Eating at the cinema

Perhaps its lacking in people who visit somewhere that sells sweets, chocolate, popcorn, hot dogs and crisps, and then complain when people eat them.

Did you read my op misadventure?

aibu to find this constant munching and guzzling and bringing in smelly nachos, hot dogs etc really annoying.

Your OP.
HTH.

People eat nachos and hot dogs in place that sells nachos and hot dogs

Shocker.

Yes, but I don't think crisps bought from outside make any more noise than the things they sell inside.

Shortly before the film is due to start at Vue cinemas an announcement is made reminding us to turn off our phones, to stop talking and to sit back and enjoy the film. It works!

Loved 1917 and ate fruit pastilles throughout. I hope there was no sound but there is something compulsive about them while enjoying time at the cinema. I never eat them outside a cinema. I wouldn’t eat sweets with wrappers and I always open the packet before the film begins.

Lovetopaint, the things I like to eat in the cinema are things I dont like to eat in other contexts ?

E.g. bonbons

I'm afraid I'm a crisp fan.

They sell warm, freshly made crisp things at our cinema.

Fruit pastilles. Ah yes. Perfect cinema sweets, imho. Or even eating in bed sweets.

I really am craving fruit pastilles now.

I don't understand why people have to eat at all. Its why there is an intermission when they come round with the ice cream. It especially annoys me that its not just a bag of popcorn. People sit down with a bucketful of the stuff each! I try to avoid sitting anywhere near anybody else when I go but thats not easy these days when you have to buy an allocated seat. I also hate people who talk through the previews for coming shows. If someone around me talks during the main film I do shush them and they usually stop.

I'm surprised no one has posted this yet. It's a topic which comes up very often on the Kermode and Mayo film programme.

Love it JackyB should be compulsory

I agree with all the posters who think it is unnecessary to eat nachos, chips, noisy crisps, popcorn etc and drinking large cups of coffee or glasses of wine continuously during a film. I have no objection to folks eating a few quiet sweets - fruit pastilles are an excellent example, but not a whole meal!

I wonder how cinemas would feel if the local McDonalds, Prezzo, Subway, Pub etc started showing films? Cinemas should be for watching films and Restaurants/Pubs should be for eating and drinking. One can only wonder how clean the cinema seats are after previous visitors have spilled their drinks or food over the furniture and floor! ?.