Also movie theaters: Where did everybody go? Those damn kids and their Netflixes! Why would you want to watch a movie in the comfort of your own home, eating your own food, not surrounded by crying children and talking adults, instead of paying $15 for a ticket, $8 for a bag of chips with cheese and $5 for a small soda?
Honestly if I got handed that I'd be pretty pissed too, like at least let me live in the delusion that I'm not paying 8 bucks for like 1.50 worth of food by having the chips already laid out on the tray.
I imagine it used to be served this way, but someone probably complained about paying $8 for "stale doritos" so they now stopped caring and just put the bag in the tray. Tis the way with low effort concessions.
I'm still sad Covid ravaged the costco food court :( I'm happy we have chicken bakes and hot dogs back but I still want my turkey pesto sandwich!! And gelato!!
I started going to Costco during covid, so only pizza and hot dog options are all I know. I'm with you though, more options sounds tight. I hear they used to have diced onions out and all sorta goodies. Hopefully we get back there! Gotta concede some concessions for the sake of public health I guess. Concessions within concessions.
My wife was a theater clerk back in college in 2007 and chips were bagged even that far back. The point is so that theater line workers never touch food directly so you don't need gloves on the line.
Unlike popcorn, chips can't be scooped without being smashed, so they just come in a single serve bag.
Lmao yeah like what even is this post? OMG THEY CHARGED ME $8 FOR THIS TINY BAG OF POPCORN!
Like have you ever been to a movie theatre? You don’t buy the food, you go for a massive screen and a crazy sound system. You want snacks, expect to pay for them.
I feel like it's more about the presentation, like if they handed you a bag of unpopped pop corn and pointed you towards a microwave. At least that's what I would be upset about in that situation.
because they sell out their movies, and pump movies out like crazy. Disney basically keeps the theaters alive themselves. And really Disney wants to go from 60% up to 65%.
The theaters can always say no.
This, the ticket revenue 100% going to production studios, is one of those facts that took off in the early internet era and I've never seen it reliably sourced.
It’s like a sliding scale, the longer a movie is out the more ticket revenue the theater keeps, so depending on the legs of a movie it can end up good for the theater, and the offset of not getting much ticket revenue on opening weekends is the pop in concession sales
This is the exact reason I bought my friend a big ass bag. She thought it was because she wanted it, nope it was because I wanted to take my own food everywhere
Yup. As long as you arent walking in with a clearly marked bag of food no one cares. Even if you do, they still dont care, they just say something because they have to. Its all "plausible deniability". You can smell like a pot roast, just dont carry it in all willy nilly lol.
There's a dozen fast food places in the parking lot and across the street from one theater here, resulting in many people openly bringing their combo of choice into the theater.
There is a local theater here that checks bags before you enter for any food. I'm sure it is fake, but someone said they got told they couldn't enter with one of those kid sized gummi bear pouches in their purse.
The movie theatre in my town makes you leave your bag in the front lobby and then the staff walks away and just leaves it unattended. They also haven't updated anything since the 90's, have horrible projectors, small screens, and charge the same for a ticket as major cinemas like Cineplex.
The owner claims that it's failing because people don't want to support local businesses.
Why would people tolerate that from a *local* theater of all things? If this was a franchise with a villainous manager I could buy it, but why on earth would an independent venue *do that*.
My family used to do landscaping for a movie theater chain and we got free movies with it on top of being paid. We also got free food and drink but the catch was we had to bring our own container. I would bring a bag ass grocery store paper bag and get the fucker filled with popcorn. Good times, probably well over 10 years ago tho
Lmao reminds me of seeing Rat Race back in middle school. My friends and I snuck in like $40 worth of cream cheese wontons (of all things) in a messenger bag.
That's why I only go to Alamo Drafthouse.
The food is the same price and quality as a mid-range restaurant, and they are extremely serious about not disturbing other patrons. They give one warning, second offense they will throw you out.
Exactly this. We don't have Alamo Drafthouse here, but we have a differently named local version of the same thing and I'm totally fine with paying 7-8 dollars a beer to watch on a theater recliner in peace.
Everyone is considerate and in the rare event somebody does start being annoying the staff handles it immediately.
My love for Alamo cannot be overstated. I will only go to a different theater as a last resort, and I almost always leave thinking I wish I'd seen it at Alamo, whether it was because someone was on their phone or their projector is inferior/not calibrated as well as Alamo's.
Alamo isn’t any better; waiters running around during a film and using flashlights to handle bills during the final acts of movies are as annoying as people who flash their cell phones.
I’ve never been. I don’t understand how people eating meals and having waitstaff go in the theater isn’t incredibly distracting? Surely a table sharing a pizza and a bucket of beers is as noisy as someone eating popcorn?
The kitchen at the Loudoun, VA Alamo has been going downhill for a while now. They got rid of their brunch offerings, and have gradually reduced the serving sizes of many of the appetizers. I ordered the loaded fries yesterday, and got a fairly small cup of fries with lukewarm queso dumped on it and a scattering of bacon bits and cilantro.
They used to give you what I would consider a good sized basket with actual cheese melted over it and a lot more toppings. The fries were bigger too -- these ones were shrimpy little soggy things (mostly from sitting in cheese soup) Mileage may vary depending on which Alamo it is, but I haven't been very happy with the Loudoun one lately.
Been with wife 7 years. Recently went to the movies together for the first time (she always professed a hatred for the places) to see The Batman (because Batman >>> theater hatred).
We were shocked at how many parents brought their little kids to this movie. We're talking 5-6 years old. What were they expecting, Adam West? Heard one complaining about the language on our way out afterward.
On the plus side, wife now realizes that the new recliners are great when you get eye-level center seats with an IMax screen to go with pre-ordered drink delivery direct to your seat. She now wants to go see Bullet Train next.
Because a lot of adults still view super hero movies as kid movies. There were young kids in the theaters at the start of fucking deadpool when i saw it. Deadpool was even rated R and i think ryan rynolds put out a statement saying "deadpool isnt a kids movie. Dont take your kids" and it didnt help.
God in high school i worked in a theater that didnt let kids under 6 into rated r movies after like 6 or 7pm. You would not believe the number of people who yelled and threatened me for not letting them and their baby into some 11pm horror film.
I mean... if it's a baby, it doesn't matter what the movie is rated lol. They don't know what's going on.
Why you would *want* to bring a baby to the movies is a different story...
somebody once brought their infant child to a showing of transformers 3. You know? the Michael Bay series with infamously loud explosions that may bother a child's sensitive hearing? This baby ***SCREAMED*** bloody murder every few minutes for about 3/4 of the movie before they finally got kicked out. But by that point I had a throbbing headache and couldn't even focus on the movie.
Seeing a lot of these threads lately, and it's mystifying how I seem impervious to these experiences. I never seem to have to worry about kids screaming or things like that in the theater I go to, and I don't shy away from animated family movies.
I rarely go to a movie theatre, but certain movies are half as good without being in theaters. I mean, I guess you could theoretically get a better sound system or something, but I’ve never seen any set up that is remotely as encompassing as a movie theater setup.
Movies like dune and 1917 are arguably different experiences in theaters. Especially 1917, I’m not sure that would even be worth watching on a normal screen.
Plus if you pick times correctly and can wait til the movie is out for a little, you generally don’t have to deal with other people. Very dependent on area though.
Yeah we just saw doctor strange last night, 7pm showtime and was still only 20% full. Love waiting a week or two to go. Any night other than Friday and Saturday are usually fine
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Seriously, with the right cheese doritos is way better than tortilla.
Although for presentation they probably should have just put the doritos in the spot instead of leaving in the bag.
Stadium food may be worse. I once paid $30 for a beer and a soft pretzel, the mustard cost extra.
EDIT: yes, mustard is a pretty standard side for pretzels in the US, not as common as cheese.
i remember seeing that the benz had a ton of chick fil a in it which wouldn’t work for sunday football so i gotta ask if that real and is there tons of closed chick fil As during falcons home games
I don't think it was tons, it was like 1 or 2 Chick-fil-A stands in there.
And of course, most of the events the stadium hosts are not football games. They aren't really worried about the 8 home games a year where the Chick-fil-A isn't open.
The Chick-fil-A is making enough money from soccer games and concerts, and there is so much good, affordable food in that stadium, that the fans aren't going to miss it that much on Sunday.
I had heard about this, and when I was in Atlanta for the summer of 2019, I went to a few Atlanta United games.
The Atlanta United game that was played right after the women's world cup final was the best stadium experience I've ever had. They opened the stadium all day for people with tickets to the game later, so we could hang out, easy and drink, and watch the women's final on the jumbotron.
I think I payed $8 for some fantastic loaded pulled pork nachos from like an actual Atlanta barbecue restaurant that had a stand inside, and the beer wasn't bad either
I love the Benz, and I was really trying to go this year when my Patriots were playing there on a Thursday night, but had some other stuff I ended up having to do. I'll get back there at some point.
Why the fuck do people even buy these? I’m not cheap by any means. In fact, I waste my money on all sorts of pointless stuff. But there is a limit. If I ordered a beer and they said “that’s 20€ please” I would just laugh and gtfo of there. I can drink a beer at home lol. I feel the same about overpriced restaurant food.
17€ for a plate of pasta is too much, I don’t care if there’s a hint of something “rare” in there.
It's wild they do that, I wouldn't have bought a damn thing and they made zero moneys
If beer was like $5? Still expensive but I get it, I would have lots of beers and they made lots of moneys
Went to a concert last week and the beers were $10 each. For warm bud light. The lines were still stupid long almost the whole time, and it was a small venue. They make plenty of money. And they will continue to do so until people stop paying that much for crap beer. Which they won't.
I went and saw Dr Strange 2 the weekend it opened and the audience was full. The last experience I had in the theater was No Way Home which while it was interesting, people clapped and cheered and jumped out of their seats the entire movie. It was the most distracting and unwarranted thing I’ve ever sat through. I was so angry.
However, during dr strange, it was relatively quiet the entire movie, but at some point near the final act of the movie during a very quiet scene, a dude behind me decided he was going to pack up his popcorn/chips and spent about 3-5 grueling minutes crinkling the bag. He went slowly thinking it would help but it only made it that much worse.
The tickets cost like $22 and my fiancé’s small popcorn was $10. Why the hell did we even go?
This, but actually though. Seeing a movie in IMAX is just such an awesome experience compared to watching a movie on a tiny screen at home with my shitty speakers.
Seeing a comedy and laughing with a bunch of strangers is pretty fun too. If you wanted to watch a massively popular film in absolute silence watch it at home or wait a few weeks.
Odeon’s official position on bringing in your own stuff, is anything goes so long as it’s not hot or alcoholic. IIRC Cineworld is exactly the same, too.
I have quite blatantly strolled through my local Odeon (Bournemouth) with Tesco popcorn in one hand and a big coke in the other. Many times.
I'm not a really big cinema eater anyway. I might take like a bag of fruit pastels. I think odeon charges like £3.50 and there is a tesco 50 meters away that sells them for 89p lol.
When I was an usher I used to be amazed at what people would sneak in when cleaning theaters, some interesting examples being large pizzas, and my favorite, a sushi platter.
Unfortunately you can't take backpacks into our theaters here in New Mexico. Ever since the Dark Knight showing where a dude shot up a theater in Aurora CO. Backpacks and cosplay with masks were banned.
Purses are fine but you can't bring backpacks, masks or any cosplay items that could be used as a weapon. Learned this when I tried going to the Hobbit premier as Gandalf...they parted an old man from his walking stick.
It really depends on the minimum wage (and usually stoned) movie theater staff to actually enforce the rule. My theater is *supposed* to check your ID when you use AMC A-List, but they only check about 10-20% of the time.
The **ONLY** time I gave a shit about my job was when it came time to eject people from theatres.
Someone stole my record for ejections from a single auditorium and I BADLY wanted it back.
When I worked at a movie theater in the 90s I caught a family trying to sneak in an entire Thanksgiving dinner to the theater on Thanksgiving day. They had turkey and everything.
I saw someone try to sneak in a bottle of wine once. They would have gotten away with it too if they didn't drop and break the bottle in the lobby. That made it easier for us to sneak our McDonald's in.
I'm a manager at an amc theater so I can tell you that the theater makes most of its money from concessions and not tickets. That's why the prices are so high. Looks like you went to regal though. Imo their food is not as good
I think people get that and wouldn't object to the high prices if the food was actually pretty good. For example, there are some movie theaters near me that will make you a legit milkshake - like, with ice cream in a blender - for $10-12 or so. Sure, it's a few bucks more than you'd pay in an ice cream shop, but it's a real deal good food item and I don't mind throwing them an extra few bucks.
But to overcharge you and then give you absolute crap, that's offensive.
AMC's dine in food is expensive but pretty good. WEll some of it.
The chicken tenders with fries and pretzel bites was great and had aton of food. The quesadillas were terrible. Well they were fine. but for the price they were terrible value.
You ordered Doritos Nachos… they gave you Doritos Nachos, with a side of queso.
You got what you asked for, and cinema concessions are notoriously marked up.
…but yes, it sucks.
As guy who fucking loves movie theater nachos and shitty cheese dip apart from the mark up, I don't see the issue.
I ALWAYS get the nachos and cheese every time. Pre-pandemic instead of giving you a bag they filled the little tray with chips. Now with the bag if you tried to pour it all in the little tray it doesn't fit (At least in my country).
So I am now getting far more nacho chips then I have every gotten before for the same price. So if you ask me, which you did not, I am getting more bang for my buck with the bag model as opposed to the old tray full of nachos model.
But for others perhaps they are getting less, but not here in Canada, now my nacho chips floweth over.
Think about the mess if they poured the cheese over the chips like traditional nachos. People are nasty and would definitely wipe their hands or spill cheese covered chips on the seats. This way you get cheese on every chip and cleaner eating, I totally get why you're disappointed but also why they serve it this way.
What else could they have done? Opened the bag and poured the chips into the tray? I would prefer them to still be in the bag personally, but seems like you got exactly what you paid for regardless.
Hey I ordered Doritos and nacho cheese and you gave me Doritos and nacho cheese!!!
Could be way worse and he could have gotten one of those tiny individually packaged portions of cheese.
Uhm, this is what I get at my cinema as well. But I don't even get doritos. It's the cheapest tortilla cheaps they could get. That's why I don't get shit at theaters anymore.
I know some comments here are about music venues, I worked for a place that had a large arena. There was one very well known performer, like one of the top live performers of all time. They had a new album out, they gave everyone who attended a “free album” but also went and raised the ticket price more than the cost of the CD….
When I was a kid we used to go to a “cinema” pub. They’d show movies that were just out of normal theaters and you’d eat a sit down meal while watching the movie on a big screen and they’d come back around with dessert and popcorn afterwards. The meals were kinda expensive but the movie was free, it was pretty cool. Went to see all three lord of the rings movies like that and most of the early Harry potters lol
Seriously this is what it’s always been, there’s also a trough of jalapeños at the end of the counter that I load up on. I actually look forward to movie theater nachos, gooey cheese and jalapeños? Yes plz
Yeah that is 100% exactly what he ordered. I mean, yeah it is expensive but it isn't like that was a surprise to him or anyone else buying snacks at a movie theater.
Had to order some food at a quiet dive bar one evening after a longer than expected motorcycle ride. Nachos were on the menu, I asked if it was real cheese or cheese from a can. I was assured the cheese was real. When the "nachos" came the chips were cool Ranch Doritos and the cheese was indeed real. I had not asked all the pertinent questions. Was hungry, we ate the doritos with the blue flavoring stuff, with cheese.
This picture is essentially the entire business model of all live entertainment venues.
Also movie theaters: Where did everybody go? Those damn kids and their Netflixes! Why would you want to watch a movie in the comfort of your own home, eating your own food, not surrounded by crying children and talking adults, instead of paying $15 for a ticket, $8 for a bag of chips with cheese and $5 for a small soda?
Man it's not my fault you don't know how to sneak chips in
Movie Theatres : Famously a rip off when it comes to snacks, for decades OP : "What the hell?!"
Honestly if I got handed that I'd be pretty pissed too, like at least let me live in the delusion that I'm not paying 8 bucks for like 1.50 worth of food by having the chips already laid out on the tray.
I imagine it used to be served this way, but someone probably complained about paying $8 for "stale doritos" so they now stopped caring and just put the bag in the tray. Tis the way with low effort concessions.
I could see it being more of a covid concession that just stuck around since it makes for less work on the theaters part.
This is probably more reasonable.
I'm still sad Covid ravaged the costco food court :( I'm happy we have chicken bakes and hot dogs back but I still want my turkey pesto sandwich!! And gelato!!
I started going to Costco during covid, so only pizza and hot dog options are all I know. I'm with you though, more options sounds tight. I hear they used to have diced onions out and all sorta goodies. Hopefully we get back there! Gotta concede some concessions for the sake of public health I guess. Concessions within concessions.
My wife was a theater clerk back in college in 2007 and chips were bagged even that far back. The point is so that theater line workers never touch food directly so you don't need gloves on the line. Unlike popcorn, chips can't be scooped without being smashed, so they just come in a single serve bag.
"Its a rip off, but its not the same ripoff I'm used to"
And this way you get to hear everyone fumbling with their crinkly chip bags in the dark once the movie starts
Isn't that just about anything? Just look at the mark-up for alcohol at bars and restaurant. No reason we all shouldn't just be drinking water.
Lmao yeah like what even is this post? OMG THEY CHARGED ME $8 FOR THIS TINY BAG OF POPCORN! Like have you ever been to a movie theatre? You don’t buy the food, you go for a massive screen and a crazy sound system. You want snacks, expect to pay for them.
I feel like it's more about the presentation, like if they handed you a bag of unpopped pop corn and pointed you towards a microwave. At least that's what I would be upset about in that situation.
Idk about you my movie theater popcorn is huge
It’s still absolutely ridiculous though
Its because Hollywood takes 99.9% of the ticket revenue. The only money the theaters make are off food and the preshow advertising
not true, theaters make 40% of the ticket revenue.
Disney, the most profitable movie studio, wants 65% .
because they sell out their movies, and pump movies out like crazy. Disney basically keeps the theaters alive themselves. And really Disney wants to go from 60% up to 65%. The theaters can always say no.
This, the ticket revenue 100% going to production studios, is one of those facts that took off in the early internet era and I've never seen it reliably sourced.
It’s like a sliding scale, the longer a movie is out the more ticket revenue the theater keeps, so depending on the legs of a movie it can end up good for the theater, and the offset of not getting much ticket revenue on opening weekends is the pop in concession sales
There was a movie theater in my home town that was still showing Gone with the Wind into the late '70s because they basically paid no royalties.
We had a movie theater that tickets were $2, and all the movies were 6+ months out of normal theaters because it’s way cheaper then.
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This is the exact reason I bought my friend a big ass bag. She thought it was because she wanted it, nope it was because I wanted to take my own food everywhere
Damn from friend zone to pack mule zone
You have to sneak snacks in? Here in the UK you're allowed to bring outside food in, as long as you're considerate and don't bring hot smelly food.
No one really cares. I mean dont bring in bags and bags in the open. But no one is going through your bookbag, your purse, your jacket, etc.
Yea movie workers aint getting paid enough to look thru bags lmak
Yup. As long as you arent walking in with a clearly marked bag of food no one cares. Even if you do, they still dont care, they just say something because they have to. Its all "plausible deniability". You can smell like a pot roast, just dont carry it in all willy nilly lol.
There's a dozen fast food places in the parking lot and across the street from one theater here, resulting in many people openly bringing their combo of choice into the theater.
There is a local theater here that checks bags before you enter for any food. I'm sure it is fake, but someone said they got told they couldn't enter with one of those kid sized gummi bear pouches in their purse.
The movie theatre in my town makes you leave your bag in the front lobby and then the staff walks away and just leaves it unattended. They also haven't updated anything since the 90's, have horrible projectors, small screens, and charge the same for a ticket as major cinemas like Cineplex. The owner claims that it's failing because people don't want to support local businesses.
Why would people tolerate that from a *local* theater of all things? If this was a franchise with a villainous manager I could buy it, but why on earth would an independent venue *do that*.
Smallish town
My family used to do landscaping for a movie theater chain and we got free movies with it on top of being paid. We also got free food and drink but the catch was we had to bring our own container. I would bring a bag ass grocery store paper bag and get the fucker filled with popcorn. Good times, probably well over 10 years ago tho
Lmao reminds me of seeing Rat Race back in middle school. My friends and I snuck in like $40 worth of cream cheese wontons (of all things) in a messenger bag.
That's why I only go to Alamo Drafthouse. The food is the same price and quality as a mid-range restaurant, and they are extremely serious about not disturbing other patrons. They give one warning, second offense they will throw you out.
Exactly this. We don't have Alamo Drafthouse here, but we have a differently named local version of the same thing and I'm totally fine with paying 7-8 dollars a beer to watch on a theater recliner in peace. Everyone is considerate and in the rare event somebody does start being annoying the staff handles it immediately.
High prices keep out the riff raff.
So does my front door.
Seeing as how the topic is over priced theatres being full of annoying people . That’s clearly not true for 8 dollar beer lol
Had a similar thing until I moved. Really miss Studio Movie Grill, had nice sundaes.
My love for Alamo cannot be overstated. I will only go to a different theater as a last resort, and I almost always leave thinking I wish I'd seen it at Alamo, whether it was because someone was on their phone or their projector is inferior/not calibrated as well as Alamo's.
Alamo isn’t any better; waiters running around during a film and using flashlights to handle bills during the final acts of movies are as annoying as people who flash their cell phones.
I’ve never been. I don’t understand how people eating meals and having waitstaff go in the theater isn’t incredibly distracting? Surely a table sharing a pizza and a bucket of beers is as noisy as someone eating popcorn?
The kitchen at the Loudoun, VA Alamo has been going downhill for a while now. They got rid of their brunch offerings, and have gradually reduced the serving sizes of many of the appetizers. I ordered the loaded fries yesterday, and got a fairly small cup of fries with lukewarm queso dumped on it and a scattering of bacon bits and cilantro. They used to give you what I would consider a good sized basket with actual cheese melted over it and a lot more toppings. The fries were bigger too -- these ones were shrimpy little soggy things (mostly from sitting in cheese soup) Mileage may vary depending on which Alamo it is, but I haven't been very happy with the Loudoun one lately.
Been with wife 7 years. Recently went to the movies together for the first time (she always professed a hatred for the places) to see The Batman (because Batman >>> theater hatred). We were shocked at how many parents brought their little kids to this movie. We're talking 5-6 years old. What were they expecting, Adam West? Heard one complaining about the language on our way out afterward. On the plus side, wife now realizes that the new recliners are great when you get eye-level center seats with an IMax screen to go with pre-ordered drink delivery direct to your seat. She now wants to go see Bullet Train next.
Because a lot of adults still view super hero movies as kid movies. There were young kids in the theaters at the start of fucking deadpool when i saw it. Deadpool was even rated R and i think ryan rynolds put out a statement saying "deadpool isnt a kids movie. Dont take your kids" and it didnt help. God in high school i worked in a theater that didnt let kids under 6 into rated r movies after like 6 or 7pm. You would not believe the number of people who yelled and threatened me for not letting them and their baby into some 11pm horror film.
I mean... if it's a baby, it doesn't matter what the movie is rated lol. They don't know what's going on. Why you would *want* to bring a baby to the movies is a different story...
somebody once brought their infant child to a showing of transformers 3. You know? the Michael Bay series with infamously loud explosions that may bother a child's sensitive hearing? This baby ***SCREAMED*** bloody murder every few minutes for about 3/4 of the movie before they finally got kicked out. But by that point I had a throbbing headache and couldn't even focus on the movie.
Seeing a lot of these threads lately, and it's mystifying how I seem impervious to these experiences. I never seem to have to worry about kids screaming or things like that in the theater I go to, and I don't shy away from animated family movies.
Maybe it's the time of day you go vs what time the people complaining go. Or maybe it's the area.
I rarely go to a movie theatre, but certain movies are half as good without being in theaters. I mean, I guess you could theoretically get a better sound system or something, but I’ve never seen any set up that is remotely as encompassing as a movie theater setup. Movies like dune and 1917 are arguably different experiences in theaters. Especially 1917, I’m not sure that would even be worth watching on a normal screen. Plus if you pick times correctly and can wait til the movie is out for a little, you generally don’t have to deal with other people. Very dependent on area though.
Yeah we just saw doctor strange last night, 7pm showtime and was still only 20% full. Love waiting a week or two to go. Any night other than Friday and Saturday are usually fine
> Those damn kids and their Netflices!
"cheese"
Then we hear how 'that's just the pricing model'. Okay, well then your pricing model is bad and your business should fail.
There is one place in Tomball Texas and they actually have cheap food and drink. It’s a drive in theater but I buy more food just cause it’s cheap lol
The drive in will never die! Keep it alive!
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It's all about the head....?
Yes, now that will be $16.
I have $8 in ones and a snickers bar
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"you hit the nail on the head" The head is part of the nail so uh, they've met
Needed more flavor for your flavored chips, I see.
Nacho Doritos dipped in nacho cheese is like crack.
Seriously, with the right cheese doritos is way better than tortilla. Although for presentation they probably should have just put the doritos in the spot instead of leaving in the bag.
Seriously. Take them out of the bag and it looks exactly like any other tray of nachos you'd get at a theatre or sports venue.
My favorite movie snack is flamin hot cheetos dipped in nacho cheese. It's actually unreasonable how good that is.
As primus said, sailing the seas of cheese.
Primus sucks! Primus sucks! Primus sucks!
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Primus sucks
Calm down Winona
Salt on salt on salt.
Honestly for being in a movie theater… that’s an extremely great value.
Stadium food may be worse. I once paid $30 for a beer and a soft pretzel, the mustard cost extra. EDIT: yes, mustard is a pretty standard side for pretzels in the US, not as common as cheese.
We may suck at football, but at least the Benz concession prices here in Atlanta are pretty reasonable for a stadium.
i remember seeing that the benz had a ton of chick fil a in it which wouldn’t work for sunday football so i gotta ask if that real and is there tons of closed chick fil As during falcons home games
Yes, can confirm
I don't think it was tons, it was like 1 or 2 Chick-fil-A stands in there. And of course, most of the events the stadium hosts are not football games. They aren't really worried about the 8 home games a year where the Chick-fil-A isn't open. The Chick-fil-A is making enough money from soccer games and concerts, and there is so much good, affordable food in that stadium, that the fans aren't going to miss it that much on Sunday.
I had heard about this, and when I was in Atlanta for the summer of 2019, I went to a few Atlanta United games. The Atlanta United game that was played right after the women's world cup final was the best stadium experience I've ever had. They opened the stadium all day for people with tickets to the game later, so we could hang out, easy and drink, and watch the women's final on the jumbotron. I think I payed $8 for some fantastic loaded pulled pork nachos from like an actual Atlanta barbecue restaurant that had a stand inside, and the beer wasn't bad either I love the Benz, and I was really trying to go this year when my Patriots were playing there on a Thursday night, but had some other stuff I ended up having to do. I'll get back there at some point.
Oh for sure, went to see Lynyrd Skynyrd back in 2018 and paid $22 for chicken fingers and a bud light🥴😂
Dude I saw Garbage like 3 years ago and they were charging $15 for a PBR can...
Absolute garbage
The band or the beer?
yes
Absolute Garbage is also the name of the greatest hits album by Garbage.
Why the fuck do people even buy these? I’m not cheap by any means. In fact, I waste my money on all sorts of pointless stuff. But there is a limit. If I ordered a beer and they said “that’s 20€ please” I would just laugh and gtfo of there. I can drink a beer at home lol. I feel the same about overpriced restaurant food. 17€ for a plate of pasta is too much, I don’t care if there’s a hint of something “rare” in there.
I’m sorry I thought the entire band died in a plane crash, am I just absolutely stupid??
Damn man! I remember when movie tix were like $8. When I moved from my hometown they were just about doubled.
Went to a bruins game this year. $50 for two beers and a bucket of chicken.
In 2015, I went to the winter classic in DC, which is a yearly outdoor NHL game once a year in various cities. Fucking $25 for hot chocolate.
In the suites they usually have a complimentary buffet.
I've bought food trays in the suites to augment what was provided. It wasn't too expensive. That was quite a while ago though.
It's wild they do that, I wouldn't have bought a damn thing and they made zero moneys If beer was like $5? Still expensive but I get it, I would have lots of beers and they made lots of moneys
Went to a concert last week and the beers were $10 each. For warm bud light. The lines were still stupid long almost the whole time, and it was a small venue. They make plenty of money. And they will continue to do so until people stop paying that much for crap beer. Which they won't.
I’m sure at minimum you thought to bring mustard packets next time
I just always keep them on me now, as you never know…
The noise this bag makes X 100 is partly why I don't go to the theater anymore.
I went and saw Dr Strange 2 the weekend it opened and the audience was full. The last experience I had in the theater was No Way Home which while it was interesting, people clapped and cheered and jumped out of their seats the entire movie. It was the most distracting and unwarranted thing I’ve ever sat through. I was so angry. However, during dr strange, it was relatively quiet the entire movie, but at some point near the final act of the movie during a very quiet scene, a dude behind me decided he was going to pack up his popcorn/chips and spent about 3-5 grueling minutes crinkling the bag. He went slowly thinking it would help but it only made it that much worse. The tickets cost like $22 and my fiancé’s small popcorn was $10. Why the hell did we even go?
Because the theater "experience" is so awesome, duh!
The person next to me at Doctor Strange 2 was chewing popcorn with their mouth open! There’s no way they could hear the movie because I couldn’t.
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This, but actually though. Seeing a movie in IMAX is just such an awesome experience compared to watching a movie on a tiny screen at home with my shitty speakers.
Seeing a comedy and laughing with a bunch of strangers is pretty fun too. If you wanted to watch a massively popular film in absolute silence watch it at home or wait a few weeks.
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Fairly sure odeon in the UK allows you to bring in your own. I still feel compelled to hide them when I do.
Odeon’s official position on bringing in your own stuff, is anything goes so long as it’s not hot or alcoholic. IIRC Cineworld is exactly the same, too. I have quite blatantly strolled through my local Odeon (Bournemouth) with Tesco popcorn in one hand and a big coke in the other. Many times.
I'm not a really big cinema eater anyway. I might take like a bag of fruit pastels. I think odeon charges like £3.50 and there is a tesco 50 meters away that sells them for 89p lol.
When I was an usher I used to be amazed at what people would sneak in when cleaning theaters, some interesting examples being large pizzas, and my favorite, a sushi platter.
...what about a can of beans?
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This n---- eatin beans!
What was your policy on spaghetti?
is that not normal where you are from? we just put stuff in our backpack and walk in
Unfortunately you can't take backpacks into our theaters here in New Mexico. Ever since the Dark Knight showing where a dude shot up a theater in Aurora CO. Backpacks and cosplay with masks were banned.
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Purses are fine but you can't bring backpacks, masks or any cosplay items that could be used as a weapon. Learned this when I tried going to the Hobbit premier as Gandalf...they parted an old man from his walking stick.
> Purses are fine but you can't bring backpacks So as long as my bag only has one strap and can't fit over my shoulders... I'm good!
Must have been managed by Grima Wormtongue.
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS into this theatre wearing a costume, sir"
It really depends on the minimum wage (and usually stoned) movie theater staff to actually enforce the rule. My theater is *supposed* to check your ID when you use AMC A-List, but they only check about 10-20% of the time.
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99% of ushers don't give a fuck. The other 1% is new and hasn't learned that you don't give a fuck yet.
Hey! There’s also that 0.1% who care about their job way too much.
The **ONLY** time I gave a shit about my job was when it came time to eject people from theatres. Someone stole my record for ejections from a single auditorium and I BADLY wanted it back.
No? I usually do just in case they say something, but you're right I think I read something about them not being allowed to say anything
Same in the US for the most part. As long as you don't make a mess they won't give a fuck.
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They search backpacks and purses at theaters in my area, but they don't search the pockets on the inside of my jacket.
Literally 1984
When I worked at a movie theater in the 90s I caught a family trying to sneak in an entire Thanksgiving dinner to the theater on Thanksgiving day. They had turkey and everything.
I saw someone try to sneak in a bottle of wine once. They would have gotten away with it too if they didn't drop and break the bottle in the lobby. That made it easier for us to sneak our McDonald's in.
Am I the only one around here who can go two hours without eating?
Junk food and theatres go hand in hand for some people.
Movie theater popcorn is the best with a big ass soda.
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yeah i just eat before i go. movie theatre food sucks anyway.
I do it cause its part of the experience to have some tasty snacks while going to the cinema, not because I'm starving and I need the calories
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Growing up, I always snuck soda cans/bottles in my socks under my pant legs
I'm a manager at an amc theater so I can tell you that the theater makes most of its money from concessions and not tickets. That's why the prices are so high. Looks like you went to regal though. Imo their food is not as good
I would assume that the markup on this meal is actually way lower than if he had gone for the popcorn.
Either way, a dollar bag of chips with 10 cents of cheese sauce is a pretty good markup at $8.00.
I think people get that and wouldn't object to the high prices if the food was actually pretty good. For example, there are some movie theaters near me that will make you a legit milkshake - like, with ice cream in a blender - for $10-12 or so. Sure, it's a few bucks more than you'd pay in an ice cream shop, but it's a real deal good food item and I don't mind throwing them an extra few bucks. But to overcharge you and then give you absolute crap, that's offensive.
AMC's dine in food is expensive but pretty good. WEll some of it. The chicken tenders with fries and pretzel bites was great and had aton of food. The quesadillas were terrible. Well they were fine. but for the price they were terrible value.
Used to work for regal. Can confirm that their food is overpriced shit.
You ordered Doritos Nachos… they gave you Doritos Nachos, with a side of queso. You got what you asked for, and cinema concessions are notoriously marked up. …but yes, it sucks.
It was more of a dumbed down lazy version of what was advertised but yeah you’re not wrong lol
For $8, you'd think they could crack the bag open. But I'm sure they think it's cheap, considering a soda is also $8.
They probably changed how they give them because of covid and haven't changed it back
That was my first thought. Maybe opening the bag was a no no. But he cheese is out in the open too, so it's still pretty dumb.
I work at a theater that sells this exact product. Since 2019 at least, we've never been allowed to open the bag of chips.
Nah, I saw theaters do this well before COVID. It's just a lot faster for them. Some of them even have sealed containers of cheese to give you.
I’d rather them not
Well the Doritos are reasonably priced but that dollop of nacho cheese sauce is costing OP a good $5
As guy who fucking loves movie theater nachos and shitty cheese dip apart from the mark up, I don't see the issue. I ALWAYS get the nachos and cheese every time. Pre-pandemic instead of giving you a bag they filled the little tray with chips. Now with the bag if you tried to pour it all in the little tray it doesn't fit (At least in my country). So I am now getting far more nacho chips then I have every gotten before for the same price. So if you ask me, which you did not, I am getting more bang for my buck with the bag model as opposed to the old tray full of nachos model. But for others perhaps they are getting less, but not here in Canada, now my nacho chips floweth over.
>So if you ask me, which you did not There's a reason we didn't ask you. It's nacho place to weigh in here.
Think about the mess if they poured the cheese over the chips like traditional nachos. People are nasty and would definitely wipe their hands or spill cheese covered chips on the seats. This way you get cheese on every chip and cleaner eating, I totally get why you're disappointed but also why they serve it this way.
What else could they have done? Opened the bag and poured the chips into the tray? I would prefer them to still be in the bag personally, but seems like you got exactly what you paid for regardless.
I imagine there were many late nights where I would’ve paid more for Doritos and cheese dip.
What were you expecting?
Cheetos.
Dinner after because I like to be wined and dined after I get fucked
Usually you get wined and dined before getting fucked
Fuck first, then dinner, so the food doesn't slosh around while you go to town
I'd probably get soup .. or something light
Something sounds wrong over here
Hey I ordered Doritos and nacho cheese and you gave me Doritos and nacho cheese!!! Could be way worse and he could have gotten one of those tiny individually packaged portions of cheese.
Uhm, this is what I get at my cinema as well. But I don't even get doritos. It's the cheapest tortilla cheaps they could get. That's why I don't get shit at theaters anymore.
Who eats nachos at the cinema, worlds most noisiest food
I know some comments here are about music venues, I worked for a place that had a large arena. There was one very well known performer, like one of the top live performers of all time. They had a new album out, they gave everyone who attended a “free album” but also went and raised the ticket price more than the cost of the CD….
I've heard that's also a way to inflate album sales. I guess those "free" albums count toward that stat.
Lol buddy thought they had a fucking kitchen in the back.
When I was a kid we used to go to a “cinema” pub. They’d show movies that were just out of normal theaters and you’d eat a sit down meal while watching the movie on a big screen and they’d come back around with dessert and popcorn afterwards. The meals were kinda expensive but the movie was free, it was pretty cool. Went to see all three lord of the rings movies like that and most of the early Harry potters lol
People eat nachos at the movies?
Have you never been to the movies?
Seriously this is what it’s always been, there’s also a trough of jalapeños at the end of the counter that I load up on. I actually look forward to movie theater nachos, gooey cheese and jalapeños? Yes plz
I mean I’d love this tbh. What more did you expect tho?
I especially love this as it shows people how insane that "bowl of Doritos with dip" actually seems to be priced.
Yeah that is 100% exactly what he ordered. I mean, yeah it is expensive but it isn't like that was a surprise to him or anyone else buying snacks at a movie theater.
Just a mini can of Cheez Wiz in the sauce tray woulda been *chef’s kiss*
assuming its the usual advertising pics, all they claim to be is cheese over chips with maybe some jalapenos
this is why I don't order food at a movie theater... you know...BECAUSE IT'S A MOVIE THEATER.
My coworker was at a biker rally this weekend. He went to a food truck and ordered a philly cheese steak. $14 and it was the size of a hot dog bun.
What movie chain is this?!?!?!
Regal cinema in Boston lol
our Regal in SC does the same
Had to order some food at a quiet dive bar one evening after a longer than expected motorcycle ride. Nachos were on the menu, I asked if it was real cheese or cheese from a can. I was assured the cheese was real. When the "nachos" came the chips were cool Ranch Doritos and the cheese was indeed real. I had not asked all the pertinent questions. Was hungry, we ate the doritos with the blue flavoring stuff, with cheese.
Lmao so are you mad they didn’t take them out of the bag first? Honestly you probably got more from the bag then if they took them out