I'm odd, no really, in that I haven’t looked forward to seeing a movie in the theatre for years. I prefer to see movies at home, especially with DVD and a decent surround system!
While the big screen is different the whole movie theatre experience just annoys me. Getting there, waiting, people eating, talking, walking past and often just the poor quality of the projection. The most annoying ever was going all the way into the city for an IMAX film – which you only see for the high quality - only to watch a hair, or similar contamination, waving around in the gate through the whole movie!
Apparently, I never really liked movies as a kid but suspect that had something to do with not seeing them. I got glasses at about eight or nine and only then realised the world wasn't as fuzzy as it appeared to me. Perhaps that is part of why I really prefer the, largish, small screen?
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