Do you sneak into movies?

The theater I go to does reserved seating for everything. Good luck sneaking into anything there without someone calling you on it when you are in their seat =p

I never have snuck into a movie, back in my teen years ( when I might have been of that sort of mindset ) I lived in a large country town, which had one cinema that had one screen only, one of those old school 'big old hall' places. And as we'd all been going there since we were kids, with the same staff working, there was never a thought given to sneaking, ticket sharing.

So now grown up, I wouldn't consider it, anyway I know of video rental places ( we still call them that ) which have a cheap day, $2 for anything, new release Blu-Ray for $2. It's close enough to cinema image and sound quality. Enjoy it at your own pace, things are out on DVD Blu-Ray quick enough these days.

I still do enjoy the complete cinema experience so make a point of seeing stuff worth seeing at the cinema. So this:

opiate82_sl said:

I hate movie theaters. Between teens on their phones and parents whose night out isn't going to get spoiled just because they couldn't find a baby sitter for their 6 month old, there is never not a fuck head in the theater ruining it for everyone.

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Is so true, but I've found the best time to go to the cinema: Sunday evening. Go to an 8:30 - 9:00 session. No little kids, very rarely see a teenager. Mostly couples (childless couples) in their late 20's and 30's. Always a good time.

Still sneak into movies as a mid 20's something. First movie I snuck into was "The Substitute" couldn't get tix because it was R. So throughout my early adolescence I'd get pg movie tix and sneak into R rated movies. As an adult, it's just habitualized to see 2 movies in a row. Movie theaters don't make money off of ticket sales, just concessions. Buying a fuckload of popcorn and soda I feel absolves me of guilt. Furthermore, if you're an adult and worried about getting caught, wear business casual or a tie. Staff/ushers will respect you and give you the benefit of the doubt.

My friend and I concocted this plan to save some bucks when were like 16 or 17. We smoked a generous amount of marijuana in the movie theatre parking lot, and I had him go buy 1 ticket to come around the back and let me in through the door. He opens the door that I'm outside waiting at, I swoop in and we start heading to the theatre our movie was in. We are blazed out of our minds, and I swear about 10-15 seconds passed before we see 3 guys in suits walking toward us. I was so fucking frightened at this point due to the reefer, I had no idea what they'd do. They just walked up to us and told us we had to buy another ticket though... But really? 3 suits?

A friend and I sneaked into one of the Bourne movies once. When we went in, the lobby was absolutely packed, and there was no one checking tickets, so we just walked in. Wasn't actually much sneaking involved I suppose.

i was in the cinema yesterday. they didn't check tickets. so i sneaked in without paying.

Porkchop still sneaking in 2 films at the cinema?

I worked at a theater in like 98-99, and we LOVED to bust people sneaking in. It was almost always kids, and just felt great to be like "That mother fucker is going to try some shit..." and be proven right. My favorite go to was when kids bought tickets to some movie, when it was clear they were really all there to see Southpark or Species or something. They would all go into the movie they bought tickets for, and then I would stand like 1 inch behind the door to the movie I assumed they were planning on sneaking in. Sure enough, a few minutes later the door would be thrown open as they all tried to shuffle in, looking over their shoulders to make sure no one saw them - only to end up face to face with me. Was fucking hilarious every time.

We also used to tell anyone with a big bag or backpack that we had to check it, and when it had candy and soda we would be like "Ok, you can give us all this and still see your movie, or you can leave but we aren't refunding your money." and 9 times out of 10 they would hand over all their shit. Keep in mine I was a 19 year old assistant manager working with a bunch of 16-20 year olds. Cinemark fucking gangsters lol.

I have a fond memory of sneaking a ton of pizza into the movies though. One of my best friends birthday was on Independence Day, so for his 16th birthday his mom was taking him and all his friends to go see the Independence Day movie with Will Smith and the Aliens. There was like 8 of us, and his mom stopped at Little Caesars and bought like 5 pizzas or something on the way. We get to the theater and she has all of us cover the boxes with our jackets, and gives my friend her purse. So he buys all the tickets and we all get in line with her just holding a fucking comical square shaped pile of jackets. We made it in, and once the movie started she busted out all the pizza's. Great times.

I would wear a big army coat and smuggle a six pack of beer in the inside pockets. Nothing like a big screen experience a bunch of warm beers. There's a lot more theaters with liquor licenses these days thank goodness.

Once and only once, Man on the moon with my girlfriends family. Was opening day and absolutely packed, saw the line and said I will see you in there. Her dad didn’t have to pay for me and I got the small approval nod when I saw him a few days later.

Just when I was a broke college kid. FWB and I would buy a ticket for one movie, but I'd already mapped out which other movies would be starting around the time ours ended. So we'd pay for 1 movie, but watch 2-3. Never got caught...there was only one time after our movie got out...we were walking around looking at other movies starting soon and one of the employees was watching us out of the corner of his eye, so we noped out.

Even with assigned seats now, it wouldn't be hard to open the app and make sure you're not sitting in a seat someone else purchased...might get ratted out if someone specifically bought a seat next to ones that were supposed to be open, I guess. I'm not a broke college kid anymore, though, so I'd just buy a ticket to avoid any potential hassle.

Some of my worst anxiety as an adult was when my friend and I were trying to get into a sold-out NXT show and the workers had some sort of system set up. They got us in and put us in seats, then told us to just keep moving if someone showed up with tickets. I couldn't enjoy the first few matches because we were constantly shuffling around and trying not to be obvious about it. Eventually we got in some seats nobody showed up for, but I would never purposefully put myself in that situation again.