Australian cinema abandons live Twitter feed after rude tweets

An Australian cinema chain has abandoned its ill-fated live Twitter feed idea after collecting a number of rude comments.

Cineplex Australia - which owns four cinemas across Brisbane - set up a Twitter feed that published real-time tweets about the films being shown in the theatre.

However it received complaints from parents after it ended up collating posts with expletives and jokes about bestiality, reports News.com.au.

Tweets included: "Shailene Woodley's cleavage deserves an Oscar nod for their work in The Descendants," and: "Went to see The Descendants... George Clooney is so f**king hot."

Another read: "I get that the guy and horse from War Horse were best friends but do you think they were also friends with benefits?"

Australian Christian Lobby Queensland director Wendy Francis said that the language used on the popular website during the school holidays was "totally inappropriate".

She added: "This website is not something that is restricted to adults."

Cineplex owner Leo Catalano removed the feed from the website, saying: "We want no part of it. It shouldn't be on there."

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