What to order at the movies?!?

Jruzer

Nada. I don't understand the need to buy expensive calorie-laden food at the movies. What a waste of money!

kwtilbury

You don't have to order anything, it's OK. However, if you're one of those people like me who can't control yourself, order a small popcorn and work it into your calories.

cross2bear

samgamgee wrote: »

I don't quite understand eating at the cinema, it's always so expensive (over here anyway), and it just seems like people are eating for the sake of it. Fair play if you want to, I get that it's nice to eat nice things and I'm not saying that people shouldn't, but it just seems a pity to stress about your social life because you're worried about eating while watching a film. We go to the cinema most weeks and tend to time our trips so we have dinner before we go, so I will occasionally (once every six months or so) take a bag of sweets in to the cinema because I fancy something sweet after dinner and the film is starting so the timings overlap, but blimey, if I was expected to eat extra food in front of the film every week my wallet would be a lot lighter and my waistline a lot larger

I really agree with this. And its kinda the same in Canada - you go to the movies to see the movies, not to eat something. But I have noticed that in the US, everything is an eating event - like going to the mall (eat at the food court), shopping (eat out for lunch), movies (as above). I really am blown away by the reports I see here of how often people eat out or do take out. I think its a cultural thing. And economics too - the economy of scale applies in favour of the Americans - lots of them = lower costs for vitually everything.

Gurney_Halleck

cross2bear wrote: »

samgamgee wrote: »

I don't quite understand eating at the cinema, it's always so expensive (over here anyway), and it just seems like people are eating for the sake of it. Fair play if you want to, I get that it's nice to eat nice things and I'm not saying that people shouldn't, but it just seems a pity to stress about your social life because you're worried about eating while watching a film. We go to the cinema most weeks and tend to time our trips so we have dinner before we go, so I will occasionally (once every six months or so) take a bag of sweets in to the cinema because I fancy something sweet after dinner and the film is starting so the timings overlap, but blimey, if I was expected to eat extra food in front of the film every week my wallet would be a lot lighter and my waistline a lot larger

I really agree with this. And its kinda the same in Canada - you go to the movies to see the movies, not to eat something. But I have noticed that in the US, everything is an eating event - like going to the mall (eat at the food court), shopping (eat out for lunch), movies (as above). I really am blown away by the reports I see here of how often people eat out or do take out. I think its a cultural thing. And economics too - the economy of scale applies in favour of the Americans - lots of them = lower costs for vitually everything.

You lost, King George. Get over it.