On Sat Jun 4 16:32:00 2022, Erich Bublitz wrote to All <=-
Top Gun: Maverick has made $435 million so far!
ACMEBBS wrote to Erich Bublitz <=-
[RANT] Anymore...it's just a big hassle dealing with going to "R" rated movies/adult themed movies & parents bringing their young kids along. Drives me up the wall having kids being kids...crying...screaming &
such. At my age...just not worth dealing with "parents" who don't understand the term. [/RANT]
On Sun Jun 5 08:23:00 2022, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
[RANT] Anymore...it's just a big hassle dealing with going to "R" rated movies/adult themed movies & parents bringing their young kids along. Drives me up the wall having kids being kids...crying...screaming & such. At my age...just not worth dealing with "parents" who don't understand the term. [/RANT]
Yeah, the past two times I've gone to the movie theater, there have been kids out of their seats and a crying toddler who was frightened by scary movie content. No, thanks - we all bought big screen TVs in 2020, you're going to need to entice me back into the theater unless it's a movie that *needs* a big screen.
I saw Dunkirk and 1917 on the big screen, and they don't compare at home. Ditto for Gravity.
ACMEBBS wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Totally agree!!! That's 1 great thing about college towns & large cities...they have "art" (not porn) cinemas where adults would be
likely to show up.
Used to goto the cinema quite a bit when I was younger...especially at places where $1 & such was the admission price at 2nd run houses. Out
here in Oregon...the last time I went to a physical cinema was that Tom Hanks movie on the Pentagon Papers several years ago. Not sure...but
think it was early 2017.
[RANT] Anymore...it's just a big hassle dealing with going to "R" rated movies/adult themed movies & parents bringing their young kids along. Drives me up the wall having kids being kids...crying...screaming &
such. At my age...just not worth dealing with "parents" who don't understand the term. [/RANT]
I saw Dunkirk and 1917 on the big screen, and they don't compare at
home. Ditto for Gravity.
Used to goto the cinema quite a bit when I was younger...especially
at places where $1 & such was the admission price at 2nd run houses.
Out here in Oregon...the last time I went to a physical cinema was
that Tom Hanks movie on the Pentagon Papers several years ago. Not
sure...but think it was early 2017.
Pretty sure that's 'The Davinci Code', but I could be wrong.
I haven't been to the theatre since early 2000, myself. It became far too expensive after that. It was fine while I was trying to make a good impression on a lady, but it's not worth it now. Not when it costs $30 for a seat, and $10 for bad popcorn.
My home theatre system has definitely paid for itself a hundred times, since then.
Pretty sure that's 'The Davinci Code', but I could be wrong.
The Da Vinci Code (movie) came out in 2006. That 2017 movie he
mentioned must have been something else.
a seat, and $10 for bad popcorn.
I see a movie in the theater every so often, but not very often these days. It is expensive. I remember up to the early 90s, a movie in the theater during matinee times (before 3:30PM) for movies in my area used
to be $3.25. Now at around $10 for a movie, it's definitely harder to justify.
My home theatre system has definitely paid for itself a hundred times since then.
I've never even had a fancy home theater system. My biggest TV (which I still have) has been a 55" flat panel TV, and I've never had a fancy TV sound system except for a soundbar for one of my TVs once. Still, with what I have, I enjoy watching movies at home sometimes.
Hey McDoob
Either you live in a time warp, or your clock on your Pi is out...
On Mon Jun 6 10:08:00 2022, McDoob wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Used to goto the cinema quite a bit when I was younger...especially at places where $1 & such was the admission price at 2nd run houses. Out here in Oregon...the last time I went to a physical cinema was that Tom Hanks movie on the Pentagon Papers several years ago. Not sure...butPretty sure that's 'The Davinci Code', but I could be wrong.
I haven't been to the theatre since early 2000, myself. It became far too expensive after that. It was fine while I was trying to make a good impression
on a lady, but it's not worth it now. Not when it costs $30 for a seat, and $10
for bad popcorn.
My home theatre system has definitely paid for itself a hundred times, since
then.
[RANT] Anymore...it's just a big hassle dealing with going to "R" rated movies/adult themed movies & parents bringing their young kids along. Drives me up the wall having kids being kids...crying...screaming & such. At my age...just not worth dealing with "parents" who don't understand the term. [/RANT]OMG! Don't even get me started on that! Another way that my home theatre has
paid for itself! (o_-)
On Mon Jun 6 08:07:00 2022, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Totally agree!!! That's 1 great thing about college towns & large cities...they have "art" (not porn) cinemas where adults would be likely to show up.
There are a ton of art cinemas in San Francisco, the Aquarius in Palo Alto, and the Nickelodeon in Santa Cruz. My bellwether is if they have decent coffee, It's a good call.
Oh, and the Castro Theater - I saw a 70mm print of "Lawrence of Arabia" there, and I thought they had Bladerunner there recently.
On Mon Jun 6 10:18:00 2022, McDoob wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I can set my own volume level at home, which is good for me (hearing impaired),
and not so good for my neighbour (she's what we call a 'Karen').
And my screen is 46 inches. Because that's enough, at three-foot viewing range,
and I don't feel the need to overcompensate. (o_-)
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