Personally I will only go to the movies on full price nights under the following circumstances:

1. It’s a movie I’ve wanted to see for ages or have a particular affinity with. (Watchmen was a recent one of these, Iron Man II will be another.)

2. I’ll only be paying for my own ticket, for example if I go with a group of friends rather than going with my girlfriend. This way there is no price difference between full price and Orange Wednesdays.

3. If someone else is paying.

Savoy in nottingham is £4.50 for non-student and £3.50 for students as their regular price. They show up-to-date movies, and they are of good quality. The seats act like seats, the floor i walk on acts like a floor, the steps i go down still act like steps except i’m paying £10 for a night out instead of £20.
I think a major issue with the industry of entertainment is that everyone expects flashy, gold plated, cribs-like environments as standard. They aren’t.

I think they should atleast release DVD Movies far quicker than what they do now.

And the cost you say dan? Come off it, it does not cost that much to replace the cinema equipment, look at the storage space they’d save!

And how much we pay for the cinema now… Well that’s enough to pay for the war on terror…

Take Mansfield Odeon for example, that was built way after decent digital alternatives were out, and look, they went for the cheapest option.

For how much we pay for the cinema and the *essentials* such as food and drink, we really should be getting more for our money.

@Sam I find the cinema more often than not blurry and uncomfy, I’ve downloaded movies that appear to be better quality than I’ve had at some cinema’s, out of focus blurry reel cinema should be removed for good, seriously America’s had DVD Decent Projectors since pft, I was 15? Why dont we have high quality cinema? Because we’re british and old fashioned aparently and those movie lines and slight blurr are all part of the *Cinema Experience*, not for me thanks!

Big Screen TV’s and Cheap projectors are killing cinema! They should give Sky / Virgin the option to release heavily encoded broadcasts on a pay per view basis of the latest movies at the cinema for the cost of 1 or even 2 tickets, I think then Hollywood would see some real returns in money.

IMO The only thing doing Cinema any favours ATM is Orange with Orange Wednesday!

Give me a popcorn machine, a projector, and some awesome speakers and I’ll never go to the cinema again.

@Sam – I suppose we differ in that respect. I love the cinema and although I moan, I don’t mind paying the prices because I enjoy the whole experience so much. The smells, the sound, the communal atmosphere of a packed theatre.

I think I’m of the same mind in almost every respect. I only differ slightly in that I will read other people’s opinions but don’t really let them sway me, unless it’s a film I’m not considering going to see. As you said, movies are subjective and I like to make up my own opinions about the films I see.

Personally, the factor of theatre prices weighs heavier than reviews, opinions etc when I’m deciding to go to see a movie. My local cinema charges £15 for 2 tickets, add £5+ for snacks and that’s the price of an evening in the local spent. In the current climate, I’ve got to really want to see a film bad enough to hit the cinema. I’ve not got a bad size telly so more often than not, I’m happy to wait a couple of months to rent or buy.