tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post497698051953781905..comments2023-05-20T11:17:23.173+01:00Comments on The Blog of Eternal Disappointment: The Death of CinemaDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01773088730561800442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-81546995821574413852010-08-21T23:40:18.029+01:002010-08-21T23:40:18.029+01:00bloody hell... I've been doing that for a few ...bloody hell... I've been doing that for a few years too! I hold doors open for people, stand aside so they can walk through, let people enter a lift before me etc etc... all met with a blank stare and not a flicker of thanks. "you're welcome" I always say in a way way too loud and patronising tone. Sometimes it pricks their conscience and as you steam off you hear in the background a fumbled "erm... thank you".Pileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-64216128032655996362010-08-21T22:34:22.589+01:002010-08-21T22:34:22.589+01:00Piley - Here's your special unique comment! :o...Piley - Here's your special unique comment! :o)<br /><br />I've already found that I get more and more annoyed about discourteous behaviour in others. I think I already wrote in another post how I've got to the stage now where, instead of just inwardly tutting and saying things in my head, I actually vocalise them. Just yesterday, I stood to one side in a supermarket to let someone pass and he walked by me without a word of acknowledgement. "Don't mention it!" I piped up with rather too much volume.<br /><br />Fortunately, he was clearly in such a daze of avaricious consumerism that he didn't even hear me. One day, I'm sure someone will thrash the living daylights out of me...<br /><br />As much as I will miss the cinema, theatre and gigs, I think the time is right to consign myself fully to the comfort of my flat and, as much as possible, avoid contact with that unpleasant race of humanoid mutants that I see shuffling down the road every day. Sometimes, just sometimes, I ache for an apocalyptic event...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773088730561800442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-84920248911158979022010-08-21T22:17:12.469+01:002010-08-21T22:17:12.469+01:00oooh, I LOVE that commenter's get their own sp...oooh, I LOVE that commenter's get their own special Dan reply each, look forward to mine ;-)<br /><br />I'm sorry that the pond life have finally got you you enough to force you to end such a great past time. I went through the same moment years ago - funny enough I was probably about your age!! The older you get, the more selfish, rude and ignorant people will fuck you off I'm afraid. You just become more and more aware. You'll also find the same cocks at gigs (holding phones up, singing louder than the band, talking), the theatre, anywhere that people gather. Sorry to break this to you, it's the end of enjoying just about anything outside of your house!Pileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-80880990457235306732010-08-21T07:41:40.514+01:002010-08-21T07:41:40.514+01:00but i have enough time to make comments on - thank...but i have enough time to make comments on - thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.<br /><br />I'm completely with you on the cinema times issue. Personally, wherever possible, I like to leave work, go to the cinema, watch the film and be back home by early evening. A lot of the 'special screenings' of decent films, e.g. Moon, Heist, I Am Love, etc, are at about 8.30 which means, by the time the trailers are over, the movie is done and I've travelled home, it's almost midnight, which is just too damn late for a Tuesday evening.<br /><br />To an extent, I'm also with you on the quality of movies. These days, if I have a couple of hours free, I'm more likely to throw a well-watched DVD in the player than a new one. The quality of movies is extremely variable these days but at least I know that if I'm rewatching, say The Shawshank Redemption, I can be assured of an enjoyable time. Of course, having an xbox 360 eats into my spare time on occasion... :o(Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773088730561800442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-79569247163614941452010-08-21T07:27:08.107+01:002010-08-21T07:27:08.107+01:00M - Thanks for the comment. Rachel told me the sto...M - Thanks for the comment. Rachel told me the story about you two going to see Inception. I will share a bit of it here for other readers - as I understand it, a couple decided to attend the film purely so they could sit there chatting all the way through it. After being shouted at by M, the couple, who clearly didn't give a rat's butt about anyone but themselves, decided they were bored and left. However, the male of the couple dropped his credit card on the floor without realising.<br /><br />Thus, is universal justice served.<br /><br />I did try to persuade Rachel to use the credit card to buy porn and pizzas, but she was too scared. A nice alternative would have been to make a large charitable donation with it, perhaps to a society that deals specifically with people who have had popcorn pushed inside their rectum with the toe of a size 12 boot.<br /><br />Funny you should mention opening a cinema - it's something that I'd love to do. <br />A small place, 2 screens, 300 seats max, harking back to the glory days and showing a selection of brand new fayre and classics. <br />I would also bring back the Friday all-nighter, with horror fests and b-movie schlock. In addition, I would market all-day film fests as well: Both Star Wars Trilogy's back to back, all THREE of the Indiana Jones films, even a back to back showing of the SAW movies, just for shits and giggles.<br /><br />Ah, to have such dreams is a wondrous thing.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773088730561800442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-25224495087703068572010-08-21T07:17:07.593+01:002010-08-21T07:17:07.593+01:00ishouldbeworking - I'm astonished that such pe...ishouldbeworking - I'm astonished that such people would go and see The Thick Of It. Perhaps they saw 'Thick' in the title and felt strangely drawn to it...<br /><br />My cinema buddy did suggest to me that I might want to visit just the Director's Chair showings at the local Odeon because they tend to be populated by the more discerning filmgoer resulting in less idle chit-chat and general fucking about.<br /><br />I simply can't bring myself to do that though for several reasons:<br />1) The Odeon has currently suspended their Director's Chair screenings for the summer because of the school holidays and their need to fit in one more screening of 'Ooh colours and shapes in 3D', <br />2) Why the hell should I limit myself specifically to one screening a week at about 8 o'clock in the evening? I like to leave work early, say 4, go straight to the cinema and be home by 7, <br />3) Why should I only be allowed to see arty, independent films in peace and quiet? I want to see Iron Man 2 or The Dark Knight without hordes of bawling shit-heads ruining it for me.<br /><br />There are really only three options I can see.<br />Never go to the cinema again.<br />Move to London.<br />Commit an act of mass murder.<br /><br />I'm currently undecided between the first and last...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773088730561800442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-65676687760182097022010-08-20T18:23:52.604+01:002010-08-20T18:23:52.604+01:00We don't have it quite this bad in the US, but...We don't have it quite this bad in the US, but the cinema experience has gotten bad enough for me to cut the number of times I go drastically, along with apparently lots of other people, since most people seem to watch movies via internet downloads or DVDs these days.<br /><br />I actually enjoyed going to a public place and watching a movie with other people, and watching their reactions, but people are definitely more rude in public these days. Which means I've gone from enjoying public places to trying to avoid them.<br /><br />In the U.S., cinemas started trying to squeeze in two evening showings, meaning the hours are always awkward for someone coming from work, you either have to go immediately upon emerging from your commute, or emerge sometime after midnight, a bit too late on a weekday.<br /><br />But I've never gotten into the home cinema/ DVD/ download experience, because when I'm at home I always seem to have something better to do than to sit down and watch a movie. It could be the quality of movies has dropped. They are certainly longer, meaning a bigger investment of time is required to watch them.but I have enough time to make comments on obscure websitesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-1723852879582158322010-08-20T15:10:40.395+01:002010-08-20T15:10:40.395+01:00It's so sad that the Odeon are everywhere, I&#...It's so sad that the Odeon are everywhere, I've just discovered that we have the Electric Theatre in Guildford which shows small films and also hold different seasons, this is a saving grace as I hardly ever go to the cinema, mainly due to the disgusting price attached to a ticket and that's just the plain old wooden chairs, don't get me started on the audacious attitude of charging for a bigger chair!<br /><br />We went to see inception and though it wasn't anywhere near as traumatic as your experience it was still hounded by sweet wrappers, slurping drinks and twats who can't shut up. I had the rage as well, coursing through my body, everytime some one spoke. We had someone sitting next to us, a couple who constinued to speak through the film, I finally snapped and told them to shut up as I was trying to watch the film, I'll get Rachel to tell you the full story. The cinema shouldn't be so fucking stressful! I want to sit in a darkened room and be amazed and get lost not listen to peoples plans for the weekend! <br /><br />It would be wonderful if a company decided to take film seriously on a large scale and kick the shit out odeon and bring the wonder back. Sadly it won't happen. <br /><br />Or will it. Dan this is your calling!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244614225679187331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505209.post-63709930103046682572010-08-20T10:53:57.521+01:002010-08-20T10:53:57.521+01:00I know exactly where you're coming from. The l...I know exactly where you're coming from. The last time I went to the Odeon in Brighton was to see 'The Thick of It' last year. I anticipated a relatively discerning audience who would be broadly Homo Sapien or even Homo Erectus in genus, thereby ensuring a degree of protection from the usual slurping chimps. <br /><br />Sadly, I was mistaken and most of those in attendance were there 'for the funny swearing', with the result that every time someone on screen said 'fuck' (I lost count after 5,376), they issued great belching guffaws, nudged each other, and celebrated with another sonorous suck on their eight-gallon Pepsi Max. <br /><br />I will now only ever attend the Duke of Yorks (which I think you would like). It can be poncey but people do tend to behave like, er, evolved humans.<br /><br />My sympathies.Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.com