Getting back to normal . .

Last Friday I went to the cinema for the first time in nearly three years to watch Top Gun Maverick (no, please don't ask why 🤦‍♀️). I paid £9.50 for my ticket, £3.00 for an enormous tub of popcorn that I am still finishing, and £2.00 for a drink.

The evening's entertainment was augmented by a fist fight that broke out in the front row, apparently arising from an irreconcilable difference of opinion over the correctness (or otherwise) of discussing the main feature with a neighbour in a very loud voice.

The future of cinemas occupied a disproportionate amount of the national discourse during covid lockdown. I wonder if the sector may now wither away naturally.

Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M

This is why people stream movies at home. People don't behave in public. Shut up and put that damn phone on silence and in your pocket.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Crazywaterspring Exactly, and the behaviour hax got worse in two years. I think all those buildings are doomed to become expensive white elephants.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

Honestly, I wish it would. I much prefer streaming content now. I go see movies fairly frequently and the "theater experience" is awful.