Is it sad/ok to go to the Cinema on your own?

(This is me, not being very good at "chatting"...!)

Greetings, Endymion... Here In London, it is still cheaper for me to "wait for the DVD" so-to-speak. And I do not miss "going to the Cinema" at all. The last film I ever saw was Harry Potter 2... (£7).

... I forgot to mention that I also wear Spectacles! Great fun, back then, looking UP at persons who were half the size of a football pitch! ふふふ... :-)

Most cinema's now offer autism-friendly viewings of their new releases, although these are usually offered during the day. You might find these less BOOMING / INVASIVE TO THE EARS! :)  

Greetings from me. I keep seeing this Thread/Topic appearing, and so I thought that I might throw in my Two-Penny-Worth...

Of course it alright to go by yourself (as an adult!). With regards to myself, past Forty Years old, it was the usual business: As a child going with family to see what I did not care about, then as a teenager going to see films of mutual interest, and then as an Adult going on my own regardless of all other people...

Yet nowadays, for totally unrelated reasons, I do not go to the cinema at all. The reasons are as follows: 1- Now it costs far too much (over £10) 2- it is cheaper to "buy the DVD" (or "Stream" the film) 3- I have no friends at all (!)... but 4- Around 2002, they began to turn the VOLUME UP MUCH TOO LOUD AND I COULD NOT MAKE ANY SENSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE EVEN PEOPLE BREATHING WAS RIDICULOUSLY LOUD AND I WOULD LEAVE THE CINEMA WITH MY EARS RINGING OR HISSING FOR A GOOD WEEK AFTERWARDS!!

...*Ahem* ...Please excuse the manner of that last part. Yet, for anyone who cannot find Cinemas/Theatres anymore, Please try living in South London as I do... Waterloo, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Purley... all that is here is mostly Restaurants, Cinemas, and then the places in which to put everyone in the meantime (Housing)...!

Glad Tidings to all who may read, of course...

Light said:

Some people say it's sad to go on your own

Those people are jealous.

I go the Cinema on my own.  Its surprising how many films Ive been to where Ive been the only person in the screen.  So I will move around the seats during it - Sitting in the middle, sitting on the back row and sitting on the front row staring up at the screen.  Great Fun!

I think it's considered acceptable. Why deny yourself the pleasure of seeing the movie on a real big screen with proper sound effects?

Have you seen the new Star Wars? Or is this not your thing?

I enjoy comparison of the old school Darth Vader with new school EMO bad guy...

Darth Vader: destroy that planet

New Guy: all guns on that one pedestrian there... for about 5 minutes...

I have an unlimited card and go on my own. I work full time so tend to go early on Saturdays or Sundays as there are lots of other people on their own too. I used to have Friday afternoons off work and used that as a time to go and see the films no one else wanted to see with me.

If you get a CEA card when you do go with a friend you'll be able to get them in for free. My friend buys me a pic and mix, or a brownie sundae in return.

Once you've had your card a year you get a black unlimited card, which I think gets you 25% off in-house snacks.

I am sure the same people would say it's sad to do or be a multitude of other things on your own. It was sad for me in my early adult life as I longed to be in a relationship and share my experiences, even if that just was to watch it on my own as my partner would not like it.I have only recently been going to Cinema, and I go for the earlly afternoon viewings, the cinema has very few people, and you can put a lot of distance between you and other people.I enjoy watching movies at home more, so is not a big deal if I don't go to the cinema. Although I think there are a few films which are best enjoyed on the big screen. 

There are not many cinemas left today.

Going on your own ( sad or not ).  Depends on the circumstances.   

My late mother described her sole cinema visits in the late 50s as one of the happier moments of her life.  After she got married she moved in with my father's family and in that overcrowded house people argued constantly and wanted her to take sides.  So when she finished her shift, working in a restaurant kitchen, she went to the cinema.  She described it as a safe refuge.  Cheap tickets, warm comfortable seats and she could relax and dose off.  

I also used to go alone to cinemas in the early 80s.  No friends so I had nobody to go with.  I enjoyed the experience and leaving the cinema into the outside world was also an experience.  The atmosphere inside the cinema and the world outside was an extreme contrast. 

Going with people was always disappointing.  I got dragged to see films I never enjoyed.  In 1968 we went as a large group of children with one adult  to see the original planet of the Apes.  I was terrified.

It's ok to go alone.

You enjoy it, so it's most certainly not sad at all but totally o.k. for you. How others feel about it is their business, no need to let them spoil it for you!

I quite like sometimes to talk about the film afterwards, then I find it unfortunate if I was on my own, but at other times I don't want that and then it's actually better to just go home on my own. Sometimes when I really liked the film I find it sad that a friend who I think would have liked it too didn't get to see it, but that's a different matter really, and I can at least recommend it.