Films are just too loud

10:01am Friday 1st March 2013 in Letters By Reader's letter

A GREAT film (Lincoln) was spoiled for my wife and I by the intolerable volume of the sound, particularly the 35 minutes or so of advertisements at Vue cinema.

We were not the only ones suffering. As we entered a woman said: “You need ear plugs in there, I’ve just complained about it” – as my wife and I have done previously.

But I suppose excessive volume is now part of the cinema experience. If you have to sit there with your fingers in your ear, it’s not good. It’s supposed to be entertainment not torture with potential hearing damage.

The next time you go to the pictures and see a couple sitting in front of you wearing ear defenders, it might be the missus and me.

Stephen Reynolds, Shipton-by-Beningbrough, York.

Comments(9)

roclank2000 says...
12:01pm Fri 1 Mar 13

I was dragged to see Les Mis the other week and found it too loud. Any noise above zero in Les Mis was too loud.

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Sillybillies says...
12:36pm Fri 1 Mar 13

One of the reasons why I haven't been to the cinema for years. That and the atrocious behaviour of some of the audience.

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Buzz Light-year says...
1:15pm Fri 1 Mar 13

I'll be the one laughing at the plonkers with the ear defenders on!

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TheTruthHurts says...
3:12pm Fri 1 Mar 13

roclank2000 wrote:
I was dragged to see Les Mis the other week and found it too loud. Any noise above zero in Les Mis was too loud.
My good lady has dragged me to some bad films..... But crikey Les Mis was painful. I kept wanting to laugh out loud it was so ridiculous.

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Jam tomorrow says...
4:07pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Buzz Light-year wrote:
I'll be the one laughing at the plonkers with the ear defenders on!
I remember a now very deaf work colleague saying that 15 years ago.
loud noise really does damage your hearing over time.

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Sillybillies says...
4:09pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Buzz Light-year says...
1:15pm Fri 1 Mar 13
I'll be the one laughing at the plonkers with the ear defenders on!

But you won't be able to hear yourself 'cos the king sized hearing aids plugged into your lugs will barely work.

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Jonthan says...
5:51pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Ignoring some of the daft comments, the letter writer has a good point. The volume levels at City Screen are painful. I hope the management take note.

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Silver says...
7:30pm Sat 2 Mar 13

There's an apt saying for this sort of thing."If it's too loud, you're too old"

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Viper_7 says...
10:50pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Decent volume is required to overcome the "grazers" slurping,munching. Those who arrive late, those who need a pi%% every 30 minutes. It helps to distract from those annoyances.
As to the comments about damage to hearing, they will be from the same people who fly, the same people who use mobile phones, the same people who enjoyed a night club or too...basically the killjoys.

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