I want my $1.50 back!

jonathan_matos5 · #1 07-19-2008, 10:37 PM

that or to go back in time and punch myself in the face before buying a ticket to see Speed Racer.

for some reason i want to play pinball now though

only redeeming part of the movie was those big brown eyes of Christina Ricci

ROON · #2 07-19-2008, 10:41 PM

Movie tickets? $1.50? Since when?

gold_member_321 · #3 07-19-2008, 10:42 PM

****...I pay 8 bucks at my cinema at the mall and 3 bucks at cheap seats.

jonathan_matos5 · #4 07-19-2008, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ROON

Movie tickets? $1.50? Since when?

since it is at the cheap theater

**Mark Wilson** · #5 07-19-2008, 11:17 PM

10.50 for a ticket in Toronto.

ROON · #6 07-19-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5

since it is at the cheap theater

I wish we had cheap theaters here! I don't need five star quality to sit on my ass and watch a screen. Here in Australia we have the nice well kept cinemas (Hoyts) and the crap cinemas (Greater Union). And they both will charge you 11-12 bucks for a ticket.

jonathan_matos5 · #7 07-19-2008, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ROON

I wish we had cheap theaters here! I don't need five star quality to sit on my ass and watch a screen. Here in Australia we have the nice well kept cinemas (Hoyts) and the crap cinemas (Greater Union). And they both will charge you 11-12 bucks for a ticket.

the good cheap theater and the full price theater are ran by the same company, but the $1.50 you have to deal with sticky floors, and the cloud of smoke coming from the potheads, also within a week or two of a movie being played at the cheap theater it becomes available to rent or buy.

Disraeli Gears · #8 07-20-2008, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ROON

I wish we had cheap theaters here! I don't need five star quality to sit on my ass and watch a screen. Here in Australia we have the nice well kept cinemas (Hoyts) and the crap cinemas (Greater Union). And they both will charge you 11-12 bucks for a ticket.

I just caught a movie today for $6.. I was kinda surprised, even with student rates it's around $10 at that theater for the showtime I went to. Maybe it's because I finally got one of their crazy little club card things, but I REALLY doubt that would cut the price nearly in half.

blizzard · #9 07-20-2008, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ROON

I wish we had cheap theaters here! I don't need five star quality to sit on my ass and watch a screen. Here in Australia we have the nice well kept cinemas (Hoyts) and the crap cinemas (Greater Union). And they both will charge you 11-12 bucks for a ticket.

In Brisbane we have Birch Carrol and Coyle/Greater Union which charge around $10 for a student and some of the cinemas are just horrible (the one closest me has uncomfortable seats and tiny screens).

We do however have another chain called Cineplex or something they only have 4 locations (ones an old Imax) but all the cinemas are fantastic and cost only $5 for students. Its $11 for their Gold Class.

peaveyuser · #10 07-20-2008, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson

10.50 for a ticket in Toronto.

Go down on Queen street, the area close to the water plant. There is a theatre with a picture of a fox on the banner. Thats a cheap cinema

fourstringdrums · #11 07-20-2008, 08:28 AM

You spent less than most people for a movie ticket or a rental. Quitcherbitchin.

FL Knifemaker · #12 07-20-2008, 08:29 AM

There's no way it could be better than the book

L-A · #13 07-20-2008, 10:08 AM

1.50 bucks back? Well that gives me 9.50$ more to complain about than you

D.Don · #14 07-20-2008, 10:10 AM

Movie ticket, 6-9 EUROS here...

D.Don

ROON · #15 07-20-2008, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by blizzard

We do however have another chain called Cineplex or something they only have 4 locations (ones an old Imax) but all the cinemas are fantastic and cost only $5 for students. Its $11 for their Gold Class.

I think we have a few Cineplex's down here, but like you said they're not very common. I'll have to see where the closest one is now! I want $5 tickets! Hoyts did a trial of their "gold class" for a while in a few cinemas down here, I think it is gone now though. The prices were ridiculous.

L-A · #16 07-20-2008, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ROON

I think we have a few Cineplex's down here, but like you said they're not very common. I'll have to see where the closest one is now! I want $5 tickets! Hoyts did a trial of their "gold class" for a while in a few cinemas down here, I think it is gone now though. The prices were ridiculous.

Odeon?

ROON · #17 07-20-2008, 12:47 PM

They seem to be just called "Cineplex".

http://www.cineplex.com.au/

It doesn't look like that particular one has any near me. I remember there are 3 or 4 HUGE cinemas, or there were, I don't know if they are still around now. I'm not sure what they are/were called.

blizzard · #18 07-21-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ROON

They seem to be just called "Cineplex".

http://www.cineplex.com.au/

It doesn't look like that particular one has any near me. I remember there are 3 or 4 HUGE cinemas, or there were, I don't know if they are still around now. I'm not sure what they are/were called.

Pretty sure its a Brisbane only company. They started off with a couple old run down 2 screen cineams and completely redid them. You have to get there early because tickets will sell out.

jonathan_matos5 · #19 07-21-2008, 12:17 AM

my thread has been hijacked by Aussies