I have found that going to the ArcLight cinemas lends itself to an audience interested in behaving. Most likely because they charge a little bit more so you aren't bombarded with annoying ads before the film. All they show are trailers. Also they don't let anyone in ten minutes after the movie has started.
GT On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding that issue that Robert mentioned about rude audiences in > theaters. Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin keeps audiences polite by > throwing out disrupters, texters, talkers. It works too. > > > On Dec 19, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
