The last time I went to the cinema Brisket was to see the new King Kong. I found it loud and very expensive.

Hi Brisket & Monkey Oh Brisket, you brought back so many memories with your description there Do you (or anyone else) remember Saturday morning *pics* aimed at children.? I loved it Last time I went to the *pictures* was  a couple of years ago. I went with my granddaughter, to see Wallace and Gromit and the WereRabbit.  I had been for decades before that, and nearly passed out when they told me how much the tickets were

Hello Baz.    I do indeed remember Saturday morning pictures. Used to be very very popular.
I am pleased you said "pictures" because that is what we always said. We did not say 'cinema'.
We had 3 picture places within walking distance.
The Regal (now a cheap supermarket, after housing bingo for a while.)
The Princess - known affectionately as 'Robbies' after the owner - (now grass.)
The Electra - where now stands a residential home.


There was some noise, as people reacted to exciting moments in the film.
But the rest of the time it was respectfully quiet.

I believe they are called 'Talkies' now, brisket.

   

I never go,I don't like the cinema,can't be arsed with folk chattering and eating all sorts of crap.The last film I saw in the Cinema was "Men in black" took my nieces and nephew when they were kids.Prefer to wait until the DVD comes out, and watch it in peace at home.

Is this what actually happens these days?

It did the last time I went.

I'd hate it!

 They sure were... we had 1 picture house within walking distance and 2 within a short bus ride.... an Odeon, a Remberant, and can't remember the other one. I think the Odeon is still there (I've not been *home* in many , many years.  The queues outside them all were huge on a Saturday morning..... with lots of hissing at the bad guys, and cheering at the good guysIf my memory serves me, it was 3d to get in,  then on the way home we used to pile into the local chip shop and ask for a free bag of scraps

Oh and I'm also old enough to remember the ABC Minors,Sat mornings watching, well crap really,badly dubbed sword and sandal epics etc.We all thought they were great though at the time.

Was this one of your local ones, Baz?

Oooooyea Baz   - the scraps     I remember.
And how nice it is to write 3d in 'old money'

I remember going to the Saturday Matinee
I haven't been for years as I like to be able to stop & start the movie as & when I want  drink or a wee break! The seats are so uncomfortable too

I know, can people not go for 2 fecking hours without eating?!

LOL... yes... isn't it I heard a question on a quiz programme the other night asking how many 1d in a shilling

I havent been to the cinema since early 2007, i  have always prefered watching films at home

Its dead expensive unless you can find an indepedant cinema....last time we went it cost £34 for four of us at our local Cineworld...but a few days later 3 of us went to the small independant cinema at Westgate on Sea near my in-laws and it cost £10 for three of us and the screen we were inwas really cute...33 seats in all...everything was cheaper as well as drinks and sweets.

I like going to the cinema but hate it if people talk near me most people are silent tho.

I also can't stand people keep going to the loo - can't they wait or not drink while they watch??

When I was wee, I loved going to the pictures on a Saturday afternoon. It was lovingly nicknamed "the fleapit". Happy memories of Coke in glass bottles and the usherette selling choc ices and ice lollies during the interval (they showed two films in those days).
I haven't been to the cinema for a long time. The tickets and food are over-priced, there are always people chatting or popping in and out to the toilet or kiosk, and the seats are not very comfortable.

I love going to the pictures, I've been about 6 times this year, I always go on my own, NO I'm not weird!, if I want to see a film, then that's what I'll do, I pay my money, sit down and watch it, experience it and make my owm judgements on the film. I last went this Monday afternoon to see The Social Network, it was brill! Oh and it's cheaper to go on your, no buying over priced crap junk food!.

LMAO Scotty.... that's wonderful I'd forgotten all about the birthday line up

I occasionally go and it usually costs me at least £15 for myself. So double that if I'm paying for 2.

Its so expensive, I like going on wed when its 2 for 1

it's about £7-8 here!!

The thing that really, really annoys me in the cinema: people who can't leave their phones alone......it's so distracting when you see the bright light of a mobile phone screen in the corner of your vision in a dark cinema.

I don't go very often now, people are too selfish and disrespectful to others, sadly. It is expensive, so whenever I do go, I make sure it's Orange Wednesday - 2 for 1 tickets.

I was hoping he'd added on food and drink

I'd rather watch films at home. When I was a kid I went to the cinema with a group of other kids. It was the Sunday matinee 'outing' some people are describing here. The main billing went to a western of some description which I can't remember. Accidentally (well I hope it was a bloody accident) the support film was a horror film called Blackula (about a black Dracula) and had several scenes in a morgue with corpses appearing from under sheets as vampires which scared the living hell out of me and a cinema full of other kids all of whom went running for the exit before it was over!

I was including how much it costs for a drink and snacks as well. But the cinema ticket its self is about £10

That would drive me absolutely scatty!
How utterly thoughtless and selfish of people using their phones in such a place.
It shouldn't be allowed!

In our family it's still known as the "Lop 'Ouse!" the last film I saw at the pitchaz was Independance Day, the week it came out. As a result of the air conditioning breeze I ended up with an eye infection. Saturday pictures were wonderful though.

I am going to the cinema tomorrow. I am not going to the picture hall 

I hate the cinema.
I am a misery - I would much rather be at home watching a film.
For a start I find it hard to keep still and have the attention span of a gnat.
At least at home I can skip through the boring bit, or even just do something else if I am bored.

I hate the way people come in at the last minute - I feel like shouting "WTF - you knew what time it started! Why do you wait till the last minute to come in???"

Do they still show trailers for forthcoming films?
Do they still show adverts and newsreels?

Well I'm really pleased to discover nobody cares that I was traumatised and potentially mentally scarred forever at the cinema when I was a child 

I started to read but got bored halfway through