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Movie theaters. Post-pandemic, tickets are more expensive, cinemas are more run-down, and movie theater etiquette has gone out the window.
i spent most of my teens and 20s at the movies, 5 bucks a movie was easy to justify. i went religiously every other week.
now it's 20+ bucks and there are always assholes kids on their phones or talking during the movie. i go maybe once a year now. i rarely have a good time. my 4K OLED tv w/ 4K is a way better picture than most every theatre. i have a better time going to the library to rent a blu ray for free than I do going to the movies.
I actually experience the opposite.
Theaters have great movies, indie films, and showing old movies again. Everyone has been super respectful, and there's been a few renovated theaters around me. And tickets (at the one I go to) i think are 8 or 10 dollars if you pay cash. The fancy theater is like 18 but I dont go there. Even the renovated original theater is only 10 dollars and has recliners!
And I dont even live in a city. More of a town.
I hope the trend of showing old movies continues for a long time. It gives people the opportunity to experience what it's like to watch good classics on a big screen.
Sadly, true.
I make it a point to go to matinees on a weekday because of it, though we're lucky here in Kansas City to have a local movie theatre chain that's really good. I just hope they last through the coming years.
So I've started really enjoying theatres post-pandemic. It comes down to going to the right theatre and not going to a super packed premier night showing. I'll usually attend a weekend matinee or a weeknight showing of something that's about to drop from the theatre cycle when it's not very busy and you don't have to fight for seats. Going rate is like $18 per ticket for a nicer theatre which if you only go 2-4 times a year like I do is perfectly agreeable
Now I could see someone who goes weekly or biweekly really not liking the theatre experience these days but that's not me
I would have put there demise as being good somewhere in the 90's. Multiplexes instead of big theaters.
I thought I would treat myself to an IMAX showing of Oppenheimer. Worst experience of my life. Seats were old and uncomfortable with sticky shit everywhere. The seating arrangement was shit and my view was less than desirable. Audio kicked ass, but I had to walk out. I ended up going the next day to a regular showing at a different theater with the recliners and had a much better experience.
I haven't been back to the theater since but I have been to several local stage theaters and have enjoyed that immensely. Otherwise, I just watch all my movies at home now
Arrrrr
Lol I never went to a movie theater in my entire life. Am I missing out on anything?
I kinda hate crowds lol, and since we have the internet, I kinda have even less incentive to go one.
Honestly going to the movie theatre is an experience best had with friends/family/dates. I regularly check the schedules at a few local and not so local theatres and make plans with friends if there's something we want to see. Usually it ends up being one of the times they replay some older films (for example many of the Studio Ghibli films get theatre time at least once a year and it's a wonderful way to see those beautiful films) because there just aren't many new movies I want to see coming out.
I go a few times a year. If it's not opening weekend for a blockbuster sequel (like any main Marvel), the theater is half full at best. I wouldn't call it a "crowd" experience because you're all just sitting in assigned seats. It makes the movie the one thing you're experiencing, and is being shown on a large, high quality screen with a good sound system. I went for Star Wars 1-6 reruns over time because the score is over the top for them. For me, something like Dune, Ad Astra, or Mad Max is way better in a theater for environmental immersion and some excellent audio engineering.
If you watched Interstellar on a laptop and thought it was good, then maybe theaters won't matter to you. If you didn't think it deserved the praise for the experience, it was the playback device.
The internet isn't new. We've had home video for a long time. Pretty sure I can still find my laser discs, which played better than my VHS tapes. If you don't have a home theater, then the commercial theater was where you go for better immersion