Cinema by yourself?

[jefmcg]

I was once in a queue with Richard E Grant, who was unaccompanied. I thought nothing of it, except that he wanted to see the film. What are you afraid of? Though come to think of it, when mobiles were new, I once saw someone standing in a queue for tickets alone, chatting on his phone, when it rang!

 

[pplpilot]

I spend on average about 10 days a month in hotels, i think nothing of going cinema on my own, ot the indian/Chinese/pub/club/museum/walk along the beach I actually like my own company. Go for it.

 

[Brains]

My wife is a very regular cinema goer, and given the shifts she works is usually on her own. She has been going on her own to the cinema since bunking off school as a teenager

 

[Brains]

I spend on average about 10 days a month in hotels, i think nothing of going cinema on my own, ot the indian/Chinese/pub/club/museum/walk along the beach I actually like my own company. Go for it.

Yep, I used to do a lot of that as well, all over the world.
I've seen some amazing museums, cathedrals and castles, and a lot of films in strange places,
'Gladiator' in an Roman amphitheatre was so good I went twice (it was also the only film on the bill in English)

I've also eaten in hundreds of restaurants on my own.
The best of which, (usually in Greece oddly enough,) have a single diners table where they put you all on one table, which has occasionally lead to long evenings putting the world to rights with complete strangers.
The only place I've felt intimidated by eating alone is in Germany. It just does not seem to be the done thing there.

 

[Smokin Joe]

The only place I've felt intimidated by eating alone is in Germany. It just does not seem to be the done thing there.

You might end up sitting next to these -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKgHUrKZiXA

 

[MossCommuter]

I disagree with some of those rules. It's clearly perfectly acceptable to eat pop corn during the film, though crunching and rustling should be minimized as far as possible

When I had a minor role in cinema (film distribution) the owner of one of the smaller chains introduced himself as "Britain's biggest popcorn retailer".

They make more from popcorn, sweets and pop than from movies

 

[MichaelW2]

Absolutely right. What a strange question to ask - although I have come across one or two people who wouldn't dream of going to a restaurant or a pub on their own either, for some odd reason I don't really understand.

Some people won't even go to the toilet on their own.

 

[snorri]

Yes, what used to be plain good manners has to be explained to people now,

Yeah it was good in the old days at the pictures when people just knew not to smoke.

 

[jefmcg]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFX4ylV_ko

 

[snorri]

The only place I've felt intimidated by eating alone is in Germany. It just does not seem to be the done thing there.

I've never been aware of any differences in Germany.

 

[tyred]

I go nearly everywhere alone. I'm happy in my own company and in many ways prefer to do things alone as I can do as I please.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Going on your own is not the problem the question should be are there any movies worth watching.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To me that's the reason I don't go to the cinema very often.

 

[cyberknight]

Why dint the OP and @jefmcg get together for a meal and a movie , sorted .

 

[cyberknight]

To me that's the reason I don't go to the cinema very often.

I now have the joys of kids who want to go so this year i have seen paddington and minions

 

[Piemaster]

Used to go regularly by myself when I had a Cineworld card and was working out of Aberdeen. Was an opportunity to go and see films that OH wouldn't have been interested in and on occasion ones I wouldn't normally bother with, some of which I really enjoyed - mostly foreign language type ones.
Lad I worked with had one of the cards too. He disappeared one Sunday and when I saw him the following admitted he'd watched 3 films on the trot, basically just topping up on popcorn/hotdogs on the way from one screen to the next.