No, it is Badass to watch movies by Yourself. I usually saunter up the ticket guy/gal and in a gruff voice pleasantly ask for 1 ticket to whatever artsy fartsy film my pretentious ass wants to watch. Of course, rewinding back to me waiting in line, I am smirking quite smugly over all the schmucks with their vapid girlfriends or homoerotic "bros" buying tickets to *insert Hollywood abomination of a movie that that will reek havoc on the general public's diminishing IQ* while I cross my hairy arms in defiance of their sheep-titude. Once inside I align myself in the middle of the theater while slurping diet coke and rolling my eyes very profoundly at all the idiotic movie previews and groaning loudly enough to emphasis to those around me that I am above watching such emotional tripe as "A Dolphin's Tale". I stay until the end credits finish while pensively stroking my goatee absorbing the entire film into my system while a small tear forms around my eye, exasperated that people are walking out without actually taking a moment to allow the film to register into their soul. Finally, I take a deep poetic sigh and walk out into the blasting sun and squint my eyes as I walk alone to my car feeling better about myself as an appreciator of art and go home to my apartment wishing I could tell someone how the film I just watched unfurled all sorts of pretty emotions. My solitude will then be drowned out by alcohol's fuzzed out raping.
I hate to break it to you but most movies of every genre are written and produced by the same people and market-tested into the ground; they're just packaged and targeted to account for age, race and income (which is actually all anyone's level of "sophistication" is shorthand for).
It's kind of funny that this thread pops up. I went out to eat last night to a sit-down-restaurant by myself and the only reason I felt some level of awkwardness was because there was like a party of 10 sitting right next to me yelling, laughing, and screaming all night. Of course going with someone is always better but I dont mind my own company.
funny to recognize this thread and my response 3 years ago. I still stand by it today, I every so often do watch a movie by myself, where I see it more and more happening. I prefer to watch with my cousins and friends, but there's those movies, where I'm the only one interested in seeing. Restaurants I don't care sitting my by myself. Most of the time it when I go to lunch during work, where I just need my alone time for the day. and yes, 50/50 is a fantastic movie, a must see, one of the best movies this year.
When I lived in Harligen and didn't really know anyone there, believe me, I was a freak when I went to movies alone. In line to buy a ticket: In front of me: young family, three kids. Behind me: boyfriend/girlfriend. Behind them, young couple, three kids. When I'd get to the ticket window: "One, for Harry Potter." Response, with Latina accent: "ONLY ONE?!?!?!" And a neon arrow spelling out "LOSER" would drop from the sky, blinking on and off, pointing at my head. (Note: apologies to Latinos; but if you've ever been to Harlingen, and you saw how white I am, you'd understand the story. )
So true. At it's core, you can see the same movie played over and over again. For example, in actions flicks, I don't get why they have to shoe horn a half baked romantic relationship in there. While everything is getting blown up, people getting shot left and right, there has be some courting going on. Just look at Transformers and Fast and the Furious for examples. That's why I watch foreign films.
Depending on when you go, the movies or a sit down restaurant shouldn't be awkward in the least. Go during the weekday afternoon, there is zero chance there isn't several more people there by themselves. It's what some people do when the kids are off in school and the spouse is at work or out doing something, or when you have an hour lunch and you don't want McDonalds. Chili's for instance will have 10+ tables at any given time with only one person between 11 and 3.
