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The last movie we attended people were incredibly disruptive throughout the film, to the point that it was difficult to focus on the film. Some people enjoy scr
by tyjen 6mo ago
The last movie we attended people were incredibly disruptive throughout the film, to the point that it was difficult to focus on the film. Some people enjoy screaming, laughing, and talking as part of the experience, but it's apparently been normalized beyond my tolerance threshold. Add in the cost and overall movie quality decrease of Hollywood productions, and it's difficult to justify.
Presently, we watch foreign movies at home 95% of the time and maybe a Hollywood production when they manage to find their roots and create something worth watching.
- alwa 6mo agoThe last time I chose to watch a movie in a theater instead of the comfort of my home, I went for the raucous audience aspect of the experience.
- socalgal2 6mo agoThere's a middle ground. I go for the laughter and reaction of the audience. I don't go to hear the 2 people behind me have a conversation during the movie. Nor do I go to have people critiquing the movie out loud as we're watching it. I certainly don't go to watch people pop out their phones and scroll through social media or check their messages.
- vasac 6mo agoOne of my better cinema experiences was watching Austin Powers 3 at the theater in some random late-morning screening where there were only three friends and me in the hall, plus two elderly ladies in their 70s. They were laughing so hard that the movie became even funnier for us, because you somehow wouldn’t expect them to find it that hilarious. Also, growing up in a small town in Yugoslavia in the 80s definitely didn’t guarantee a top-tier cinema experience, to put it mildly. But the feeling I had watching the James Bond opening credits from a damaged film reel, with frayed subtitles projected from a decades-old projector, is something I can never quite recreate when watching on a 4K screen from a perfect source. So there's that. </old-man-rant>
- aaronbrethorst 6mo agoOut of curiosity was it a movie where you’re expected to throw toast?
- dylan604 6mo agoThe midnight showing of movies like Rocky Horror Picture show are fun when everyone knows that audience participation is the entire reason of going, but that's the only time I want audience participation.
- lelandfe 6mo agoIt’s not a call and response like that but the audible gross out sounds from the theater audience for The Substance added so much to my viewing.
- ozim 6mo agoWith current TV setups or projector technology I basically have cinema in my living room. As a kid who grew up in 90’s I would say it is easily better than what cinema had back then. I don’t have that high expectations of sound/video as many people will point out that streaming kills the quality but for all its worth still much better than what I need to enjoy a movie.
- symfoniq 6mo agoAs a huge film buff, I sadly agree. And theaters in my area aren’t doing a good job keeping their projection technology current. When we went to see “Wicked”, my wife leaned over and whispered that it would probably look better on our 77” OLED, and she was absolutely right. The theater image was dark and lacked vibrant color.
- dylan604 6mo agoOne of the criteria for me to go to the theater was the big screen and big sound would really add to the experience. The last film I saw in the theater was was so loud that it physically hurt and ruined the experience. As you say with the image quality being as high at home now plus a decent surround system really makes the theater experience at home very enjoyable.
- mschuster91 6mo agoIf you got a house of your own, yes. If you are in an urban area and are not a millionaire, you probably live in some kind of apartment or studio. And yes, you can stick up a projector and a good surround system... but it might be that the builder cut corners on the floors and your neighbors already come knocking when you are talking, much less turn up the audio system to a tenth of the sound pressure a good cinema sound system provides.
- ozim 6mo agoI do live in an apartment and I am far from a millionaire. I don't have any of the problem - but I don't have "cinema sound system" as I mentioned whatever I have must have just clear sound and clear doesn't mean loud. I don't need "sound experience" to enjoy a movie.
- bloomingeek 6mo agoSort of off topic, but almost the same can be said for music concerts. During slower or softer songs, people can be heard talking and laughing loudly. I get it, they paid their money, same as us, but we didn't pay to hear them.
- dylan604 6mo agoA couple of years ago, I went to see Echo & The Bunnymen open for Violent Femmes. I had seen the Femmes multiple times, but was really excited to see Echo. These two old biddies that sat in front of us talked the entire show. In between bands, one of them dropped their purse without noticing. I picked it up and offered in exchange for the purse if they wouldn't mind talking through the next act. They were shocked at the nerve and said they didn't talk that much. I then told them all about their kids and their school work and other nonsense that I had to endure. The looked at each other like "oops". To my luck, the show was not sold out, and we moved down our row to get away from them. I obviously gave the purse back
- dawnerd 6mo agoJust went to a very small show, 200 tickets but lots of no shows. Maybe 100 people there total. The folks at the bar were so rude to the talent just loudly talking over them. I just don’t get it.
- rayiner 6mo agoI went with my daughter to see Taylor Swift in Tokyo. It was an amazing experiences. Swift fans prefer recording Tokyo performances because fangs don’t sing along to the music or talk during the performance.
- dboreham 6mo agoIn the US there's also a non-zero chance that you'll be shot in a movie theater.
- rationalist 6mo agoThere's a higher chance you will die in a car wreck or on the subway, etc, getting to the theater... in any country.
- rationalist 6mo agoIs someone letting emotions get in the way of facts?
- alsetmusic 6mo agoThis is why I strongly endorse buying a projector if the space allows for one. Changed the home experience. I thought I might be making a mistake when I bought my first (720p) years ago but I'd never go back to a traditional television.
- pwthornton 6mo agoIdk, a giant OLED is a pretty great experience, and the visual quality of them beats a good chunk of professional cinemas.
- ant6n 6mo agoProjecting a 100 inch picture on a wall costs a fraction of OLED at the same size.
- shiroiuma 6mo agoI completely disagree. This advice made sense 20 years ago, but today an 85" (or smaller even) OLED screen will easily outperform any projector. The problem with projectors is that they can't display black: they're shining light through a filter, so they can't produce a true black, and the contrast ratio isn't that great. For best effect, you need an extremely dark room. With an OLED screen, black is absolutely black, because black pixels simply aren't lit up at all, and you get better contrast ratio than a projector. As a bonus, you can even watch it with the lights on.
- Auracle 6mo agoA 120” or whatever screen is still massively larger than an 85” OLED. Yeah, the picture quality isn’t as good but it’s also more like a theater, so you get that nostalgia factor. Obviously it depends on your projector/screen choice but it’ll probably be cheaper, too. The portability is also nice.
- g947o 6mo agoDifferent people value different things. If I watch a movie by myself, I would choose my $500 27" 4k monitor connected to proper speakers/headphone over a $300 55" TV without external soundbar any day. Most people probably will choose the opposite, which I totally understand.
- next_xibalba 6mo agoThis is why I no longer go to the theater. The norms around how one behaves in theaters have been destroyed (at least to my preferences).
- mark_l_watson 6mo agoWell, rude behavior stemmed from lack of empathy for other people who have to listen to them. I am sorry you had that bad experience. Off topic, but since I retired a few years ago, I go to movies all the time but I go during the week and catch movies between 11am to 3pm. Theaters are almost empty, but just enough other people in the theater to feel like a shared experience. I see about five or six movies a month, and my wife goes with me about half the time. I worried that my local theater would go out of business until we went to a Saturday night movie and all 16 theaters seemed busy, will wall to wall people in the huge lobby area. So, I hope the movie industry survives in close to its present form. I share your fondness to foreign films, BTW.
- justinclift 6mo agoIf you haven't seen it already, then Wind River (from 2017) is pretty good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5362988/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5362988/ Well, it suited my tastes anyway. :)