Over the last 25 years, the home theater experience has gotten much better. The movie theater experience has gotten worse.
You are absolutely right, and I’ve been saying that for a long time. Our TVs now are like a miniature movie theater offering crystal clear images, and Netflix, for minimal cost can send you just about ANY movie you want to see. About 5% of movie product from anywhere in the world has been worth watching, anyway, and movie-going as a “communal experience” in the megaplexes has become a celebration of crass commercialism and a masscult social obligation. I no longer feel anything magical by sitting in an audience with a few hundred others in a movie theater: I do however, with my wife and family, at home.
You are absolutely right, and I’ve been saying that for a long time. Our TVs , large and increasingly affordable now function as miniature movie theaters offering crystal clear images, and Netflix, for minimal cost can send you just about ANY movie you want to see.You can control your environment when you watch a movie at home, and feed yourself popcorn or anything else on the cheap. About 5% of movie product from anywhere in the world has been worth watching, anyway, and movie-going as a “communal experience” in the megaplexes has become a celebration of crass commercialism and a masscult social obligation. I no longer feel anything magical by sitting in an audience with a few hundred others in a movie theater: I do however, with my wife and family, at home.