I mostly watch movies at home. I am privy to numerous free screenings through the WGA and SAG. I also pay to see some films. Generally those are the ones I feel warrant a big screen/audience experience. Hanging out with friends after a film and discussing it over dinner afterward is part of that experience.
Since the advent of big screens for the home I confess I am less inclined to see the average film at a theater. GT On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:20 PM, MPC <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha, both of my assistants have/use VCRs, which became obsolete 20 years > ago! > > Ticket prices have been stable, inflation-adjusted: > > http://www.natoonline.org/data/ticket-price/ > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 19, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Througout the VHS era I was contemptuous of home video because of the poor > picture quality and, initially at least, the sound was mono. DVD raised > the bar a bit. Blu-Ray and 4K and the fact that I am fortunate enough to > own an Oppo to play them and an LG OLED TV, clearly one of the best screens > I have ever seen, have really meant that I see more films at home than I do > in theaters. Still, I think you get something at the theaters that you > will never get at home. You don’t have to answer the phone or the front > door. The screen is big. The audience is live and experiencing the film > with you. > > In my opinion, ticket prices at the theaters are too high. Do any of the > rest of you feel that way? > > Kirby McDaniel > movieart.com > > > On Dec 19, 2017, at 5:01 AM, MoviePoster Collectors < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I watched tons o' movies when I was a youngling, but I'm 49 now and my > entire post-college life have attended a movie theater once/twice a year, > if that much. I never paid for cable TV and have never used a DVR, so > rarely watched them at home. > > Now that I'm not working I'm the King of Free Time and have hitch-hiked to > theaters to see "fun"/roller-coaster thrills/sci-fi movies like: > > Blade Runner 2049 (twice) > Wonder Woman (twice) > SW:TLJ (this week, partly spoiled after I unwisely skimmed a negative user > review) > Murder on the Orient Express > Close Encounters 40th > Justice League > > I also feel obligated to support historical films in theaters: > > Dunkirk > Darkest Hour (future) > The Post (future) > > The gameplan was to watch lotsa movies on pretty-cheap streaming services > like Netflix/HBO/etc. but so far I've only watched a grand total of two > (Wizard of Lies/DeNiro and SW:R1). Why? Too busy entertaining/terrorizing > several online forums and watching 3-4 hours per day of MSNBC news shows > and infotainment shows like The Today Show. > > How about you - and also does watching movies motivate you to buy the MP > (yes, almost always for me)? > > -- > Mel S. Hutson > Charlotte, NC USA > www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and > Showcase > https://www.facebook.com/pg/MoviePosterCollectors/photos/?tab=albums > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
