Responding to another point in the original query..watching movies particularly on TCM has motivated me to persu buying posters for movies ive really enjoyed
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 8:50 PM MoviePoster Collectors < [email protected]> wrote: > 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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