Yes, the snacks may be overpriced. And yes, being surrounded by noisy people can be distracting. But the big-screen experience is still unparalleled
It is quite fashionable to decry popcorn as an overpriced, noisy and messy cinema snack, but while I fully accept that it is all of these things, I still love it. The fact that I know I’m being ripped off is, somehow, part of the charm. Have you got a statistic about the ludicrous mark-up on popcorn for me? Have you got a story about seeing it loaded into the back of the cinema in a dozen bin bags? Ooh baby, yes: talk nasty to me. You will have your own quirks; we’ve all got something particular or peculiar that we love about going to the cinema. I’m a popcorn pervert.
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