http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/ TheShiznit.co.uk - Recent Comments en-gb 5 http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/ TheShiznit.co.uk Home Page http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/you-wouldnt-download-an-assclown-a-rant-on-why-cinemas-are-dying.php Luckily for me, here, in Poland, our cinemas are still evolving into the state described in the article. I guess, it’s matter of several years to get there. But some symptoms are visible (picnic, cells, kids watching films they shouldn’t be allowed to). Still, I try to avoid going to the cinema during weekends. Last time it happened was with ’2012’ (must add I mainly watch effects based films at the cinema). We organized a kind of a family watching(6 people from my and wifey’s families, big mistake btw). From entering the Mall I felt like mental vomitting. But I always feel that way in a crowded place, anyways. Then I promised to myself - never again. Now I choose only days of week that are chosen by few and pick films that I’m really eager to see, unfortunately not all films that I’d like to see are shown - an example of total stupidity was not bringing Hurt Locker. No distributor in Poland was interested. Only 2 or 3 cinemas in the capital city somehow organized viewings. Now, after Oscars, a few others joined. Not my town, though. So now it’s on DVD and at some cinemas, clever, right? http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/weekend-round-up-the-bible-robots-and-more-bill-and-ted.php B&T’s Excellent Adventure was the first movie I watched until I knew every single word. I like to think I still do. "This is Dave Beeth Oven, Maxine of Arc, Herman The Kid, Bob "Genghis" Khan, Socrates Johnson, Dennis Frood and ... uh... *shrugs* Abraham Lincoln." Also, in Bogus Journey, when they fall forever. Man, it’s still funny so maaaaaany years on. http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/you-wouldnt-download-an-assclown-a-rant-on-why-cinemas-are-dying.php Absolutely. If I had the option to download to watch latest releases I’d pay happily. Run a similar service to the xbox live rental where you can keep for X days but once you watch it self-deletes after 48hrs. I love movies but I hate people, therein lies the problem. I get headache-inducing angry just trying to browse in hmv and somebody is standing in front of me reading the back of Cobra. Please, let me download new releases legally & you’ll solve the internet piracy problem in a second. http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/weekend-round-up-the-bible-robots-and-more-bill-and-ted.php To this day those films remain quotable and relevant. Napolean being my favourite with his outrage, "pay? Waterrrrr slide?". Now I want to watch them again. "when did the mongols invade china?" "don’t ask me kid, I just work here" http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/you-wouldnt-download-an-assclown-a-rant-on-why-cinemas-are-dying.php It’s got nothing to do with who likes the film more, if you’ve paid your money, you have just as much right to be there as me. It’s when the chatter and the giggling and the chaviness happens that pisses me off. And even taking the moral high ground and shushing - or better yet, getting them thrown out - has to be marked as a loss, because you’re making more noise for everyone else, and missing more of the film than you would if you just kept quiet. Digital distribution is the way to go. I’ll happily pay £30 a month (twice what I do now) to see every new release in pin-sharp HD in my living room, and I suspect most of us agree. http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/weekend-round-up-the-bible-robots-and-more-bill-and-ted.php Be excellent to each other It’s basically how I’ve lived my life. Death: "They Melvin’ed me." http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/you-wouldnt-download-an-assclown-a-rant-on-why-cinemas-are-dying.php My biggest problem at the cinema for me at the moment isn’t simply the general public getting on my nerves but the poor deployment of staff. I went to see Alice In Wonderland last Saturday afternoon with the girlfriend (alas, it was full and had to come back at 9:30). Possibly the cinema’s busiest time and there was ONE person working the box office, dealing with a huge queue whilst there were THREE people milling about the bit where they tear your ticket with only one of them actually tearing the ticket. I will admit though, and I’m not proud of it, I do have somewhat of an arrogance when it comes to the cinema and because I know a lot about films, write about films and basically talk about films all the damn time, I feel I deserve to be there more than the chavs in front of me who will no doubt ruin the film for me. Also, I immediately hate everyone in the cinema lobby, but this basically boils down to me wanting to get the best seat and I see everyone else as potential for me ending up stuck at the front with a bad neck. I, like Ali, also pay nearly £15 a month for unlimited films. With this I should be able to waltz in to any film I please, bypass all queues, be the cinema’s top priority, slap the employees around the face with my Unlimited Card whilst they greet me at the door and avoid being stuck behind indecisive plebs who can’t remember the name of the film when they get to the counter. I’ve been to the cinema 16 times this year already so obviously I do like going but don’t like the experience of going. So I usually stick to the latest possible showing in the middle of the week. This usually makes the whole experience a lot less stressful and mong-free, and the place feels a whole lot more peaceful. http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/weekend-round-up-the-bible-robots-and-more-bill-and-ted.php More Bill & Ted please. With more evil robot-them action. "Full on robot chubby" http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/you-wouldnt-download-an-assclown-a-rant-on-why-cinemas-are-dying.php The last time I went to a cinema and had a pleasureable experience was watching Return Of The King at the big cinema in Greenwich. It was expensive, but beautifully designed and an usher came out to tell people anybody using mobiles or asked more than once to be quiet would be ejected. I buy a LOT of DVDs, and now BluRays so Hollywood gets profits from me. I downloaded The Road however. Why? Because it never came to my cinema, because it wouldn’t make enough ££ for the cinema chain to justify showing it. Yes, I was that anal I rang and asked. But I’ll buy it on BluRay when it comes out, because I want to support the studio & artists that made it. And apols for the length of this article, I got locked in Moral Outrage and edit doesn’t figure. http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/comments/disney-pop-mo-cap-in-zemeckis-ass.php No more Uncanny Valley nightmares from Zemeckis. What a terrible shame etc.