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[fscom]

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[neoyi]

Yeah, for me, it's definitely the aging bladder category. That, and I am not so much of a film buff that I will pay a lot of money to see it in theaters. I like theaters, but there's not a lot of movies I wanna see on the big screen nowadays.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, is that why the action scenes look the way they do? I've never been impressed with them, but it makes slightly more sense if you're supposed to be looking at them from the perspective of an ant, as opposed to going "that ... is another busy, cluttered, loud scene with things zipping every which way. I guess it's supposed to be exciting. If so, it is dramatically failing to be exciting."

But I can't really blame age. These scenes fell flat with me even as a teenager.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah I can't blame age either. I was apparently born old and crochety (and cheap) because I've never been all that excited about theater experience or 'amazing' action scenes.

[(Anonymous)]

Tbh, OP, I haven't been able to bring myself to go to a theatre since 2019 (I might have gone one time after lockdown lifted, but I can't remember). It used to be a special thing for me, and big crowds were never an issue since I'd plan days off to see movies (instead of using PTO for something like an overseas trip like a normal human). But now nothing jumps out at me as particularly interesting, especially if it means I'll be sitting for 2 or more hours.

Oh well. Maybe one day I'll find something worth going to the theatre for again.

[(Anonymous)]

I remember not being impressed with Independence Day because I didn't see it on the big screen. But there have been plenty of action movies that are still impressive on the small screen. My particular faves: T2, Snowpiercer, and Fury Road.

[(Anonymous)]

Mostly same. Audiences are getting more inconsiderate and honestly, most movies are out on BR/DVD/whatever within the same year, and I can wait to see them. For the price of two people to see the movie, I can own a permanent copy.

[aplacetowrite]

Gods do I feel you on the time commitment thing. I will end up sitting down for two hours of episodes, but trying to get me to commit ahead of time to a movie of the same length is a losing battle. And then a movie theater is even longer with all the trailers etc.

I do enjoy seeing a few specific movies in the theater (I've seen all the newer Star Wars and Deadpools, for example) but for the most part I am meh on the theater. Expensive, people coughing and chomping, the theater seats hurt my hips and back, and the time commitment. Old and crochety club for us!

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh yes, as I get older, my back can't take crappy theater seats for two hours anymore. I can never truly get comfortable, and then when I stand up my back/legs ache. The joys of getting older...

[(Anonymous)]

For what it's worth, I miss movie theaters being more fun. I really dislike feeling like the theater is damaging my hearing with the soundtrack volume, and how bad most actors seem to have gotten about enunciating. I legit have a better experience at home, where I can mute the giant explosions and scenes that are basically just people screaming, and add subtitles any time I want.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it was just me, with how loud I felt the movies at the theater are!! It's like when you're watching a show and then an infomercial comes on 20 decibels higher!

I also appreciate having subtitles now, since it's either a. actor mumbling or b. poor sound design/editing yikes

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I can't go to the theatre now because the sound is either too low and I can't hear a damn thing or I have to constantly cover my ears because it's too loud.
I love having subtitles and the ability to turn the volume low.

[(Anonymous)]

Theatres are so expensive these days, it's a rare movie that's worth watching on the big screen, regardless of if it would be better on it or not.

[(Anonymous)]

I've always had an issue making it through an entire movie without having to go to the bathroom partway through, so nothing has changed about that for me (I sometimes make sure I haven't had anything to drink for a couple of hours beforehand and don't get anything to drink during, but I mostly accept the probability that I will have to get up and go at some point). What actually makes me pause is my knees. I don't know what it is about those seats, but my knees almost always ache after a movie - maybe I just hold myself more tensely and still. I only go nowadays is if I really want to see a new movie and I want to see it with an audience.

I like action sequences on both small and large screens, but then action is my favorite genre and I know will sometimes put up with a lot because of that.

[(Anonymous)]

I watch tons of movies but I will get through a film in multiple sittings more often than not. I still go to the theater but I would go more often if we had intermissions.

[(Anonymous)]

For me, it was my only local movie theatre making all the parking 3 hours and enforcing it. What the hell? So the last thing I saw in the theatre was Black Panther (the first one) and I've never gone back. All the other stuff factors in too, but I'm not going and moving my car in the middle of a session (which can easily be 3 hours once you factor in parking, previews, ads and a 2 hour plus movie.)

[(Anonymous)]

I quit going with the pandemic and never got back into it, but I also got a secondhand projector I can hook up to my laptop and point at a white wall, and that's a much nicer experience anyway imo.

[(Anonymous)]

Although I do go to the cinema, it's certainly nowhere near as often as I use to go pandemic. The last movie I saw Was Five Nights at Freddy's last year (which I hadn't originally planned to see, but at the time I had such a crappy birthday that I decided to treat myself), and before that it was Black Adam with a friend the year before.

Money is definitely a factor in it for me since its usually cheaper for me to wait to buy a dvd release than pay for a cinema ticket - plus there's the hassle of other people and making the journey to actually go to the cinema that has discouraged me in the past (like I really had intentions to see the Barbie movie and Wolverine & Deadpool, but just didn't and now its too late to go rn for me).

Still I don't mind going over older media as a result for not watching as much of the newer stuff - like right now I've been going through anime that have been on my to-watch list forever (about to start Code Geauss) and I have to admit that I've been going through a lot of youtube essay videos recently as well as LetsPlays because its the closest thing to a steaming service that I'm ever going to bother with lol.

[(Anonymous)]

*pre-pandemic

[ibbity]

I haven't been to a movie theater since well before COVID...there just haven't been that many movies coming out that I was interested enough in, and I find it less fun to go by myself than I used to if I don't know that someone else I know will have seen it and can discuss it with me

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. I haven't been to the theater in ages. I just don't like fighting the crowds. It messes with my anxiety. Plus is it me or do most of the movie selections suck nowadays?

[(Anonymous)]

I've definitely cut back on the number of movies I watch in theaters. Like others in this thread say, it's expensive, audience behavior has deteriorated and there just aren't that many movies that I want to see now. I also have more options for entertainment with streaming and most movies are on there in a few months.

[(Anonymous)]

Out of curiosity - do you remember what the last movie you watched in theaters was 20 years ago?

[dinogrrl]

Yeah...I miss seeing movies in theaters. But I have to go at times when crowds are minimal (and I don't have many chances to do that, thanks to my work schedule), to avoid Germs and also I'm allergic to corn so having to walk through a lobby with active popping machines to sit in an enclosed space with 100 people with their popcorn bags is legit dangerous for me.

Thankfully my parents have a fairly big tv so if I really want to see something on a large screen I can just sit on the floor in front of it.

[(Anonymous)]

I have gone through a lot of emotions over the cinemas. Right now, I go to the cinemas but it definitely doesn't feel like it used to.

I feel like I was lucky to experience films in cinemas like I got to in the 90s and 2000s. 2010s was when I felt the sharper downshift. The spectacle of the big blockbusters like superhero films and franchise films were fun but so definitely different from watching something like "Rumble in the Bronx" in the late 1990s. It was a special time.

I was a young adult in the mid-late 00s and I got to experience the last of the indie films getting mainstream money and marketing, and though it wasn't like the 1990s, we still got some amazing works in cinemas!

I don't know if it was my depression or the culture's in general enshittification but I just found myself no longer watching movies, not in cinemas or at home. The pandemic just clarified to me that I didn't miss the cinemas.

I go to the cinemas because it's a hobby my siblings really enjoy and one of the few hobbies that gets them to go outside.

I do miss my solo cinema days. I used to spend an entire day at the cinema and watch 2 or 3 films. But I don't think there would be more than 1 film I'd want to watch in a day at the cinemas.