema i can take or leave, watching shrewsbury is a different matter altogether, no matter what happens i just keep going. each to there own i suppose.
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Post by matt on Apr 7, 2005 10:06:06 GMT 1
(that was in response to bilbo's message btw. why can't i edit my post?!)
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Post by rob on Apr 7, 2005 10:15:00 GMT 1
Indeed i agree with Matt, going to watch ones football club is an emotive activerty.
Going to watch a film is just another leisure activerty.
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Apr 7, 2005 10:20:25 GMT 1
Indeed i agree with Matt, going to watch ones football club is an emotive activerty. Going to watch a film is just another leisure activerty. Not if you go and see a film like Lost in translation Films can inspire, amaze and give you an emotional reaction as well though ,(Shindlers list, Shawshank redemption, Bambi, Watership down) But it deepends on the person, you cant go to see a fim unless you willingly give up the sence that its not really real!!!
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Post by peterjones1 on Apr 7, 2005 11:26:06 GMT 1
Not if you go and see a film like Lost in translation Films can inspire, amaze and give you an emotional reaction as well though ,(Shindlers list, Shawshank redemption, Bambi, Watership down) But it deepends on the person, you cant go to see a fim unless you willingly give up the sence that its not really real!!! That just strikes me as being a long winded way of saying you cried at Bambi ;D
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Post by Blues in Crewe on Apr 9, 2005 0:00:43 GMT 1
Just as a matter of interest I found out today from 'Cinema Business' magazine that figures collated by cinema researcher 'Screen Digest' indicate that the UK is the 11th cheapest nation for cinema going with the average Briton having to work just 35 minutes to pay for a ticket.
Cheapest countries are India, USA and China.
Global average cost of a cinema ticket equates to 57 minutes work
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Post by x emz x on Apr 9, 2005 0:04:08 GMT 1
we may be the 11th cheapest- but sod paying over a fiver to watch a film!! its a rip off in my opinion-sorry but it really really is- and i never go to the cinema- id rather wait and pay £14 to have it on dvd
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Post by rob on Apr 9, 2005 0:07:45 GMT 1
but then again whats the average wages in the other countries. £5+ is steep for what is a rural county. And Glyn why not try reading, the books are almost certanly better than the films. Schindlers List for example. What a book!
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