I didn't read the entire review posted on Kuro5hin about Matrix Reloaded, but it contained an interesting summary of why I don't go to movies much:
It's not that I don't like movies; I love them. It's just that I don't particularly care for the moviegoing experience. I'd rather wait until the DVD comes out and watch somthing in the comfort of my own home, where I can smoke cigarettes and have a drink, maybe pause it to take a leak or get a snack. Sitting in a freezing theatre without a cigarette for over two hours is too much like going to church, except religious institutions don't gouge you on the $3.75 medium Pepsi.
While I don't smoke, and don't plan to start any time soon, and I'm more of a Coke man than Pepsi, but the spirit is there. There are very few movies that benefit enough from the big screen to offset the unpleasantness of theater experience.
Of course, just MHO, and I'm fully aware that millions of folks disagree with me. But then, that's why this is *my* blog. Nyeah.
I'm just the opposite. I would rather pay the $8 and see "it" on the big screen than watch it on my tiny television at home. One of these days, I'll have an 8' screen at home with a great sound system, and I'll change my mind. Until then, I greatly appreciate the stereo effects and a screen big enough to take up most of my peripherial vision.
Having said that, I do like Pepsi, but don't buy it there - WAY too expensive! I am generally not cold, except when my wife puts her feet on me at night, and the seats are moderately comfortable.
Posted by: Moose on May 25, 2003 08:56 PMThere's only been one movie that I refused to watch on anything other than the BIG screen and I had to wait for over 10 years to see it because of that. The movie? Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - which finally showed up again at the Kentucky Theatre after I had decided that I wanted to see it after all. (I was in junior high at the time it was released and had no real interest in Pink Floyd at the time.)
Other than that, I'd just as soon wait for the video and a nice evening with SWMBO.
Posted by: phydeaux on May 26, 2003 08:01 AM