You've got to be joking!

[mandragora]

Yesterday went to the cinema in the West End, the Odeon Leicester Square, no less. I don't tend to go to see a film in the West End because it's so damn expensive. Last time I went it was £12 a ticket - that's about US$23 at present exchange rates. That was last year.

So I was thinking that the ticket might be, say, £12.50. It wasn't. It was... wait for it £17 (about US$32). Jesus Christ. I could buy a DVD for that - less than that in most cases. I was gobsmacked. That is a gigantic rip-off par none. It's back to Wood Green (tickets £5.50, or £3.50 during the week) for me. Oh sure, the screens aren't quite as big and the sound quality perhaps not quite as good. But, it's at least £11.50 cheaper!

As for the film, that was Kingdom of Heaven. For a review, I suggest that you check out musesfool's entry here, which I pretty much agree with and is a very nice summary. Although I think I liked the romance bit more than musesfool did.

Comments

[keletkezes.livejournal.com]

OW! I moaned at paying £7 in Chelmsford Odeon for the decent (slightly bigger at the back) seats...!

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

£7! Bargain!

If only it was only £7 in the West End.

[keletkezes.livejournal.com]

Romford Ster Century's much better than Chelmsford damn Odeon though. Bigger seats, not so loud, and I've never paid more than £6.50 there, and that's without £1 student discount, which unlike Odeon, they have all the time! I can normally expect to pay £4.00-4.50. And then there's the Savoy in Nottm and Clacton cinema, where the seats are ultra comfy (mmm, ex-theatres) and I paid £3.00 and £2.50 respectively. Although factoring in the travel costs does make a difference: we walked to the Savoy from Dunkirk (Nottm, not France, for anyone who doesn't know), from Highfields Caravan Park to Clacton, and even getting the slightly more expensive train journey from Shenfield to Romford doesn't make it as expensive as Chelmsford.

But then, I've also never been to the West End (except walking through I think), and I'm sure it must be nice, even of it is expensive.