can you omit 'pour' ?

Question

Just to be clear, in expressions like : 'Je vais au cinéma pour voir un film' ... presumably this implies that it is wrong to just say 'Je vais au cinéma voir un film'

Chris Wirt · Answer

He Stewart,
yes, in these cases you can't do without "pour".
-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Stewart Hardy · Answer

Thanks Chris, I'm now OK with this.

Alan Graham · Answer

I'm not a native speaker either, but I would have given you the opposite answer. I think pour is only used to stress the purpose, it can be omitted.
There's a song by Boris Vian with the line:
J'vais au cinéma voir des films suédois

Stewart Hardy · Answer

Hi Alan, Thanks for your input ... is there someone else out there who can further clarify this point please?