Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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31 January 2011
21:4890901#1
Quite unbelievable! I tried to see this tonight at Dover Cinema and got turned away. The cinema was packed and a dozen or so of us couldn't get in. Annoying? Yes. But how fantastic that our local cinema can attract a crowd like that when the right film comes along. I wonder if this have ever happened before here?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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31 January 2011
21:4990902#2
Its an excellent film. I went to Ashford to see it just over week ago. Well worth it.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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31 January 2011
22:0990903#3
Well worth booking your seat in advance, we did this for one of the Harry Potter films a few years ago.
I have given up on watching films at the cinema the sound is much too loud and I refuse to pay for something I no longer enjoy enjoy.
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Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,037
1 February 2011
00:3590919#4
I went with my wife years ago when the cinema first opened and also got turned away. I forget the name of the film and have never been back since.
My wife and her friend have booked for the matinee on Thursday afternoon and have reserved two seats at 50 pence each for the reservation fee.
I tried to book on line but they don't accept debit or credit cards so it was all done by phone.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 February 2011
08:0290928#5
The loudness is the reason Jean and I don't go to Ashord any more, which is a shame because it is a great venue, good seats, food outlets outside, Tuesday nights are cheaper, great surround-sound, but so loud it's painful.
Roger
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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1 February 2011
08:5890931#6
I was beginning to think it was just me having trouble with the loud sound. I dread to think what it is doing to the younger generations hearing if they go regularly.
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 February 2011
09:0190932#7
I don't find the sound too loud at all. It's not as good as what I get with my surround system at home but I certainly have no problem at Ashford.
Incidentally - its not as if I am used to loud music, for instance, like youngesters are today, I hate pubs with blasting music and stay well away from clubs with the same.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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2 February 2011
10:3691126#8
On the few occasions my father went to the cinema in the 1960s, he always took some ear-plugs or tissue ! He could not stand anything loud.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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2 February 2011
10:4391129#9
One of my best jobs before going into the army was working in the cinema,you can read albout it by loging into my life story ,still writing it now.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 February 2011
07:4891246#10
The new cinemas have very sophisticated surround-sound speakers and systems - sometimes, depending in the film, it can shake (or feel like it is) the cinema.
Very clever and very effective - but still too loud (for us).
Roger
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 February 2011
07:5091247#11
Roger
Well turn your hearing aid down then..!!!!
Only joking old friend.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 February 2011
08:2991256#12
Haven't got one yet Marek - but thanks for the advice (if I did have)
Roger
