Nachos at the cinema

I reckon I'd fall asleep on the sofa..

Its very much the norm in the everyman cinemas .....everyone has their own side table for their food and drinks...they do table service to your seats...I usually have a wine...but never food...but there's always someone chomping on a big fat burger... I do love the big comfy sofas though with scatter cushions...very comfy...which is why I go

I really think this depends on the type of cinema, the type of film and the time of day. A popular blockbuster movie suitable for the family will have a food and drink problem, and evenings probably too.

We go to weekday afternoon showings (Silver Screen if possible) and everyone sits quietly, doesn't make either noises or smells and I've never had the slightest problem!

My only complaint is the cinema volume level which is extremely high. I had to take concert earplugs to My Generation, A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody because they are all musical films and it was deafening! It could be that particular cinema of course......

I wished the cinemas would realize if they didn't charge a fortune for popcorn and snacks, that people wouldn't feel the need to buy them elsewhere first.

My go-to has always been chocolate raisins, but I was disappointed when I found out the local cinema stopped stocking them. I haven't been to the cinema since initial lock-down, so I'm not sure what they have now, but I won't pay more for the popcorn than I did for the movie!

MissAdventure

Strange, isn't it, how things change?
All this extra food and drink between meals is almost compulsory now.

Hence the obesity crisis!

People getting up and going to the toilet getting snacks/drinks during the performance annoys me more than people eating. Why can't they sit still for a couple of hours? I've seen people doing this at gigs too when the tickets have been an astronomical price. What's wrong with them? Concentration span of gnats!

My GD had some years ago and dropped the lot. OMG. Can only assume that they make lots of money selling them.

TillyTrotter

BTW Belfast is a great film Vintagejazz.

Yes it is Tillytrotter.

When I was a child we usually brought a packet of sweets into the cinema. But we certainly didn't have buckets of popcorn and huge containers of coke, and no adult would have dreamt of guzzling the amount of food some people get through during a film nowadays. A trip to the cinema must cost them an absolute fortune.

I haven’t been to the cinema for ages.

I think back fondly to when you just had an ice cream at the interval, in a tub, with a little wooden spoon/spatula to eat it with. Don’t like popcorn.

Oh, happy days!

I thought everyone knew that anything consumed in a Cinema in the dark has zero calories in it.
My zero rated calorie treat is Maltesers or M&Ms. plus you don’t feel guilty eating in the dark, not that you need to of course as they are zero calories too.

Our local Odeon sells hot dogs and the smell lingers through the whole showing off the film

When we went to the cinema several years ago there were people eating proper, full blown curry that they had brought in from outside. The smell in the hot, confined space was overpowering. ?? We never went back to that particular venue!

BTW Belfast is a great film Vintagejazz.

The smell of someone eating nacho’s near me in the cinema reminds me of the smell of the cage that my DD’s mouse lived in.

Strange, isn't it, how things change?
All this extra food and drink between meals is almost compulsory now.

Do you know Miss A, I may just have done that. I was super pleased with our 6 year old boys who were entranced by the production - but yes, they did have sweeties before and after the production

Did you purse your lips in their direction?

The cost of taking our grandchildren to the cinema must double because they’re used to,sweets and popcorn as part of the fun.
I’ve accepted the noise thst goes with people eating at the cinema.m I was shocked to see the same happening at a live performance of the lion witch wardrobe recently. I know it’s snotty of me but I expected theatre audiences to be able to last an hour or so without noisy eating, sweet unwrapping. ?

I think you must be allowed.
The food outlets are different businesses from the cinema, so it's up to the customer where they purchase their munchies from.

Our cinema is next to Poundland, most people buy their sweets and drinks from there. They do not check anything, people openly carry their products in.

Chestnut

If someone tried searching my bag I'd get my money back and leave the cinema, telling them in no uncertain terms why!

I'm not an eater in the cinema. I went a few times in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and had no problem with food smells or sounds, but maybe because we went mid-week in the daytime. Perhaps the munchers are in the evening?

Yes I think it's mainly in the evenings and at the more popular films.
I've stopped going to one cinema because it's so bad.
Also people seem incapable of staying in their seat for the duration of the film anymore - in and out.

Sorry didn’t post very well, basically you’re allowed.

Just looked this up
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2022/mar/21/own-snacks-cinema-food#:~:text=For%20years%2C%20smuggling%20food,watch%20films%20in%20public%20places.

What do they do if they find something in your bag. Refund your ticket price. Because surely they have no right to take stuff from you that you have paid for ?!?!