Vue Cinemas

My local Vue cinema is at Longwell Green Bristol on the Avon Ring road. It has 13 screens and shows a wide range of films. Unlike some cinemas they have 3D most of the time they advertise the VIP seats for comfort and leg room but I always use them to pre book then I can go in without queuing and know I will have a good seat, (they are all numbered and you will have your own weighting, it is a bit more expensive but I do the Orange Wednesdays and its all half price. They do appear to have staffing problems from time to time and that’s another reason to book in advance.
Lots of other stuff on the same site, Pubs, Pizzas and that sort of thing, free parking and mc Donald’s on the way out if you like.
Don’t know if I should really give this a good review as I don’t want is to get too busy or I may not get the seat I want… well you won’t tell anybody will you?
Ps I disagree with Mark on the sound quality I’ve always found it to be good, better than some others I’ve been to anyway.

I live about 500 mts from this Cinema. So On First Impressions its good. The seats are always comfy and overall good film footage.
However, despite this. I find the price very high compared to other cinemas. And It is very rare I fork out for the high priced Popcorn and Coke.
Today, being a bank holiday. I thought I would take my 10 yr old to the cinema to watch a film. But the times are terrible. two showings for a kids film of 16.30 and 20.30. I want to go during the day!!!
I have also noticed, unlike other cinemas. They dont offer many Discounts. The ones I have tried to do, you have to be a one legged, one eyed, sailer, with a russion ascent, wearing a stripped T Shirt, and it would have to be the 4^th Sunday in the month. Doh, Where can I find an outfit like that?
Today, I think a drive to the Showcase, for the film I want to watch, at the time I want, for £2 less. Is on the cards. Sorry VUE.

This is one of my local cinemas — set inside a ‘leisure’ park part of Longwell Green’s set of retail parks.
This Vue for some reason has completely abandoned their ticket office and you have to buy tickets from the ice cream stall which, if someone actually wants ice cream, means that it can take forever to get through the queue. Tickets are quite expensive and a bag of Minstrels will set you back over £3!
They also have a band of leather seats across the upper middle of the screening rooms which you have to pay extra for — I come here maybe once a week and I have NEVER seen anyone sat in these seats — why do they bother? The staff have even stopped trying to push the ‘luxury’ seating on to us as we buy tickets so they can’t be impressed either.
Sadly when they do a special screening (this week was American Werewolf in London — fantastic) it goes down like a lead balloon (5 people in that showing) so they don’t do it very often. Does what it does good enough.

This is a fairly unbusy multiplex, mainly due to its location. It may seem to be a long way out, though if you live in south Bristol it’s pretty accessible by car (via some luscious A roads!).
It sits in Aspects Leisure Park, the sort of place which seems to be popping up everywhere though it beats me who actually comes to them. You know the kind of place — it’s got a McDonald’s, a Chiquitos, a Pizza Hut, a bowling alley. Bland, soulless places to go with this bland, soulless cinema.
Other than that, you can imagine the rest. It’s got overpriced food, a cheap kids’ club on Saturdays morning (parents and kids get in for a quid each), and Orange Wednesdays. The Showcase in St Phillips is more central and nicer, and the Cineworld in Hengrove has a membership card that makes it much cheaper if you’re a regular cinemagoer.

I get the feeling these things come in flat packs, complete with popcorn machine, questionable carpets, and no character whatsoever. With that said, it’s actually pretty good. They’ve got plenty on offer, I counted 12 films showing last time I went. The showings run late as well, with films starting at midnight.
It’s obviously a bit of a trek getting out to Cribbs Causeway. Probably not worth the hassle unless you’ve got a car given Bristol’s got the Showcase and Odeon in town. There’s plenty of free parking. Popcorn is horrifically over priced, as you would expect. You can also buy Ben and Jerries ice cream, which is pretty cool. At £6.65 for an evening showing it’s not that cheap but not too bad.
The cinemas themselves are really good. Big comfy seats and big screens. It’s usually fairly empty as well, you’ll probably have a couple of rows to yourself. Don’t get taken in by the ‘VIP’ seats. They do some films in 3D, which is pretty cool. However, I’m yet to see anything I like being shown in 3D. Vue is a souless multiplex but a fairly good one.

For a multiplex without character, Vue at Longwell Green site is actually one of my favourites. For a start they’re one of the only cinemas in Bristol to screen showings after 11.30pm on a weekend (my preferred time to watch a film, call me weird),
They also run lots of special offers (other than standard Orange Wednesdays) including money off vouchers, Oscar season deals and good student discounts. They have a great pick n mix selection and also serve up tasty snacks like Ben n Jerrys’ ice cream. Essential for an entertaining trip to the pictures.
Lastly, although they cannot be praised for showing truly independent or foreign films (head to the Watershed for that) they do show a few flicks that the Showcases and Odeons shun. Staff are few and far between, but that;s probably because I always go so late.

This is a standard Vue multiplex consisting of 13(?) screens, screens 1 and 7 being the largest. It suffers from the typical problems of most multiplexes, that being it’s run with a skeleton staff most of the time, so as long as everything is working then all is good, otherwise be prepared for delays and confusion. The projection presentation on the larger screens is only average, with the smaller screens offering above average image quality. Acoustics in the larger auditoria is also only average though they make up for this by cranking the sound up to 11. The ticket machines out front require a degree in Computer Science to navigate, if they’re working at all. And if they don’t, you’re stuck with queuing for the one or two staff that are working at any given time. It’s location means you have to drive, but that drive is usually very quick. Overall, one of the better local multiplexes but it is gently going downhill since it opened as a Warners a decade or so ago.

Vue cinemas are all over Britain and the one a Longwell Green Bristol is as good as any of the others. It has about 10 cinemas and also has a load of restaurants along with a bowling alley. I believe there is a gym nearby too.

Longwell Green has a cinema that is part of the Vue chain. I have been to longwell green vue on several occasions during the day and the evening with both children and adults and i feel they cater very well for everyone.
The cinema has loads of parking and there are places to eat very close by also. The cinema has several screens so there are about 10 film on at the weekends in the evening which gives customers plenty of choice.
once you have entered the building you are met by an orderly queue to buy tickets for the film you would like to see. Once you have bought tickets you then enter the foyer where you can access the toilets, a place to buy ice cream, pick and mix, popcorn, sweets or drinks.
You then can see what screen your film is showning in and go either down the corridor to the left or right depending on the screen. there are more toilets near the screen.
The seats are comfortable and there is enough leg room for the adverage person. The seats are staggered in tiers so you can see over the person infronts head.
The films have always had good clear pictures and sounds. The cinema is always warm enought and fairly clean

Great place, love it here.

Vue is the closest cinema to me and i do really like it there. they always have the latest movies and they do some GREAT POPCORN and NACHOS fresh.etc. Good selection of snacks. sweets icecream etc. the prices arent bad, and they always have good combo snacks it is often very busy but they have sel service machines which is a great idea. there are lots of big screens which is great. Good sound quality and image. Go there a lot and always get my moneys worth. The tickets of a pretty good price too.

totally agree, very comfortable, and friendly staff, great cinema

Very nice place to watch a film. Chairs are comfortable, plenty of space and movable arm rests. Reasonable price to see a film, but the food and drink is quite expensive and unfortunatley you are not able to take in your own. Although you wouldn’t really expect that of a cinema anyway! The Vue cinema in Longwell Green always has the most up to date films avaliable and the boards are very easy to understand, the same goes for the internet site. Very accessable and easy to understand.