Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6578850

After 23 years of film criticism, I was back in front of the screen as a civilian. I had no idea what I would find. --by former NY Times film critic A.O. Scott

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ArghZombies 24 points 3 years ago

You can't replicate the cinema experience at home, regardless of how big your TV is or how impressive your audio setup is.

Watching some epic sci-fi on the big screen, or communally experiencing some creepy horror movie, or a whole crowd of 100s laughing along together at a ludicrous comedy is something I don't want to give up.

Sure, a lot of films are fine to watch at home but with a decent audience the cinema experience can't be beaten.

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reef 15 points 3 years ago

Sometimes I have the opposite problem, where the audience is more disruptive than anything. I haven't been in a while, but I'm thinking back to the random cheering and clapping that pulls you out of the movie.

I also find that a lot of theatres are too loud now, but maybe my ears are getting old

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knotthatone 6 points 3 years ago

I also find that a lot of theatres are too loud now, but maybe my ears are getting old.

I do too and I've probably damaged my hearing in my youth by being careless & invincible. I bought a set of fancy concert earplugs ($30ish) that protect hearing without muffling the sound and they were well worth it. They fit in a little capsule on my keychain so I've got them if I wind up someplace unexpectedly loud.

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cd_slash_rmrf 2 points 3 years ago

oh dang, the Eargasm ones? I just got a pair last weekend

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Appoxo 1 point 3 years ago

where the audience is more disruptive than anything.

I have a talent to always get or pick the seat where the tallest dude or the highest hairstyle is present and in the row before me.

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