tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post1365449360100906859..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Dumfries Odeon Cinema SucksKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-50952990142706028142011-08-01T00:58:35.070+01:002011-08-01T00:58:35.070+01:00Guyana_Gyal - a good cinema is a wonderful thing -...Guyana_Gyal - a good cinema is a wonderful thing - and greatly missed when no longer availableKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-44128287572008030782011-07-31T18:42:35.984+01:002011-07-31T18:42:35.984+01:00We have no cinemas...they were all filled with bug...We have no cinemas...they were all filled with bugs, roaches.<br /><br />If we had good cinema, I'd live there <br />:-D It's such a great way to escape, unwind.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1683488266842754202011-07-29T14:23:12.804+01:002011-07-29T14:23:12.804+01:00Hope - all the theatres of my youth were closed do...Hope - all the theatres of my youth were closed down or converted into Bingo halls before I'd even left my youth. I don't remember them being as bad as Dumfries Odeon, but perhaps I've now got used to better quality and can't go back<br /><br />Allen - what I'd really like is a huge TV to watch the DVDs on, but I had to fight to get the 32" screen we do have (see <a href="http://kimayres.blogspot.com/2011/02/hdtv.html" rel="nofollow">HDTV</a><br /><br />Sandy - I've had several people say that Newton Stewart's a good wee cinema now, so I think I'll have to give it a try.<br /><br />Theanne & Baron - I'm hoping that Cineworld will eventually set up in Dumfries. I did send them an email suggesting it shortly after we moved here, but I didn't hear back<br /><br />Pat - 60 miles is a long way round, especially in the West Country where the roads are packed solid with slow traffic<br /><br />Emma - don't feel bad! I'm glad other people haven't had to suffer :)<br /><br />P - Here's your opportunity - use your contacts in the industry and spearhead the cinematic revival in Dumfries - we even have a small film industry in this area. You could create your own job :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-16335698998904379712011-07-29T10:45:59.420+01:002011-07-29T10:45:59.420+01:00It's ironic that such an old cinema has not ye...It's ironic that such an old cinema has not yet been refurbished whilst keeps buying new cinemas and reneweing London ones, shows you where the focus is... but then I am suspect to complain, being, as it were, an ex-employee recently dismissed!<br />I am however well placed and well informed on the company's activities and plans for the future. The bad news is, I'm afraid to say, that I haven't heard anything about the Odeon at DumfriesPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145820212380104091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-65708970904998400252011-07-28T18:29:07.229+01:002011-07-28T18:29:07.229+01:00That's grim! I feel bad wanting to share that...That's grim! I feel bad wanting to share that my cinematic experience of the final Harry Potter film last week was superb, but it was. Saying that, I still prefer to watch the dved in the comfort of my own home curled up under a blanket with a mound of sweets and a cat. :)Mimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-76953274855391240392011-07-28T11:54:45.712+01:002011-07-28T11:54:45.712+01:00Being of the cinema generation I really miss it th...Being of the cinema generation I really miss it these days.<br />A 60 mile round trip for our very good multiplex - the other side of Taunton - isn't something we do too often. DVDs just aren't the same.<br />I get through a lot of books:)<br />Fortuitously Harry Potter doesn't grab me.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-36013976868883670672011-07-28T03:50:06.973+01:002011-07-28T03:50:06.973+01:00They finally tore down the old Pitt Theater in the...They finally tore down the old Pitt Theater in the town where I grew up. It was still there in the late 1980s and in horrible condition. Now the townsfolk have to drive to Roanoke Rapids about 20 miles away or Petersburg about 40 miles away or Richmond about 60 miles away. I have my DVD player and Netflix...(and I no longer can eat popcorn because of the crowns in my mouth) so I go to the occasional film with son, DIL and g'kids and feel life is good! Do hope there's a solution for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-38905405252347906112011-07-28T01:45:59.778+01:002011-07-28T01:45:59.778+01:00Kim, I have been to the Odeon a couple of times in...Kim, I have been to the Odeon a couple of times in the last few years and I completely agree with you - it is tatty and very uncomfortable. I used to go there as a boy in the 70s and I'm damned if I can see any difference.<br />Funnily enough, I was at the pictures tonight seeing Harry Potter too, only I went in the other direction to Newton Stewart where they have a nice comfortable wee cinema right in the middle of the High Street. It can't be much, if any, further to go there than to Dumfries for you - I recommend it. <br />Annan's got a nice, but small, 2 screen picture house too, but that is a bit of a trek from CDSandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-8032006836329490592011-07-28T01:45:12.971+01:002011-07-28T01:45:12.971+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-65776709992861107202011-07-28T00:18:58.542+01:002011-07-28T00:18:58.542+01:00Although I don't have that problem here in the...Although I don't have that problem here in the states, even in my secluded place, I still wait for the DVD. I love movies but am patient enough to wait nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-16502435109829446292011-07-28T00:04:20.782+01:002011-07-28T00:04:20.782+01:00That's awful!
Our town is too small for a the...That's awful!<br /><br />Our town is too small for a theater but there's one 20 miles away. Unfortunately it's one of those multi-plex deals, meaning it put the other 3 theaters of my youth out of business.<br /><br />I just can't adjust to surround sound...too loud! Although considering what you went through, I might've been tempted to go up to the projection box and pound on the door until someone got the film to run right!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.com