On (going to) Movie Theaters ..

[faster skating penguin]

Now a few weeks ago I went to see a film at the theater with two friends. Obviously we made comments on the film (as it sucked) made jokes about the previews, etc ... and a lot of people got pretty annoyed.

So I would just like to say: Movie theaters aren't for actually watching the movie. Why would you pay to see it once when you could buy the DVD, see it as much as you wanted, as only pay maybe 5 dollars more than you paid for the ticket.

Theaters are for fun, not for actually watching the film. That's just how I feel.


Discuss.

[Kamiko]

I went to a theater to watch Napoleon Dynamite for the 4th time with my two best friends and we totally goofed off during the whole film. We danced on our chairs and ran screaming down the aisles... of course the sheriff eventually came in and told us to shut up or get out but it was worth it.

[~yunie~]

I agree but sometimes watching a movie in the theater gives u a different feeling than just watching it at home; sometimes if I find the movie very interesting ì'll go see it in theater rather than wait till the dvd comes out. But yes, going to the movie theater is mostly for fun

[RSL]

You guys need to be banned from theaters for life. Seriously. If all you want to do is screw around then save yourself 10 dollars and do it somewhere else. Those who want to see the movie didn't pay to be distracted by idiots.

[Rye]

I was just at the movie theatre, I love it. Well, I'm a little mad at it right now as I was watching a movie, and halfway through, the fire alarm went off! So we were ushered out and a lot of fire trucks came and stuff. We got free tickets as we couldn't go back in. ;___;

[faster skating penguin]

You guys need to be banned from theaters for life. Seriously. If all you want to do is screw around then save yourself 10 dollars and do it somewhere else. Those who want to see the movie didn't pay to be distracted by idiots.

Given the reputation of theaters they should have expected no less.

[Leeza]

You guys need to be banned from theaters for life. Seriously. If all you want to do is screw around then save yourself 10 dollars and do it somewhere else. Those who want to see the movie didn't pay to be distracted by idiots.

I totally agree. I go to the theatre to see the film on a big screen with super sound, which is something that I can't get at home watching a DVD, even with my home theatre.

The managers at our theatre are very good about kicking people like you out though.

[Jess]

You guys need to be banned from theaters for life. Seriously. If all you want to do is screw around then save yourself 10 dollars and do it somewhere else. Those who want to see the movie didn't pay to be distracted by idiots.

I totally agree. I go to the theatre to see the film on a big screen with super sound, which is something that I can't get at home watching a DVD, even with my home theatre.

The managers at our theatre are very good about kicking people like you out though.

I agree with both of you. Except our cinema sucks at kicking people out.

[RSL]

The theater I go to usually seems to have a well behaved audience. It still makes me mad to see attitudes like the first two posters in this thread, though.

[Jojee]

Movies don't come out on DVD until months after they come out in theatres, so if you really want to see something and don't want to wait, you go to theatres ^_~

[faster skating penguin]

I used to go the theaters to watch the films, but a combination of rising costs, over priced (and awful) snack, morons who scream/cry at parts of movies that aren't scary/sad and the fact that films are just as good when being viewed on a regular TV, I only go once every 6 months, and just to screw around.

Usually I only screw around in crap movies, it they're good I'll actually watch ... but how long has it been since a really good film came out?

[Rye]

Well, the people who are annoying in the theatre are usually those 20 little kids with their parents who don't know how to be quiet in sit in their seats, and you really can't kick those kids out. :/

[amratis]

You guys need to be banned from theaters for life. Seriously. If all you want to do is screw around then save yourself 10 dollars and do it somewhere else. Those who want to see the movie didn't pay to be distracted by idiots.

Sorry but I feel this way to, I hate it when ppl talk during movies and mess around .etc. But I'm quite a movie buff so *shrugs*

[Old Manus]

Who needs theatres when you can just come over to my place?

[faster skating penguin]

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