My lifelong love of cinemas, 2 or 3 or more visits every week...
came to an abrupt end not too long after mobile phones became cheap enough for the half-wit masses...

Haven't been inside a cinema since 2003 "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"

Now have to make do with a 50 inch HD 3D telly and high quality headphones..
as loud as I like at 3 or 4 in the morning...

A major compromise... but I'm much happier, far less aggravation and stress....
.. and no likelihood of getting into a punch up with cretinous youths..


plus, snacks and drinks, icecreams, are far more affordable and I can press pause for a pee any time I like..

To think 30 years ago I could sink 4 pints immediately before sitting for a movie,
and not need to go until the end of a 2 to 4 hour film...

Not any more.. 2 or 3 times a movie now I'm an old bloke... 🙄