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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2182674" data-attributes="member: 812">Look, I've got a pretty long list, okay? I can't get EVERYTHING right away. Sheesh.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />The other thing that theatres do for the whole movie-watching experience is they isolate you and take away your control. And I think that has a lot to do with it.In a theatre, you can't hear the garbage truck pull up outside. Headlights going by don't flash on the walls. AND you don't have a remote so you can't pause the film at any time so you can grab some cookies or hit the washroom or whatever.Now on the one hand that seems like a disadvantage, since, convenient. But that convenience tends to diminish the degree to which the movie is able to compel your attention, and to encourage the suspension of disbelief. In a theatre, where your options are limited, your attention is focussed. The film has you all to itself, and I really truly believe that alters the impact of viewing the film greatly.You have to surrender to a story for it to have maximum impact. You have to give up control and let the story own you for its lifespan.As long as that remote is sitting on the coffee table, the film will never really own you.</blockquote>