A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived | Stuart Heritage
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Many struggling cinemas depend on sales of pricey food and drink as ticket revenue mainly goes to film studios. But does banning outside supplies really add up, asks Stuart Heritage
  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    I like movies and I like the atmosphere at my local cinema. I’m going there almost every week. Most of the time I bring my own snacks. I think they just ignore me because I’m like…their best customer, lol. :D

    I do order a drink every time. But eating popcorn or nachos every week sounds like a nightmare, and that’s all they have there.

      • Alenalda@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        if you talk with some of the workers, they will often toss out the popcorn at the end of the nigh. Ive been know to take in a trash bag and fill it up.

      • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        These ones I really enjoyed in the last few years:

        • The Whale (whole room was crying at the end)
        • The Quiet Girl (surprise Irish movie that made my emotions come out)
        • Spy x Family - The Movie (great humour)
        • Civil War (shocking images, the mood change was brutal)
        • The Boy and the Heron (my first Miyazaki experience, what a wild ride)
        • Wonka (I’m not into musicals, but this was awesome as fuck)
        • Inside Out 2 (great orchestral soundtrack, well-written and relatable)
        • No Hard Feelings (worst trailer of all time, but the movie was very wholesome and funny)
        • Furiosa (I’ve watched that in IMAX with Dolby Atmos. FUCKING awesome.)
        • Robot Dreams (Cute animation + Twin Towers, nice combo)
        • Encanto (Disney + great plot + emotions)
        • To Catch a Killer / Catch the Killer (great crime movie!)
        • Barbie (they criticize Mattel and it’s really empowering for women, I liked it)
        • The Batman (dark, gritty, brutal - that’s how it’s supposed to be)
        • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (I can’t even describe how awesome this is)
        • Dungeons & Dragons (I never played DnD, but this was well-written, creative and entertaining)
        • The Super Mario Bros. movie (great humour and Jack Black does an awesome singing performance)

        These movies are solid. Not great, but still very enjoyable:

        • The Fall Guy (cool stunts!)
        • Challengers (a bit weird, but I liked the message at the end)
        • Fly Me to the Moon (solid acting, interesting premise, not every joke works)
        • The Bikeriders (a movie about a biker gang. Cool.)
        • Dune Part I + II (great SciFi flicks, but veeery long)
        • The Teachers Lounge (we produce one good movie per year here in Germany. This is one.)
        • The Holdovers (good acting, but the plot was stolen from someone else, sooo…)
        • Migration (very well written for a childrens movie)
        • Next Goal Wins (funny soccer movie)
        • The Creator (omg, those visuals!)
        • A Haunting in Venice (good mystery crime movie, but don’t expect to be able to solve the riddle by yourself)
        • M3GAN (another murder puppy movie, but pretty modern)

        And these movies are pretty bad or just disappointing:

        • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Family Drama: The Movie)
        • Problemista (I wanted to like it, but it’s just weird, unfunny and incoherent)
        • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (the disappointing fourth entry of a great trilogy)
        • Miller’s Girl (this movie is just an excuse to put Jenna Ortega in tight outfits)
        • Demon Slayer: Hashira Training movie (half of the movie is just a rerun of the last episodes, fuck you)
        • Madame Web (bad writing, bad CGI, bad everything)
        • The Beekeeper (Jason Statham kills everyone, but it was just boring)
        • Wish (all bad things about past Disney movies combined into a soulless new one)
        • Killers of the Flower Moon (way too long, laziest fucking ending I’ve ever seen)
        • The Equalizer 3 (Walking around and nothing happens - The Movie)
        • Falling for Figaro (an opera movie with the most cliche romance plot ever, total garbage)
        • The Little Mermaid (all underwater scenes are dark as fuck, what is this?)
        • 65 (Jurassic Park with no budget and Adam Driver)

        …and then there’s also “The Zone of Interest”. I wouldn’t say I enjoyed it, but it’s definitely an experience. You could’ve heard a hairpin drop at the cinema and it was packed with people. No one bought popcorn. I wish every fascist here in Germany would be forced to watch that one and think about their stupid beliefs.