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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

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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?)

don't really have an opinion about watching movies in a theater vs. watching at home, but I love the name Violet Crown

there's the ritualistic & extremely meaningful aspect of going to movie theaters - being alone in a dark room with strangers scattered around watching the same thing - that is regularly, for me, transcendent. that goes beyond issues of sound/picture quality. But I know movies don't mean as much to everyone, different strokes. Also, thinking about it, I've had to deal with very little bad behavior in movie theaters considering how often I go. maybe because I only go to multiplexes in the morning/during the day before people have been drinking (usually - Hell or High Water was ruined by 4 drunk assholes). and if I that was something I might encounter even semi-frequently of course I'd stay home. I'll never get to see that movie for the first time again, and probably won't be able to watch it again without recalling every other idiotic or racist interjection from the crew going hard at 1pm.

I only go to the theater on dates now, I like going to empty matinees if I'm alone and it's much harder to fit those into my schedule now. There are fewer movies I'm interested in that benefit from a giant screen anyway, the big action stuff is all boring these days. I could have been wondering how long until Doctor Strange was over on my couch.

just saw The Favourite at a single-screen theater and here are some things that benefited from a giant screen: the rooms, the locations, the dresses, the wigs, the makeup, the ducks, the lighting, the lenses, the intertitles and the faces.

Hell or High Water was ruined by 4 drunk assholes

David Mackenzie and who are the other three?

But I know movies don't mean as much to everyone

I actually can be very moved by a film and would you believe it has nothing to do with being in a mall with a bunch of people I don't know?

It's actually the same exact film when you watch on your TV, same script, same actors, dialogue, plot, music, everything!

I mean I will defer to Shakes, I admit sometimes it's hard to enjoy a film as much without taking the city bus and sneaking food and beverages into a large dark room first but I manage somehow

there's the ritualistic & extremely meaningful aspect of going to movie theaters - being alone in a dark room with strangers scattered around watching the same thing - that is regularly, for me, transcendent

I never felt this way about movies, but I used to feel this way about rock shows, so I kinda get it. But I can honestly say if I never went to another movie, or another rock show, for the rest of my life, I'd be just fine. (Live jazz and classical, on the other hand, are more and more important to me. I are old.)

As long as it doesn't involve the infliction of injury on unwilling parties, I wouldn't deign to assert the wrongness of anyone's preferred method of engaging with a particular artform. If you prefer to print out each individual frame of a film and watch it as a flipbook, knock yourself out with my blessing.

My take on this is that my favourite sustained listening period is when I was living in a grubby house in Sydney and literally had a pile of tapes and a shitty $1 tape player from a thrift store - ie the mode of delivery is kind of meaningless, it's the experience etc. But now I love listening on a good stereo. So there's room for both and it needn't be one or the other: as long as the cinema isn't full of cunts, watching films projected is fantastic. As is watching at home.

Which is a garbled way of saying it's not a zero-sum game.

yea don't get me wrong I love watching movies at home, too. & i should've said "the theater-going experience isn't as important to everyone"

projecting on to the far wall of the living room, surround sound system, few cunts in the room with you, jobs a goodun

I will only go to see talkies. No reason to spend extra money for the orchestra. When you factor in streetcar fare and a cherry phosphate, all in all it's a pleasant and inexpensive night out (though at times I prefer to stay indoors with the stereopticon).

Bed is a great place to eat crackers

Specifically up to one entire sleeve of Keebler Club crackers is great to eat in bed

you are dangerous and im no longer comfortable with the level of support this community is providing for your radical ideas tbh

redux https://newrepublic.com/article/152658/ethical-post-pictures-kids-instagram

In France, a child can sue her parents for posting pictures of her on Instagram. On any social media network, in fact, it is the responsibility of the French parent to protect a child’s image. The Gendarmerie have even posted on Facebook about it: “Préservez vos enfants!” The law rests on the principle that the images you post of a non-consenting child will endure in the future, and thus may distress or shame the child in the years to come.

Evangelical Christianity is a risibly silly religion

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