Do you prefer watching a movie in a theatre or at home?

[Ohiogal]

Good discussion of pro's and cons's in this article.....

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/movies/cannes-film-festival-netflix.html?WT.nav=bottom-well&action=click&hpw&module=well-region&pgtype=Homepage&region=bottom-well&rref=movies#commentsContainer

[elleng]

1. YES!!!

[PoliticAverse]

2. Why isn't "on my phone while driving" a choice? n/t

[Demovictory9]

3. Previews before movies last so long, I've finished my popcorn

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. It depends on the movie.

If the film is big in scope -- like any of the Marvel Avenger series -- it's fun to watch in the theater spread across the big screen, and be blasted with Dolby sound.

For smaller films, say "Under the Tuscan Sun," I like to curl up on the couch with my sweetie and watch the characters develop.

Porn I watch on my computer by myself.

[patricia92243]

5. For me, home beats the theatre every time. I can adjust the volumn and color, AND pause

the picture while I (or hubby) get a snack, etc.

Also, I seem to never quite understand what is going on and hubby can explain as we go along.

[shraby]

6. I use a head piece plugged into the sound out of my tv in order to hear the t.v.

The sound is then transmitted wirelessly to my head phones and I can even hear the t.v. muted.

At a movie theater I can't hear the movie, so I watch them on my t.v. machine if I want to see them.

Don't miss anything this way.

If they would set up a system of headpieces at a theater, I certainly would go there. Similar to the old sound system at the drive-in movies years ago that you could hook to the window of the car.

[yallerdawg]

7. They won't let me in the theater...

in my underwear.

[LonePirate]

8. Some movies are better experienced in a theater; some at home.

I prefer watching comedies in a crowd at a theater. The experience of being in a large group with plenty of infectious laughter makes even bad comedies more enjoyable in a theater, let alone something like Girls Trip which is pretty much a laugh riot from start to finish.

I also enjoy watching movies with excellent cinematography and sound at a theater. The huge screens with impeccable projection and audio systems significantly enhance my appreciation and enjoyment of a film. Blade Runner 2049 and Call Me By Your Name fit the bill here.

Spectacle films and big time crowd pleasers like The Last Jedi and Black Panther and the surprise applause-inducing Love, Simon are also films that I prefer to see in a theater as well.

Movies that I prefer to see at home include thrillers or horror movies like A Quiet Place or dramas like The Post or The Shape of Water because I would rather experience them in a smaller, more intimate environment.

[SharonClark]

9. Movies created for the big screen are almost always better at the theatre

TV movies are just so small.

[Ohiogal]

10. I have sort of a different problem

My husband and I don't go to movies in theatres any more because, one, the screens are small-ish, two, the cost (we live on his pension) and three, the sound quality. It's like they blast the sound so loud you can't even think (and I suffer from tinnitus and still think that movie theatre sound is too loud)

Quite often you have to endure people who talk throughout the movie or rattle their candy wrappers and that's annoying, too.

We have a nice big TV with surround sound at home, but, its the exact opposite ....I find that in order to hear conversation in a movie, the sound has to be turned way up. Then they cut to a scene full of action and it about blasts you out of your chair. One thing we often do is watch a movie with the closed captioning on so I can understand the conversation. And often times my husband can't understand the conversation, either, and he hears just fine. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just us?

It's difficult for me to enjoy movies, period, any more..... I feel like such an old fogey saying that.....

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. I built my theater room in 2003

I have watched ONE movie since it was finished. That was The Return of the King. It is such a disappointment to listen to a movie in a theater as compared to MY theater room that I can't make myself pay for that experience.

[elocs]

12. I prefer watching a movie at home and haven't been to a theater in over 2 1/2 years.

Two reasons: I'm poor and retired, and I find people to be annoying.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Home has a couch, reasonbly priced snacks, closed captioning, and

a bathroom nearby.

Can't beat it!

[BigmanPigman]

14. It does depend on the movie mostly

however in general I like the first viewing is better at a theater but I do like re-watching at home.

[More_Cowbell]

15. As soon as I sit down in a theater, I'm scoping out where I'll move to when people start talking

I love the big screen, but I can't remember the last time I was able to enjoy a movie without conversations (whole conversations, not just reacting to the movie) going on around me. So I find myself staying home, more and more.

[Staph]

16. I much prefer the theatre.

I think there is something hidden deep in the human psyche that loves to hear stories told in the dark.

[mopinko]

17. i mostly go to the theater as a social thing,

when a friend or a kid wants to go.
i watch a lot of movies on my laptop, but i have a big screen and watch w the grandkids sometimes.

it is mostly the whole rip off of the concessions that i hate.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. I prefer the theater

but on a limited income I can't do it that much. I do make a point of seeing "movies for grown ups" in the theater because I want them to keep making them!

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. At home by far!

[Ula]

20. movie

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I prefer theater, I enjoy the atmosphere that a lot of people watch the same movie.

If you wish to share IOS movies with your friend and families, it is better to burn ISO to DVD and then play them on TV. Though you could watch them on the computer with a virtual drive.

[Bivhab]

21. Watching movie in theater or home

Obviously theater is best because you will enjoy the movie in theater.