If we’re going to blame a film, I’d suggest seeing it would be the basic requirement.

I’m far from convinced there is a link, would be my honest answer.

I don’t know what crime rates at cinemas are like generally, but I’d imagine they’re fairly regular given cinemas are a relatively insecure, late night venue which kids can access.

The brawl in Birmingham was obviously something way outside of normal, but we’re talking about 100 kids brawling in what is essentially a shopping centre (that also happens to host a cinema) - I’ve seen similar in Whitgift and Stratford Westfield - I don’t see any link to the film.

You can see how easy the link is to make though and how it happens so quickly; just look at the phrasing of your question - “many incidents of violence at the cinema” - what that really means is there was one brawl, which people tried to attribute to this film, and now every incidient at a cinema where this film is playing (which is every cinema in the country) there’s a nice scapegoat to use, as we see in the link above - neither participant saw the film, said anything about the film, the police dismiss the link, but the Newspaper headline does the complete opposite and people lap it up because it sits a narrative.

Ok. I agree the film has not/cannot have influenced these people if they have not seen it.
Would you concede that the film being shown has drawn a certain type of person, in a certain lifestyle, into the cinema where they have clashed with rivals?

I think I’ve answered in my response to cryst; I haven’t seen anything to suggest they were drawn to the cinema for that film other than they fit a rough demographic.

My view is that the type of arseholes roaming the streets with machetes are not particularly influenced in their day to day decisions by what’s on at the cinema that day.

Edited by EverybodyDannsNow (02 Dec 2019 8.31pm)

Is that a real tree or imitation one?

There’s real ones being sold everywhere these days but unless they have the wrapping machine you’re buying it blind with it already wrapped up and probably bent up for days.

Those ones advertised on tv this year that have imitation needles that look real rather than thin strips of nylon look pretty good on their website but very very expensive.