30 minutes of adverts before a film??!!

Just to add in what others are saying about prices

Out local cinema is an Empire Cinema and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they do tickets for £3.95 and if you book online (70p extra per ticket) you get a free upgrade to premium seating. I think this is an absolute bargain and we have seen loads of films this summer! You also get to choose your seats.

However the cinema is pretty old and we recently went to a Vue in Watofrd which was a lot nicer but double the price........

I just went to see Cars 2 in 3D yesterday, on so-called 'Bargain Tuesday'... now, it would have been more of a bargain had I been seeing a regular 2D film: £5.20. However, I had to pay an extra £2.10 for the 3D part and an extra 80p for 3D glasses, bringing the total to £8.10!

Now, I had always thought that the 3D glasses were included in the extra couple of pounds that you pay for 3D (which is what happens in the Vue in Bristol - you just give the glasses back at the end), but apparently not at Cineworld... I had to buy a pair of the glasses as extra on top of the 3D price .

I just went to see Cars 2 in 3D yesterday, on so-called 'Bargain Tuesday'... now, it would have been more of a bargain had I been seeing a regular 2D film: £5.20. However, I had to pay an extra £2.10 for the 3D part and an extra 80p for 3D glasses, bringing the total to £8.10!

Now, I had always thought that the 3D glasses were included in the extra couple of pounds that you pay for 3D (which is what happens in the Vue in Bristol - you just give the glasses back at the end), but apparently not at Cineworld... I had to buy a pair of the glasses as extra on top of the 3D price .

We've been keeping our 3D glasses.  Now we just have to remember to bring them with us when we go!

Yep at Empire you buy the glasses for £1 but you get to keep them for future films....

Yeah, the problem I had with it yesterday was that I probably won't need to use the glasses again... because the cinemas usually I go to all provide glasses each time you go and you give them back at the end of the film, so no need to bring your own . It was just annoying because I was trying to see a film as cheaply as possible and I hadn't budgeted for paying extra for the glasses as well  .

I'm just avoiding all 3D versions of films.

Wow. I heard no Yorkshire at all. Just a really bad American/British accent. Yeesh.

Well I'm no expert on English dialects/accents, but needless to say I think she's a terrific actress. Very classy, sweet and funny lady indeed, so I could care less if her accent is spot on or not in the film. I think many people/movie critics obsessed on her accent instead of the actual story itself which seems to be beautiful. Just my opinion

Well I'm no expert on English dialects/accents, but needless to say I think she's a terrific actress. Very classy, sweet and funny lady indeed, so I could care less if her accent is spot on or not in the film. I think many people/movie critics obsessed on her accent instead of the actual story itself which seems to be beautiful. Just my opinion

I do like Anne Hathaway, but the problem with an inaccurate accent is that it distracts from the actual story/dialogue and then you can't concentrate on the plot... you start wondering how a character born and raised in Northern England can have an accent that is half-American and half-Southern English... and then you start listening for how badly each word is pronounced and wondering why the native speakers didn't point it out during filming . It might not be an issue if you don't know how the accent is supposed to sound, but when you do, it's hard to take it seriously and believe that it's a 'real' story with 'real' characters.

It was the same sort of thing when there was an American character on Spooks last year but she was played by an Irish actress... I think the character was supposed to be from Boston, but the accent seemed to switch between some weird mash-up of several different American accents and an English accent all at the same time!

I do like Anne Hathaway, but the problem with an inaccurate accent is that it distracts from the actual story/dialogue and then you can't concentrate on the plot... you start wondering how a character born and raised in Northern England can have an accent that is half-American and half-Southern English... and then you start listening for how badly each word is pronounced and wondering why the native speakers didn't point it out during filming . It might not be an issue if you don't know how the accent is supposed to sound, but when you do, it's hard to take it seriously and believe that it's a 'real' story with 'real' characters.

It was the same sort of thing when there was an American character on Spooks last year but she was played by an Irish actress... I think the character was supposed to be from Boston, but the accent seemed to switch between some weird mash-up of several different American accents and an English accent all at the same time!

Ahhh I see I never thought of it that way, I guess I could see how that would be a nuisance.. Then again I have watched plenty of films with American actors play Brits case in point my favorite movie Pride and Prejudice. Jena Malone and Donald Sutherland are both American actors and I feel their accents seemed authentic, never heard or read anything that said otherwise, but that could be a rare occurence in a film I guess

I do like Anne Hathaway, but the problem with an inaccurate accent is that it distracts from the actual story/dialogue and then you can't concentrate on the plot... you start wondering how a character born and raised in Northern England can have an accent that is half-American and half-Southern English... and then you start listening for how badly each word is pronounced and wondering why the native speakers didn't point it out during filming . It might not be an issue if you don't know how the accent is supposed to sound, but when you do, it's hard to take it seriously and believe that it's a 'real' story with 'real' characters.

It was the same sort of thing when there was an American character on Spooks last year but she was played by an Irish actress... I think the character was supposed to be from Boston, but the accent seemed to switch between some weird mash-up of several different American accents and an English accent all at the same time!

I have to agree with this 100%.  Based on the trailers alone, I won't be watching this movie and I really liked the book so I was looking forward to it.  I think what irritates me is that there are thousands of English actresses they could choose from or choose one who could actually do the accent or even make her just sound American.  Why try and fake it and then think the audience won't notice or won't care.  I find it a bit insulting.

OMG, I just saw the trailer.  Seriously?  Seriously?

My ears, my ears!!!!

My ears, my ears!!!!

   This made me laugh.

I do like Anne Hathaway, but the problem with an inaccurate accent is that it distracts from the actual story/dialogue and then you can't concentrate on the plot... you start wondering how a character born and raised in Northern England can have an accent that is half-American and half-Southern English... and then you start listening for how badly each word is pronounced and wondering why the native speakers didn't point it out during filming . It might not be an issue if you don't know how the accent is supposed to sound, but when you do, it's hard to take it seriously and believe that it's a 'real' story with 'real' characters.

I saw an interview with her about this and apparently she claims its because her character went off to Uni & then London, so that's why her accent isn't truly Yorkshire. She states she followed at least ten people from "the North" and all their accents were the same as hers in the film. BULL.

I know loads of people who are from the North and went to Uni (Sheffield unis, not London though) and their accents aren't as strong, and have flattened out some, but they still hold onto their various dialects.

If she spoke to anyone who was TRULY Northern, she would have heard this. Or least spoke to a dialogue coach instead of following random people around.

I saw an interview with her about this and apparently she claims its because her character went off to Uni & then London, so that's why her accent isn't truly Yorkshire. She states she followed at least ten people from "the North" and all their accents were the same as hers in the film. BULL.

Well I'll check on that....because I've been told I don't have a Barnsley accent (but have a Yorkshire accent!) but my sister does.
Reason is like that, I worked in London from age 25-29 and since moving back I've worked in Leeds and Halifax.

Not even British actresses get the accent right, Tara Fitzgerald in Brassed Off was completely wrong.

Well I'll check on that....because I've been told I don't have a Barnsley accent (but have a Yorkshire accent!) but my sister does.
Reason is like that, I worked in London from age 25-29 and since moving back I've worked in Leeds and Halifax.

Not even British actresses get the accent right, Tara Fitzgerald in Brassed Off was completely wrong.

I need to see Brassed Off, I heard that was good...

I agree accents can change when you move around, but not to the point where someone has generic American thrown in there - unless the character has spent time there. I havent read the book, but from the outcry assuming she never spent time there...

I do like Anne Hathaway, but the problem with an inaccurate accent is that it distracts from the actual story/dialogue and then you can't concentrate on the plot...

The term for that is "suspension of disbelief."  Audience members are all aware they're not watching reality, but actors.  If the film maker does their job properly they make you forget the people are actors and believe in the story.

Look at that; my undergrad degree just came in handy.