How Often Do You Go To The Theater?

[bittersweet]

How often or how frequently do you visit the theater? Are there certain criteria that warrant paying that little bit extra for the bigger screen?

 

Do you prefer to watch movies in the theater or in the comfort of your own home?

[Darc_Requiem]

Around once a month. I don't watch comedies in the theatre. You usually miss half the jokes. Mostly I stick to big budget films with special effects because they aren't the same at home.

[misterBee]

Even less than once a month I'm afraid. 😢

 

I watch the majority of stuff at home for sure.

[DangerousJ]

.833 times a month lol.

 

I see about 8 movies over the summer and usually 2 in November-Dec. So 10/ 1 calendar year on average.

 

Though this is changing in the last few years with movies like Deadpool/Black Panther/Kingsman making  mid February  a new popular time.

Also, March/April seem to be getting more tentpole movies nowadays like Fast and Furious.

 

I like that they are spreading out movies a little more through the year.

[GetTheTables]

Pretty rarely. The relatively high cost of ticket prices ends up scaring me off most of the time. If I'm flying solo it isn't so bad but if its my wife and I going, at that point I can probably buy it digitally/on Amazon for the same price as seeing it once.

 

I'll make the trip if the movie has me really excited to see it - I've been in the theater for every John Wick and I'll damn sure be there for the 3rd - or if I think the experience will be seriously enhanced by being seen in the theater I'm willing to pony up.

[Poltergeist]

I usually only go to the movies in summer. I have one of the last drive in movie theaters standing about 20 mins from me. Right now I could pay $10 and I get access to Black Panther and Infinity War back to back

 

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Edited May 10, 2018 by Poltergeist

[KAMALA_FAN111]

Last time I went to a theater was when San Andreas came out and that was to take a friend who's a fan of The Rock.  I ain't really trying to give money to 'em anymore.

[misterBee]

With me it's more about timing.  I work from home and when I'm not working I'm usually tired and don't feel like going out.  Ends up meaning I don't often go out to eat or see movies.

[MillionX]

not that often, actually...even though the movie theater experience is kind of a big deal to me... there's still only a few types of movies that demand that experience, imo.  Lately that's just been comic book movies and some horror---specifically the new It.

 

I still think it's odd and kinda sad that a certain friend has given up on the movie theater experience completely, purely out of cheapness.  He's automatically factoring in the price of his girlfriend's ticket, along with any snacks he or she wants...(*he never considers going alone since the concern there is that she'd find out somehow and of course he'd be "in trouble" 😆)  This guy hasn't gone to the movie theater probably since the early 90s.  Now---I'm a proud cheapskate too but DAMN, man....that's a bit too far in hardcore cheapness even for me.  Yeah dude, have fun waiting on things like Avengers Infinity War to hit blu-ray and dvd, and trying to avoid random spoilers the entire time when literally every other fan has seen the shit. 

 

This is also annoying because it makes conversation quite difficult, obviously....since every time you bring up some movie (or shows since he's typically behind on those) it's always -"hey whoah I haven't seen that shit yet.." 🙄 oy vey, man

[misterBee]

It's not terribly difficult to sneak in your own snacks at the theaters I go to.  They don't really check terribly hard.  Put some candy or whatever in the breast pocket of your jacket and nobody will know.