Alamo Drafthouse hee-lariously ejected a texter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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