Prefer to Watch Movies at Home or the Theatre

Where do you prefer to watch a movie?

  • At Home

    Votes: 39 44.8%
  • At the theatre

    Votes: 40 46.0%
  • Other, Please explain

    Votes: 8 9.2%

  • Poll closed .
I prefer the theater.

The reality is home. With two young kids, we miss a lot of movies, so we rent them on DVD later, and even then it seems we only see a dozen or so movies a year, tops.
 

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Viking Bastard said:
Y'know, it's really sad to hear that so many people's theatre experiences are so bad.

I go about weekly to the movies or so and I've only had a handful that were like that.

You are a extremely lucky then. Everyone I know complains of bad theater experiences each time a big release is made. I wish this were exaggeration but it is not, unfortunately. I avoid the theater like the plague but my wife loves going so I end up going. We did find that weekday matinees are an excellent time to go to minimize the amount of idiots in the theater. The last time we went (Revenge of the Sith) only one person talked and he was shushed by everyone around him including those he came with :). If I could be guareneteed of an audience liek that everytime I would go to the theater more than once every few months. My home setup is quite nice - not expensive or ultra huge but just fine for movie viewing.
 

Crothian said:
Depends on the movie. The big summer blockbusters are great on the big screen, but a good comedy I perfer on the small screen.
That's largely my position as well. Going to the theater, either on a date with my wife, or a "family comedy" with the family -- is one of my favorite things to do, still. But I certainly don't feel that I have to do it for every movie that I want to see -- many movies I'm happy to watch on DVD, and mostly for repeat viewings I prefer the DVD. In some respects, home theater is really starting to offer many of the same benefits as theaters, making the theatre less compelling overall.

But there are certain movies that I really like to see at the theaters, especially blockbuster action/adventure/sci-fi types. And I also don't want to wait for those, often. And, I also like the experience. So, I picked other -- it's too complicated to simply vote one way or another.
 

I vastly prefer watching them on the big screen. I dislike watching them on the small screen so much I own almost no movies on vhs or dvd, though we bought a lot for my son when he was younger. But for me, personally, big screen or nothing. Consequently, I see very few movies because I don't get the chance to go to the movies often.

Ironically, I managed a video store for a year, and became pretty famous in the chain as the "manager who refused to watch movies".
 


I voted home. There are only a few movies that I have to seen in the theatres. Otherwise, I can easily wait for them to come out on DVD or HBO.

Kane
 

DungeonmasterCal said:
Ironically, I managed a video store for a year, and became pretty famous in the chain as the "manager who refused to watch movies".
So, if a customer ask you for video recommendation, you wouldn't be able to help? :confused:
 

Dark Jezter said:
I once watched a guy get kicked out of a movie because he kept talking (loudly) on his cell phone even after being asked by the ushers to please turn off his phone. When he got the boot, the entire audiance gave the ushers a round of applause. :)

Of course, nothing annoys me more during movies than people who won't take their kids out to the lobby when they start screaming and crying. In real life, I'm a pretty laid-back guy, but when I have to listen to a screaming infant while I'm trying to watch a movie, it starts to awaken homicidal urges in me. :]
The second time I went to see RotS, there was a woman in there with an infant that kept crying when the movie got loud. She wouldn't instantly take the kid outside, but would walk up and down the aisle trying to get it back to sleep. (Fat chance during a firefight!) I was so ticked off that the theatre would sell a ticket to woman with an infant in tow in the first place!!! Sure, mothers have a right to watch a movie also, but for the love of Pete, if you want to go to the movies that bad get a bloody babysitter first! Anything else is simply being an inconsiderate jerk to the rest of the people in the audience.

At least I don't have to deal with that at home when I watch a movie!

Kane
 

This article surprised me on CNN. I would have suspected that the poll would go the opposiitte way in favor of the theater. There's no better feelng than being at a movie theater with TRUE fans of the film. I don't go to the midnight showings just to see the movie first, I go to watch a movie with true fans of a particular film. HOwever, if it doesnt have a midnight showing and I can't find other fans to go with, I'll opt to wait for rental at home
 

Kanegrundar said:
The second time I went to see RotS, there was a woman in there with an infant that kept crying when the movie got loud. She wouldn't instantly take the kid outside, but would walk up and down the aisle trying to get it back to sleep. (Fat chance during a firefight!) I was so ticked off that the theatre would sell a ticket to woman with an infant in tow in the first place!!! Sure, mothers have a right to watch a movie also, but for the love of Pete, if you want to go to the movies that bad get a bloody babysitter first!
Or better yet, be like this couple:

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200506/200506140037.html

I don't condone it, I just have a dark sense of humor. Very dark. :]

I don't know if this happens at your theater, but my theaters usually run a couple of "ground rules" at the beginning of the film, including the crying baby situation (take them out to the lobby as a courtesy to the audience).

Kanegrundar said:
Anything else is simply being an inconsiderate jerk to the rest of the people in the audience.
The jerks I encounter are "seating" neighbors hogging them armrests on both sides. Then there is the talking, not just to each other but on the cell phones. And ugh, let us not forget people spilling drink from the back row that eventually reach to my area and become sticky.

And this is my favorite, tall people or people with tall headgear sits in front of you. Some days, I just want to have a portable chainsaw handy.
 

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