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Anonymous 01/04/14(Sat) 17:46 UTC-5 No. 40237147
>Go see some horror movie years ago with a friend at midnight.
>Theater is empty except some black woman up front.
>she starts yelling.
>"NAW DONT GO IN THERE"
>"WHY YOU DO THAT"
>I yell back "TELL HER"
>"YEAH SEE THIS BOI GETS IT"
>"YEAH I GET IT"
>later, a person dies from being decapitated, the woman screams.
>"OOOOH DAYUM"
>yell back.
>"DO YOU THINK SHE'S DEAD"
>"HOW THE FUCK YOU GON LIVE WITH NO HEAD"
>"I DONT KNOW MAYBE AN AMBULANCE WILL COME"
>"THEY IN THE FUCKIN WOODS"

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I would go to movie theaters if this were the normal experience. I haven't been to one since Star Trek 2009 came out.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

I have to, I love movies and have since I was a kid. The experience of buying the ticket and watching even something a little shit still makes me feel like a teenager.

When theaters die, a part of me likely will as well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We have a local single screen theater in my town. They do showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Audience participation during the show is nearly required. Do not go if you haven't seen the movie. There was so much talking, you won't really hear the show.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ticket and snack prices still suck (unless you go to a theater that serves food), but there's been some major improvements in projection and audio tech since 2009. Digital is almost as good as film now. Brighter colors, deeper contrast (not quite as good as an OLED, of course, but better than your average TV now), and projectionists actually bother to align the screen properly and use the correct lenses now. Lot fewer people in the audience, too.

The days of a blurry, washed-out image with crushed blacks are over. (The seats even recline as well!) If you don't already have a giant OLED or full array LED paired with a proper 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos system, then it might be worth giving theaters another chance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Wow. That bad, huh?