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yes thats about right

that's the problem though isn't it? pretty much no movies are good

this is a super-bonkers thing to say in 2018

change it to pretty much no new movies are good and you'd be right.

also lol seeing stuff on a big tv is not like going to the damn cinema

which i hardly ever do because i hate people also

I've seen 170 films in a theatre so far this year and at least 143 of them were good

booming controp

more things are good than the number of things the sort of people who think everything is bad thinks are good

yes

and a fine piece of jazztalkery

I suspect there's more than one kind of 'good' involved here, as in "that gave me something to enjoy while it lasted" vs. "that gave me something I want to return to and think about some more".

"90% of everything is crud" (it's really more than 95%...)

also lol seeing stuff on a big tv is not like going to the damn cinema

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:54 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean i don't know to me i see the movie, probably with better picture quality and sound....i'm comfortable and can make my own popcorn that is lot better, i can be super comfortable on the couch

actually you're right it's not like going to the damn cinema it's far better

No need to buy a ticket either.

save on gas/bus fare

the medium is the message or whatever

You're nuts dude. At least have he decency to throw a $20 bill in the garbage before you throw the popcorn in the microwave? Some people just don't appreciate the ~experience~

xxxp

also lol seeing stuff on a big tv is not like going to the damn cinema

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:54 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean i don't know to me i see the movie, probably with better picture quality and sound....i'm comfortable and can make my own popcorn that is lot better, i can be super comfortable on the couch

actually you're right it's not like going to the damn cinema it's far better

― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 1:19 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you have better picture quality and sound at home than in the cinema? I'm very confused.

my point is a pretty obvious one that you're tv, whether it's top of the line LED 900 inches or whatever is not going to look like a movie on the big screen, your home audio setup is not a theatre's dolby surround. they are vastly different experiences. you'd surely agree that if you were richie rich and had your own movie theatre in your mansion that it'd be preferable to watch a movie in there than just in your living room?!?!?!/

He's obviously valuing the comfort and convenience of home higher than the sound/picture quality as factors. Sounds fine to me. All sorts of contextual elements can play in to the overall experience.

I have a regular 50 inch 4K tv that I got on sale for pretty cheap

the last time I went to the theater the project was kinda ass tbh

I have an affordable soundbar that has pretty good sound

If i'm 8 feet from a 50 inch TV how is that not big enough functionally

Like good TVs are so cheap they are practically giving them away

I really don't understand, your average home netflix viewing experience is great now by any historical measure

I mean yeah if I had a home actual theater that would be cool but honestly factor in...okay...let's get in the car, drive 15 minutes, park, deal with the line, pay $14 or whatever for a ticket...buy crappy popcorn and a soda for $12...then pray there's no douchebags talking or on their phones

or I could just be already watching the movie on my couch

plus you barely have to wait now, it's not like when we were kids, movies hit amazon etc when they are still in the theater

I take the bus to the theater, bring my own food and drink (unless I want to buy an It's It), there's never a line (esp w online ticketing or w rep theaters) and the picture is bigger and the sound is better than anything I could get at home

diffrent strokes

For me the theatre audio visual experience is different by such a degree from home viewing that it's basically a different kind of experience

my god this is the steve hoffman forums of going to the movie theater

can someone who doesn't even own a television weigh in?

i mean i get why ppl like going to the movie theater but it's a bit boggling to me that people don't understand why i wouldn't?

no no, we get it, you hate movies

no, no it's because he's a disgusting savage

One thing I like about ilx is how mild the trolls are.

Movies at the movies are good but my qualm about going to them is that my shut-in rep really takes a drubbing.

You're nuts dude. At least have he decency to throw a $20 bill in the garbage before you throw the popcorn in the microwave? Some people just don't appreciate the ~experience~

xxxp

― Evan, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:26 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmaooooo

my god this is the steve hoffman forums of going to the movie theater

― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 3:00 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

new board description btw

more things are good than the number of things the sort of people who think everything is bad thinks are good

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 3:59 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3

if i didn't hate polls and starting threads i would definitely be starting the thread/poll: is the experience of watching a film at home vs in the theatre so radically different to you as to be experienced as a manifestly qualitatively different experience?????

Most things are at least a little bit good and probably at least a little bit more stupid than they are good.

there are cinema movies and couch movies cmon lads

someone upthread said they like quieter movies better in the theater, i think that's otm. generally less annoying crowds too

I went to the movies almost every weekend when I was 25 and lived within walking distance to a big multiplex with amazing sound and comfy seats and only had a 15” CRT TV and VCR at home.

Now I go maybe once a year because I have a four year old and that means going to a shitty kids film or paying $40 for a babysitter on top of the $20 it costs for my wife and I to go, but I have a 60” tv and surround sound and beers and weed and snacks at home.

Unfortunately, the quieter the movie, the more audible the popcorn-munching.

(I was slightly exaggerating upthread about not enjoying the cinema, btw. I like going to movies fine. Movie annoyances are just a thing I like to whine about.)

there are no couch movies, only movies one can tolerate seeing on a couch given the impracticality and unaffordability of only seeing movies at the theater. obviously if i had kids or something this would all be totally different.

huge exceptions: being sick, being hungover, and being in the mood for total schlock, with or without friends. in the past week i've watched "v.i. warshawski" and "a very brady christmas" and in both cases everything that was worthwhile about it would have been impossible in a theater. if this is what's meant by a couch movie then we're all on the same page here.

Most movies are couch movies. The ideal movie length is 90 mins and if a movie is 2hr plus I flat out won’t see it in a cinema. I get too antsy.

I realize this opinion is probably a result of my restlessness and anxiety but with the previews and stuff most movies are just too damn long and I just want them to end. At least at home I can take breaks if and when I want to. That said, the three times I was convinced to go to the theater this year I enjoyed it.

Simple solution: walk into movies late! I haven't watched a trailer in real time in years.

my local theater (the v pricey but v good violet crown) allots exactly ten minutes for trailers and has assigned seating so yeah I just do what Alfred does

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pretty much all sporting, music, theatrical events are better on tv than live

not wholly because of ppl ruining it, but unfettered access to pause, the kettle, a seat, a loo and a good angle are all important elements

watching a movie on a couch or in a cinema is equally terrible, no one should do either

huh i was just abt to say that abt sporting events

i always think of how elvis would rent movie theaters so he could just watch "dr strangelove" by himself over and over

I've only been to one professional sporting event, and more than half the crowd got up and left during the last hour because their team wasn't winning

(I've never watched a sport on a couch either though, maybe ppl turn the TV off in the same circs?)