Do you even bother going to the movie Theatres anymore?

[Travel memoir21]

Do you? What's the last great movie you saw? I think with all this crap like Netflix, Hulu, Disney and Amazon and the internet, you pretty have no reason to go to the movies like you did back in High School or Early College, and I'm talking about the late 2000s when going to movies was still a thing. I'm pretty much entertained by reading blogs, going to message boards and groups such as this one, listening to music and watching bloggers on Youtube. What about you guys, how often do you guys go to the movies? It's the Summer, there should be a few good movies out if you look hard enough.

 

[CoolWave1331]

It was last weekend. Had a date and we saw F1. In the city I live one of the 'happening spots' is a mixed use area that's got a bunch of retail, dining, entertainment and even office space. In the middle is an AMC theatre.

I only go to movies now with either friends or dates. When I was in college I went a lot more, even if it was by myself. I used go to this theatre called Music Box, they show a lot of "alt" type stuff.

As you said streaming platforms make going to movies unnecessary. I do like and i'm sure the same occurs where you live, during the summer the community organizes "movie nights". They always play them at the beach I go to.

 

[Doctor Europeo]

As long as there is a movie I genuinely want to see (which is not always the case), I can go once a week. I took my woman last week to see the m3gan sequel, its a popcorn movie and we had a good time.

Might go to see Jurasic Rebirth. Im not sure about Gunn´s superman: I loved Guardians of the galaxy, hated his version of The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker was Mid

 

[SW15]

I can't recall the last time that I went to a movie theater. It was somewhere in the 2010s.

 

[BaronOfHair]

Go see F1

 

[eli77]

dying form of entertainment but i rarely go to the movies the one by my house has gone down hill for sure.

 

[corrector]

Likely in Dec, 2019, before the Pandemic. Genuinely lost interest in cinema as a solo experience. Seen allot of movies from streaming though Ghostbisters:Frozen Kingdom, Avatar 2, Quiet Place 3, Smile 2, Dune 2, Kingdom of the Apes, Literally watched them in a batch over the past month.

Saw parallels with Dune 2 and Avatar 2 were thematically similar, something you would miss if watched in cinema.

 

[Redwood]

I do if I feel if it's well deserved. Movies have been oversaturated as much as music nowadays.

 

[misua]

There’s so much content now that it’s hard for movies to feel special enough for the theater. I mostly wait for big visuals or sound.

 

[Mike32ct]

If you can find a theater that is clean, it’s fine once in a while.

It’s just that some of them are poorly cleaned and kind of gross inside though.

 

[BadBoy89]

I loved the Mission movies 4 and 5, saw 4 twice on IMAX and still watch parts of it on the IPad.

Mission 6 in theatre -> went with gf, she fell asleep during the chase scene. I was bored too
Mission 7 in theatre -> so bad not even funny
Mission 8 in theatre -> couldn’t up to go see it in theatre.

John Wick 2, 3, 4 -> couldn't get up to go see in theatre
Ballerina -> couldn’t get up to go see it in theatre.
F1 -> can’t get up to go see in theatre.

Maybe I’ll go Jurassic because of Scarlett, but it would to be during weekday work days, like 11 - 2 pm.

 

[Divorced w 3]

Yes especially now with the upgraded seating at AMC, but sneak your own food in, prices are absolutely crazy.

 

[SW15]

Yes especially now with the upgraded seating at AMC, but sneak your own food in, prices are absolutely crazy.

Concession stand prices were crazy decades ago too. I can't imagine what they are like now.

 

[Travel memoir21]

LOL....The craziest and loudest and hyped up crowd and fanatics I've ever been to was when I went with my Brother and his girlfriend to watch Avengers End Game in 2019 I believe. The people there were shouting their @sses off every freakin moment haha

 

[Divorced w 3]

LOL....The craziest and loudest and hyped up crowd and fanatics I've ever been to was when I went with my Brother and his girlfriend to watch Avengers End Game in 2019 I believe. The people there were shouting their @sses off every freakin moment haha

Lol… I went and saw John Q (Denzel Washington) years ago in a predominantly black neighborhood and it was like a live sporting event

 

[Divorced w 3]

Concession stand prices were crazy decades ago too. I can't imagine what they are like now.

The soda / popcorn combo is over $20

 

[corrector]

LOL....The craziest and loudest and hyped up crowd and fanatics I've ever been to was when I went with my Brother and his girlfriend to watch Avengers End Game in 2019 I believe. The people there were shouting their @sses off every freakin moment haha

I remember those days. I went to see that with my cousin. It was the event of that time. I dont know if any release had that type of momentum since that time. It Infinity Wars left a perfect cliffhanger.

The only other event is Stanger Things when they drop their seasons.

 

[Solomon]

I saw the last Mission Impossible in theathre on a date, the movie was a snoozefest since covid I probably been to the movie theater 6 times or so, so usually 1-2 times a year at most, honestly no point since most movies nowadays are mid at best

 

[Clockwerk50]

I used to go to the movies all the time with my friends back in my early 20s. We’d smoke some weed and catch the earliest new releases. But ever since I stopped hanging out with that group, I haven’t really gone to the theater. The last time I went was over 10 years ago.

One of the last times I did go, I took this girl I hadn’t even kissed yet to see Star Trek Into Darkness. The movie was long and kind of boring, and the most I managed was a little leg touch. When I dropped her off, I even said, “I want more than that I want a kiss,” and got a tiny peck on the lips. Lmao.

The last last time was with a girl I was sleeping with and we went to see Fast Five. It was a good time, except she kept saying the car explosions were triggering her PTSD. After that, I kind of fell off watching movies in the theatre. These days, TV is mostly just background noise for me.

I’ve been wanting to watch Alien: Romulus on Disney+, but sitting down and giving 2–3 hours of full attention to one specific movie feels like a real investment right now. Like, if I do that, why this movie and not all the others I’ve missed?

 

[corrector]

I’ve been wanting to watch Alien: Romulus on Disney+, but sitting down and giving 2–3 hours of full attention to one specific movie feels like a real investment right now. Like, if I do that, why this movie and not all the others I’ve missed?

I watched this on Disney +. Like all movies I watch, I view it segmentedly. (ie first 20 min, then the first 40-50% of the movie, then the rest of the movie up to the last 20 min, then the last 20 min). There are usually good natural markers within those segments that could make a movie feel like you are watching episodes of a tv show and have its own rhythm rather than watching it for two hours from beginning to end. You just have to chunk it down.