I can understand that. There are some movies that we will not miss at the theater. LOTR, Star Wars, etc. I want to see Bourne Supremacy but it isnt something that I am just freaking over to see so I'll wait. The wait for DVD's are not nearly as long as it used to be. A movie that I am pretty psyched about is Collateral with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. I know Tom Cruise is a tool but he usually has good movies.
Something like LOTR or Xmen or Spidey, those movies get the big screen treatment. However I try to go to the most teen-and-kid unfriendly theaters and times I can find. No offense to teenagers, I was one, too...and quite obnoxious in the theaters.
I go to the regular theater, but I tend to go during the week in the afternoon. Even in the summer, there's fewer people overall during the week, though you will occassionally get a few bad apples during the week in the summer. But there's a whole lot of times where I'm practically the only person in the theater.
When I first started reading this, I was thinking you were going to end it with something like... Answering a phone call and getting your ass handed to you...Priceless.
exactly... even if the couple was talking back to the officer, that is still absolutely no reason to pepper spray them. it's hard to respect cops when you constantly hear stories like this.
Andy, are you really trying to suggest that because the government has deemed smoking pot illegal, the police officer sprayed two black people with mace? I'm well-versed on your arguments for ending the War on Drugs, and when you say that some people are afraid to go to the police for help because they have taken drugs recently, or when you say that the police should only be there to prevent harm to the citizens, and not to monitor their intake of substances, I agree with you. But these were just two people in a movie theater. Has nothing to do at all with prohibition or drugs. The cop was just an idiot and overreacted.
Not to mention that you have the best seat in town. One thing that pisses me off is when people come into the movie all nice and late and ask you scoot over one or two seats so they can sit down. If I waited ahead of time to get a decent seat, what the hell makes you think I'm going to move? It might seem a bit harsh, but thats probably the one thing that burns me more than a ringing cell phone.
This is classic. Justice is served for the millions of *behaved* movie-goers who have to put up with the Warronnica and KC types at the theaters. My goodness, how friggin hard is it to sit there quietly and watch a movie? I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for those two.
Anybody else LIKE the movie theatre experience? Other than the cost and the occasional buffoon i find it a much better experience than sitting at home. No interuptions Big screen Big sound Lots of people (I hate going to empty theatres -- there's no buzz) An event. I suppose you prefer sitting at home listening to cd better than attending concerts too? Sounds probably better, and it's much cheaper.
I love going to the movies. We have a great theater close to my house (10-15 minutes away), I never really seem to have a problem with people being loud or using phones (maybe I just don't pay attention), and it's always great to see movies when they come out, as opposed to a couple months later on DVD. Also, the movies may be expensive as hell, but microwave popcorn just can't compare to movie popcorn.
I think that is a terrible analogy. The **** I watch at home is the exact same **** that I could watch at the movies. Matt Damon isnt coming to a theater near you to act out the Bourne Supremacy. My home theater has very similar sound quality as the theater and my 65 inch HDTV gives me a big picture that looks great. If my son has to take a piss I wont miss anything because I can pause it. If I want to eat something other than popcorn (that is **** and OVERPRICED) its no problem. I can eat a filet mignon with a ****akke peppercorn sauce and still save money. I think a better analogy would be "would you go to a music listening theater to listen to a CD that you can listen to at home?" I think not. edit: Ha, it starred out the $hit in $hitakke
bnb, I agree. I don't go to the theater a whole lot, but I don't consider watching movies at home a similar experience. When you go to the movies, you're going out. When you rent a movie, you're staying in. As for cop vs security work, I have a theory that is mostly baseless since I know nothing of the particulars of this case. Security is not afforded nearly the respect (or fear) given to police. Even if he's wearing a police uniform, a guy doing security tasks doesn't get the respect. If you're used to that on the beat, you may be more likely to forcibly demand it when you're working in a different but similar capacity.
Figured someone would take the cd analogy bait! I just find it odd that so many of you appear to think it's as good (or better) to watch at home. Or worse -- in an empty theatre! Guess i just grew up going to movies, and have had very few bad experiences (other than some bad movies). Used to go almost every week. A full theatre is a different atmosphere. The cost is nuts -- i agree! But at home -- seems there's always an interruption. Son needs to pee. Must flip the fillet mignon. Friend calls (because he's getting pepper spayed?). Lets just pause the movie and watch it later. At the big screen, you're immersed. You commit to the movie -- and you watch it. To each his own.
I like going to the theater and prefer it, in general, to watching a movie for the first time at home, but I don't see an advantage to a full theater, personally. Invariably a fuller theater means sitting next to someone I don't know, which often means loss of use of the armrests. Very often, I end up with a seat that's not nearly as good as where I prefer to sit. And people generally like to talk, or laugh at things that aren't funny, or make me feel bad for laughing out loud at something that is funny but that they don't get. I don't really like it to be completely empty, but once it gets above about half-full, the benefit of seeing a movie with others starts to get outweighed by the bad aspects. I'm just not a crowd person in general.
When I read about stuff like that, I'm reminded of when I was a kid and we'd be out somewhere when my father would be paged to go do a case at the hospital. I mean, I guess any surgeries they needed him for could've gone on without him. I'm sure they can do operations without anesthesia.
It's because I loved going to the movies so much that the the state of theaters now is so irritating. In any case, while I agree that if the couple 'really did nothing wrong', then the cop was way out of line....but for some reason, having to deal with so many dumbasses at so many movies - people who I would have liked to have seen get pepper sprayed - it is hard to feel overly empathetic. I never understood....is it that friggin' hard to respect other people around you?
My rant about movies I grew up loving movies. Now, I only go about once a year for the 'must see' movie, and I go knowing that I'm going to dread the experience The last movie I went to (Shrek 2 with my wife and kid) TWO people answered their cell phones (which had very bright displays) and continued to talk during the movie. SOLUTION TO THE CELL-PHONE PROBLEM: take a sponge to the theater with you, moisten it with water, soda, spit, or pee and throw it at them (hopefully knocking down their phone). If we all do that, people will stop. Movies are so crappy now, and people are so inconsiderate now, that the movie experience is no longer worth the ticket price. Not even close. I bootleg everything now. I'm just not gonna spend the money on it. Only about one out of twenty movies will get my business, and they're usually classic movies. The MPAA and RIAA are evil, out of control, and need to be brought down. I defy them. -- droxford
