Streaming/Direct-to-home distribution: >stay at your house >Watch whatever you want >eat whatever you want >cheaper >big screen experience can still be replicated at home if you're not a poorfag, lesser extravagant films are just the same experience as TV >lesser-known films get wider audience
Theaters: >drive 20+ minutes >have to pay 10+ bucks to see new comedy flick that's shot like a commercial >paying top dollar for shitty overpriced concessions >seats get sold out >retarded moviegoers can ruin your experience >waste of money and resources for studios having to always get their films into theaters
Chain theaters need to die. Fuck off, boomers. Let them join the ranks of Drive-in theaters still being around today in select locations.
I like seeing certain types of movies with a crowd. It's a fun experience.
You sound like a giant pussy.
Angel Watson
I sort of agree with you, but most people don't even bother to setup a decent home theater. Half the people here watch kino on their bloody desktops. That's doing a disservice to film.
I rarely go to movies anymore, and when I do I drive 40 minutes to an actual IMAX at a science museum. Last movies I saw on it were 2001 Space Odyssey re-release, Han Solo, and Blade Runner 2049. Otherwise I watch movies at home.
Jaxson Allen
>not watching 35mm prints of old films in a theater on the regular why even live?
Colton Ortiz
They're well on the way out, home theaters are a bit of a meme too. There isn't much worth having a massive screen for and zoomers are used to watching everything on tiny screens anyway.
Kayden Adams
Watching those movies at home with the comforts of HD and surround with good friends instead of strangers is even better. Unless you're lacking there.
Blake Evans
When you're 25+ it gets harder to get a group of friends together sadly.
Jaxon Scott
I've recently seen the light on this. Watching something on the couch with your significant other is much more fun than being surrounded by strangers at a theater. You can get blankets, eat whatever food you want, pause for pee breaks if necessary, and you don't have to worry about loud people or their children.
>seats get sold out Oh boo fucking hoo The only movies that should go full streaming for are bad comedies and horror schlock you don't need a good set up to appreciate (so pretty much both new movies that came out this week)
Everything else needs a good viewing set up or dumbasses start judging a movie like Dunkirk or Spider-verse after viewing them on their tiny-ass phones with busted earphones. Not to mention at home viewers are 100 more likely to get distracted by shit (some people even get distracted at a theatre so they're a lost cause). Snacks aren't mandatory unless you're a dumbass.
Luke Thomas
i have a projector that does 100" screen and HTIB. it's so fucking comfy.
Austin Davis
>Snacks aren't mandatory unless you're a dumbass. or a fatass. what is it with people being unable to not eat for three hours?
enjoy changing your expensive ass bulb every three years
Nolan Ramirez
LED bulb 30,000 hour life that I run on max eco at all times. It will last longer than i live.
Brayden Gonzalez
I have a $3000+ setup at home but I still love going to the cinema No roomate/brother/sister/mom/whoever barging in the room, no tasks/problems you suddenly remember you have to do, no phone notifications or calls, no temptation of looking up stuff you see in the film on the spot, no option of pausing the film 12 times, you just have sit there and experience the film as a whole at once with absolutely zero distractions like it's intended to be experienced (I'm from Europe so I never had a single bad cinema experience like I hear here often)
I hate the social aspect of going to a cinema. Fuck that faggot who laugh at every single shitty joke Fuck that faggot who react when someone gets killed in the movie
I wish there was a service that let you watch the movie the same day it's released in cinema but at home, so I can enjoy the movie in silence.
Jonathan Gray
that could be used for an eightball of coke you pleb
Ryan Butler
>Theaters: >>drive 20+ minutes Do you live in the middle of nowhere?
You make some good points otherwise, including that some of the best films don't even get shown at theaters. Your only options are blockbusters basically and then people are like "Why aren't there any good films anymore?" Gee I wonder, because they're not in the fucking theaters.
Carson Mitchell
Just move to any other country that is non degenerate, there are no such problems here.
Henry Hernandez
they're sapping your body heat to power the popcorn cauldrons
William Lewis
It is shit though, sometimes, you know the seats can suck.
Levi Flores
>I wish there was a service that let you watch the movie the same day it's released in cinema but at home, so I can enjoy the movie in silence. They do have that. A rich guy I did some work for had it in his home theater. It's insanely expensive though, as you can imagine - plus you have to buy a bunch of movie theater equipment that is able to decode the locked formats.
Thomas Flores
Protip: stop going to shitty ass mall theaters.
There are plenty of actual great films being screened in independent cinemas. Rescreenings of classics aswell
Samuel Reed
My theaters are all in casinos. I'd have to drive all the way over to the really bad and seedy part of town to get to one of those independent theaters.
Jacob Scott
The best way to spot an absolute pleb casual is when they only talk about screen size.
I can bet atleast half of the posters ITT watch flicks by playing on their TV integrated speakers aswell
Colton Diaz
I love the cinema but more often than not I agree with OP. Certain movie just deserved to be watched in a theatre (Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, Infinity War) otherwise I’m good with not having to spend $17 CAD a ticket and then have to take my gf out to fucking dinner as well. Oh and let’s not forget 15 for a Soda and popcorn plus tip.
Hunter Wright
This is gonna happen. VOD releases early in Korea and early Korean VOD is doing close to as well as theaters despite being a few months late. All they need to do is release an "encryption box" to run to your TV off the internet that can't be captured easily (they'll break it but you just need it to work for a week or 2 and then you just change the codes, these shits would be easy to produce because of bitcoin mining doing the work) and they'd be set. Sell the box for 50$ and sell the movies for 25-50$. There are logistics problems and you would eventually need Smart TVs built for it to stop pirates but I see this as an eventuality. It's already profitable and the only issue is staying ahead of the pirates.
Austin Myers
I miss going to the cinema. I wish I had friends and or girlfriend.
I live in a transitional shithole in the balkans and I have multiple great theaters in walking radius around me. Saw Come and See a month ago on the big screen
Brayden Price
I have a 2.1 setup with a good woofer. Works for me.
Ayden Bell
It’s just a ritual we have I guess. We eat dinner, get a little lit with cocktails and go watch a movie. Going to see Greta in Sunday actually .
Hudson Young
you can go alone user, I promise there won't be a no single police
Easton James
There's also these screeners
Benjamin Rodriguez
Sorry, no amount of money on a home setup can match a True-IMAX or AMC Dolby experience. I pay $1.67 a movie with A-List I never pay for snacks and the zoomers at the theater don't care if I fill up my YETI with ice cold water from the Coca-Cola Freestyle Machine. 20 minutes isn't a long way to drive if you're a True American TM. I reserve online so I get good seats. Based midwesterners at my theater are ultra polite and never ruin the experience. Even the kids at How to Train Your Dragon were respectful. Also, the audio system is so loud in a Dolby theater that you can't hear people.
Seeing a movie at the theater is the true experience that every director intends. Not some zoomie iPad bullshit.
Owen Moore
Films are mixed for a 7.1 or 5.1 surround sound system, not a stereo channel output. Even if you get the most expensive stereo speakers and pre-amp possible, you still have an inferior setup because the 5.1 audio source file needs to be downmixed into a stereo channel to be reproduced from your two speakers, and that never sounds good.
Atleast invest in a decent center channel speaker then so the voice channel doesn’t get buried that much, which is exactly why all the casuals constantly cry "why voices so quiet and splosionz so loud lol"
Zachary Scott
>whole row of empty seats in front >fucker sits right next to me
There's a limited number of actual good seats in the theater. Sitting close to the screen is hell.
Jeremiah Hernandez
He was sparing you both from the virgin inspectors, you should have thanked him.
Hudson Hernandez
Imagine experiencing your favorite film for the first time on your TV while you were able to experience it in theaters.
I saw LOTR in theaters and I can't imagine actually watching something like that for the first time on your fucking television.
Henry Sullivan
Fucking this, 50% of BR2049 experience was in the sound
Easton Davis
Here's a criticism I never see people bring up. Theaters don't have subtitles so if the movie is British then I have no fucking clue what anybody is saying. This happened to me when I went to see KA a couple years ago. I'd rather watch a movie at home where I can have subtitles.
Ayden Peterson
I'd rather sit about half way down, closer to the screen, but if I don't sit in the very back row there will invariably be someone kicking the back of my seat. So i have to sit back thee to ensure that there's no one behind me.
I don't have this problem at home.
Ayden Sanders
i remember the two towers opening with the shot across the mountains and the music, the newline logo and having to tell myself to calm down because i felt like jumping out of my seat, i'll never forget it
Connor Reyes
i agree with this. my dad is basically deaf and we used to go to the cinea every weekend together and he won't go anymore because he needs subtitles. makes me feel sad.
Christopher Nguyen
i have this problem in adult cinemas as well
Jacob Watson
I use headphones
Brayden Robinson
It encourages people to keep their clothes on and not fool around in the backseats.
As already said, films are mixed for a 7.1 or 5.1 surround sound system, not a stereo channel output. Even if you get the most expensive Audeze headphones and a headphone pre-amp, you still have an inferior setup because the 5.1 audio source file needs to be downmixed into a stereo channel to be reproduced from your cans, and that never sounds good. Not to mention the fact that with headphones you just have two tiny speakers farting in your ear, compared to actually feeling the sound throughout your whole body as if the events are happening all around you.
Yes it's better than TV integrated speakers, but still not ideal.
Dominic Young
zoomers have no idea what you are talking about, their idea of distributed audio is using their phone speakers
Brayden Bailey
He overtakes my arm rest. I was using both, seat reclined, comfy as fuck. Now I refuse to use one arm rest becausd ocd. Literally sit with my arms squeezed inside both arm rests thru entire movie PISSED!
I think you're not very likely to find a boomer that knows anything about that either. "What happened to the good old days when kids used to go outside instead of watching movies?"
Liam Adams
Get up and move then you idiot.
Elijah Morgan
Are these seats only available to the 1% I’ve never seen anything like that before.
Easton Hall
what about spatial sound algorithms
Zachary Foster
Noway. I'm afraid I'll sit in a seat reserved by a group of chads, mexicans or black guys.
Landon Martin
>Oops, I read the seat number wrong. Simple as that.
Hudson Garcia
they used to have 2 rows in the cinema i go to with seats like this at a higher price
then they said fuck it and made all the seats like that it's fucking awesome
James Campbell
i've gone to see movies alone even when i was in relationships. sometimes i just like experiencing things by myself.
Ayden Taylor
My theater has it too. It was a fairly recent change but still at least a year or two ago at least so I'm surprised it hasn't spread further.
Michael Cooper
If you pay attention, they are in the first row, so they are fucking pointless
Christian Campbell
We have them in all rows here. Get out of flyover country sometime.
Owen Davis
This. Even when I'm seeing someone I still prefer to go see movies alone. It never even crosses my mind what other people think because 99% of the time nobody even notices or gives a fuck.
Caleb Harris
i think the future of home cinema will be an all encompasing helmet that includes a screen, like vr, as well as surround sound speakers
Julian Evans
They could give it a catchy name, like "NerveGear."
Dylan Rodriguez
Watching Aquaman in theaters a few months ago was probably the best theater experience I had in years. Tons of people, everyone quiet throughout the film, everyone laughs at funny moments, movie was comfy kino. I wish every time I went to the theater was like that time.
William Cruz
Where do you live?
Anthony Robinson
>tfw an "upmarket" kinoplex is opening near you soon that has sorta sofas instead of seats and serves pizza and wine to your seat
There's no way this can be a comfy experience, right?
Luis Lee
Maybe if you go on opening day but both eating food and sitting on a public couch in a theater sounds disgusting.
Teenage niggers ruined the first viewing of Infinity War for me.
>OH SHEEETTTTT >DAYUM!
Repeat for every big hit in a fight or a characters death. Plus the cellphone usage during movies. I enjoyed it much more a few weeks later at late night showing.
Jonathan Myers
Going to matinees or early showings on the weekdays is the only way to see movies. No kids, no adults who have kids, just old people who stay quiet and stay put and other people with odd work hours who like to avoid crowds. And recliners have elevated the movie experience, even for non-stadium seating old theaters. The cinema is less packed with recliners, you have more space and usually a dedicated cupholder to you alone. Like my Cinemark probably halved its occupancy by switching to recliners, but good fucking god is it worth it, along with reserved seats.
Lucas Mitchell
>I DON'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AND TALK TO PEOPLE, I WANT AMERICA TO BE COVERED WITH MILLIONS OF CLOSED AMAZON WAREHOUSES ok virgin, just because you have no social skills doesn't mean you need to ruin society for the rest of us
Justin Russell
Imagine being this poor
Andrew Lee
I would rather go to a packed theater in an Asian country with chink subtitles than a half full American theater.
American social graces in the 21st century are not compatible with an enjoyable theater experience anymore.
Jaxon Baker
Streaming only satisfies when the movie I feel an utter urge to watch is actually available and not infuriatingly listed as formerly in the catalogue.
Nicholas Young
It's not exactly a cheap upgrade, but by god is it worth it. You can never have your seat kicked, or anyone putting their feet up near you. You never have to stand to let anyone by. You can sit in pure comfort and relax.
Jonathan Peterson
I know that feeling. I just went on Netflix the other day to watch Half Nelson which I know for a fact was there, and found out that now it isn't.
Nathaniel Thompson
not gonna read thru the thread but i will say this, i tend to agree since niggers RUIN almost every flick i see, but when they dont the experience, especially the SOUND is soooo much better than watching at home
Parker Cooper
Have you lost your mind? Chinese theaters are so loud you can't hear a thing.
Robert Garcia
I've watched a movie in Busan, SK and it was quite enjoyable. I guess the Chinese shouldn't count as humans.
Jonathan Lopez
Well maybe you shouldn't have said Asian country if you didn't want to include China.
Brayden Edwards
>There's no way this can be a comfy experience, right?
It's awesome. I can get a bottle of wine for $18 dollars and we usually split a pretzel bread cheesesteak and share whatever desert special they're having that day. We had Ube Gelatto last time.
We don't go anywhere but RoadHouse theaters now. I'll never go to a regular movie complex again outside of IMAX.
We can also press the attendant/waitress button and ask them to tell retarded zoomers to turn off their fucking phones.
you're a fucking moron.
Grayson Reed
I went to the theatre last week to watch Alita last week. I stopped at the concession stand and filled my medium drink with Barq's root beer from the Coca Cola Freestyle machine. I didn't get anything else and went to the line (you take all the snacks you want before paying for it). The roastie cashier charged me SIX FUCKING DOLLARS FOR A MEDIUM DRINK. I was to beta to back out so I paid the full price up front. I'm never getting snacks again
Noah Walker
If it's a concession stand where you fill your own drink there's nothing stopping you from going back and refilling it.
Ryder Morales
Confirmed retarded woman...
Who the fuck wants to watch a movie on a warm dark room while sweating all over the place and breathing the warm air of 20 other breaths....
Yeah, fuck that shit bitch. Stay cold cunt
Jaxson Johnson
If u are wealthy, find a small theater and buy all the seats. It might cost you 200 per viewing but you can have the whole thing
Oliver Williams
I threw it out on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the film. I have a small bladder
As for me I always bring a bottle of water so it doesn't matter. Even if it's a theater that "doesn't allow" outside drinks, they literally cannot stop you if you carry it in your pocket.
Adrian Morris
>I have a small bladder then you probably shooda bought a small drink
Gabriel Jenkins
Have you not been to the movies in 40 years? Concessions are always ridiculously priced because that's how they actually make their money. Tickets sales within the first two weeks mostly go to the studios, then the ratio of ticket sale takes evens out.
Ian King
>I threw it out on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the film. I have a small bladder
LOL at not just pissing on the floor and watching your yellow river kiss the feet of all the other movie patrons downstream. (I actually did this at the "Last Dragon" when I was younger)
Hudson Perry
I saw Dunkirk on IMAX and it was still boring as fuck.
Agreed if youre not doing compressed streaming shit. Either pirate that shit and get a good copy or buy a blu ray and own your kino. And turn of your damn phone and pay attention dont do this bullshit where you browse Yea Forums while watching you kino. Do these and you wont be a pleb faggot
