Wow, would of never expected anyone here to be familiar enough with Springfield to know about the Campbell 16
Yeah, the prices have gone upā¦ $6 is the cheapest you can go to the cinema, unless you got to the second/third run theater(The Palace) and even they have raised their prices from $1.50 to $2.50 now
The Campbell may still do the first show of the day, before noon, for around $4.00ā¦ but Iām fairly sure that price has raised to $6.00 also
edit I have just checked, and even a film before noon runs $6!
I canāt believe how much it costs to go to the movies now.
You fellas donāt know how lucky you are.
Here in the UK the cheap (before 5pm) ticket prices at a suburban cinema are around Ā£6 which I think equates to around $9 U.S. And that is only monday to thursday. Friday matinees are over Ā£7 and anytime at the weekends including friday nights it is around Ā£8.
And that is regional or suburban cinemas. In central London it is around Ā£12 anytime and an extra Ā£3 if you are daft enough to see something in 3D. >:(
Well, I guess that is just it. I hardly ever go to the cinema anymore despite it being one of my very favourite passtimes. And as a family? Forget it.
The really sad thing is I know there are a lot of people like me out there who who would be regular patrons of the local cinema (no matter what shit they shovelled up for me) if the price was more reasonable. As it is, the cinema is fast becoming the sole domain of teenagers who still qualify for cheaper rates and are desperate for somewhere to go with their mates.
I was also thinking about thisā¦ It seems to me the logical thing to do, to decrease ticket prices. This would surely get many more people going to see films again
Iām not a huge fan of Woody Allen and his film but this one I enjoyed from the beginning to the end. Loved the dialogues and all the actors/actresses.
Not a film and not at the cinema but I couldnāt think where else to post this.
I went with the good lady wife to the National Theatre here on Londonās Southbank to see a play called The Pitmen Painters. I know, but Iām an arty farty sort at heart. And this was a terrific play. Based around a real life group of coal miners who organised an art appreciation class for themselves during the 1930s which developed into an artistās collective group when they took up the brushes and started painting themselves. They became known as The Ashington Group and enjoyed a fair deal of celebrity and success (along with long periods of obscurity) over the next 50 years whilst still continuing to do 10 hour shiftys under ground.
The play itself has a real political thrust as well as being very funny. A lot of the humour stems from the clash of class and attitudes but also from the wonderful Geordie accents they all had. For those members from outside the UK, the Geordie is a native of Newcastle in the north east of England and has a very distinctive, often almost indecipherable accent which always lends itself well to comedy.
Anyway, it was a great night out with the missus and if you get a chance to catch it Iād heartily recommend it. Unlikely to be put on outside of the UK I suspect but you never know.
To establish a comparison, I have heard people compare āthe Geordieā to āthe Cajunsā from Louisiana here in the States. Both groups have really unusual accents which, as you say, are sometimes indecipherable and work well within comedy.
The play, and the history behind it, sounds very interesting to me, Phil.
Truly working class art!
[quote=āChris_Casey, post:153, topic:2027ā]To establish a comparison, I have heard people compare āthe Geordieā to āthe Cajunsā from Louisiana here in the States. Both groups have really unusual accents which, as you say, are sometimes indecipherable and work well within comedy.
The play, and the history behind it, sounds very interesting to me, Phil.
Truly working class art![/quote]
Working class art indeed. Which always warms an old leftyās heart like mine.
The groupās private collection is now housed in a museum located at the site of the pit they used to work in. Hereās the website if youād like to take a look.
I knew they would rate it so that everybody could go and see it; otherwise 20[sup][size=8pt]th[/size][/sup] Century Fox would lose a lot of ticket sales.
This is a film that you need to see on the big screen. The bigger, the
better. This movie is James Cameron new āepicā and anything less that a
large screen will not do it justice. The special effects are
staggering, even if they are CGI and Motion-Capture. At times, Cameron
blurs the points of what is real and what is computer generated.
Sigourney Weaver is very good as a humane scientist and gives the films
best performance, even if scenery chewing villain Stephen Lang comes a
honourable second. Now that I have said that the special effects are
indeed special (the planet of Pandora is staggering; every little
insect is down to a tee, nothing is missed) and should (nay, will) win
all the awards at the Acadamy Awards, lets delve into its weak points.
First off, the story is not Earth shatteringly brilliant and has been
done many, many times before in different settings and if the love
story is redundant at least is doesnāt take up to much screen time and
the final battle fully compensates for that. Also, most of the
performances range from the okay (Sam Worthington) to the bland
(Michelle Rodriguez). All in all, a movie well worth seeing, but only
at the cinema.
Got some cinema vouchers from a friend for Christmas so decided on a family trip out to the movies. The first for a long time. Guy Ritchieās recent track record has been rubbish to say the least and I wasnāt expecting anything from this one at all but to my happy surprise it was actually pretty good. Downey Jr and Jude Law make an interesting and entertaining new slant on Holmes and Watson; adding a lot more physicality to the parts while at the same time making them somehow more domestic and human. More like a bickering old married couple. It is genuinely funny in parts too while still being exciting and keeping the mystery of the plot engaging. The whole family enjoyed it too which was a plus. I have to say āWell done, Mr Ritchie. You surprised me.ā
