It’s me. I watch a lot of movies and see arthouse stuff the public doesn’t care about and if something is a big enough train wreck occasionally I’ll see what’s going on (shout out to CATS). Though I have Regal Unlimited so I don’t “pay” for a ticket
I go to the theater every Sunday morning to the earliest showings of that day.
The theater chain in my town has a monthly subscription. $20/month and I can see 4 movies a week.
I don’t always love the theater itself, but the experience of seeing movies in theaters is very different than watching at home and I love that feeling.
I’m actively choosing to go to a new location in a dark room without distractions, to turn off my phone, to not speak, and to give the movie my full and complete attention. There’s something to that, which is hard for me to explain, but it changes my relationship to the movie.
Sometimes people are shitty, talking or texting, but I find that it doesn’t actually happen much. Perhaps I has something to do seeing early movies, rather than prime time. I don’t know.
Unless something happens to drastically alter my ability to enjoy the experience, I don’t foresee that I will ever stop going.
That’s good. I think you’re misunderstanding my post. The point is about people who whine about new movies, saying “nobody wants this” but then go out of their way to see it. It would be one thing if they were watching it at home and putting less effort in, but they will go to the theatre and put all that effort and money in for a movie they claim shouldn’t be made because nobody wants it
I initially did but I saw you comment on another post clarifying. I opted to leave my comment up because the movie going experience is important to me and I wanted to share it with others. :)
I’ve started patronizing small art cinemas mainly because they’re free from contemporary Hollywood slop, show movies that don’t have a paint-by-numbers plot and have a low ticket price because they’re mostly state funded.
I never used to like going to the cinema but then all I used to go and see were ‘blockbusters’
Then I got a job working in an art deco cinema that showed art house type films and that made me enjoy the whole experience more
Being able to have a pint whilst watching and the free tickets certainly helped
Most of the time, you don’t know you didn’t want to see a movie until after you saw it and found out it fucking sucks.
Yeah, that’s me. Over the last 10 years, I’ve watched 51 movies in theaters. Only a few of them were movies I actually wanted to see.
I’m trying to stop doing this, but it’s hard because my friend group has terrible taste in movies, and they get upset if I don’t come along.
This Thursday we’re going to see Avatar 3, and I have no interest in it. It’s also a very long movie and starts late at night. The next day I need to wake up early for a pretty important workday. I need to start standing up for myself more…
avatar 3? how many are there? I thought there was just that 1 with the 3d glasses
My guess would be three.
when is avatar 4 coming out? i cannot wait to miss it as well :D
I don’t understand going to the movie theater at all. Except for the sound, every other aspect of the experience is worse than my own living room.
For me, it’s a social activity where I can enjoy with close friends. I also don’t have a 4K TV or surround sound system, so the audio and visual quality is miles ahead in the theatre than my 1080p TN LCD flatscreen and Bluetooth speaker.
Original Sony Bravia Z Series. Don’t even use the Bluetooth speaker. Yeah. Theaters definitely hit different than at home.
And it definitely is a fun experience to see movies on the big screen.
Completely agreed. My TV is some cheap Akai 24" thing, but at least it’s a dumb TV with a built-in DVD player, so I still enjoy it. The speakers on it are absolutely garbage, so that’s why I bother with a separate speaker. I too live in very small housing and frequently move about, so having any kind of speaker system is just not feasible.
I got a modern 42 inch TV hooked up to an RCA stereo from the 90s with two big box speakers and I get that theatre sound right in my bedroom. A set like this is still only like $50-60 if you ca find 'em.
You don’t need a 5 or 7 speaker system for perfect surround sound; just 2. Headphones might even sound better if you’re on a tight budget.
Apartment living sucks. The walls here are cellophane thin. Headphones is the best I got.
Laughts are on them.
Laughts?
Do you reckon they might have been trying to spell another word? Gosh, but what word could it possibly be?? If only we could have ANY clues at all!!!
Bruh. “Laughs are on them” isn’t the right phrase regardless.
(It’s supposed to be, “Joke’s on them.”)
If somebody said “laughs are on them”, you’re telling me you simply can’t understand what the sentiment that person is trying to get across is?
Of course not; you clearly know what the phrase would be for native English speakers - well done - but I just don’t find much value in nitpicking easily ignored syntax or grammar issues honestly.
Do you want a “White Knight of the Year” award, or will simply blocking your weak ass be enough for you?
